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Pastor John,
The other day I was reading one of your tracts “The Besetting Sin”, on the last page it’s talking about the bride of Christ. It says the bride of christ is not the body of Christ as a whole, but only that part of the body that keeps itself pure. Does this mean a backslider cannot be the bride of Christ?
God Bless,
Michelle
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Good question, Michelle.
The bride of Christ will be only that part of the body of Christ that is faithful to the Bridegroom and invited into the “marriage supper of the Lamb” at the end of the age. They are the ones whom Jesus called “wise virgins”. It is not wise to claim to be the bride of Christ, just as it is not wise to claim to be saved already. Jesus will decide all that when he comes.
Pastor John