Prepared as a Bride Beautifully Dressed for Her Husband.
Read Part 1 here No real church yet. Because the church the bible describes goes like this: He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. [Ephesians 5.27] [Picture above by Petr Ovralov, Unsplash]. What Jesus prepares to present to himself is a glorious church . Keep that in mind. And the churches Paul wrote letters to were headed for this direction--the glorious church--because they had apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Yes they had shortcomings, especially the Corinth church, but they were headed for the right direction because they used the equipping tools of God, not the systems of this world. In fact, when the testimony of Jesus Christ was "confirmed" in them, the Corinthian believers didn't "lack any spiritual gift" as they eagerly waited for the revelation of Jesus Christ [1 Corinthians 1.6-8]. They were on the right track--they