And he is mine. Oh, my, my goodness. Turn, if you would, the Song
of Solomon chapter five. But we'll be looking at the last
verse of chapter four, verse 16, when we read it with verse
one of chapter five. The name of the message is in
the garden of love, in the garden of love. Song of Solomon 416. The bride proclaims, awake, O
north wind, and come thou south. Blow upon my garden that the
spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his
garden and eat his pleasant fruits. And then, Song of Solomon 5-1,
which will be our text. I am coming to my garden, my
sister and my spouse. I have gathered my my myrrh with
my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with
my honey. I've drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, oh friends. Drink. Yea, drink abundantly, oh beloved. This chapter, Song of Solomon
chapter 5, begins with Christ's answer to the church's request,
which we looked at in verse 16 of chapter 4. We see that he has come into
his garden. He is coming to his garden as
she has desired. And now he gives an account of
what he has done there. And he invites her to feast with
him there. He invites her to feast with him there. I am coming
to my garden, my sister, my spouse. I have gathered my myrrh with
my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with
my honey. I have drunk my wine with my
milk. Eat, oh friends, drink, yea, drink abundantly, oh beloved. This verse properly belongs to,
and is part of the preceding chapter. Let us always remember
that when the Bible was first wrote, these letters were not
divided into chapters and verses. John Gill brings forth that this
verse properly belongs with verse 16 of chapter 4. And in verse
16, we saw the church, the bride of Christ, making the twofold
request or prayer. Look at verse 16 again. Awake,
O north wind, and come thou south blow upon my garden. The spices
thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his
garden and eat his pleasant fruits. First, she asked for the gracious
influence of the Holy Spirit of God, which is the Waco north
wind and come now south blow upon my garden and the spices
thereof may flow. Then she asked for the manifest
presence of Christ himself. Let my beloved come into his
garden and eat his pleasant fruits. So she's she asked for the Holy
Spirit to come and she asked for the presence of the bridegroom. Now in our verse tonight, we
have the Lord's answer to the bride's request or prayer. I
am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse. I have gathered my
myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with
my honey. I have drunk my wine with my
milk. Eat, oh friends, drink, yea,
drink abundantly, oh beloved. The bridegroom himself speaks
to his beloved. telling us that he has come into
his garden to have fellowship with his bride. Now, note here,
he calls her my sister, my spouse. He uses terms of endearment,
which he's used already in the book, in this wonderful book,
he's already used those terms of endearment. And so we should
not be surprised to see him use these wonderful names for the
bride of Christ. He loves her dearly. He loves
her with an everlasting love. And she is beautiful in his eyes. She is absolutely beautiful in
his eyes because she is clothed in his perfect, spotless righteousness. So he sees her. He sees her in
beauty. He sees her spotless. He is the
bride is his beloved. His beloved. Consider these two
verses in light of Revelation chapter three, where our Lord
proclaims, behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man
hear my voice and open the door, I will come into him and will
sup with him and he with me. So consider that verse, which
has been tore out of context by many people. Consider that
with this. He comes, he comes. The bride
requests him to come and he comes. And think of this. He puts it
in her to request him. It's wonderful. It's wonderful. My people shall be made willing.
Did you want the Lord's presence before he saved you? I didn't. Do we want his presence now?
We want nothing else, do we? We want his presence. We desire
his presence, beloved. Oh, my. So he uses these terms
of endearment and our all glorious Christ is always as good as his
promise. We see that no sooner did this church throw open the
doors of her heart than he entered in and made himself known in
secret communion to her. And we know that the doors of
our heart is only opened by the regenerating power of the Holy
Spirit of God. No man opens their own heart to Christ, do they?
No. He gives us a new heart. He gives us a new heart which
seeks and desires Christ and Christ alone. Turn, if you would,
to Isaiah 65. Isaiah 65, 24, and I'm going
to read up that scripture. First of all, I'm going to read
the scripture again. Awake, oh, north wind and come down south.
Blow upon my garden that the spices thereof may flow out.
Let my beloved come into his garden and eat his pleasant fruit.
So there's the request of the bride and then the answer from
the bridegroom. I am coming to my garden, my
sister and my spouse. I have gathered my myrrh and
with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with
my honey. I have drunk my wine with milk. with my mouth, eat,
oh friends, drink, yea, drink abundantly, oh beloved. Then
look at Isaiah 65, 24, in light of what we just saw there. In
light of the bride requesting his presence, desiring his presence,
desiring a manifestation of his presence, for him to be there.
And look at this, look at this in Isaiah 65, 24, in light of
that wonderful passage right there. In this wonderful truth
here before us. And it shall come to pass that
before they call, I will answer. And while they are yet speaking,
I will hear. Isn't that wonderful? It's absolutely
wonderful. What love Christ has for his
bride, the moment she asked, her request is answered. I am
coming to my garden. That is, I'm always with you.
He's always with us. He's never not with his people.
He's always with us. And if we considered how our
Lord has told us in the book of Hebrews, I will never leave
thee nor forsake thee. We would know that. We would
know that he's ever with us. Christ is always in his garden
with the church. He will never leave her nor forsake
her. Gil brings this forth. John Gil brings this forth. I
am always in it being the garden and never out of it. and am now
there gathering my myrrh and spice, eating my honey and honeycomb,
and drinking my wine and milk, from hence may be observed that
Christ may be in his church among his people or with particular
believers, and they know it not." And they know it not. Think upon this, that God was
in the place where Jacob was and he knew it not. Turn, if
you would, to John chapter 20. He was with Mary at the sepulcher,
and she knew him not. She knew him not. He speaks to
her, and yet she is ignorant and supposes him to be the gardener.
That is until he calls her by her name, Mary. And she knew right away, as he
is pleased to reveal himself to his people, she's one of the
elect which make up his bride and his chosen one. And she knows
him. Look at John chapter 20, starting
in verse 11. But Mary stood without the sepulcher
weeping. And as she wept, she stooped
down and looked into the sepulcher and see two angels in white sitting,
the one at the head and the other at the feet where the body of
Jesus had lain. And they said unto her, woman,
why weepest thou? She saith unto them, because
they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have
laid him. And when she had said thus, she
turned herself back and saw Jesus standing and knew that it knew
not that it was Jesus. He was in her presence. And she
didn't even know it. Has there ever been times in
your life and your walk with the Lord that you feel like he's
not with us at that time? He's always with you. He never
leave you nor forsake you. And that brings us great peace,
great peace. Jesus saith unto her, woman,
why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She supposing him to be
the gardener. She thought he was the gardener.
She thought he was the gardener. Saith unto him, sir, if thou
have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and
I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. Called
her by name, beloved. Remember we saw this morning,
Lazarus, come forth. Mary. She turned herself and
saith unto him, Rabboni, which is to say master. She heard his
voice. She heard his voice, beloved.
Jesus saith unto her, touch me not, for I am not yet ascended
to my father, but go to my brother and then say unto them, I ascend
unto my father and your father and to my God and your God. Mary
Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and
that he had spoken these things unto her. So note in our text
the speediness of the Lord's, the bridegroom's reply to the
bride. I am coming to my garden, my sister, my spouse. I have
gathered my mirth with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with
honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, oh friends, drink,
yea, drink abundantly, oh beloved. Gil says he was already there.
He was already, she didn't see him, but he was already there. Just like he's already, he's
with us. When we gather together, where two or three are gathered
together in my name, there am I in the midst. We should never
take that verse lightly. He's with his people. He's with
his people. Oh, my. She no sooner ask and
he grants her request. He comes to her. Note that, too,
he comes to her. She doesn't come to him. He comes
to her. One commentator bring forth that
his answer was ready as he was willing to come. She was she
he was as willing to come as she was to desire him and again
I'll read that Isaiah 26 24 and it shall come to pass that before
they call I will answer that is will be ready to give an answer
and Well, they are well, they are yet speaking. I will hear
Oh Oh wonder of wonders the Lord Jesus Christ always hears the
prayers of his people Turn, if you would, to Daniel chapter
9. Here's a good example of this in the book of Daniel. We have
Daniel who, while he was speaking in prayer and confessing to God
his own sins and the sins of the people of Israel, the angel
Gabriel was caused to fly swiftly to him. Daniel chapter 9, verses
20 to 23, who informed him that at the beginning of his supplications,
as soon as he had opened his mouth in prayer to God, the commandment
came forth. Isn't that wondrous? Isn't that
wondrous? Orders were given. And he is
a messenger from heaven dispatched to bring him an answer. Look
at Daniel 9 verses 20 to 23. And keep this in light of how
quickly the Lord answers the bridegroom in our text tonight. Daniel 9 verses 20 to 23. And well, I was speaking and
praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel
and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the
holy mountain of my God. Yay. Well, well, as I was speaking
in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision
at the beginning being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about
the time of the evening oblation. And he had formed me and talk
with me and said, Oh, Daniel, I am now come forth to give the
skill and understanding at the beginning of thy supplications.
The commandment came forth and I am come to show thee for thou
art greatly beloved. Therefore, understand the matter
and consider the vision. Note there at the beginning of
thy supplications, this commandment came forth. Oh, my. It's wondrous. So we see how
that ties in with the bride desiring the bridegroom and requesting
his presence. And he's right there. He's right
there, beloved. Now let us take great comfort
that God hears our prayers. Sometimes we must wait for an
answer to our prayers. No way. Sometimes they're not
immediately answered. Not always. Sometimes we have
to wait. Turn, if you would, to 2 Corinthians
12. We see in Paul's situation. He has he asked for the thorn
in the flesh to be taken away three times Three times look
at this 2nd Corinthians 12 verses 7 to 10 He besought the Lord
three times that it might depart from him But it does not appear
by the answer which he was given that his request was granted
immediately 2nd Corinthians 12 verses 7 to 10 now the Lord heard
him and We know that the Lord hears our prayers He hears our
prayers. Look at this and last I should
be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations
There was given to me a thorn in the flesh The messenger of
Satan to buffet me lest I should be exalted above measure Remember
the things Paul had seen. Oh My for this thing I besought
the Lord thrice that it might depart from me. I And he said
unto me, and here's a wonderful portion for us to memorize. My
grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect
in weakness. My grace is sufficient for thee,
for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore,
will I rather glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ may
rest upon me. Therefore, I take pleasure in
infirmities, in approaches, in necessities and persecutions,
in distresses for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then I'm
strong. Boy, that's the opposite of how
the world thinks. That's the total opposite of how the world
thinks. But when we're weak, he is strong. He is strong. He sought the Lord three times
that this thorn might depart from him. But the answer he gets
is my grace is sufficient. a very glorious answer, giving
every believer in Christ great strength. As we see ourselves
in Paul, we see ourselves in Paul. God's grace is sufficient
for me. And usually what we're going
through is for our good in his glory. Oh, Lord, give us grace
and strength to say your grace is sufficient. Now, in the case of our text,
the bride was answered speedily. Which shows us that her request
was according to his will turn, if you would, the first John,
chapter five, first John, chapter five. In the case of our text,
the bride was answered speedily, which shows that her request
was according to his will. Over in first John five versus
14, we see a tie in again with this here. We'll read verses
13 to 15 to keep it in context. These things have I written unto
you, that ye believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may
know that ye have eternal life. God's people, we know we have
eternal life. We believed on the Son. We believed on Christ. That ye may believe on the name
of the Son of God. And this is the confidence that
we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will,
He heareth us. A lot of times we ask things
that aren't according to His will. The things we want, the
things we desire, but they're not according to His will. Oh
my. And if we know that He hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petition that we
desired of Him. So our great concern in prayer
should be that we might be under the directions and influences
of the Holy Spirit of God. and that he would make intercession
for us according to the will of God. Let us ponder this precious
truth, the fact that our hearts truly long for Christ. Our hearts
truly long for the presence of Christ. Note the bride desired
his presence, longed for his presence. That is evidence for
the believer if we long for the presence of Christ if we long
for the things of him if we long To hear the gospel to gather
with the Lord's people This is evidence That God has done a
work Because just think of this think before you were saved Did
you desire to hear the gospel No, right Did you desire to be
with God's people? Nope. Now we won't want to be
nowhere else, do we? This is the place we want to
be. We want to be under the sound of the gospel. We want to hear
Christ. We don't want to hear stories.
We don't want to hear how we can do better. Just try a little
harder. No, tell me about Christ. Tell me about what he's done.
Tell me about what He's done. Tell me about the magnificent
Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior and Redeemer of my
soul. Tell me about Him. Oh, tell me
about Him. Tell me the old, old story like
we sing. Oh, my. That's what we want to
hear. We want to hear about Christ
and Christ alone. And we desire to be in the place
where He is proclaimed. Oh, my. And we cry out with Jacob,
surely the Lord is in this place. And I knew it not. Or like Mary,
sometimes we're like that. But oh, when we get in the church
and we hear the gospel proclaimed and the Holy Spirit ministers
to our heart, we don't want to be anywhere else, do we? Oh my,
it's wonderful, beloved. Let us observe here that Christ
not only answers the bride, but lets her know that it is he that
has answered her by letting her know of his presence. And what great comfort the believer
can glean here. Matthew 18, 20 says this, for
where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am
I in the midst of them. He's with us right here, right
now. He's in the midst of us, isn't
it wonderful? Oh, my. What does it mean to gather in
his name, to gather in his name, is to gather, believe in on his
name, trust in him alone. As our mediator and as our savior
to gather in his name is to come together to worship him and seek
his glory. I was listening to a grace preacher
this afternoon and he said, Isn't it wonderful when we get together?
He said, we can listen to a CD or do other things, but there's
nothing like getting together with the Lord's people. There's
nothing like being in the fellowship with the Lord's people. There's
nothing like it. That's why the Bible tells us
not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together. We need
to be. We need each other. We all need
each other. And it's wonderful. This is where
we're fed. This is where we feast is in
the Lord's church. under the sound of the gospel.
Oh, it's wonderful. And what a great blessing it
is for the people of God to rest and trust in Christ and Christ
alone. Look at our text here. It says, Song of Solomon again,
verse 1 of chapter 5. I am coming to my garden, my
sister, my spouse. I have gathered my myrrh with
my spice. I've eaten my honeycomb with
my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, oh friends.
Drink, yea, drink abundantly, oh beloved. Our Lord has promised
to never leave us nor forsake us. Turn, if you would, to John
chapter 14. John chapter 14. He's he's promised to never leave
or forsake us. We who truly worship him in spirit
and truth. He will not leave us comfortless.
He will not leave us comfortless. He will come unto his people. Look at John 14 verses 18 to
23. I will not leave you comfortless.
I will come to you. Why must he come to us? Because
we're never come to him in our natural state. He comes to us. He comes to us. I will come to
you yet a little while in the world. See if me no more. But
you see me because I live. You shall live also. At that
day, you shall know that I am in my father and and G and me
and I and you either at my commandments and keep it them. It is that
loveth me and he that loveth me shall be loved of my father
and I will love him and will manifest myself to him Judas
saith unto him not a spirit Lord. How is it that thou will manifest
thyself? Unto us and not unto the world Jesus answered and
said unto him if a man loved me He will keep my words and
my father will love him and will come unto him and make our abode
with him What a great blessing it is for the people of God to
know this and to rest in our blood as blessed Savior Let's
go back to our text again and song of Solomon chapter 5 verse
1 I'm coming to my garden my sister my spouse. I have gathered
my myrrh with my spice I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey.
I Have drunk my wine with my milk eat. Oh friends drink. Yay
drink abundantly Oh beloved He says, I have gathered my myrrh
with my spice. He says, I've gathered my myrrh
with my spice. Myrrh is one of the cheap spices. It was a principal ingredient
in the holy anointing oil that was used in other anointments. It was one of the ingredients
in the holy anointing oil. And we read of the oil or ointment
of myrrh in Esther chapter 2, turn to Esther chapter 2 if you
would, with which Esther and the other maidens were purified
to be able to be in the presence of the king. Now think of that.
Oh my beloved. In order to be presented to the
king. I have gathered my myrrh with my
spice, he says. Look at this in Esther chapter
2, verses 12 and 13. Now when every maid's turn was
come to go into King Cyrus, after that she had been 12 months according
to the manner of the woman, for so were the days of their purification
accomplished to wit six months with oil of myrrh and six months
with sweet odors and with other things for the purifying of the
woman. So she had to be purified before
she could go into the king's presence. Oh, my. Then thus came every maiden unto
the king whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her
out of the house of the woman unto the king's house. Beloved,
we have been purified by the precious blood of Christ. Oh,
my goodness. Turn, if you would, to Mark chapter
14. This and other sorts of ointments as spikenard were used in feasts
and were poured upon the heads of those who were guests as appears
from Mark chapter 14. Let's read verses 3 to 9. And being in Bethany in the house
of Simeon the leper, As he sat at meat, there came a woman having
an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard, very precious,
and she broke the box and poured it on his head. They used to
do the same with the myrrh. They would pour it on people.
And there were some that had indignation with themselves and
said, why was this waste of ointment made? They don't know who Christ
is. For it might have been sold for
more than three hundred pence, and had been given to the poor,
and they murmured against her. Now they wouldn't have given
it to the poor, they would have kept it for themselves. But that just
shows you how natural man is right there. And Jesus said,
Let her alone, why trouble ye her? She hath wrought a good
work on you. For ye have the poor with you
always, and whenever ye will, ye may do them good. But me,
ye have not always. She had done what she could.
She has come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily
I say unto you, now think of this, look at the scripture here,
and think of we're reading this tonight. We're reading this tonight. Wheresoever this gospel shall
be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she had
done shall be spoken of for a memorial. Oh, my goodness. Isn't that wonderful? Just wonderful. Gil brings forth
Christ being about to make a feast, not only for himself, but for
others, gathers mirror with other spices to make an ointment to
entertain and refresh his guests with to make an ointment to anoint
his guests with. As we looked at it there in Mark.
It was a custom during biblical times to do this when you were
going to have a feast. These may picture the sufferings
of Christ, which like myrrh bitter to him are like spice of sweet
smelling savior to God and to the saints and the fruits of
it to the salvation of his people. Look at this in verse one of
chapter five. He makes a feast for himself
and his friends. As was the custom of biblical
times, I am coming to my garden, my sister, my spouse. I have
gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with
my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, oh friends,
drink, yea, drink abundantly, oh beloved. Here our great king
claims the church is his own garden. We have looked at that
in a past study. The garden is the church. It's
his rightful possession. And note the use of the personal
pronoun my in this verse. Note the use of the personal
pronoun nine. My. He uses it nine times in
this verse. Nine times he uses it in this
verse. I'm coming to my garden. It's
his. It's his garden. My sister. My spouse. I have gathered merit
with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with
my honey. I have drunk my wine. With my
milk, eat, oh friends, drink, yea, drink abundantly, oh beloved. We are the Lord's beloved. We are the Lord's. By a gift to him from the Father
in eternity. His people are his. We are his by creation. He made us. And for we who are
redeemed, we are his by purchase. As he's purchased us with his
own precious blood. My spouse. My sister. My. What a savior. And he takes pleasure
in eating the fruit of his garden. And this is all the work of him. He takes great pleasure in His
fruitful garden. And let us remember that the
Lord delights in His people. His bride to Him is beautiful.
And note the condescension of Christ. He comes to us. Again,
we'd never come to Him. But He comes to us. We would
never come to Him unless we're made willing. And as you've heard
me say many times, once we're made willing, we never stop coming
to him. We just keep coming. We just
keep coming to him. He looks upon us in delight because
of his own righteousness, because his precious blood has made us
clean. One commentator brings forth that our prayers are like
sweet-smelling myrrh to him. Our songs of praises are like
spices and incense to him. Our love toward Him is like honey
in the honeycomb. Our joy before Him is like exhilarating
wine. I am coming to my garden, my
sister, my spouse. I have gathered my myrrh with
my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with
my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends,
drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. It says, O friends,
drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. The son of God gives
a loving invitation to his bride, his beloved people, here before
us in our text. Oh friends, drink, yea, abundantly. Yea, drink abundantly, oh beloved.
We are called to fellowship with Christ, to feast with him, to
feast with him. This isn't a feast for the whole
world. This is a feast for his bride, for his blood-bought people,
his people by choice and by purchase, by redemption through his precious
blood. And notice how tenderly he calls his bride when he calls
her to the feast with names beloved and friends. Oh, friends, drink,
yea, drink abundantly, oh, beloved. He calls us friends. He calls
us friends. We who were by nature his enemies
in our minds. Let us never forget that we would
have remained enemies in our minds to him if he had not reconciled
us to God by his death upon the cross at Calvary. He calls us
his friends. His beloved. the blood-bought
saints of God, who are born again by the Holy Spirit of God, and
who are the objects of His great love. He calls us friends and
beloved. Ponder this wondrous love. Ponder
this wondrous love. The love of God is electing love.
The love of God is redeeming love. The love of God is immutable
love and unchanging love, saving love, preserving love. And may
we who are the redeemed ponder this love because this love knows
no bounds. I was thinking this week about
people who say, they say, oh, I love you. And then they end
up, they end up getting divorced or end up not together anymore.
And the one person says to the other maybe, oh, I don't love
you anymore. Well, they never did. They never did. True love. True love. This is everlasting love we see
here. This is wondrous love we see
here. This is a love that knows no
bounds. This is a love that's nowhere
near human love. This love is amazing. Distinguishing
love. Eternal love. A love that knows
no bounds. No bounds. The love of God to
His people. Now what is the food of faith
and drink of faith which we are bidden to eat and drink here
before us in our text? Turn, if you would, to John chapter
6, verses 45 to 58. He tells us, O friends, drink,
yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. Look at John chapter 6, verses
45 to 58. The food and drink are in Christ,
in Christ alone. It is His flesh and His blood.
Which by faith we eat and drink and we live Constantly trusting
he who is our righteousness and we rejoice in his death Upon
the cross as our sin atoning substitute Look at John chapter
6 verses 45 to 58 It is written in the prophets and they shall
all be taught of God God's people are taught by God Every man, therefore, that hath
heard and hath learned of the Father cometh unto me. Not that
any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath
seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
he that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread
of life. Your fathers did eat manna in
the wilderness and are dead. This is the bread which cometh
down from heaven that a man may eat thereof and not die We eat natural bread and we die
eventually don't but if you eat of this bread if you eat of Christ
by faith Look at what it says This is
the bread which cometh down from heaven that a man may eat thereof
and not die I am the living bread which came down from heaven If
any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever. And the bread
that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life
of the world. The Jews thereof strove among
themselves, saying, how can this man give us his flesh to eat? They're thinking cannibalism.
He's talking by faith, trusting and resting in him. Jesus saith unto him unto them
verily verily I send you except you eat the flesh of the Son
of Man and drink his blood You have no life in you whosoever
eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life And
I will raise him up at the last day. Do you believe on Christ? Are you resting and trusting
in Christ and Christ alone? That's what it means by faith
to eat him He's talking spiritually and
they're thinking physically For my flesh is meat indeed and my
blood is drink indeed He that eateth my flesh and drinketh
my blood dwelleth in me and I in him as the Living Father has
sent me and I live by the Father and So he that eateth me even
he shall live by me. This is that bread which came
down from heaven Not as your fathers did eat manna and are
dead he that eateth of this bread shall live Forever and note in
our text. It says old friends drink. Yay
drink Abundantly eats old friends drink. Yay drink abundantly Tie
that in with what we've just read Oh, the two provisions spoken
of for our souls in our text are provided to us in and through
the Lord Jesus Christ. We eat and drink. Christ. By faith, we rest and trust in
him. And note the word abundantly
in our text, it says abundantly. Oh, friends, drink, yea, drink
abundantly. Abundantly, oh, beloved. In the
Hebrew it's to become tipsy. That's what it says in the Hebrew.
To become tipsy. To saturate with. To saturate
with. There is never a danger of feasting
too much upon Christ. There is never a danger. Feast
and feast and beloved feast even more upon our great Savior. Saturate yourself with him. Saturate
yourself with him. We are to feast upon Christ by
faith to be saturated with his love for us. Turn, if you would,
to Ephesians chapter 5. Ephesians chapter 5. This is
the last scripture I'll have you turn to. Ephesians chapter
5. And then I'll close with our
text again in Song of Psalms. Think of this, think of the word
abundantly there and it to be saturated with his love. Think
of this when we read this little portion in Ephesians chapter
five. Look at verses 18 to 21. And
be not drunk with wine wherein is excess, but be filled with
the spirit. Be filled with the spirit. Speaking
to yourselves in songs and hymns and spiritual songs. Singing
and making melody in your heart to the Lord Saturate yourself
with the Lord Jesus Christ Giving thanks always for all things
unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ
Submitting yourselves one to another in the field Isn't that
wonderful? Be not drunk with wine wherein
is excess, but be filled with the spirit, speaking to yourselves
in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody
in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things
unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. My. So let us close with this
thought. The Lord put those words in the
bride's heart. for her to long for her bridegroom. The Lord put the words in the
bride's mouth to long for the bridegroom. Her heart has been
made sensitive to the things of Christ. Her heart has been
made to desire Him. And truly, this is a work of
grace. And think of that in our lives.
It's a work of grace that we desire. Our great God in King. Awake, O north wind, and come.
Thou south wind, blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof
may flow out. Let my beloved come into his
garden and eat his pleasant fruits. Then look how quickly the Lord
responds, the almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ, the great
bridegroom, I am coming to my garden. my sister, my spouse. I have gathered my myrrh with
my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey. I have drank my
wine with my milk. Eat, oh friends. Drink, yea,
drink abundantly. Feast upon Christ, beloved. And
it says, oh beloved. Oh, what a Savior. Gracious Heavenly
Father, we thank Thee again for this time that we can gather
together O Lord, we who are redeemed are truly amazed that you call
us beloved friends. We who at one time were enemies
in our minds with thee, yet you have reconciled us by your precious
death upon Calvary's cross, purchased us with your precious blood,
made us whiter than snow, And we know that the scriptures declare
that you will never leave us nor forsake us. May we leave
this place rejoicing in this great and precious truth. In
Jesus name we pray.