Jeremy Utley - God Will Make Us a Bride Worth Waiting For

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Speaker: Jeremy Utley Title: God Will Make Us a Bride Worth Waiting For Date: March 15, 2020 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

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The central message is that Christians are being prepared by God to be a delight to Him, mirroring Jesus's own experience. This preparation involves personal purity and corporate church function, as God is refining believers to present a bride worthy of His joy. Ultimately, the speaker emphasizes that our identity and worth must be derived solely from what God says about us, not from any other source.

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As a bridegroom rejoices over a brideThe Lord compares His relationship with His land and people to a bridegroom rejoicing over a bride.

Was it worth the wait?Just as a man waiting for God's best would say his marriage was worth every trial, God considers His bride worth the wait and the suffering.

God makes us delightfulGod does not delight in sin, but He makes us delightful to His Son Jesus Christ by refining and purifying the church.

Faithfully accomplishing His workGod is not slow, but is faithfully perfecting His people so that Jesus will look at His bride on the wedding day and declare it was worth the wait.

What God says is the only thing that mattersThe name given by God means His opinion and perspective are the only things that truly matter.

Tuned to hear God's voiceThe speaker wants to ignore every other voice and silence the internal thoughts to listen exclusively to what God says.

Hearing the Father's pleasureJust as Jesus loved hearing His Father's voice saying 'you are my beloved Son,' the speaker wants to hear God call him His delight.

Deriving all identity from His pleasureThe speaker desires to draw all strength, worth, and identity solely from God's pleasure and delight rather than anyone else.

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