This sermon was preached by Evangelist
Bro. Robert Bailey on:
Title: Go get the Bride
Text: 2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous
over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I
may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. And John 3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the
bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the
bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Introduction: As we
look at the relationship between the
Bridegroom (Jesus) and the Bride
(The church) we start to see the importance of winning souls for Jesus Christ
in this church age that we are living in presently. Therefore I hope this sermon will challenge
you to get more people into Christ’s church than you ever have before. (Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and
upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it.)
I. Go and tell,
A. All nations:
*Matthew 28:19-20 Go ye therefore,
and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I
have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of
the world. Amen.
B. All the world:
*Mark 16:15 And he said unto
them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
C. All in the highways and hedges:
*Luke 14:23 And the lord said
unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them
to come in, that my house may be filled.
II. Go show the way,
A. The way by Jesus:
* John 14:1-6 Let not your heart
be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are
many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be
also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him,
Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith
unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.
B. The way of Salvation:
*Acts 4:12 Neither is there
salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among
men, whereby we must be saved.
C. The way that is strait:
* Matthew 7:13-14 Enter ye in at the
strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that
leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is
the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there
be that find it.
III. Go and teach the typology, (Of the Jewish Wedding)
A. The Covenant:
*John 14:1-6 Let not your heart
be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are
many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be
also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him,
Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith
unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.
B. The Cup:
*Matthew 26:27-28 And he took the
cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the
remission of sins.
C. The Price:
*Isaiah 53:5-6 But he was
wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own
way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
* Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his
love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
D. The Departure:
*John 14:1-3 Let not your heart
be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are
many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be
also.
E. The Return:
*Acts 1:8-12 But ye shall receive power,
after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me
both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost
part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he
was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they
looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in
white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into
heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come
in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. Then returned they unto
Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's
journey.
*1 Corinthians 15:51-58 Behold, I shew
you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For
this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on
immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this
mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying
that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy
sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin;
and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which
giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
*1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 But I would not
have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye
sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with
him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and
remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the
Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
F. The Bridal Chamber:
*2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all
appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the
things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it
be good or bad.
G. The Marriage Supper:
*Revelation 19:7-8 Let us be glad and
rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his
wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed
in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of
saints.
(Teach this for encouragement in these last days)
Conclusion: As we are looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing
of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ mentioned in Titus 2:13 let us
win as many people for Jesus Christ as we possibly can. Remember Go Get The Bride.
(Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;)