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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)
Living By Faith and God's Grace
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
Magic Doesn't Work (Part 2)
Living by Faith: God's Grace (Part 3)
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 10)
Imagining the Garden of Eden (Part 7)
Are You Alive to God?
Freedom, Liberty, and Bondage
When We Come to Ourselves
The Great Flood (Part 2)
Are We Ready to Overflow with God's Spirit?
Continuing on to Completion
Magic Doesn't Work (Part 2)
Faith and the Christian Fight (Part 3)
Faith and the Christian Fight (Part Two)
Faith and the Christian Fight (Part One)
How Does God Help Us? (Part 2)
The Heart's Self-Absorption
If You Do These Things, You Shall Never Fall
The Sabbath: Creation
The Christian Paradox (Part One)
God's Pearls
The Doctrine of Israel (Part Fifteen):The Israel of God
Our Part in the Sanctification Process (Part Six): Cultivating Kindness
Letters to Seven Churches (Part Six): Sardis
Back to Life (Part Five)
Back to Life (Part Three)
Restoration and Forgiveness
A Day Without Work
Leadership and Covenants (Part Sixteen)
Thank You for Finishing What You Start!
Reconciliation (Part Two): Christ's Work
Leadership and the Covenants (Part Twelve)
A Trustworthy Relationship
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Four)
Living by Faith: God's Grace (Part 4)
Image and Likeness of God (Part Five)
Liberty vs. Independence
God's Workmanship (Part 2)
God's Workmanship (Part 1)
Forms vs. Spirituality (Part 6)
The Sovereignty of God (Part 12)
The Covenants, Grace and Law (Part 16)
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part 3)
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part 2)
The Providence of God (Part 7)
The Laborers: Matthew 20:1-16
Love and Works
Revelation 2-3 and Works
God Meant it for Good!
Stewards of the Mysteries of God
Go and Do Likewise
The Magnificent Work of God
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-One)
Maintaining Good Health (Part 8)
God's Creation and Our Works
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?

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