{"id":14315,"date":"2023-10-01T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=14315"},"modified":"2023-10-03T10:14:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:14:22","slug":"the-bride-of-christ","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/sermons\/the-bride-of-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bride Of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-gdm-google-drive-embedder-viewer\"><iframe width='100%' height='100' frameborder='0' scrolling='yes' src='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Sd7X1-YX6ELkOL3cTfX-9moWjDoMZj6r\/preview?usp=drivesdk' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h6>READ<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Ephesian 5:25-27<br \/>Revelation 21:1-2 ; 19:6-9<\/p>\n<h6>CONSIDER<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In August, one of my high school friends was back in Canada after being away for ten years.\u00a0 We had a big reunion and it was a joy because reunions bring you back together with the people you love.\u00a0 Revelation 19 &amp;21 paint a picture of a reunion between the Christ and his bride (the church) when He returns for the final time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As we begin a new church-wide series exploring the different metaphors used in the New Testament to describe the church, I hope we will see how the Bride of Christ is called to love in the way Christ did by giving up his life &amp; to be a holy people who bear witness to Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Pastor Tim Sreedharan<\/p>\n<h6>PRAY<\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: \u201cBe holy, because I am holy.\u201d (1 Peter 1:14-16)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Lord, as the bride of Christ, help us to be a holy people, transformed by the Spirit, who bear witness to Christ in our church, homes, workplace, school &amp; community for your glory.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h6>DIVING DEEPER<\/h6>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">How can we live closer <strong>WITH<\/strong> GOD in our lives?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">How are we being <strong>TRANSFORMED<\/strong> to be more like Christ?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">How is the Holy Spirit empowering us to imitate Christ in what we <strong>DO<\/strong> this week?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ephesians 5:21-33; Revelation 21:1-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":14313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[155,57],"ctc_sermon_series":[550],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[525],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/14315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14315"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/14315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14366,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/14315\/revisions\/14366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=14315"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=14315"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=14315"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=14315"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=14315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}