A dream about church

A while ago, I had a chance to meditate the relationship of husband and wife in Christ in Ephesians chapter 5. What impressed me was rather than the husband-wife but the relationship between Christ and church. Although Apostle Paul hasn't been married for his entire life, he clearly understood what kind of love husband should have toward wife, because he knew what it was of Christ for church.

"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the 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)

It was an intriguing description to me that church was without stain or wrinkle. What would be the stain in church? What would look like wrinkle in church? What a blameless church would look like?

"Stain" may mean sins secretely entered into church or remained unconfessed. By His cleasing with the word of God everybody in church believes in Jesus and is forgiven for his/her sins. "Without wrinkle" may mean flat without pave or clean without noise, or unified. It reminded me of the bible verse "And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." (Col 3:14) Love without hatred, pride and favoritism but with humble heart will fill up what is lacking in church, making it perfectly united.

As we are now building up our church, these verses about "blameless church" became a dream in me. I wish to make LSF be a church like the one without stain or wrinkle, or any other blemish but cleansed by the word of God and made holy. Preparing for worship service every Saturday night, I pray for that with fear of God. When we hold our hands together before starting our service on Sunday, my prayer is for our worship to be received by God. May Your name be glorified by LSF!