We have this message tonight
and Lord willing one more and we'll finish our study of the
Song of Solomon. Tonight we'll be looking at chapter
7. We'll look at the whole chapter
but I'm going to focus on just a few verses within the chapter.
So let's read the whole chapter right now. The name of the message
is the Prince's Daughter. The Prince's Daughter. Let's read the whole chapter
here. How beautiful are thy feet with shoes. Prince's daughter,
the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the
hands of a cunning workman, thy navel is like a round goblet
which wanteth not liquor, thy belly is like a heap of wheat
set about with lilies, thy two breasts are like two young rows
that are twins, thy neck is as a tower of ivory, thine eyes
like the fish pools in Hebron by the gates of Thy nose is the
tower of Lebanon, which looketh toward Damascus. Thine head upon
thee is like caramel, and the hair of thine head like purple.
The king is held in the galleries. How fair and how pleasant art
thou, O love, for delights. This thy stature is like a palm
tree, and thy breast two clusters of grapes. I said I will go up
to the palm tree, I will take hold of the burrows thereof. Now also thy breast shall be
as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples.
and the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved
that goeth down sweetly causing the lips of those that are asleep
to speak. I am my beloved's and his desire
is toward me. Come, my beloved, let us go forth
into the field. Let us lodge in the villages.
Let us get up early to the vineyards. Let us see if the vine flourishes,
whether the tender grape appear and the pomegranate bud forth.
There where I give thee my loves, the mandrakes give a smell, and
at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruit, new and old,
which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. Now take note at
how intimately the bridegroom knows his bride. Take note at
how intimately the bridegroom knows his bride. He looks upon
her, we see in this portion of scripture, with love and affection. with love and affection. He adores
her. He adores her. Oh, how Christ
loves his bride. Oh, how Christ loves his blood-bought
saints. Now we look at ourselves as sinners
and think, how can he love me? He loves us. Oh, he loves us
very, very dearly, beloved. He loves us so much that he gave
his life for us, that he shed his blood for us. He's enamored
with his bride, beloved. He's enamored with her. He's
loved her with an everlasting love. He's loved her for eternity. We can't understand that, can
we, because we're locked in time and space. But he's loved us
from eternity, beloved. We who are his bride, we who
are his blood-bought people. And this love is an unchanging
love. It's an everlasting love. It's an eternal love, and it's
an unchanging love. It'll never change. He loved
us in eternity. He loved us while he was here
upon this earth redeeming us. And he loves us now, and he will
love us all the way into eternity future. And His love is an unchanging
love, because He's an unchanging God, isn't He? He doesn't change. He doesn't change. The great
Redeemer, the Heavenly Bridegroom, is now surveying the beauties
and the excellency of His beloved Bride here before us. Now in
the latter part of the chapter, it's the Bride speaking, but
in the beginning, in the middle of the portion of Scripture,
He's He's surveying the beauties and excellency of his precious
bride, of his beloved bride. And she is, in herself, fully
conscious of her unworthiness of this love. And she sees herself
for what she is, and we've seen that in chapters before, right?
Remember she said, I'm black, and yet calmly, right? Calmly
being beautiful. I'm black, picturing our sin.
And yet calmly, because I'm clothed in the righteousness of Christ.
So she knows, she's fully aware of her unworthiness of this love.
This love from the great king of kings. But he sees her clothed
in the bridal attire of his own righteousness. That's what he
sees. He sees her, and think of that,
in the bridal attire of his own righteousness. Because only the
bride of Christ is clothed in His righteousness. Only His blood-bought,
purchased people are clothed in His righteousness. And instead
of rebuking her for her acknowledged imperfections in our flesh, He
begins with the words here, how beautiful are thy feet with shoes,
O Prince's daughter. Now let us note here the wonderful
name of the church, the Bride of Christ. is here before us
called the daughter and the prince's daughter. Oh, prince's daughter. She's called daughter. We are
his by creation and we are his by purchase. And it's the Lord
himself who is the prince of the kings of the earth. Jesus
Christ, our Lord, is the prince of glory and the prince of peace. And he calls his blood-bought
people his daughter. And let us never forget that
we are the prince's daughter by choice. We are the prince's
daughter by birth because we're born again from above. And we're begotten of God for
his workmanship, for his workmanship. We are the prince's daughter
by marriage. He's chosen us. He chose to marry us. Just as
you men who sit beside your bride chose to marry your bride. You
didn't choose to marry any other woman, but you chose to marry
your bride. And that's a good question for
people who sometimes balk at election. You ask them, did you
choose your wife? And if they say yes, then say,
well, why can't Christ choose his bride? Right? He can choose whomever he wills.
And he has, hasn't he? He has. He has. He has made us the prince's daughters,
the very children of God. And as the prince's daughter,
we be made heirs of the prince, heirs of the king of kings and
the Lord of lords. And take note that our Lord describes
the beauty of his blood bride, his church in his own eyes. And let us remember that in our
own eyes we see no beauty in ourselves, none, none at all. But the Lord sees us as calmly,
which again we know in the Hebrew is beautiful. And the only reason
he sees us in that way is because we're clothed in his righteousness.
Look at verses 1 to 5 again. How beautiful are thy feet, O
Prince's daughter! The joints of thy thighs are
like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. Thy
navel is like a round goblet which wanteth not liquor. Thy
belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies. Thy two
breasts are like two young rose that are twins. Thy neck is a
tower of ivory. Thine eyes are like the fish
pools in Hezbollah by the gates of Bathrabim. Thy nose is the
tower of Lebanon which look toward Damascus. Thine head upon thee
is like caramel and the hair of thine head like purple. The
king is held in the galleries." We look at these verses and we
see the love and affection that our great Savior and Redeemer
has for his people. for his bride, and we're humbled
when we see this, aren't we? We're humbled when we see this.
We're humbled with our sense of sin and our sense of unworthiness,
and we are not deserving of this wonderful love that the king
of kings has for his bride. It says, how beautiful are thy
feet with shoes, O prince's daughter. The joints of thy thighs are
like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. She's a prince's daughter, it
says here. And again, we are reminded of our pedigree. And
this is a result of the new birth. This is a result of God's choosing.
The bride's been adopted by God. She's one of his children. Children
of the king of kings. We're his workmanship. Let us
never forget that. We're his workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus. Now take note that she has sandals.
It says there, how beautiful are thy feet with shoes. She
has sandals upon her feet. I looked this up, and the shoe
or the sandal in ancient times and in oriental countries was
a badge of freedom and honor. It was a badge of freedom and
honor. The crouching slave never wore a sandal. Never wore a sandal. As the unsandled feet was a badge
and mark of subjection, if not degradation. And when the Lord,
therefore, in the text here speaks of his betrothed bride's feet
being beautiful with shoes, this speaks and proclaims a wonderful
state of the believer in Christ. As every believer is translated
from the bondage of corruption, slavery, right? We were slaves
to sin, weren't we? into the glorious liberty of
the children of God in and through Christ alone. We're free. We're
free. Turn, if you would, to Ephesians
chapter 6. Ephesians chapter 6. Shoes or sandals were emblem
of joy also. And while the want of these was
equally recognized and regarded as a symbol of grief and sorrow.
So if someone didn't have sandals, it was a symbol of grief and
sorrow. But if they had them, it was a symbol of joy. Now,
we take it for granted having shoes on, don't we? We take it
for granted. Look at Ephesians chapter 6 and
look at this as we look at the whole armor of God and think
of this, the whole armor of God points to Christ and Christ alone.
Ephesians chapter 6 verses 13 to 16. Wherefore take unto you,
verse 13, the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand
in the evil day and heaven done all to stand. Stand therefore
having your loins girded about with truth. Who's the truth?
Christ, and Christ alone. In heaven on the breastplate
of righteousness, whose righteousness are we clothed? The righteousness
of Christ. Stand therefore, having your
loins girded about with truth, in heaven on the breastplate
of righteousness, and look at this, in your feet shod with
the preparation of the gospel of peace. She has shoes on. Oh my, and we know the gospel
of peace is all about Christ and Christ alone. Above all,
taking the shield of faith, who's the object of our faith? The
Lord Jesus Christ. Wherewith ye shall be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. So again, shoes or
sandals were emblems of joy and showed that one was free. Our
feet are shod with the gospel of peace, beloved, and we who
are his blood-bought people, we walk in liberty. We walk in
freedom, beloved. Freedom. What freedom we have
in Christ. And think upon this as we travel
through this world of woe and sin. We're on a journey. We're pilgrims and strangers
in this world and we seek a better country. And unshod feet would
cut and lacerate us with the stones and thorns and briars
of this world. And this figure also suggests
that we are not to loiter or linger on the way, but we press
on, don't we? We press on, beloved. seeking
a better country. And we do this in service to
our King, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is our Heavenly Bridegroom.
Now take note of verse 5 in Song of Solomon, chapter 7. As I said,
we'll look at certain verses in this. Song of Solomon, chapter
7, verse 5. Take note of the statement, the
King is held in the galleries. Look at verse 5. Thine head upon
thee is like caramel, and the hair of thine head like purple.
The King is held in the galleries. The king here is the bridegroom,
the Lord Jesus Christ. And the one who, he is the one
who is the head of the church. He's king of Zion, isn't he?
He's king of the saints. And his kingdom is a spiritual
one, and an everlasting one. And the Lord Jesus Christ, the
blessed king of Zion, condescends to be seen and known by his people.
He reveals himself to us in the galleries of the gospel. In the
galleries of the gospel ordinances, he reveals himself to his people. Where Christ and his people walk
and converse together. And this is where he discloses
the secrets of his heart to his people. And he leads us into
further acquaintance with him, doesn't he? He has us hunger
and thirst after righteousness. And oh, how we hunger and thirst
after the things of Christ. And we rejoice in his covenant. and the blessings and promises
that are found in it, and how they all find their fulfillment
in Christ, in Christ alone. And they have delightful views
of his person, and the fullness of his redemptive work. Now there
is a secret gallery of meditation where David found God's loving
kindness to be better than life, and had his soul satisfied with
marrow and fatness. There's the gallery of prayer
wherein Jacob wrestled with the angel of the covenant and like
a prince prevailed for the blessing. There's the gallery of reading
the scriptures where the Ethiopian eunuch rejoiced after having
received the discovery of the promised Messiah when Christ
was revealed to him by the Holy Spirit of God and he went on
his way rejoicing, didn't he? He went on his way rejoicing,
being born again by the Holy Spirit of God. There's the Gallery
of Christian Conversation, where believers are refreshed. We talked
about that a little bit this morning, when we get together
and iron sharpen iron, and we rejoice in the precious things
of Christ. We rejoice, we who are His blood-bought
people, rejoice in the things of Christ. We enjoy talking and
conversing about our great Redeemer, and we love to speak of the forgiveness
that we have in Him. And then there's the gallery
of preaching or hearing of the word. And Christ is in all these
places, isn't he? He reveals himself to his people
this way. The hearing of the word preached,
whereby the blood-washed saint has their heart opened by the
regenerating power of the Holy Spirit of God when they are first
saved. And then we just desire more
and more to keep hearing that precious word, don't we? To keep
getting a glimpse of our Savior in the gallery. And then we come
and we feast each week. We feast upon the Lord's provision
from his word, through the proclamation of salvation in and through Christ
alone, all by his free and sovereign grace. There is the gallery of
the New Testament ordinances where we see Christ in baptism
in the Lord's Supper, where the believer remembers the great
things that the Lord has done for him. We remember Christ dying upon
the cross to redeem our souls, to purchase our souls with his
eternal blood, his own precious blood. And truly the bride is
a blood-bought bride in what great love is manifested before
us. God himself, incarnated in the
flesh, willingly dies for his bride, for we who are sinners
by birth, nature, and choice. And Christ is said to be held
in these galleries, and this may signify His fixed habitation. Where is He? He's with the church.
He's in the midst of her. He's in the midst of her. We
see Him in the preaching of the Word, don't we? When we read
the Word, and the Holy Spirit illuminates the Scripture, He
speaks to us through His Word. Oh, it's wonderful. It's absolutely
wonderful. And we see Him in the ordinances,
and He dwells with His people. Now let's consider verses 6 to
10. The bridegroom, the king, is
still speaking of his bride, and he wonders at her beauty.
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights. Again,
fair here in the text is the same as calmly, it's beautiful
or excellent. Now think upon that. God sees
we, and again, we know how undeserving we are of this love. But He sees
us as beautiful or excellent. Because remember, He sees us
in His righteousness. That's the only reason He sees
us that way. But it still makes the believer
marvel. Because we know what we are and
we know who we are. Then look at verses 7 to 9. This
thy statue is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters
of grapes. I said I will go down I will
go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the brows thereof.
Now also thy breath shall be clusters of the vine, and the
smell of thy nose like apples, and the roof of thy mouth like
the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing
the lips of those that are asleep to speak. These words tell us
of the delight and satisfaction that the king has for his bride.
He's ravished by her. Not that sink in. He's ravished
by his bride. He's ravished by her beauty,
which which he bestowed upon her. He's ravished. He's ravished by the beauty that
he bestowed upon her, and he's ravished by the beauty that's
been wrought in her all by God's power. Turn, if you would, to
Ezekiel chapter 16, Ezekiel chapter 16. Look at this beautiful portion
of Scripture. And think of that in light of
what we just read and how the bridegroom delights in the bride
and how he's ravished by her. Look at Ezekiel 16, verses 8
to 14. Now when I passed by thee and
looked upon thee, behold, thy time was The time of love. Oh, beloved, we could just sit
there. The time of love. And I spread
my skirt over thee and covered thy nakedness. Yea, I swear unto
thee and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God,
and thou becamest mine. Mine. The Lord says that about
his people. Thou becamest mine. Then washed
I thee with water, yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee,
and I anointed thee with oil. I clothed thee also with broiled
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, Now remember he said we
were naked before that. Oh my. This is all the Lord's
doing. This is all the Lord's doing.
Thus was thou decked with gold and silver, and thy raiment was
of fine linen and silk, embroidered work. Thou didst eat fine flour
and honey and oil, and thou wast exceedingly 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 calmliness."
There again, that speaks of his righteousness right there, beloved.
Which I had put upon thee, look at that. Again, we're only beautiful because
he has put upon us the righteousness of Christ. Which I put upon thee, saith
the Lord God. Oh, salvation to the Lord, beloved.
So let us always remember and be mindful that it is he who
has clothed us in this perfect spotless righteousness. It's
he who's done this and he delights to be in the company of his bride
because he purchased her and he redeemed her and he has loved
her from eternity and he will love her forever. Forever. Let's go back to Song
of Solomon. Let's look at verses 10 to 13. Here we see the bride speaking.
And look at her response. Oh my. I am my beloved's and
his desire is towards me. Just think upon those words right
there. The blood-bought saint of God
says, I am my beloved's. I'm his. And I'm his by choice. And I'm his by purchase. We will never find a love greater
than this. Ever. Ever. I am my Beloved's, and his desire
is toward me. Come, my Beloved, let us go forth
into the field, let us lodge in the villages, let us get up
early to the vineyards, let us see if the vine flourishes, whether
the tender grapes appear and the pomegranates bud forth. There
will I give thee my loves. The mandrakes give a smell, and
at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old,
which I have laid up for thee, O my Beloved. Oh, what a proclamation. I am my beloved's and his desire
is toward me. Our great savior again delights
in his blood bought people. In his bride, he delights in
the beauty of his people, because again, they're clothed in his
righteousness and the Lord of Glory also delights in the company
of his people. Our great God delights in the
prayers and praises of his people. In his desire here, it says his
desire is toward me. That's humbling. That's so humbling. Now the love between Christ and
his bride has not lessened as we progress through this book.
It's deepened. It's deepened, beloved. and he
delights in her, and what does she do? She delights in him.
Now, his love for us is unchanging, but our love for him grows, doesn't
it? It does. The more we learn about him,
the deeper our love for him becomes. Oh, we become enamored with he
who is the lover of our soul, the Lord Jesus Christ. And note
again, I gotta read it again. I am my beloved's and his desire
is toward me. The bride is bringing forth precious
truth that she knows to be true. She knows this and she's overcome
and overwhelmed at the love of Christ for her.
And is it not so for we who are his blood bought people? Is it
not so for us? Are we not overwhelmed when we
when we sit and ponder the great love that Christ has for us? The truth of John. First, John
419 has been bought home to every blood bought believer in the
Lord Jesus Christ, and that verse proclaims this. We love him. Because he first loved us. And so she exclaims, I am my
beloved. He's loved me. He loved me before
I loved him. Oh, my. And I ask you, are you
not overwhelmed by this love? Are you not overwhelmed with
this everlasting love that Christ has for his people? Are you not
overwhelmed knowing that Christ left the glories of heaven to
redeem you? purchase you who are his blood-bought people?
Does that not overwhelm you? Oh, it does, doesn't it? It overwhelms
our heart. Are we not overwhelmed that he
went to Calvary's cross to pay everything that God demanded
for my sins, for our sins? Are you not overwhelmed that
not only has he wrought out a perfect righteousness, but that he closed
us in that perfect righteousness? It's overwhelming to think of
these things. And I ask you, you who are His
blood-bought people, when these truths hit home for us, does
it not cause you to love Him more? To cherish Him more? And we desire to be in His presence
more, don't we? Makes us homesick, beloved. Oh,
my. It makes us cry out with the
bride what she cries out here. I am my beloved's and his desire
is toward me. What are some of the things that
the bride of Christ acknowledges about our heavenly bridegroom
after we're born again by the Holy Spirit of God? Well, the
bride acknowledges that she belongs to Christ, and we see that right
here in verse 10. I am my beloved. She acknowledges
that. She acknowledges that. And we
belong to him by his own eternal choice of his elect and love. Turn, if you would, to John 15,
16. John 15, 16. And we're Christ by special purchase,
beloved. We're his bride by special purchase
because it says this in Ephesians 5.25. I'll read this as you're
turning to John 15.16. Ephesians 5.25 says this, husbands
love your wives even as Christ loved the church and gave himself
for it. We're his by special purchase. And we're purchased with his
precious blood. Look what he says here in John
15, 16, ye have not chosen me. Well, that sure goes against
religion nowadays, doesn't it? They tell you the choice is all
up to you. Now, we willingly flee to Christ, we'll acknowledge
that, we do, but only because we're made willing. But look
at this, ye have not chosen me, but I've chosen you. Let that come home, we who are
his blood-bought people. God has chosen me. he chose me and ordained you that you should
go and bring forth fruit and remember he's the vine where
the branches right without him we can do nothing so even that
fruit all comes from the Lord all comes from him and that your
fruit should remain that whatsoever you shall ask a father in my
name he may give it you But I love this first portion, you have
not chosen me, but I've chosen you and ordained you that she
should go forth, should go and bring forth fruit. Oh, what a
savior, what a redeemer. Ephesians 5, I'll read this verses
25 to 27. Again, we're his by special purchases. Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church, he gave himself for it. that
he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water
by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church.
Remember the beauty we've seen, how he looks at the bride through
this chapter and he's enamored with it? That he might present
to himself a glorious church, a spotless church, a beautiful
bride. Not having spot. or wrinkle or any such thing,
but that it should be holy and without blemish. How are sinners
without spot or wrinkle holy and without blemish? Because
God's people, his blood-washed saints are clothed in his righteousness.
And he presents us in that righteousness a glorious church, a beautiful
bride. Oh my. We belong to our Savior and we
commit ourselves to Him, don't we? We freely give ourselves
to Him because we're made willing in the day of His power. Mark
says this, chapter 8, verse 35, for whosoever shall save his
life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake
and the gospels, the same shall save it. And we belong to the
Son of God because He's loved us with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31.3, the Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying,
yea? And now he says this to his people. And if you're one of his blood-bought
people, these are words for us. I have loved thee with an everlasting
love. Therefore, with loving kindness
have I drawn thee. We'd never come to him if he
didn't draw us. And he draws us, beloved, with
loving kindness, because he purchased us at Calvary's Cross. All salvations
of the Lord. And the bride is confident of
his love to her because, again, let's go back to Psalm 7. The bride is confident of Christ's
love to her. The bridegroom's love to her.
Because look what the text proclaims, his desire is towards me. So she's not confident in anything
of herself. But she's confident of his love
for her, because the scriptures declare his desire is toward
me. He has promised that he will never, ever, ever leave us nor
forsake us. And we'll be with him for eternity,
beloved. When we die and we pass through
that doorway to glory, because that's all death is, we pass
through that doorway, we'll be with the Lord for eternity. For
eternity. And his desire is towards her,
and her desire is towards him. It's reciprocal, isn't it? He loved us before we loved him. And now that we know about that
love, we love him so much, we love him dearly. It's reciprocal
love. He loves us and we love him.
The world don't understand this. Don't understand this. We didn't
understand it before the Lord saved us, did we? We didn't understand
it at all. And she desires to be with him.
And one day, one day, we will be with him. And we'll be with
him for eternity. Oh, what a glorious time that
will be. The bride, God's people is filled with love and devotion
for the bridegroom being Christ. And we see this in the closing
verses here. Look at verses. 11 to 13. Come, my beloved, let us go forth
into the field, let us lodge in the villages, let us get up
early to the vineyards, let us see if the vine flourishes, whether
the tender grape appear and the pomegranate bud forth, there
will I give thee my loves. The mandrakes give a smell, and
at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old,
which I have laid up for thee. Oh, my beloved, Note in verse
11, the words come, my beloved, the bride desires the bridegroom
to be in her presence. Do we not desire the presence
of the Lord in the services when we meet together, when we're
reading scriptures, when we're praying? Oh, we desire. We desire
him to be with us and take great comfort, beloved. He'll never
leave us nor forsake us. We desire to walk with Him and
have Him instruct us too, don't we? We desire to have Him instruct
us through the preaching of the Word, to guide us and to direct
us all through this world. And we desire to be comforted
in all different situations in our lives, knowing that our Heavenly
Bridegroom is ever with us, even in the times when we don't feel
His presence. He's still with us. He's still
with us. He's still with us. And we desire
to have our spirit revived and refreshed by the preaching of
the word of God, which tells us and proclaims the great things,
the great things about our bridegroom, the Lord Jesus Christ, and what
he's done for us. His great death upon Calvary's
cross, where he redeemed his people from their sins. He paid
everything that God demands. Oh, how I love to hear that story.
Tell me again and again and again. Oh, the bride desires to receive
fresh tokens of Christ's love and fresh assurances of His love
to us. And this is so for every one
of God's people. We who are his redeemed, purchased
bride. Look at verses 12 and 13. Let
us get up early to the vineyards, and let us see if the vine flourishes,
whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth
their will. I give thee my loves. The mandrakes give a smell, and
at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old,
which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. Note in these verses
that all that she holds, she holds it in love to him and she
gives it all to him. She gives it all to him. Oh, we love and cherish our Lord
and Savior more and more each day. And we rest in his beloved
promises. And those promises of God all
find their fulfillment in He who is our Savior, in He who
is our Redeemer, in He who is our Lord, and in He who is our
Heavenly Bridegroom, the Lord Jesus Christ. And God's people
say, praise His mighty name. Heavenly Father, again we thank
Thee for Your mercy and grace towards us. Oh, what love you have for your
blood-bought people. What love you have for your bride.
Lord, may we who are your people, by choice, by purchase, and by
regeneration, may we leave here rejoicing, Lord, in the great
things that you have done for us, and may we leave here rejoicing,
knowing the fact that you loved us before we loved you, and that
you loved us with an everlasting love. And Lord, that love will
never cease. Oh, that fills our hearts with
joy. And we give you all the glory in Jesus' name.