Happy Valentines Day❤️
- Pastor Rusty Owens
- Feb 14
- 2 min read
- Pastor Rusty - Feb. 14, 2025
“For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.” II Cor. 11:2
Paul’s “divine jealousy” stems from his frustration with false apostles and teachers molesting the bride of Christ. He felt they tolerated men with duplicitous motives, presenting themselves to be more than they were. He stated that he had promised you to Christ as a pure virgin. Paul the matchmaker, betrothing you to Christ. The hopeless romantic, presenting believers as a promised bride. Of all the identities the Church needs to embrace in this season, it’s that of the bride of Christ. You are in covenant with him (Christ). It’s time to send all other loves packing! You are betrothed to Him, who is the great lover of your soul!❤️🔥 It’s time to have eyes for HIM only and let Him be ravished. “Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.” SOS 4:9.
“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!” SOS 4:10
He longs to be loved with the same love He loves us with.🤔💕 Let’s us rise up and return to our “first love.”
"I love my God, but with no love of mine, For I have none to give;
I love thee, Lord; but all the love is thine, For by thy life I live.
I am as nothing, and rejoice to be Emptied, and lost, and swallowed up in thee…. Jeane Guyon 1648-1717
- Pastor Rusty
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