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Ephesians 2:4-10
Excerpted from: The Eternal Privileges of the Bride

Please turn with me Ephesians 2, verse 4. So what is true of us now in light of the dignity of Christ? God has allowed His people even now to share in a measure of the dignity and authority that Christ has seated at the right hand of God. We are going to read verses 4 through 10.

We will be doing good works for eternity as the bride of Christ. Verse 7 explains why God so generously demonstrates His love, so that we will be in awe for all eternity over His incredible kindness and love that will never end. It will take eternity to fully understand and appreciate God's law, if that would be even possible. But thanks to having God's Holy Spirit running through us, we will be enabled to understand. It will take eternity to completely fathom God's abundant and unending love.

So if we are faithful Christians, we are in Christ, and that means that we are considered seated with Him in the heavenly places. Wherever the Bridegroom is, the bride is also, and the standing, the dignity, and the position that belonged to Him belong to us, to her.

Speaking of the virtuous woman but also in a spiritual sense, to the bride of Christ. The moment she becomes His bride, she shares in everything with Him. Therefore, she must uphold her position, responsibilities, and dignity.

Do we uphold God's dignity in our everyday life? We certainly try but we certainly also need the Holy Spirit to help us and to empower us to be able to do that.

There is no greater insult against the Bridegroom than someone's refusal to honor His bride. But she must be worthy. Dignity is the quality or state of being worthy, honored, or esteemed. This is something we are told repeatedly.

Articles
Eating: How Good It Is! (Part Four)
Ecclesiastes and Christian Living (Part Eleven): Paradox, Continued
Is the Christian Required To Do Works? (Part Four)
Is the Christian Required to Do Works? (Part One)
Is the Christian Required To Do Works? (Part Six)
Parables and a Pearl
The Christian Fight (Part Five)

Bible Studies
Basic Doctrines: Faith Toward God

Essays
Christian Heroes
Is God Playful?
Making the Cut (Part Two)
The Crowns of Success (Part One)
The True Gospel (Part 6)
Welfare and Christianity

Sermons
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Four)
How Does God Help Us? (Part 2)
Faith and the Christian Fight (Part One)
Faith and the Christian Fight (Part Two)
Faith and the Christian Fight (Part 3)
Magic Doesn't Work (Part 2)
Are We Ready to Overflow with God's Spirit?
The Great Flood (Part 2)
When We Come to Ourselves
Freedom, Liberty, and Bondage
Are You Alive to God?
Imagining the Garden of Eden (Part 7)
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 10)
Living by Faith: God's Grace (Part 3)
Continuing on to Completion
Living by Faith: God's Grace (Part 4)
The Heart's Self-Absorption
A Trustworthy Relationship
Leadership and the Covenants (Part Twelve)
Reconciliation (Part Two): Christ's Work
Thank You for Finishing What You Start!
Leadership and Covenants (Part Sixteen)
The Sabbath: Creation
Restoration and Forgiveness
Back to Life (Part Three)
Back to Life (Part Five)
Letters to Seven Churches (Part Six): Sardis
Our Part in the Sanctification Process (Part Six): Cultivating Kindness
The Doctrine of Israel (Part Fifteen):The Israel of God
God's Pearls
The Christian Paradox (Part One)
The Providence of God (Part 7)
Go and Do Likewise
Stewards of the Mysteries of God
God Meant it for Good!
Revelation 2-3 and Works
Love and Works
The Laborers: Matthew 20:1-16
Image and Likeness of God (Part Five)
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part 2)
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part 3)
The Covenants, Grace and Law (Part 16)
The Sovereignty of God (Part 12)
Forms vs. Spirituality (Part 6)
God's Workmanship (Part 1)
God's Workmanship (Part 2)
Liberty vs. Independence
The Magnificent Work of God
God's Creation and Our Works
Grace, Unleavened Bread, and the Holy Spirit
Spirituality and True Conversion
Our Walk With God
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part One)
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part 3)
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part 5)
Poles Apart
The Secret Sin Everyone Commits
I Know Your Works
As Much as Depends on You
Qualifications of a Godly Judge
Who Was Herbert W. Armstrong?
If You Do These Things, You Shall Never Fall

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