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John 17:22-23
Excerpted from: The Eternal Privileges of the Bride

Please turn to John 17, verse 22. The moment a woman becomes a man's bride, she shares his privileges, and whatever they are, she becomes a participant in them and a sharer of them, and this is also true of the church.

What do we have in common? We share the Father's love. It is truly remarkable.

This statement affirms that God the Father has loved us as He loves His Son. It means that because of our connection to Christ, we share the same relationship with God, not fully, but we are being trained for it.

And what did Christ say about the Father's relationship? That the world may may know that You have loved them as You have loved Me. That is the privilege. It works this way: it gives us access to the Father through Christ. A father is always willing to receive the bride of his son. She did not have that access to him before; there was no relationship. But once she married the son or becomes betrothed to him, she gains a legal and personal right to entry into the presence of the father, which is not completed until the marriage supper.

Now just as a father is ready to welcome his son and grant him privileges that he would not give to his most trusted employees, he now grants those privileges to the bride because she is his son's wife.

The saints have a right of entry and of access into the presence of the Father and Jesus Christ the Bridegroom. He will always listen to the bride of the Son if asked according to His will.

So there is no higher privilege than that He loves us as He loves His Son. We should remember this before we pray. As we become aware of what we are doing and who we are, we should not forget the rights and privileges that are and will be given to us as Christ's bride.

Articles

Leadership and Covenants (Part Four)
Leadership and Covenants (Part Six)
Pride, Humility, and the Day of Atonement
Rebuilding the Wall
Scratching Our Itches
What's Going On Up There?
Will You Marry Me? (Part One)

Bible Studies

Basic Doctrines: Going On to Perfection

Essays

Are You Happy? (Part Two)
Spirit of Peace
The Pursuit of Unity
Vain Repetitions
Where Is God Working?
Whither the Holy Spirit?

Sermons

Leadership and the Covenants (Part Five)
The True Savior of the World!
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 7)
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 10)
We Have an Advocate With the Father
Hands That Hang Low
Who Deserves Our Loyalties?
Our Hope
How God Deals With Conscience (Part Four)
We Stick Together
Israel's Immigration Problem
In The Likeness of Men!
Who Are We and Where Do We Fit (Part Two)
The Source of Church Characteristics (Part Two)
The Hard Makes it Great
Unity and Unleavened Bread
Leadership and the Covenants (Part Six)
Sincerity and Truth (Part Three)
Principles of Church Leadership
After the Resurrection
Carefully Tending and Keeping God's Extraordinary Blessings
Carefully Tending and Keeping God's Extraordinary Blessings
God Works in Mysterious Ways (Part Two)
God's Perseverance With His Saints (Part Three)
God's Perseverance With His Saints (Part Three)
God's Perseverance With His Saints (Part Three)
Don't Meddle and Always Be Ready to Answer
The Colossian Heresy and Laodiceanism
Where God Places His Name (Part Two)
Church Unity Despite the Spirit of the World
Hebrews (Part Fourteen): Chapter 2, A Mind Bending Purpose (Part Three)
Reconciliation and Unity
How Much of the Mind of Christ Do We Have?
Where Do We Go From Here?
Unifying Behaviors
The Mystery of the Church
Stewards of the Mysteries of God
Go Forward
The Intercessory Character of Christ
The Two Great Commandments: First Principles
Hebrews as a Sermon (Part Two)
Loving Christ and Revelation 2:1-7
The Nature of God: Elohim
Keeping God's Standards
What Is the Work of God Now? (Part 3)
What Is the Work of God Now? (Part 3)
A New Beginning
Remember the Christians
The Perfect Husband
How Much Does God Love You?
Knowing God
Understanding Unity
The Five Paraklete Sayings
The Father-Son Relationship (Part One)
Qualifications of a Godly Judge
The Handwriting Is on the Wall (2005)
The Father-Son Relationship (Part Seven)
Defining Logos (Part Two)
Our Core Business
Why Are We Here?
Themes of I Corinthians (Part 8)

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