October 7

"That he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing." Ephesians 5:27

Children and young people have no wrinkles. When wrinkles appear, it means that age is creeping on. But the Lord plans for his Church a condition of unaging life, where there is nothing of decay, nothing of her sorry past. For her he wants everything in its pristine newness. One day, when she stands before him, it will seem as though she had never had any history of sin. She will be, as God eternally planned, a Church completely Christlike, containing no impurity of man and no savor of sin, having her Lord as her very life.

She will then not only be without spot or wrinkle; she will have no deficiency whatsoever. God will bring the Church to the place where nothing can be said against her in any respect. Mirroring his glory, she will then be completely glorious.