Song of Solomon, chapter 2. The
name of the message is Christ, the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily
of the Valleys. Christ, the Rose of Sharon, and
the Lily of the Valleys. Let's read the verses in context.
We'll read Song of Solomon, chapter 2, verses 1 to 7. We'll be looking
at verses 1 and 2 tonight. I am the Rose of Sharon and the
Lily of the Valleys. As the lily among thorns, so
is my love among the dark. As the apple tree among the trees
of the wood, so is my beloved among the suns. I sat down under
his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my
taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me
was love. Stay with me, flagons, comfort
me with apples, for I am sick of love. His left hand is under
my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. I charge you, O ye
daughters of Jerusalem, by the rows and by the hinds of the
field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love till he pleads. Last time we met, we, for our
Song of Solomon study, two weeks ago, we finished chapter one. And tonight we'll be looking
at a couple of verses in chapter two here. And we'll continue
to see in this chapter In picture, the love between Christ and his
bride, the church, his blood-bought bride. And we will see the sweet
and blessed fellowship and love that they have. Again, the bride,
the church, and her bridegroom, Christ our Redeemer. And we'll
see again how they find great delight in one another, the bride
finds great delight in her bridegroom and Christ delights in his bride. Sinners. Who have been washed
clean by his precious blood. Now again, think of this fact
that Christ delights in his bride. She was given to him in eternity.
We saw that this morning. He came to earth. He left the
glories and splendors of heaven. To purchase her. He loved her
so much and he loves her so much that he left the glories of heaven,
angels falling prostate before him, worshiping and adoring him. And he leaves the glories and
splendors of heaven to come to this earth to purchase her with
his own precious blood. And then he keeps her. He keeps her. all through her
sojourn through this world, all through, we're just strangers
and pilgrims passing through this world, and he keeps his
bride. And he provides for her. He provides
for her every single day. Scripture declares that for the
believer, his mercies are new every morning. Every morning. Oh my. Every morning. So he provides for her, he keeps
her, and one day he will have his bride complete with him. Complete with him. And think
of this, they will be in his presence, in glory. And the bride is made up of sinners. Sinners. Who have been, who have
been saved by the free grace of God in Christ alone. And they are all clothed in His
perfect, spotless righteousness. Every single one of them. And they will be in His presence,
clothed in the righteousness of Christ, unblameable and unreprovable
in His sight. That's something for us to just
rejoice in. Just to rejoice in. Ephesians
5.27, the scripture declares this. Paul's writing about the
church, the elect of God, the ones Christ gave his life for,
that he might present it to himself, his bride, a glorious church,
not having spot or wrinkle. Perfect. Perfect in his eyes. Or any such thing. but that it
should be holy and without blemish. And that's all because we are
clothed in His righteousness. Now, what security the believer
has in Christ? What security the believer has
in Christ? In no way is his salvation or
her salvation dependent upon anything we do. Our salvation
is completely dependent upon Christ. And He is our all-powerful,
and ever-present Savior. And when we meet together, in
His name, He is guiding us, and directing us, teaching us through
His Word. The Holy Spirit illuminates the
Scriptures, and gives us an understanding of the things of Christ, and
we grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ, not so that we can
boast, but so that we can glorify Him, and praise His mighty name
for what He's done. And he teaches us through the
preaching of the gospel of God's free grace. Now turn, if you
would, to Isaiah 43. The one who calls himself the
Rose of Sharon is the same one spoken of in Isaiah chapter 43,
the sovereign almighty God of the universe, Jehovah, the self-existent
one who needs no one and nothing. And look at, in Isaiah 43, This
is wonderful, verses one to four. But now, thus saith the Lord,
Jehovah, the self-existent one, that created thee, O Jacob, and
he that formed thee, O Israel, fear not, for I have redeemed
thee. I have called thee by thy name, thou art Jesus. The believer sees that verse
and goes, my goodness. I'm his. I'm his. By his choosing, I'm his. He's redeemed me. When thou passest
through the waters, look at this, for we who, when we go through
trials and tribulations in this life, when thou passest through
the waters, I will be with thee. And through the rivers, they
shall not overflow thee. When thou walkest through the
fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle
upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God. My, the Holy One of
Israel. Look at this, thy Savior. And every believer says, Christ,
He's my Savior. He's the Savior of my soul. Thy
Savior, I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Sebia for
thee, since thou was precious in my sight. God's people. His elect are precious in the
sight of Christ. Precious. I don't think I'm ever
going to get over that. I know who I am, I know what
I am and I know what I was and. Praise God, I'm not what I'm
going to be. But when we get the glory, we'll be sinless,
won't we? And I mean, praise God, we'll be sinless there.
That's what we look for, isn't it? That's what we desire, to
be with the Lord, to be sinless. We struggle with sin all the
time, all the time. Since thou wast precious in my
sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee. Therefore
will I give men for thee. in people for thy life. So the
one who calls himself the Rose of Sharon is the very one speaking
these words. And the soul and the believer
is safe and secure in Christ in Christ alone, and he will
keep his church, which he purchased with his precious blood. He will
keep the church in perfect safety so that the believer can truly
sing no matter what comes our way. And it's hard sometimes. We know that it's tough sometimes,
but the believer can truly sing. It is well with my soul. It's
well with my soul. Job said, though he slay me,
you'll not trust. Now there's much beauty around
us in creation, isn't there? There's much beauty around us
in creation. But the Lord Jesus Christ possesses
more beauty than all of creation, than all of creation. We used
to go to the ocean and stand there and see those waves come
crashing in on the great rocks that are out there and see the
mountains and take your breath away. But they don't even compare
to the beauty of Christ. They don't even compare to Him. The beauty that God's people
see in Christ makes everything else pale in comparison. Spurgeon
comments about the rose here in our text, when he says, I
am the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys. Spurging
comments about the rose amongst the flowers the rose is deemed
the sweetest the sweetest flower But Jesus is infinitely more
beautiful in the garden of the soul than any rose can be in
the garden of the earth For the believer Christ is the sweetest
thing he takes first place in the believers life As the scriptures
declare that he is He is to His bride, to His blood-bought
church, the fairest among 10,000. The fairest among 10,000. He's the rose of Sharon, and
He's the lily of the valley. He's the lily of the valley.
Think of this, the heavens and all of creation are dark in comparison
to Him. He is bright as the sun for the
believer, and His beauty transcends all people, in all things to
the boy now it's common for lovers to
use poetic comparisons to describe one another and we see we see
in these first three verses this chapter is the bridegroom in
the bride describe their love and esteem for one another I'm
the rose of Sharon in the lily of the valleys the bridegroom
says and he continues as the lily among thorns so is my love
among the daughters And then the bride says, as the apple
tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the suns.
I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit
was sweet to my taste. My. Now the rose is called Queen
of the Flowers. I saw a commentator mention that,
so I decided to look it up and see if that was true. And they
call it the Queen of the Flowers, the rose. The Queen of the Flowers. Well, the Lord Jesus Christ infinitely
excels over all others. Just as the rose is called the
queen of flowers and none compare to it, the Lord Jesus Christ
is infinitely more desirable to the believer and he excels
over all things, whether angels or men, none are to be compared
to him. None are to be compared to him.
He is the head and we're the body. He is the glory of things
in heaven, and of things on earth, whether thrones or principalities
or power, he is fairer than the children of men, the chiefest
among ten thousand." Oh my. And he proclaims here that he
is the Rose of Sharon. The Rose of Sharon. Again, the
Rose is the Queen of Flowers. And think of this in light of
this morning's message where we looked at the sacrifice of
Christ was a sweet smell and savor. a sweet-smelling savor
to God. So sweet is this rose spoken
of in our text. Oh, what a Savior! What a Redeemer! And we are accepted in Christ
and Him alone. To the praise of the glory of
His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the blood. And
a rose is a fragrant and sweet flower. Its scent is excellent,
but no rose compares to Christ's. No rose compares to Christ. He
yields a fragrant and lovely savor, a sweet and refreshing
savor to his people. Turn, if you would, over to chapter
one and think of this in light. Think of this in light of his
merit and his saving grace to his people. You who are the beloved
of God, is he not a sweet smelling savor to you? Is he not a savor
of life under life? Because look at verse three,
his name is like an ointment poured forth as a sweet perfume,
fragrance in the air. Verse three, because of the savor
of thy good ointments, thy name is as an ointment poured forth.
Oh, he's a sweet smelling savor to his people. Therefore do the
virgins love thee. Now the roses, Sharon are roses
which grew on the coast of Sharon between Caesarea and the coast
of Joppa. And it was down on that coast
where Peter met with Cornelius. The area is said to be protected
by the mountains of Jerusalem from the hot desert winds. And
they're also nurtured by the cool winds that come off the
Mediterranean. And Sharon was said to be a place
of great fruitfulness. So that the roses there that
grew, the red roses, were of great beauty. Absolute great
beauty and loveliness. And no doubt, they were of superior
quality to other roses. So Christ, in all His merits,
is the rose of Sharon to His people. He's the rose of Sharon
to His people. We see in Him all our merit before
God. All our merit. We see in ourselves
nothing but sin. And again, everything we do is
tainted with sin. But oh, we look to Him who is
the rose of Sharon. perfect, sinless lamb of God,
the Lord Jesus Christ. And then we marvel that we are
clothed in his perfect, spotless righteousness. Now, and all arose
as the offspring and fruit of a good, though seemingly dry
roots, turn if you would, Isaiah chapter 11. Christ, when speaking
of His human nature, is the offspring of David, a branch out of the
stem and root of Jesse. And then put your finger in Isaiah
53. Isaiah 11 and Isaiah 53. Isaiah 11, verses 1 and 2. And
there came forth brought out of the stem of Jesse,
and a branch." There's one of the names of our Savior, the
branch. "...shall grow out of his roots,
and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, in the spirit
of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord." And turn over
to Isaiah 53, if you would. Christ is called a root out of
dry ground. And a rose, again, is the offspring
and fruit of a good, though seemingly dry, root. Look at Isaiah 53,
verses 1 and 2. Who hath believed our report,
and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow
up before him as a tender plant, and as a root of a dry ground. He hath no form nor commonness,
And when we see Him, and when we shall see Him, there's no
beauty that we should desire Him. So before the Saint of God
is saved, there's no beauty in Christ. Just remember how we thought
and how we felt about Christ before the Lord saved us. I didn't
see any beauty in Him at all. Brother, we've talked about that
before. No desire for Him. Now, he's the Rose of Sharon. What a change. And it can only
be wrought by the Holy Spirit of God. When we're born again to the
Spirit, we see Christ in His beauty. Now, the Rose of Sharon
speaks of Christ's redeeming blood also. To the world it means
nothing. To the world it means nothing.
But to the bride, the blood-bought saint of God, Christ's blood
is precious. Precious. It's what's purchased
our pardon. It's what's paid the redemption
price for our souls. Precious. And think of the sweet
fragrance of the rose of Sharon Christ gives to his people. The
sweet scent of redeeming love, pardoning grace, and complete
atonement. It's a sweet smell and savor
to God's people. Our text continues, I am the
rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys. Now the lily of
the valleys, let us consider the pure, white, spotless righteousness
of Christ. It is by that that the believer
has been made pure. Now we're still sinners, aren't
we? We still sin while we're here. But God looks upon the
believer and sees them in Christ, clothed in his righteousness. clothed in this pure, spotless
righteousness. And the word translated lily
is from a root that means whiteness. Whiteness. To you who look at Christ by
faith, a sight of Him brings peace, rest, hope, as nothing
else can. as nothing else can. He sweetens
our trials. He sweetens our tribulations.
He sweetens the troubles we go through. With the eye of faith
focused upon Christ, all we see is His beauty. And He is indeed
beautiful as the red rose and as beautiful as the white lily
to the believer. Now, the lily is a beautiful
white color. and represents purity. Purity. Think of this in light of our
Savior, who was born absolutely sinless. Absolutely sinless. The perfect one. The spotless
one. The one without blemish we looked at this morning. Never
sinned in thought, word, or deed. And what a contrast to those
he came to save. What a contrast. We were born dead in trespasses
and sins, physically alive, but dead spiritually due to our fallen
Adam, and we had absolutely no ability to save ourselves. And we had no desire to be saved. We were shaking our fist at God,
and if not crying out with the voice in our actions, We were
saying, we will not have this man rule over us. That was our
state. That was our natural state. So think again of the purity
of Christ's nature. He is both God and man. The God-man
mediator. Turn, if you would, to Luke chapter
9. We have a glimpse of his perfection on the Mount of Transfiguration.
Luke chapter 9, verses 28 to 36. Oh, he was pure and spotless. And this is what the lily pictures
in his humanity. Luke chapter 9, verses 28 to 36. Now remember, Moses and Elijah represent
the Law and the Prophets. and we'll see what they were
talking about. Luke chapter 9 verse 28 to 36,
And it came to pass, about an eight days after these sayings,
he took Peter, John, and James, and went up into a mountain to
pray. And as he prayed, the fashion
of his countenance was altered, and his remnant was white and
glistening. And behold, there talked with
him two men, which were Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory. What did they talk about? And
spoke of his decrease, meaning his death, beloved, which he
should accomplish at Jerusalem. My, but Peter and they that were
with him were heavy with sleep, When they were awake, they saw
His glory and the two men that stood with Him. And it came to
pass, as they departed from Him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master,
it is good for us to be here, and let us make three tabernacles,
one for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias, not knowing
what he said. While he thus spake, there came
a cloud and overshadowed them, and they feared as they entered
into the cloud. And there came a voice out of
the clouds saying, this is my beloved son. Hear, hear him. He's only satisfied with Christ. And when the voice was passed,
Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close and told
no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. Now,
Peter wanted to make three monuments. God will not share his glory
with anyone. Christ will not share his glory with anyone.
This is my beloved son. Hear him. Hear him. All that God has to say to us,
He says to us through Christ. Through Christ. Now the lily is also in a valley,
which is a place of humiliation. A place where it can be trodden
down. Like the roses of Sharon, it's in a place of fruitfulness,
but it's in a place where it can be trodden down. Think of
Christ's humiliation again. Leaving heaven to redeem and
to purchase. those whom the Father had given
Him in eternity. Christ came to save sinners,
and praise God, He did it. He did it. We could never save
ourselves, but praise God, again, He makes the unwilling willing
to come to Him. He works a mighty work of grace
within the soul. In regenerating us, we're born
again by the Holy Spirit of God and granted faith and repentance
to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. And as I said, the unwilling
run to Christ when they're born again. My. And they rest and they trust
in their Savior. Salvation is of the Lord. It's
wonderful. It's absolutely wonderful. Let us consider our next verse.
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
These are the words of Christ speaking about his church, speaking
about his bride, whom he calls my love. My love. The church, those who are united
to him by faith, and love Him, they are as the
lily among thorns. By the mighty operation of grace,
the righteousness of Christ has been imputed to God's people,
and the church of God is in this world as a lily among thorns. As a lily among thorns. She,
the church of God, is said to be among the thorns, but she
is not of the thorns. The thorns being wicked men,
comparable to thorns for their unfruitfulness, unprofitableness, for their being
hurtful and evil to God's people, and for their end, which is to
be cast into the fire and burned. The thorns are also nations and
men of the world, carnal false professors who are trusted in
their own works for salvation. He is the rose of Sharon and
the lily of the valley, and she is the lily among thorns. Turn, if you would, back over
to chapter one again. She's called the lily amongst
thorns. Where did she get her beauty from? Where did she get
her beauty from? All from Christ. All from Christ,
beloved. Look at verse five, I am black,
but calm. Black, but beautiful. Black in
sin, but beautiful in the righteousness of Christ. Oh, ye daughters of
Jerusalem. As the tents of Cedar, as the
curtains of Solomon, she sees herself black with sin and yet
beautiful in God's eyes. Clothed in Christ's perfect spotless
righteousness. Turn if you would to Ezekiel
chapter 16. Ezekiel chapter 16 gives us a glimpse of where we
are when the Lord seeks us out as lost sheep. Ezekiel chapter 16. Starting in verse 1, Again the
word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause Jerusalem
to know her abominations. And say, Thus saith the Lord
God unto Jerusalem, Thy birth and thy nativity is as the land
of Canaan. Thy father was an Amorite, and
thy mother an Hittite. As for thy nativity, In the day
that thou was born, thy navel was not cut, neither was thou
washed in water to supple thee, thou was not salted at all, nor
swaddled at all. None eye pitied thee to do any
of these things unto thee, to have compassion upon thee, but
thou was cast out in the open field to the loathing of thy
person in the day that thou was born. We come into this world
boring dead in trespasses and sins, with absolutely no spiritual
life at all. But look at this in verse six.
And when I passed by thee and saw thee polluted in thine own
blood, I said unto thee, when thou wast in thy blood, live. Live. Yea, I said unto thee,
when thou wast in thy blood, live. I have caused thee to multiply
as the bud of the field, and thou has increased in waxen great. Thou art come to excellent ornaments. Thy breasts are fashioned and
thine hair is growing, whereas thou was naked and bare. Now
when I passed by thee and looked upon thee, behold, now here is
a key portion right here, behold thy time was the time of life. When God saves a sinner, it's
a time of love. My goodness. And I spread my
skirt over thee and covered thy nakedness. The believers clothed
in the righteousness of Christ. His nakedness is covered. My
goodness. Yea, I swear unto thee and entered
into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest Then washed I thee with water,
yea, I thoroughly washed away the blood from thee, and I anointed
thee with oil. She's a lily among the flowers.
I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badger
skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered
thee with silk. I decked thee also with ornaments,
and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck,
and I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and
a beautiful crown upon thine head. decked with gold and silver,
and thy remnant was of a fine linen and silk embroidered work.
Thou didst eat fine flour and honey and oil, and thou was exceedingly
beautiful. Beautiful. And thou didst prosper
into a kingdom. and thy renown went forth among
the heathen for thy beauty, for it was perfect through my calmness,
there it is, perfect through his calmness, which I had put
upon thee. My goodness, saith the Lord God. Clothed in the spotless righteousness
of Christ, turn if you would again over to Song of Solomon
chapter one, and we know that all the beauty of the bride comes
from him. One commentator said, it's reflected
beauty. It's reflected beauty because
she's clothed in His perfect righteousness. And Christ sees
His bride beautiful in that state. Beautiful. My goodness. Look at Song of Solomon, chapter
1, verses 15 and 16. Behold thou art fair. Remember,
fair is translated beautiful in the Hebrew. Behold thou art
beautiful, my love. Oh, we're sinners. But Christ says to his bride,
you're beautiful. You're beautiful. And the beauty
we saw, the beauty comes from him. Comes from him. Behold,
thou art fair, beautiful, my love. Behold, thou art beautiful.
Thou hast dove's eyes. Behold, thou art, again, verse
16. Behold, thou art beautiful, fair,
beautiful, my beloved. Yea, pleasant, also our bed is
green. My goodness, how this ties in
with that she is a lily amongst thorns. A lily amongst thorns
in this world. We who are united to Christ by
faith and love know that this is a work of God, an operation
of the free grace of God, being born again by the Holy Spirit
of God and being clothed in the perfect spotless righteousness
of Christ. This righteousness has been imputed
to we who are to we who believe, and we are sanctified, redeemed, and we are being conformed to
the image of Christ, all in Christ. The church of God in this world
is a lily among thorns. Think of this. Think of this
too. Look at our text there. He says,
I'm the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys, right? And
then he says of her as the lily among thorns, so is my love among
the dark. Now turn, if you would, to Jeremiah,
chapter 23, and then put your finger in Jeremiah 33. Do you
know she bears the name? The bride bears the name of her
husband. The bride bears the name of her
husband. The bride of Christ bears his
name just as the bride bears the name of her husband. Look
at Jeremiah, chapter 23, verse 6. In his days, Judah shall be
saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. This is the name whereby
he shall be called, speaking of Christ, the Lord our righteousness."
Again, in his days, Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell
safely. And this is his name whereby
he shall be called, the Lord our righteousness. Now we see
the wonders of imputed righteousness of Christ. Turn, if you would,
over to Jeremiah 33. What's she called? What's the bride called?
And knowing this too, knowing this that our righteousness is
like filthy rags. And his righteousness is perfect
and spotless and it's being imputed to the believer. Look at this
marvelous. And this will tie in with how
he says he's the lily of the valley and then he calls the
bride a lily as well. She bears his name. Jeremiah
33 verse 16. In those days shall Judah be
saved and Jerusalem shall dwell safely. This is the name where
she shall be. She shall be called the Lord
our righteousness. She bears his name. And she's
only called that because of the righteousness of Christ. She's
not the Lord. That's not saying that, but it's she's clothed
in his perfect, spotless righteousness. It's all about Christ and Christ
alone. It's all about what he's done.
She bears his name. and she's a lily amongst thorns.
The cares of this world amongst unbelieving rebels and even our
own vile lusts, they're thorns in the flesh for us, aren't they?
These things contribute nothing but pain for us. Yet, yet among
the thorns, God's people stand out only by his grace and only
by his mercy in Christ as lilies amongst thorns. It's wonderful. It's wonderful. He describes
those people whom he has loved, chosen, redeemed, and called
unto himself, his bride, he calls them the lily amongst thorns. And he calls them my love. My love. Our beloved Savior is to all
his people the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley. Again,
look at our text, as the lily among thorns, so is my love among
the daughters. Again, he calls her my love.
This is God's distinguishing grace, God's distinguishing love
set upon them from all others. And how long again has she been
his love? Well, we love him because he
first loved us. He's loved us. since he's loved
us with an everlasting love, an unchanging love. And this
morning we looked at how his people were chosen in Christ
before the foundation of the world. They've been loved with
an everlasting love. And when I think about that personally,
it leaves me in awe. And I know it does you too. It
leaves us in awe to think that he's loved us with an everlasting
love. My goodness, what a Savior, what
a Redeemer. This is mercy and grace beyond
anything we can comprehend, beyond anything we can comprehend. The
bride is chosen out to be a lily amongst thorns. And noted in our text, she's
among the daughters. These are false professors who are like
thorns amongst the people of God. She dwells amongst these
and And yet, in his eyes, she dwells amongst these false professors
in the world. And yet, in the eyes of Christ,
his bride is a lily amongst thorns. All he sees is her being. That's
all he sees. Because remember, he purchased
her. He redeemed her. Thou art mine. My, how that thrills
my soul. To hear those words, thou art
mine. Oh, what a savior. What a redeemer. Even in her state, after she's
been saved, after she's born again, a sinner saved by grace,
she's still a lily amongst the woods. My goodness. She struggles every day with
sin. But she's looked at by Him. He loves her. He loves her. She's clothed in His righteousness. She's a lily amongst the ones. And what does this do when we
read of this? It thrills our souls, doesn't
it? Because we know that we're not worthy of this at all. If
we got what we deserve, we go to hell. But the believers receive mercy
and grace in and through Christ alone. And when we read these
texts and when we think about them, and I encourage you to
meditate upon it through the week, think about it, chew on
it, because it'll fill your heart with joy. It'll fill your heart
with joy. It'll make you grateful for what
Christ has done. my it's our Lord is the Rose
Sharon in the lily of the valley and the bride is a lily amongst
them heavenly father we praise your mighty name you
are great you are a great God in King and as we read of our
great Savior, who is the rose of Sharon and the lily of the
valleys, it leaves us in absolute awe to think, Lord Jesus, that
you left heaven to redeem and purchase sinners,
those who are dead in trespasses and sins, shaken their fist at
thee, and yet You have loved your people with an everlasting
love. And now you see us clothed in
your perfect, spotless righteousness. And you see us as a lily amongst
the hearts. Lord Jesus, it's incredible what
you have done for your people. May we leave here rejoicing,
we who are redeemed. May we leave here shouting for
joy. for the great things that you have done for us and in us. And Lord, one day, one day, we
know it soon because our lives are like a vapor, we'll be in
thy presence and we will glorify thee like we've never glorified
thee upon this earth in sinlessness. We will be in thy presence, spotless
and perfect only because of thee. And we will sing with the redeemed
Salvation's song. Salvation through your precious
blood and being clothed in your spotless righteousness for eternity. Oh Lord, we long to be with thee. May you be glorified and magnified
and may you use this message for your glory and your honor
and your praise. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.