The Bride of Christ

For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it! (2 Corinthians 11: 2-4)

In the above passage Paul wrote to the Corinthian church and he told her that she was the bride of Christ.

I am the bride of Rusty Duty. When I became his wife I chose to wear his name "Duty". This is the name our children would wear too. Names are important. My last name says I belong to Rusty, I am his bride, his wife. I am his.

The Church is the Bride of Christ. Shouldn't she wear the name of her husband? Are we a member of Christ's church? What name do we wear? Do we let the world know we are Christ's?

Paul told the Corinthian brethern that he was afraid they would be decieved by Satan, just as Eve was. Christ's teachings are not hard or confusing. The path of salvation is not mysterious. Paul said that His teachings are simple. Satan and his followers have corrupted the Truth! We also see by the above verse that if someone teaches things other than what the scriptures teach he is the advocate of Satan.

Are you seaching to know if what you believe or have been told is truth? (Acts 17:11)

We must not give up on those who are following the path leading to destruction (Matthew 7 :13-14). So many who are on this path get upset, angry, hateful... when we show them truth in the scriptures. It is hard for the one who try to teach someone in error. We must remember that it is also hard for the one in error to accept the truth. We must love them even though they love us less.

And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

"I urged Titus, and sent our brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps? "

Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. (2 Corinthians 13:5)