05/30/2026
Crumb's of Tuckahoe May 30th, 2026
The Virgin Bride of Christ
1. Now, please bear with some of my “craziness” for a moment. Yes, please be patient with me.
2. You need to know that God’s passion is burning inside me for you, because, like a loving father, I have pledged your hand in marriage to Christ, your true bridegroom. I’ve also promised that I would present his fiancée to him as a pure virgin bride.
3. But now I’m afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s clever lies, your thoughts may be corrupted and you may lose your single-hearted devotion and pure love for Christ.
4. For you seem to gladly tolerate anyone who comes to you preaching a pseudo-Jesus, not the Jesus we have preached. You have accepted a spirit and gospel that is false, rather than the Spirit and gospel you once embraced. How tolerant you have become of these imposters!
2 Corinthians 11 1-4(TPT)
Y'all I just have one question as many people describe themselves as being disciples of Christ, and making disciples of Christ. And this is actually pretty deep, so hang on, because I shared this with 3 people today that gave me the deer in the headlights look after sharing this question with them today, and then realizing it will be the title of my message tomorrow morning at Bethel Church at Kodak.
Ready?...
(Are you married to Christ? Or are you just dating Jesus?)
I have tried my best for the past 9 years to make sure that people leave Bethel more in love with King Jesus than when they showed up. The family at Bethel continues to ebb and flow and mainly because what I have assessed in the contemplation time alone with the Holy Spirit, is just like the children of Israel as God led them out of the captivity and bo***ge as slaves to Egypt. Most people don't know what freedom really is.
The church in America has done one of two things, they have either turned Grace into a greasy message that you say a prayer and ask forgiveness and you check the box and go about your life with no eternal impact or change of heart, doing whatever you want, whenever you want because you said the "prayer".
The second thing the church in America has done is actually turn people back into slaves telling them what they must do to keep their salvation and then make it about giving, service and following a system of religious rules. Instead of empowering the people to get to know Jesus on the most intimate level possible that allows them to do those things willingly instead of forcing them to do them out of necessity.
Please hear me today, if you're just dating Jesus because of what you think he can do for you, just stop because he doesn't want someone who has a lukewarm love. He is looking for someone engaged to him with their whole heart waiting for the wedding banquet.
15-16. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were one or the other! So because you are lukewarm -- neither hot nor cold -- I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
Revelation 3:15-16(NIV)
Y'all please remember that this is coming.
2. I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of the heavenly realm from the presence of God, like a pleasing bride ( y'all that's supposed to be us.) that has been prepared for her husband, adorned for her wedding.
Revelation 21:2(TPT)
8. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the despicable, the murderers, the perverts, the sorcerers, the idolaters and "all" the deceivers they will find their place in the lake of fire and sulphur which is the second death.
Revelation 21:8(TPT)
If you are an apostolic leader, a prophetic leader, an evangelist, pastor or teacher please check what you say that you are sharing with the people that God has blessed you with, because it's very important to understand what is being said here. Not out of fear, but out of love the same as Jesus so that none would perish and be separated for eternity.
As a leader I understand that even I have to articulate better what the kingdom of God provides for us in our freedom through Jesus Christ, but I definitely don't want anyone to just think about their relationship with Christ the way that people in the west think about dating today.
Y'all have a great weekend and remember that Sunday morning services are not for us, it's supposed to be a day that we minister to God. So go prepared, don't make the music or pastor move you !
Pastor Gery