Last time in our message we were talking about Rebekah. We were looking at the types of the bride in the scriptures. Like I said everything that we believe should have a Biblical backing. If we say that the bride is not the entire church. Do we have a Biblical backing?
And we were looking at types in the bible that show us that the bride is just a portion of the church. It is not the entire church but a portion of the church. And we had come to Rebekah and said some points on Rebekah.
If we can go to Genesis twenty four, just a scripture to remind ourselves.
Genesis 24:28
This eldest servant of Abraham, really worshiped God, because God had led him right, because he had been told that the lady that he was to take for Isaac must be from the family of Abraham and indeed God had led him so, that is why right there he was blessing God. He worshiped God, he thanked God, because God had answered his prayers.
And when Rebekah was asked if she would be willing to be the wife of Isaac, if she will be willing to go and be the wife of Isaac,
She had to make a personal decision without the parents forcing her, without the parents putting pressure on her. Will you go with this man? Are you willing to go and become this man’s wife? From the depths of her heart, her personal decision – not somebody else’s decision, she said she’d go.
We as children of God are brought face to face with the same question that confronted Rebekah.
Are we willing to be part of the work of God. Are we willing to be part of that church that Christ built. Are we willing to go and become the wife of Christ? We are always – there is always that question. Time comes. Are you willing to go an extra mile, are you willing to make an extra sacrifice? When the church is in need are you willing to go an extra mile? Time and again, that question comes to us as children of God in the church.
Reverend Dowson Meme