She Will Wear White
Thursday, June 05, 2014 Posted by Lisa
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Pornography, deception, gambling, addiction, theft, murder. Sounds like words used to describe the latest crime novel. Unfortunately, these same words could be used
to describe any number of raging church scandals across the globe.
As you read
the headlines and your heart pours out in tears, you may be tempted to storm
Heaven’s gates and demand an answer to "when will it stop!" And you
would be well within reason. Been there.
But there
was a moment when Spirit spoke to spirit and I heard “The Bride of Christ will
not be defiled”. I stopped to reflect on those words and weighed them against
words of Scripture.
“…God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.”
In our free will, we are given the freedom to cause harm to
ourselves and as a result we hurt others because the fact of the matter is we are
not alone. What we do in the privacy of our homes, does have a ripple effect
on all those in our lives. And when those of us who practice in darkness are
members of the Church body, especially in positions of authority, God will not tolerate
it.
The Father loves His Son. His Son paid a high ransom for His
Bride and She will not be defiled in any manner by anyone. If there is anyone who has attached himself
or herself to His Bride who needs the cleansing, healing balm of light…they
will be exposed. Thankfully, Father God loves us too. He will not bring shame
onto the repentant. He is the Surgeon who removes and the Healer who brings
wholeness.
It is only those who refuse to see and are blind because of darkness
that God chooses to expose in the most shocking of circumstances.
The next time there is a report of abuse within the Church, I
will give thanks. I will give thanks that I turn to Him quickly when He
reveals my sin to me. And I will give thanks that God will not tolerate any harm that threatens His Bride.
“…Christ
loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water throughthe word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church,without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.” Eph 5:25-27
