All right, let's get started.
Turn to, once again, the Song of Solomon. Song of Solomon,
Chapter 1. The Song of Solomon, Chapter
1. My title for this morning is
actually found in my text for this morning. My title is this,
My Beloved Is Unto Me. My beloved is unto me. Now are you in chapter one? Look
at verse twelve. Song of Solomon, chapter one,
verse twelve. While the king sitteth at his
table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. A bundle of
myrrh is my well-beloved unto me. He shall lie all night betwixt
my breast. My beloved is unto me as a cluster
of campfire in the vineyards of En Gidi." Here in this brief
passage, we get a glimpse of Christ seated in communion with
the believer. And we who do believe cannot
help but radiate the brightness and the aroma of Christ's perfections. But note, the glory is not that
we are seated. The glory is that while the king
sitteth at his table. That's the glory. Look at it,
while the king, while the king sitteth. You've heard the phrase
before, that Jesus Christ, we proclaim Jesus Christ as our
prophet, priest, and king. We do not preach, no matter what
we hold to in some areas of scripture, we do not preach that Jesus Christ
is returning one day to be king. We preach that Jesus Christ is
the King Eternal. And even when He condescended,
Joe, He was born King of the Jews. And He's born King of true
Jews. Those who are truly circumcised
in the heart. That circumcision that takes
place by God Almighty in the heart, not that circumcision
that is in the flesh. He was born King of the Jews
and one day he will return and will show who is the only potentate,
the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. While the King sit at
his table, this table for right now, whatever it is, it's his
table. It is not my table. It is not
your table. It is not even in conjunction
with Christ. It is not our table. It is while, while the King sitteth
at His table, my spikenard. Now, just briefly, spikenard
is this, and I'm taking a little bit of liberty, but it's still
true, it's something that in our day we could relate to, the
spikenard, this spikenard that Solomon uses here, it's like
an aromatic candle. Any of you people got those aromatic
candles? It gives off two things. One
is what? Light. And it also gives off
what? A pleasant smell. Now notice,
while the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard, my spikenard,
do you see it? My spikenard, yes it's our spikenard,
sendeth forth the smell thereof. Of what? Of him seated at his
table. Do you see that? Now think about
this. This may sound simplistic, and I suppose in a matter of
words it is, but its truth is profound. While the king sitteth
at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof of the
king seated at his table. Did not our Lord declare to his
people, ye are the light of the world? Did he not say that? He said that. And he meant that. But that is twisted in our day
and age by anti-Christ religion to say that we personally have
some kind of light that others need to see. In other words,
let the world see your morality. Well, morality changes. Morality
changes from time to time, from people to people, from generation
to generation. Or they say, let people see your
religiousness, how religious you are. But men can be religious
and still perish. He says, ye are the light of
the world, but that light is not of us, nor is that light
about us. And there's a passage, I think,
that will help us understand those words. Turn to Paul's letter
to the church at Philippi, and he says this, in Philippians
chapter two, right after where Joe was just preaching from this
morning. And he says in verse 12, wherefore my beloved, as
ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now
much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear
and trembling. He's not saying work for your
salvation, work it out. May it be something that's not
just in here, but manifests itself out there. That's what he's talking
about, for you have free will. No, no, for it is God which worketh
in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all
things without murmuring and disputings. That's an order,
isn't it? Now look, that ye may be blameless
and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst
of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights
in the world. You see it? But there is not
a period there. Holding, holding, see it? Holding forth what? The word
of life. I am not life. Christ is life. While the king sitteth at his
table, my spikenard, your spikenard, our spikenard will send forth
the smell of the king seated at his table. When I first thought
about that, I thought that's too simplistic to even take time
to spend on, but it's not. It's really not because most,
and this is a sad thing to say, I don't say this with glee or
joy, most who profess to be Christians, they think they're actually a
light. They think they're actually a
light, that their character is a light. My character is no light
to you. My person is no light to you,
but my Lord's character, my Lord's person is a light. And when my
spikenard sounds forth that, him seated at his table, there
we see some aromatic light doing on. There we see it. Christ's
communion with me causes me to exalt him, not myself. Christ's communion with me causes
me to exalt him as preeminent. It causes me to exalt his table
as full and satisfying. You look at the word table, what's
it mean? Table. But you know what a table is.
It's a place at which you sit. The king sitted there. So I said,
well, it's not really in there. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. The king
sits at the place of repose, of rest, but it's also a place
of what? Eating. Yes, sir. Satisfaction. Fullness. Having a need met, is it not?
And who's the one meeting the need? Who's the one doing the
satisfying? It's while the king sits at his
table. Yeah. Joe, if I come to that
table and he's not there, it will do me no good. Exactly.
That's right. Now just think of this, there
are a lot of people that come to the table of doctrine, even
proper doctrine, but there's no Christ there. They may hold because of catechisms
and because of articles of faith, they may hold to certain doctrines,
but there's no Christ there. There's no king seated at the
table there. The table they've pulled up to
is a table of doctrine. or of indoctrination, maybe,
whatever it might be. But it's while the king sitteth
at his table. That's when and only when my
spikenard will send forth, will send forth the smell what? Thereof. Yes, Christ communes with us.
He communes with us. But the glory is that our king
is seated at his table, and it is when he's there, what he is
unto us. Do you see that? What he is unto
us. Twice Solomon uses this phrase. Now, I'm going to give you two
instances in which we'll see from scripture, from its doctrinal
teaching, that Christ is unto us. Do you see it? While the
king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell
thereof. A bundle of myrrh is what? Me? No. A bundle of myrrh
is my well-beloved unto me. And again, in verse 14, my beloved
is unto me as a cluster of campfire. Now I wanna give you two ways
in which Christ is unto us. Two ways in which my beloved
is unto me. And I'm not saying that these
two ways correlate to the two uses. That's not what I'm trying
to get at. But I'm saying there is two ways,
there's more than two. But I'm just gonna give you two
this morning. First of all, let me just get to it. Unto me that
is this phrase unto me signifies Christ's place unto me by the
sovereign act of God Apart from anything of me and from me Turn
to first Corinthians chapter 1 Now Paul is talking about talking
not about Paul is talking to men and women that he calls called
of God and called having heard the gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ preached. And he says in 1 Corinthians
1 and verse 30, but of him, that is but of God, are ye in Christ
Jesus. And that is the only way you'll
ever be in Christ Jesus is by a sovereign act of God. You don't
believe, then God puts you in Christ. You will never believe
until God has first put you in Jesus Christ. But of God are
ye in Christ Jesus, who of God. See, it's not even God puts me
in Christ, then I make Christ something unto me. It's not what
it says, is it? Mason, God puts me in Christ,
and then God makes Christ unto me. Do you see that? But of him
are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom and
righteousness and sanctification and redemption. And that's true
whether I realize it or not. That's true whether I realize
the full extent of these things or not. But one thing in having
heard these things and being convinced of in these things
through the Word of God by the power of His Spirit, then we
say that, that, according as it is written, he that boasts,
he that brags, who you gonna brag about? He that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord. Here's one of the hallmarks of
knowing Christ has this communion with me. I brag about him. Not about me. I think of that
message that Moose Park preached a couple weeks ago. Folks, that
was a glorious message. I mean, I thought when he was
preaching that, I thought I wish I'd have seen that first and
preached it before he got to it. What a glorious message. That according as it is written,
he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. Here's one of the
hallmarks of being in communion with the king while he sits at
his table. You go brag about the king sitting at his table. If you even began to brag about
yourself, your conscience puts you in check. I'm not saying
you never will, but your conscience will put you in check. Why? Let
me turn back to it. While the king sitteth at his
table, my spikenard shall send forth the smell thereof. You
see it? Thereof, that's the first thing.
Unto me, this phrase unto me signifies Christ's place unto
me by a sovereign act of God apart from anything of me and
about me. But secondly, this phrase unto
me also signifies what Christ is unto me in a conscientious,
willing, loving, knowing, God-given faith. And I emphasize that. God-given faith as I desire to
lay hold of him. Now turn to Philippians chapter
three. Philippians chapter three. You remember Paul the Apostle,
of course, but you remember what he was before he began to be
known then as Paul the Apostle? this man called Saul of Tarsus,
steeped in law, steeped in legalism, and not just sacrificial legalism,
but what men call, what men call, not what, God never calls it,
the moral law. As I've said before, don't be
trying to separate the law. The law is a unified whole, so
much so that James says, if you offend in one point, And there
are not just 10 points, there are hundreds of points in the
law. If you offend in one point, you're guilty of the whole law.
Why? Because it's one law, it's not
a bunch of laws. It's always called the law singular. It has many different commandments,
but it's one law singular. And if you offend in one point,
in one command, you've done offended the whole law. And here was a
man, Joe, steeped in that, born of the right family. All the
right ceremonies took place after his birth, up to eight days old.
All this was true, but then look at what he says in verse seven.
But what things were gained to me, that is what I thought was
my gain, what I thought was gonna profit me before God, what I
thought gave me acceptance before God, but what things were gained
to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea, doubtless. Paul said, we don't debate this. And this is not, well, if you're
a believer, maybe you ought to try to be this kind of believer.
If you're a believer, this is the way you are. This is the
way you are. Yea, doubtless. And I count all
things but loss. For what reason? For the excellency
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. Knowledge does not save
you. But when God saves you, He gives
you a thirst for knowledge that cannot be quenched. It can be
satisfied to some degree, but it can never be fully quenched.
Once you begin to get a taste of Jesus Christ, you never get
over it. You never get over it. Yea, doubtless,
and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge
of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss
of all things. And this is a strong statement.
And do count them but dung. Dung that I may win Christ and
be found in him. So Joe, it's not just me being
with him at the table. We certainly can speak that way.
Can we not, Matt? That we have communion with Christ
at this table? But it's more than that. It's
actually when He's at the table, I'm at the table because I'm
in Him. Do you see that? There's the
glory. Not Christ on that side and me
on this side, but Christ is seated there at the head of His table
and I'm seated there in Him. and be found where? In Him. David Wright mentioned this to
me sometime back of a preacher who preached the message along
this line, or at least commented on it. You know how people talk,
when the Lord comes back, I hope he finds me in the church. Or,
I hope he finds me in the Sunday school room, teaching the Sunday
school lesson. Or, preachers, I hope when the Lord returns,
he finds me behind the pulpit, preaching his word. Well, here's
the true statement of a believer. When the Lord returns, I hope
he finds me in himself. I hope he finds me in Christ. That's where it's at. When the
king sitteth at the table, my spikenard will send forth this
aromatic light. Why? Because I'm in him, I'm
bragging about him, I'm proclaiming him, I'm talking about him. That's
what it's all about. And it goes on. And be found
in him. Now here's an absolute negative.
Not having mine own righteousness. Well, somebody said we need Christ's
righteousness and ours. No. No. Well, we at least need to live
in the righteousness of the Ten Commandments. You can't do it.
It's above you. It's beyond your ability. You
are definitely no better than the Apostle Paul. And the Apostle
Paul said, the will is present with me. But how to perform that
which is good, I find not. And everything I do, no matter
how good it may look or seem, it's shot full of sin because
I'm doing it. Not having my own righteousness. And what is personal righteousness?
Which is of the law. which is of the law, but that
which is through the faith of Christ. Now this is in the possessive
in the Greek. It's his faith primarily. You
see, faith is not what we do for God. Faith is what God gives
us. Faith is a fruit of the Spirit. Not a fruit of mankind. Faith
is not even the fruit of a regenerated man. Faith is the fruit of the
spirit. Faith is a quality of God himself. And he in measure
then gives some of that to his people. In measure, he gives
some of that to his people. Not of the law, but that which
is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of
God by faith, that I might know what? Him. Him. Him. and the power of his resurrection,
and the fellowship of his sufferings being made conformable unto his
death, if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection
of the dead, not as though I had already attained, either were
already perfect, but I follow after, if that I may apprehend
to take hold of eagerly to seize, to possess, if that I may apprehend
that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. You will never
lay hold of Jesus Christ unless he first lays hold of you. You will never sit at his table,
even with him, until he has summoned you by free sovereign grace to
sit at his table. That's just the way it is. In
other words, I'm never gonna be able to arrest Christ that
is in knowledge and lay hold of him, pull him in close to
my breasts. Have him lay all night right
in here close until he's first pulled me in close to him. Somebody says he wants to do
that for everyone. If he did, they would all come.
That's just the way it is. Let me put it to you this way.
You got a person in a wheelchair that's a paraplegic. Did God
not give sight to the blind when he was here on this earth? Did
not God cast out demons when he's here on this earth? Did
not God raise the dead when he's on this earth? Has he now lost
that power for someone sitting in that wheelchair, a paraplegic?
If they're still in that chair, it's because God's ordained they
still be in that chair. But if they were enabled by God
to have the ability, David Wright, to have the use of both arms
and both legs, they'll get up out of that wheelchair. But they
will not until God Almighty acts first. And that's just the way
it is. No man or woman is ever saved.
They never sit at Christ's table with Him, nor in Him, until He
first acts. And when He summons you, when
He first acts, seated at the table, you will be. That's the
God we're talking about. That's the King we're talking
about. That's the table that we're talking about. in the person of his son has
summoned us to commune at his royal table. And I will say no
more about it other than to say it's a gospel table. I don't
care how much doctrine you know about God, until you know the
gospel, you don't know Jesus Christ. And if you don't know
the gospel in Christ Jesus, you don't know God the Father. And
that's just that simple. Christ has summoned us to commune
at his royal table. And I know it's a royal table,
Job, because the king sits there. It's a royal table. A table doesn't
become royal and then you give it to the king. The table becomes
royal because the king's seated there. Because he sits there. That throne that many physical
kings sit on, it's nothing more than gold or silver or wood or
whatever. But what makes it honorable is
when the king sits down there. When the king sits down there.
So Christ has summoned us to commune at his royal table and
to feast and to rejoice and to sound forth his excellencies.
And that's what it's all about. It's to be a candle, it's to
be a light that puts forth some light and a smell, but a light
and smell of what? His excellencies, his perfections,
his truth, his gospel. So much so that Paul says that
we, we are unto God a sweet savor. When we brag about Christ, it
makes God the Father smile. When we brag about Jesus Christ,
it pleases God the Father. And I shudder somewhat to use
the word, but I use it with all of the reverence I can muster.
When we brag about Jesus Christ, it makes God the Father happy. You remember Mephibosheth? You
remember him. I don't have time to go into
all that. Mephibosheth. The only reason he was blessed,
remember he was lame on both his feet. He was lame on both
his feet because of the fault of another. His nursemaid was
running away when the sword was coming down, going to try to
hide him. Well she failed, tripped, broke both his legs. And he remained,
laying David on both his feet for the rest of his life. But
David the king had made a covenant with his friend Jonathan, and
Jonathan said, show kindness to my family once I'm gone. And
this young man named Mephibosheth was shown kindness by David.
And he sent somebody down to fetch him. To fetch him, not
beg him. Not to offer it to Him. People
talk about the free offer of the gospel. It's a lie. The gospel
ain't no offer. The gospel's a proclamation.
You don't offer Christ to anybody. He offered Himself to God. You
want to use the word offer, talk about Christ offering Himself
to God. You want to talk about preaching the gospel, talk about
preaching the gospel. Proclaiming it to all. But proclaiming
it, you don't offer it to anyone. You don't even offer it to the
elect. You proclaim it to men and women as they are where they
are. But here's Mephibosheth now,
still lame on both his feet, seated at the king's table. Amen. You know the story, right of
the account. Do you think Mephibosheth sat there at that table bragging
on himself? No. No sir. No sir. What am I? Who am I that you would show
such mercy and kindness to such a dead dog as I am? That's right. I guarantee you he bragged about
David. I guarantold it to you. He bragged about the king. That's what it's all about. As
he sat at David's table, he bragged not about himself, he bragged
about David. He bragged about David the king,
and he was glad to sit where? At the king's table. being allowed
in this sovereign act of mercy and compassion to partake of
the king's meat. The king told him, you'll eat
meat at my table. How long? As long as you hold out. Well,
if you get up and just show me, you really got some strength
in them legs. No, you'll eat meat at my table. How long? Continually. It had nothing to do with any
ability in Mephibosheth. It had to do with God Almighty
made a covenant with His Son and said, you act on behalf of
this people, they're going to eat at my table continually.
Amen. That's the gospel. Our King is
unto us. Is he not? He is. Our King is
unto us in all that the word unto includes. I've just scratched
the surface by giving you a couple of illustrations. Our King is
unto us. Christ is unto us a cluster of
campfire. In other words, a cluster is
a bunch, right? A bunch of grapes, a cluster
of grapes. You understand that, right? A cluster of grapes. He
is a cluster, a bunch of what? A cluster, that word means cluster
of what? Campfire. Not a cluster of grapes
now, mind you. It's like I'm using grapes to
give you an idea. It's a cluster. But before I
even mention the campfire, let me mention this. We're not talking
about a cluster like we're used to today. You ever seen a picture
of some of these wine vineyards? I used to have a couple of little
grape vines outside my house and they would usually be like
a little handful here or there. You ever seen one of those wine
vineyards and they got these rows and rows of grape vines
and these big massive clusters? of grapes, we're not even talking
about that kind of cluster. There's a cluster the scripture
used to illustrate this cluster. You remember that one cluster
of grapes those two men had to carry on a stick between them? And that thing was hanging, pulling
down here still to the ground. That's the kind of cluster we're talking
about. I ain't never seen one of those in the flesh, but it
existed. Let me tell you, you're not going
to see that kind of cluster with these eyes. The only way you're
gonna see that cluster, a cluster like that, is by faith. And Jesus
Christ has this cluster, and it's a cluster of what? Campfire.
Now here's the way, the different ways this word is used in the
Hebrew. It's a cluster of covering. A great big bunch of what? Covering.
It's a covering able enough and sufficient enough to cover me
over and over and over and over. You remember what Moose quoted
from? One of the Old Testament prophets? The garments, plural,
of salvation. It's not just one little old
thin, little old doodad joke. He covers us with the garments
of salvation. He clothes you and I in his righteousness. And Mason, it's enough to wrap
us over and over and over. But this word campfire is also
used of this, a cluster of tar, or pitch. Does that ring a bell? You remember what Noah did to
that ark? He pitched it, he tarred it. Within and without. So that if you were in the ark,
you could not help but get some of that tar on you. Could you? You think about it Mason, they
were going around, they probably had tar all over their hands.
Don't you think? tar on the bottom of their feet, tar on their clothes
where they brushed up against the wall. That whole ark was
pitched within and without. That's a cluster of tar, isn't
it? But you know what it also means? It's sometimes used to
translate the word the henna plant. The henna plant, you know
what henna is? Some cultures use it to tattoo
with. It's a cluster of tattoos. What are we talking about? The
King has marked me as He is. The King has tattooed me as He
is. Has He not given me the earnest
of His Spirit? The guarantee? The guarantee
that everything else that's necessary will come along after this. Hmm
a cluster of campfire. He coats me. He makes us his
mark on me It's a cluster of this is the way the word is translated
in the Old Testament sometimes a redemption price That's what
it's actually Translated a redemption plot price a cluster of full
Satisfaction in other words stamp that bill paid in full That's
what he is to me Somebody says, oh, if I could just be this or
that to Jesus. That's not the point. That's
not the point. What is He unto me? Read it again. Let me read it.
We're getting ready to wind it down here. While the king sitteth
at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved
unto me. And because of that, what am
I gonna do? I'm gonna pull him right in here tight all night
long. He shall lie all night betwixt
my breasts. My beloved is unto me as a cluster
of campfire in the vineyards of Engidi. I wanna read to you
now a prayer. Turn to 1 Samuel, and we'll get
a little idea in this prayer of what Solomon is talking about
here. First Samuel chapter two. This
is a woman named Hannah. And listen to her prayer. And
Hannah prayed and said, my heart rejoices, where? In the Lord. Mine horn. Yeah, my heart, yeah. Mine horn. But what's it all
about? It's about Him. It's not about her, it's about
God. It's about the Lord, right? My heart rejoiceth in the Lord. My horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth is enlarged over my
enemies because I rejoice in thy salvation. Now if it's his,
Mason, then he can give it to whoever he wants. Look, there is none holy as the
Lord. We talk about our holiness. Compare
yourself to God, you've got none. You've got none. For there is
none holy as the Lord. For there is none beside thee,
neither is there any rock like our God. Talk no more exceeding
proudly. Huh? You see it? Don't brag about yourself. There's
nothing in me, there's nothing in you to brag about. Let not
arrogancy come out of your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and by Him actions are weighed, and that means both. He's the
one who weighs the action, and He's the standard by which the
action is weighed. It means both of that. The bows
of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded
with strength. Now is that not the opposite
of what so-called Christianity talks about today? Huh? You could preach a whole message
on that one, Joe. They that were full have hired out themselves
for bread, and they that were hungry ceased. Cease what? Cease
to be hungry. Think about it. What's he saying?
It's not about personal strength. It's not about personal power.
It's about Him. That's what she's praying. You
see it? So that the barren hath born
seven, and she that hath many children is wax feeble. In other
words, God says, my ways are not your ways, my thoughts are
not your thoughts. Amen. Look at it, the Lord killeth
and maketh alive. And that's physically, spiritually,
or whatever. Yes, sir. The Lord killeth and
maketh alive. And we often think of killing
as a bad thing, but let me tell you something. Aren't you glad
God showed you what you really were? by nature, and you probably
felt like God was gonna kill you right then. The Lord killeth, but what's
he do after he kills? Oh, thank God he maketh alive.
He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. He maketh poor,
are you poor? God made you that way. Right? The Lord maketh poor, and he
maketh rich. He bringeth low, He lifteth up. He raiseth up the poor out of
the dust. Some of us can deal with that
pretty, well, it's not too bad. I know I'm a dusty creature.
Now there's some that don't even like that, granted. But there's
some of us, we don't mind to be told we're creatures of the
dust. But look at what she goes on to say. And raiseth up the
poor out of the dust and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. Now we don't like to think we
live on a big crack pile, do we? Now that might be a little
brash, but that's exactly what he's talking about isn't it?
And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, now look, to set
them among princes. Set them. Set them, that's our
gospel we preach. That's the gospel of Christ.
He doesn't offer you anything. Therefore, I'm not offering you
anything. He does things for men and women, and that's what
we proclaim. To set them, to set them among princes. And did
you remember I told you about the fellow at my grandmother's
wedding said, God's a gentleman. He don't make anybody do anything.
That ain't what God's book says. And to make them to inherit the
throne of glory. Aren't you glad God made you
do what you do in the day? Aren't you glad God made you
believe what you believe in the day? Aren't you glad God made
you repent of your repenting? and make them to inherit the
throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth
are the Lord's, and He has set the world upon them. He will
keep the feet of His saints, and the wicked shall be silent
in darkness. God's gonna leave them right
where they are, and God'll shut them up one day. For by strength,
now here it is, don't talk to me about free will. For by strength
shall no man prevail. She's not saying that men actually
have strength. But we think we do. And what
we think we've got, God said He ain't going to amount to nothing.
Look, the adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces.
Out of heaven shall He thunder upon them. I'm not kind of sneaking
around trying to get stuff done. He shall thunder upon them. The
Lord shall judge the ends of the earth and He shall give strength
unto His King. Now, wait a minute. Do you know
who's praying this prayer? Hannah. Do you know who Hannah
was the mother of? Samuel. Samuel's not even born
yet. There was no king in Israel at
this time. No physical king in Israel, was
it? Saul wasn't even along yet. David certainly wasn't along
yet. What king is she praying about? This king that Solomon
was talking about that sitteth at his table, the king eternal,
the messiah, the Christ of God. That's who she's talking, she's
not looking forward to a Saul or a David. She's looking forward
to Christ. That's what this woman was praying
about. Look, he shall give strength unto his king and exalt the horn
of who? His messiah. That's how she said
it, his messiah. Folks, let me wind up this message
on Song of Solomon. Now whether this will be all
of the Song of Solomon, I don't know. But let me wind up this
message on the Song of Solomon. It's not only okay, but it's
honoring to God the Father to brag, brag, brag, brag about
Jesus Christ. Period. Father, help us in these
things. Oh God, make us to do things.
Make our lips to speak sound words, make our hearts to believe
sound words. May it be true of us by your
grace and mercy in Christ's name, amen.