As the bride of Jesus, you have committed to readying yourself to enjoy the Lord forever.

As the bride of Jesus, you have committed to readying yourself to enjoy the Lord forever.

“Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” (Rev 19:7)

“For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste [hagnos=pure, without fault] virgin to Christ.” (2Cor 11:2)

“by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2Pet 1:4)
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse [katharizo] us from all unrighteousness.” (1Jn 1:9)

“but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, Be holy, for I am holy.” (1Pet 1:15-16)

“Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord” (Heb 12:14)

“But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses [katharizo] us from all sin.” (1Jn 1:7)

“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light” (Eph 5:8)

“You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness…But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.” (1Thes 5:5,8)

“but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.” (1Jn 3:2,3)

“Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead” (Phil 3:13)

“For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God…But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. “ (Col 3:3,8)

“But you have not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts” (Eph 4:20-22)

“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear” (1Pet 3:15)

“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1Thes 5:23)

“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.” (Jn 17:17)

Reading: Ps 129-131; Rev 19