Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Evening Devotional For Monday January 7, 2019 |
Evening Time: 11:23 PM PST
"My sister, my spouse." --Song of Solomon 4:12
Observe the sweet titles with which the heavenly Solomon with intense
affection addresses His bride the church. "My sister, one near to me by
ties of nature, partaker of the same sympathies. My spouse, nearest and
dearest, united to me by the tenderest bands of love; my sweet companion, part
of my own self. My sister, by my Incarnation, which makes me bone of thy
bone and flesh of thy flesh; my spouse, by heavenly betrothal, in which I
have espoused thee unto myself in righteousness. My sister, whom I knew
of old, and over whom I watched from her earliest infancy; my spouse,
taken from among the daughters, embraced by arms of love, and affianced unto me
for ever. See how true it is that our royal Kinsman is not ashamed of us, for He
dwells with manifest delight upon this two-fold relationship. We have the word
"my" twice in our version; as if Christ dwelt with rapture on His possession of
His Church. "His delights were with the sons of men," because those sons of men
were His own chosen ones. He, the Shepherd, sought the sheep, because they were
His sheep; He has gone about "to seek and to save that which was lost,"
because that which was lost was His long before it was lost to itself or
lost to Him. The church is the exclusive portion of her Lord; none else may
claim a partnership, or pretend to share her love. Jesus, thy church delights to
have it so! Let every believing soul drink solace out of these wells. Soul!
Christ is near to thee in ties of relationship; Christ is dear to thee in bonds
of marriage union, and thou art dear to Him; behold He grasps both of thy hands
with both His own, saying, "My sister, my spouse." Mark the two
sacred holdfasts by which thy Lord gets such a double hold of thee that He
neither can nor will ever let thee go. Be not, O beloved, slow to return the
hallowed flame of His love.
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