Sunday, June 24, 2012

The Importance of Daily "Spiritual Washing"


From the teaching 6/2/2012



The Importance of Daily
Spiritual Washing”


Eph. 5:25: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,



Sanctify:



a. set apart
b. consecrate



Used metaphorically of the Word of God as the instrument of Spiritual
Cleansing. Metaphorically defined: A figure of speech containing
an implied comparison in which a word or phrase ordinarily used
of one thing is applied to another.



27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.



Present:



  • to stand before
  • to exhibit
  • prefer
  • to be at hand or ready
  • bring before
  • commend
  • show
  • Prove



Glorious Church:



  • splendor
  • notable
  • excellence
  • illustrious
  • very honorable
  • clear
  • bright
  • magnificence
  • the divine perfections or excellence
  • honorable representation of God.

Spot:



  • a stain or blemish
  • defect



wrinkle:



  • A fold (as a drawing together)
  • describing the flawlessness of the Complete Church



Holy:



  • sacred
  • consecrated
  • God likeness
  • pure and free from defilement



blemish:



  • faultless
  • unblamable



John 15:3: Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.



Ex. 30:17: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.



19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:



20 When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord:



21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.



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