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The Bride Is Ready
The Bride Is Ready
Author: Martha Kilpatrick

A grave deception lies dormant like a sleeping sickness in the theology of the
church . . . an error with eternal consequences and unutterable loss. The error is this: that all believers, all born again Christians will be at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Christ's own words refute this. The Bride of Christ must meet specific requirements. His parables make such clear illustration of this, it is a marvel there can be such a serious mistaking of His teaching. Salvation is ever free. A gift. Unmerited and unearned by any effort or will. There is no work to be born again, only that of the work of Christ . . . but the Bride, that is another matter.

The Overcoming Word

Author: Martha Kilpatrick  1 September 2002

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The facts of God's gifts to us cannot be imagined. His being, His grace, His plan are so outside the thoughts of man that without His Word we could never dream of His genius, His goodness or His gifts. The Word connects us to divine realities and fuels the faith that overcomes. Without the Bible, we would have little idea of who He is. Really is . . . . Scripture must fill the channels of the very hidden heart as words held in affection, cherished as the most precious and trustworthy truth. The scriptures must be the constant banquet for the mind's hunger to "know." The Word of God must settle every dispute, conquer every doubt until we are living and speaking merely the Words ... read remainder of article

The facts of God's gifts to us cannot be imagined.
His being, His grace, His plan are so outside
the thoughts of man that without His Word
we could never dream of
His genius, His goodness or His gifts.

The Word connects us to divine realities and fuels the
faith that overcomes.

Without the Bible, we would have little idea of
who He is. Really is . . . .

Scripture must fill the channels of
the very hidden heart
as words held in affection, cherished as the
most precious and trustworthy truth.

The scriptures must be the constant banquet for the
mind's hunger to "know."

The Word of God must settle every dispute,
conquer every doubt until we are living
and speaking merely the Words of Truth.

Our testimony is then His testimony.
Our witness of Him is what He says Himself.
About Himself.

When His truth becomes our Truth, our
sayings will be His sayings.
Our words will resound with His sound
and the enemy of our soul will be rendered
powerless in his only means of attack: lies.

The Word combats the Lie and takes the fuse out of
its explosion on our soul.
The Word ignores the lie as so foolish as to
merit no attention and so futile as to
require no debate.

"they overcame him by the word . . . ."

The Logos, expression of eternal communication:
God's truth and principle pressed into the
form of human language that we might
know and speak the wonders of our God,
His victory and His worth.

 

Copyright © 2002 Martha Kilpatrick 

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1
The Prelude
1 October 2001  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
A grave deception lies dormant like a sleeping sickness in the theology of the church . . . an error with eternal...continue reading
2
Finding a Bride
2 October 2001  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Genesis 2:18 NKJV And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper...continue reading
3
The Invitation
3 October 2001  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Matthew 22:1-10 NKJ And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said, "The kingdom of heaven is like a certain...continue reading
4
The Bride is Ready
4 October 2001  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Revelation 19:7 NKJ Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come,...continue reading
5
The Great Divide
1 November 2001  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
 May it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the...continue reading
6
Ten Virgins
2 November 2001  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Reading: Matthew 25:1-13 Virgins of the story are all believers. All are in the family of God, washed by the Blood of the...continue reading
7
Oil of the Spirit
3 November 2001  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
No Extra Oil Caught in the crisis of Christ's return, found wanting while waiting without fullness, the five foolish had run out of oil...continue reading
8
Wedding Clothes
1 December 2001  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Reading: Matthew 22:1-14 The mysteries of Bridal preparation are strewn throughout scripture, by clear symbol. Jesus freely gave the secrets that gain a...continue reading
9
White Robes
2 December 2001  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
The King's daughter is all glorious within; Her clothing is interwoven with gold. She will be led to the King...continue reading
10
Fine Linen
3 December 2001  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
And it was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous...continue reading
11
Covered in Filth
1 January 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Before ever the bride was revealed in New Testament fulfillment, the 'what' and the 'how' of her preparation were planted in Old Testament...continue reading
12
White Turban, Blue Cord
2 January 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
We can solve nothing about being nothing. And by being nothing, we can do nothing. We can only let God. To see our...continue reading
13
God's Dream
1 May 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
The dream of God is marriage. Marriage was His original relationship for humanity. His favorite idea. The First Institution. The Original Bond. Not friends, not brothers...continue reading
14
Bride of the Cross
2 May 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Ephesians 5:26, 27 NAS . . . so that He might sanctify her,      having cleansed her by the washing of water with...continue reading
15
Gomer, Faithless Bride
3 May 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Hosea 1:2 NAS The Lord said to Hosea,       "Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry  and have children of harlotry, for the...continue reading
16
The Reigning Bride
1 June 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
I Corinthians 6:2a-3 Amplified Bible Do you not know that the saints (the believers) will one day judge and govern the world? Do...continue reading
17
Daniel's Sovereign God
2 June 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
  Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar, "Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms...continue reading
18
Called to Overcome
1 July 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Revelation 3:21 NASB "He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame...continue reading
19
The Overcoming Blood
2 July 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
The first "overcoming" is to conquer what is within your own being . . . the wrongness that lives unchallenged in your primal...continue reading
21
The Overcoming Testimony
2 September 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
. . . he who accuses them before our God day and night, and they overcame him because of the...continue reading
22
The Overcoming Love
1 October 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
Rev. 12:11 NAS And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their...continue reading
23
The Bridegroom
1 November 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
The Lord Jesus has a multitude of names. Names that reveal facets and gifts of His boundless being. But one name will...continue reading
24
Friend of the Bridegroom
2 November 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
The disciples saw Jesus as Conqueror of Rome. Herod feared Him as King of Israel. The high priests envied Him as Favorite...continue reading
25
Indwelling Oneness
3 November 2002  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Ephesians 5:32 NKJ Of all titles, "Bridegroom" is the...continue reading
26
Paul and the Husband
1 January 2003  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
For I am zealous for you with a godly eagerness and divine jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you...continue reading
27
The Only Husband
2 January 2003  Author: Martha Kilpatrick
The one who dreamed marriage, made it not for human relationship but . . . for Himself. The human marriage, a hint...continue reading