SOS 3:11 Seeing the Bridegroom in a New Dimension
Preached by James R. Reynolds, Sr. on May 23, 1979
Song of Solomon 3:11 — Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Our Experience with God and our Growth in the Spirit is contingent upon our Revelation of Him
Mat. 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
How is He going to build the Church? – by that which He has already said unto Peter
By the Revelation of Himself
Our Growth, our edification is dependent upon our Revelation of Him.
Get a new look at the Bridegroom and see Him in a greater Revelation in a greater Dimension, in a new Dimension.
Song 3:11— Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
If we are going to grow and mature into the image of Christ we must see Him in all that He is.
You see Him, You go forth, You behold Him, You must see Him for yourself, You must apply Him to your life.
If you want to escape the Tribulation hour we must see Christ and totally appropriate Him to your life and apply all the benefits that He has provided for us.
- The Vision – seeing Christ in a new Dimension
- “Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon”
We need a vision of Christ in a new Dimension
To have the vision there is something we must understand, that there is something here that He demands.
- Separation Demanded — “Go forth”- leave all else to see Him only
- The great Body of the Church today is in motion but is not going anywhere.
“go forth” – “come out from among them”
What can we do? We must lift our voice in opposition to the things that are going on.
Who do we want to be accepted with?
Do we want to be accepted with man’s organization? or do we want to be accepted with the Lord?
2Cor. 6:17—Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Luke 16:15—And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
If you are going to see Christ in a greater Revelation we will have to separate our self, separation is demanded, you will have to separate yourself from the apathy, the unclean things, false doctrines, false things, false ways, mediocre, and lukewarm, from the cold and the indifferent the unwillingness. He will reveal Himself to those that are hungering and thirsting for God.
The little Bride will answer the call.
- The Challenge Directed — “O ye daughters of Zion”
The challenge is directed to a specific group –to the daughters of Zion.
Where does the little Bride come from?
------------She is coming out of the True Church
Daughters are those that have been born into the family.
- The Bride will come out of the True Church.
- The whole church is called the daughters of Zion
- The church in part will listen.
- The Bride will listen and answer the call.
- OVERCOMER
- MANCHILD
- BRIDE
The Lamb’s Wife
Twenty four Elders with GOLDEN Crowns to lay at His feet
Typified by the two Cherubim’s of the Mercy Seat
100-fold
Perfect Man to the full stature of Christ
Chosen without sin
Full Matured Son’s
Adopted—Positioned Son’s
A Rib – A Chaste Virgin
Full Grown
Glorified Saints
Partaker of His Holiness
Partaker of His Divine Nature
More than a Conqueror
Made One with Him on the Throne
Changed into the same image
Kings and Priests
From the gutter most to the Uttermost
The Believer is to separate from the worldly church – Not just from the world
2Tim. 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
The Bride will separate herself from the worldly Church, in Experience and Truth.
This is a close walk
- The Condition Indicated — “and behold King Solomon”
- Behold Him as the Lamb of God –
John 1:29—The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Rev. 1:10—I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
11—Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
- Before you see Him as King, you must see Him as Saviour.
Hebrews 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
- Behold Him as the man
John 19:5—Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
See Him as He really is that we might become apart that..
Live as Jesus lived, walk as Jesus walked, do as Jesus did and walk among men as Jesus did.
See Him as a man amongst men.
- A man of Righteousness
- A man of the Holy Ghost
- A man of Humility
- A man of Power
- A man of Compassion
- A man of sorrows
- A man raised from the dead.
- Behold Him as the King
Mat. 21:5—Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
Not only see Him in these experiences but enter into them with Him.
2Cor. 3:18—But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
- The Crowning –
- ” with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him”
- The Source – of the Crowning
“wherewith his mother crowned him”
Some believe the Jewish Church- some humanity
- The Meaning – The Crown
THE CROWN OF 4inch THORNS
Crowning would indicate winner or first –
Jesus became all that we were indicated by a crown – Not of honor – but of Shame
He became the head of all sin, first, before us, what we were, The shame of the Cross
2Cor. 5:21—For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
- The Espousals –
- “him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart”
- The Meaning – (no loose thing)
A binding agreement – but Espousal and Marriage are two different things
- Joseph and Mary
Mat. 1:18—Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
- Christ and the Believer
2Cor. 11:2—For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
- Not all believers become the Bride
- Only those that are faithful to the Written agreement – THE WORD OF GOD
If you break that agreement, the Contract is no good.
- Present you as a Chaste Virgin to Christ
- The Results
- United with Bridegroom –
- The Bridegroom made Happy
1Co 1:9—God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord
Eph 3:9—And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
1John 1:3—That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
John 17:21—That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Isaiah 53:11—He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Hebrews 12:2—Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- The Bride also will be made Happy
Rev. 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Psalm 4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
1Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Re v.19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
– Seeing the Bridegroom in a New Dimension–
Song 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Song of Solomon 3:11— “Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon”
Our Experience with God and our Growth in the Spirit is dependent upon our Revelation of Him.
Mat. 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
How is He going to build the Church? – by that which He has already said unto Peter
By the Revelation of Himself
Our Growth, our edification is dependent upon our Revelation of Him.
Get a new look at the Bridegroom and see Him in a greater Revelation
in a greater Dimension, in a new Dimension.
Song 3:11— Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
If we are going to grow and mature into the image of Christ we must see Him in all that He is.
You see Him, You go forth, You behold Him, You must see Him for yourself, You must apply Him to your life.
If you want to escape the Tribulation hour we must see Christ and totally appropriate Him to your life and apply all the benefits that He has provided for us.
- The Vision – seeing Christ in a new Dimension
- “Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon”
We need a vision of Christ in a new Dimension
To have the vision there is something we must understand, there are some things that He demands and challenges us with..
- Separation Demanded — “Go forth”- leave all else to see Him only
- The great Body of the Church today is in motion but is not going anywhere.
“go forth” – “come out from among them”
What can we do? We must lift our voice in opposition to the things that are going on. Like Jesus, John the Baptist, Peter, Paul, John and James (Stephen-Acts7:51)
Who do we want to be accepted with?
Do we want to be accepted with man’s organization? or do we want to be accepted with the Lord?
2Cor. 6:17—Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Luke 16:15—And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
If you are going to see Christ in a greater Revelation you will have to separate your self, separation is demanded, you will have to separate yourself from the apathy, the unclean things, false doctrines, false things, false ways, mediocre, and lukewarm, from the cold and the indifferent. He will reveal Himself to those that are hungering and thirsting for God.
- If you’re going to have a clear proper vision of Jesus you will need to be willing to do His Will.
John 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
- If you’re going to have a clear proper vision of Jesus you will need to Know His Word.
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- If you’re going to have a clear proper vision of Jesus you will need to hear His voice.
Rev. 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
- If you’re going to have a clear proper vision of Jesus you will need to obey Him.
Acts 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Hebrews 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Romans 1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name
Romans 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Romans 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith.
The little Bride will hear and answer the call.
Gen. 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
2Kings 3:7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
2Chron. 18:3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.
- Faith is demanded
- There is a challenge to “go forth”
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Romans 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Mal 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
- Rev 2:1—Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
- Re.2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
- Re 2:8—And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
- Re 2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
- Re 2:12—And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
- Re 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Re 2:18—And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
Re 2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
28 And I will give him the morning star.
29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Re 3:1—And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Re 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Re 3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Re 3:7—And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Re 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
Re 3:13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Re 3:14—And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Re 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Re 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
- The Challenge Directed — “O ye daughters of Zion”
The challenge is directed to a specific group –to the daughters of Zion.
Will the whole Church respond to the call?
Where does the little Bride come from?
------------She is coming out of the Church
Daughters are those that have been born into the family.
- The Bride will come out of the True Church.
- The whole church is called the daughters of Zion
- The church in part will listen.
- The Bride will listen and answer the call.
- OVERCOMER
- MANCHILD
- BRIDE
The Lamb’s Wife
Twenty four Elders with GOLDEN Crowns to lay at His feet
Typified by the two Cherubim’s of the Mercy Seat
100-fold
Perfect Man to the full stature of Christ
Chosen without sin
Full Matured Son’s
Adopted—Positioned Son’s
A Rib – A Chaste Virgin
Full Grown
Glorified Saints
Partaker of His Holiness
Partaker of His Divine Nature
More than a Conqueror
Made One with Him on the Throne
Changed into the same image
Kings and Priests
the gutter most to the Uttermost
The Believer is to separate from the worldly church – Not just from the world
The Bride will separate herself from the Church, in Experience and Truth.
2Tim. 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
This is a close walk
- The Condition Indicated — “and behold King Solomon”
- Behold Him as the Lamb of God –
- You will never see Him in all His Glory until you have seen Him as the Lamb.
- You will never see Him in His full Glory with sin in your life.
- See Him in the Spirit
John 1:29—The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Rev. 1:10—I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
11—Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
- Before you see Him as King, you must see Him as Saviour.
Hebrews 6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
- Behold Him as the man
John 19:5—Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
See Him as He really is that we might become a part of that.
Live as Jesus lived, walk as Jesus walked, do as Jesus did and walk among men as Jesus did.
See Him as a man amongst men.
- A man of Righteousness
- A man of the Holy Ghost
- A man of Humility
- A man of Power
- A man of Compassion
- A man of sorrows
- A man raised from the dead.
- Behold Him as the King
Song of Solomon 3:11— “Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon”
Mat. 21:5—Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
Not only see Him in these experiences but enter into them with Him.
2Cor. 3:18—But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Rev. 12:10—And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
The Cross Before The CrownThe Lamb before The KingThe Man before The Bridegroom
INTRODUCTION—Christ was crowned for the Cross
Adam had the Tree of Life available to him every day, but was more interested in other things. Not everyone is going to want God’s glory and become ONE with His Son, especially through a cross bearing experience, but there is a calling that goes out to all.
- The Crowning for Christ was determined because of our disobedience.
- ” with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him”
- The Source – of the Crowning
“wherewith his mother crowned him”
Some believe the Jewish Church- some humanity—The whole world crowned Him.
- The Meaning – The Crown—Jesus was crowned with our sin that He would be our sacrifice and we could be justified
The crown that humanity gave Jesus is THE CROWN OF 4inch THORNS
Crowning would indicate winner or first –
Jesus became all that we were, indicated by a crown – Not of honor – but of Shame
He became the head of all sin, first, before us, what we were, The shame of the Cross
Gal. 1:4—Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
1John 2:2—And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
2Cor. 5:21—For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
1John 3:7—Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
2Cor. 8:9—For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Heb 2:10—For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Heb 5:8—Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; Php 2:8—And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross
- The Crowning for us will be determined through obedience in suffering.
1Peter 5:10—But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
1Cor. 9:25—And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
Rom. 8:17— And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
2Tim2:12—If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us
- an incorruptible Crown
Php 4:1—Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
- A Soul winner’s Crown
1Th 2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
- Crown of Rejoicing
2Ti 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
- A Crown of Righteousness
Jas 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Re 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
- The Crown of Life
1Pe 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
- A Crown of Glory
Re 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
- The Calling to the Crown
- There is Grace with the Calling
God’s all Sufficient Grace is for you to make it. “But the God of all grace”
2Cor.12:9—And he said unto me, 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.
- He knew God called him to preach and even to suffer, but he learned better and more clearly of God’s will through suffering.
2Cor. 4:15—For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
- When you are going through hard times, believe for God’s grace. He has ALL we need.
- “of many” –Others can benefit from our meekness in suffering. Paul had a thorn in his flesh to keep him humble. We in turn benefit from Paul’s suffering in that we now see an example of God’s grace at work.
2Cor. 8:9—For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
2Cor. 9:8—And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Romans 16:24—The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
2Cor.13:14—The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.
- “you all” –God is calling me!
- Move my faith toward His grace, He will give what I Believe Him for.
It will be according to my faith.
- There is a lot to receive and it is going to take all the grace of God to receive it.
Eph 6:24—Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
- Be real, honest, consistentGod’s grace is given to those that are!
Php 4:23—The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
2Thes. 3:18—The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
- Prevenient Grace
- Illuminating Grace
- Saving Grace
- Justifying Grace
- Enabling Grace
- Sustaining Grace
- Refreshing Grace
- Comforting Grace
- Restoring Grace
- Growing Grace
- Enduring Grace
- Sanctifying Grace
- Living Grace
- Dying Grace
- Grace to be Watchful
- Grace to be Sober
Grace to Resist
- There are Stages in the Calling
Infancy Child
The Holy Ghost infilling brings you from an infant to a child. This is a greater experience added to salvation.
Cadet Solider
Child Son
A ‘child’ has not yet ‘arrived. Must climb higher and draw closer to Christ’s stature.
- There is a Climax to the Calling
We will not understand this ‘climax’ by just reading our Bible.
- Christ is the Ideal to Behold.
The calling is to HIS glory. Without His example to behold, we would be totall in the dark and blind to what to do and how to do concerning pleasing God.
Is there any difference in nature between the Father and the Son? No, not in holiness, righteousness, goodness, etc.
(Heb 1:3) Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- Christ is the Example to Follow.
Christ’s glory should become our experience. In the Gospels Christ commanded the disciples “follow me” and “know the truth”. (there is a process—made free and not set free.)
When the head directs, the body should move!
No matter how much false there is, there is still a real: JESUS!
(2Co 3:18) But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Seek more and more.
(Mat 5:48) Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
We have been called FROM the lowest TO the highest.
(Eph 4:13) Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
There is only one Son (Father-Son-Holy Ghost), YET he will bring many “sons” unto glory (Heb. 2:10). He will have a people that will become one with Him.
- There are Requirements in the Calling.
(Matthew 22:14) For many are called, but few are chosen.
- Obedience is required
- Answer the call
- Rely only on His Grace
- Give Him all the Love, Praise and the Glory.
- The Reality of Suffering & Conflict
There will be conflict.
- Kinds of Conflict
- INWARD: personal, emotional, intellectual.
- OUTWARD: family, World, physical
- SPIRITUAL: devil, Spirit
God doesn’t tempt us, but the devil certainly will.,
The thing Job feared came upon him. Ps. 40:12 ‘innumerable evils have compassed me about’ could not ‘look up.’ That is a horrible pit of depression when you cannot ‘look up.’
2. There must be conviction to overcome the conflicts.
- The Reason for Suffering & Conflict
The course to the crown is through suffering. God’s purpose is to make you perfect. He allows suffering for a TEST or to PROVE you.
- Test of Faith
- Test of Patience
- Test of Obedience
- Test of Faithfulness
- The Results of Suffering & Conflict
(1Pe 5:10) But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
The crown is worth any suffering we have to go through.
No amount of suffering should hinder us from seeking the crown.
CONCLUSION
- To be one with Him, we must be LIKE Him and unlike Him in only one point = He alone is GOD.
- You need all of the grace of God working in your life.
Song 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
- The Espousals – (Plural) “Many Sons” becoming one with the Son of God
- “him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart”
- The Meaning – (no loose thing)
A binding agreement – but Espousal and Marriage are two different things
BETROTHAL — An Act of Engagement for marriage and was as binding as marriage but is not the same as marriage. A Mutual promise or contract for a future marriage.
Espousal is for right now and marriage is to take place at the Throne.
The selection of the bride was followed by the betrothal, not to be entirely equated with the modern concept of engagement.
A betrothal was undertaken by a friend or agent representing the bridegroom and by the parents representing the bride. It was confirmed by oaths and was accompanied with presents to the bride and often to the bride’s parents.
John 3:29—He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
2Cor. 11:2—For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
The betrothal was celebrated by a feast. In some instances, it was customary for the bridegroom to place a ring, a token of love and fidelity, on the bride’s finger. In Hebrew custom, betrothal was actually part of the marriage process. A change of intention by one of the partners after he or she was betrothed was a serious matter, subject in some instances to penalty by fine or by death.
- Not all believers become the Bride
- Only those that are faithful to the Written agreement – THE WORD OF GOD
If you break that agreement, the Contract is no good.
- Present you as a Chaste Virgin to Christ
- The Results
- United with Bridegroom –
- The Bridegroom made Happy
The most important instance of betrothal in the Bible between man and woman is the one between Joseph and Mary
Mat. 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
A Jewish betrothal could be dissolved only by the man giving the woman a certificate of divorce.
A betrothal usually lasted for one year. During that year the couple was known as husband and wife.
Betrothal was much more closely linked with marriage than our modern engagement.
But the actual marriage took place only when the bridegroom took the bride to his home and the marriage was consummated.
Deut. 20:7—And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
2Sam. 3:14—And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
Jer 2:2—Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Mat. 1:18—Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Luke 1:27—To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Luke 2:5—To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
2Cor. 11:2—For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
1Co 1:9—God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord
Eph 3:9—And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
1John 1:3—That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
John 17:21—That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Isaiah 53:11—He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Hebrews 12:2—Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- The Bride also will be made Happy
Song 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
- There will be Perfect obedience
- There will be Perfect Submission
- There will be Perfect Fellowship
John17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
1John 1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
2John 1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
Rev. 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Psalm 4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
1Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Rev.19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
He is in the process of creating in us all that we should be,
Our growth in God is dependent on our Revelation of Him.
If we are going to see Him in all that He is, we will have to see Him for our self.
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