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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.37,0:00:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please open your Bibles \Nto the Song of Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.80,0:00:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right before the prophet Isaiah.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.22,0:00:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chapter 5.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.73,0:00:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, please help
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.01,0:00:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we handle the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.06,0:00:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we not read that it's like a hammer?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.33,0:00:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.09,0:00:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we not read that it is living?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.15,0:00:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's activity in this Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.01,0:01:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's power to be unleashed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.84,0:01:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's living.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.08,0:01:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's abiding.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.07,0:01:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's active.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.22,0:01:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's cleansing. It's sanctifying.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.80,0:01:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But oh, Lord, if You make it to not be
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.92,0:01:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dead letter -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.62,0:01:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know that the words \Non the pages of our Bibles
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.29,0:01:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are just ink
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.65,0:01:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless You allow the thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.44,0:01:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,captured in these sentences
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.55,0:01:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these paragraphs
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.68,0:01:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enter through our eyeballs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.04,0:01:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through our ears
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.38,0:01:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into our minds and to process them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.98,0:01:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to where our faith clings \Nand lays hold, adheres.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.97,0:01:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, give us ears to hear at this time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.25,0:01:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray in Christ's name.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.32,0:01:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Song of Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.71,0:02:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look there at chapter 5 and verse 9.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.60,0:02:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll notice if you have the ESV -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.31,0:02:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know that depending \Non the Bible that you have
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.08,0:02:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to depend on whether this is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.30,0:02:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually identified to you or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.42,0:02:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the ESV, you'll notice
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.14,0:02:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that verse 9 has that caption above it:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.25,0:02:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Others."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.80,0:02:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The primary individuals
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.39,0:02:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we find in the Song of Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.39,0:02:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are Solomon and his love.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.46,0:02:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Shulammite.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.54,0:03:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But right here, "others" interject.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.04,0:03:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 5:8, you'll notice from v. 2 to 8 -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.01,0:03:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, the ESV, it says "she."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.80,0:03:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bride.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.57,0:03:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in v. 8, "I adjure you, \NO daughters of Jerusalem..."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.88,0:03:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we see who's being addressed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.64,0:03:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's who answers in v. 9.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.15,0:03:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the others.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.15,0:03:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the daughters of Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.13,0:03:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you find my Beloved,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.72,0:03:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell Him I am sick with love."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.43,0:03:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they come back here:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.14,0:03:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is your Beloved
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.95,0:03:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than another beloved,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.60,0:03:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O most beautiful among women?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.89,0:03:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your Beloved
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.62,0:03:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than another beloved?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.58,0:03:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, lest we forget where we're at,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.31,0:03:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would remind you that we have come
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.29,0:03:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Song of Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.87,0:03:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the midst of a series in Ephesians.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.96,0:04:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ephesians 3 - now you \Ndon't need to turn there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.79,0:04:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but listen to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.73,0:04:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The words that we were \Ndealing with are these:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.91,0:04:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul praying for the Ephesians.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.31,0:04:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That according to the \Nriches of God's glory
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.39,0:04:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He might grant the Ephesians
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.83,0:04:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be strengthened with power
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.61,0:04:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the Holy Spirit in their inner man
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.02,0:04:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they being rooted \Nand grounded in love;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.29,0:04:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they might have this ability to comprehend
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.61,0:04:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dimensions - what is the breadth,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.12,0:04:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and length, and height, and depth;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.73,0:04:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know this love of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.10,0:04:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that passes knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.28,0:04:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I find interesting is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.61,0:05:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have dug up Hudson Taylor's little book
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.99,0:05:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Song of Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.89,0:05:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've pulled off my shelf Richard Sibbes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.70,0:05:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Puritan, "The Love of Christ,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.79,0:05:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that deals with mainly chapter 5.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.44,0:05:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have dug up John Gill,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.64,0:05:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the old Particular Baptist -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.13,0:05:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the work that he did \Non the Song of Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.46,0:05:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, when I was out in Portland,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.32,0:05:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a brother there brought me a book
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.88,0:05:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by James Kennedy DD -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.35,0:05:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is not D. James Kennedy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.03,0:05:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is somebody that lived back
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.39,0:05:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the 19th century.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.44,0:05:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have looked at various things
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.37,0:05:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerning the Song of Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.55,0:05:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know what's interesting to me?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.55,0:05:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every book, every sermon,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.58,0:05:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every commentary that I have referred to -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.21,0:05:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of them, most of them, or all of them
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.46,0:05:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that deal with the Song of Solomon,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.68,0:06:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they reference these \Nverses in Ephesians 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.38,0:06:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would they do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.15,0:06:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, that's what led me there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.41,0:06:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it wasn't so much that I was reading
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.72,0:06:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these things that \Nmake that connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.10,0:06:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was that I felt resonating in me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.10,0:06:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if we want to capture something
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.03,0:06:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the dimensions of the love of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.19,0:06:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I honestly couldn't \Nthink of a better place
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.43,0:06:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go in Scripture than \Nthe Song of Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.96,0:06:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I'm finding is these preachers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.90,0:06:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have gone before me -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.31,0:06:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they made the same connection
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.21,0:06:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.16,0:06:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They made that connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.85,0:06:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's think about our \Ntwo main characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.56,0:06:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solomon. That's the first one.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.30,0:06:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see that if you \Ngo to chapter 3:11.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.73,0:06:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Go out, O daughters of Zion,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.36,0:06:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look upon King Solomon."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.85,0:06:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I've told you before,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.12,0:06:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Solomon" shows up - that word -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.76,0:07:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shows up 7 times in the book
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.48,0:07:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Song of Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.51,0:07:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is significant.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.88,0:07:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The number 7 is a significant one.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.96,0:07:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other main character
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.88,0:07:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the Shulammite,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.24,0:07:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see that in Song of Solomon 6:13.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.55,0:07:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can look there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.89,0:07:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Return, return, O Shulammite.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.63,0:07:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Return, return, that \Nwe may look upon you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.12,0:07:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why should you look upon the Shulammite?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.18,0:07:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's think about that a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.00,0:07:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solomon is the idea of peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.100,0:07:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This Solomon is the peace-giver.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.83,0:07:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is Shulammite?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.66,0:07:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you might say Shulammite -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.65,0:07:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't that somebody from Shulam?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.63,0:07:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what that sounds like.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.57,0:07:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It describes a female inhabitant
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.69,0:08:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a place called Shulam.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.95,0:08:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what's interesting?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.42,0:08:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shulam is basically "Salem."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.82,0:08:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what Salem means?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.53,0:08:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's basically "Shalom,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.88,0:08:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is basically "Solomon."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.46,0:08:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What Shulammite is is simply the feminine
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.21,0:08:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.34,0:08:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.16,0:08:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Melchizedek was called
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.06,0:08:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the king of Salem."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.10,0:08:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most assume that that is Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.24,0:08:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we have is a picture of somebody
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.15,0:08:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is a citizen of Salem or of Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.89,0:08:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, perfectly describes us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.40,0:08:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are fellow citizens with the saints.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.59,0:08:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the true Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.68,0:09:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jerusalem comes down
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.82,0:09:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the book of Revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.23,0:09:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This new Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.39,0:09:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A bride prepared for Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.30,0:09:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word "Solomon" - peace giver.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.08,0:09:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the prince of peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.95,0:09:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is the daughter of peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.66,0:09:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea is it's the feminine -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.46,0:09:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's peace-laden.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.13,0:09:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's peace-crowned.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.09,0:09:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just talked to Craig's boss on Friday.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.65,0:09:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One thing he kept saying to me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.35,0:09:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I envy Craig's peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.90,0:09:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a peace-laden; a peace-crowned -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.98,0:09:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there's anything that's true
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.95,0:10:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the children of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.71,0:10:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is that Christ comes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.51,0:10:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He whispers peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.21,0:10:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.94,0:10:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a people no longer at war with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.89,0:10:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even on your worst day,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.47,0:10:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not at war with God anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.69,0:10:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is peace between He and you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.97,0:10:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I want you to think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.98,0:10:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If all you see here in the Song of Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.47,0:10:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the literal King Solomon;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.96,0:10:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't see Christ in this
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.78,0:10:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see the Shulammite is simply
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.26,0:10:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of his thousand wives or concubines,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.28,0:10:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.07,0:10:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's one of the problems \Nthat I see that you have.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.96,0:11:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice Song of Solomon 5:16.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.77,0:11:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is altogether - altogether desirable.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.57,0:11:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look back a little ways
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.08,0:11:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Song of Solomon 5:9.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.33,0:11:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where we started.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.49,0:11:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is your Beloved more \Nthan another beloved?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.70,0:11:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you know what? That's easy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.36,0:11:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we're talking about King Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.91,0:11:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Diego brought up David.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.04,0:11:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.25,0:11:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is your Beloved
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.41,0:11:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than another beloved?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.19,0:11:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, if all we're talking \Nabout here is Solomon,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.14,0:11:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.60,0:11:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is no more than his father David.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.67,0:11:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I would say David
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.05,0:11:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a much greater man than Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.96,0:11:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you not agree?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.43,0:12:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean listen, since I've been a Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.50,0:12:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more debate has come up
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.59,0:12:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the salvation of three \Nmen in the Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.97,0:12:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than any others.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.74,0:12:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adam,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.17,0:12:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,King Saul,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.97,0:12:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and King Solomon -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.95,0:12:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to whether they were \Ngenuinely saved or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.36,0:12:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now maybe you've got \Nyour theories on those,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.96,0:12:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all I'm saying is King Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.99,0:12:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,falls in the ranks of men
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.11,0:12:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that often the question gets raised:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.35,0:12:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was he even saved?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.09,0:12:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we want to go around saying
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.72,0:12:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that King Solomon was altogether desirable
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.51,0:12:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who is comparable to that beloved,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.72,0:12:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we run into some issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.24,0:12:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever noticed this?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.40,0:12:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That those who do not see Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.60,0:12:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the church in this Song -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.61,0:13:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this Song of all songs -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.34,0:13:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you ever noticed they \Nnever preach on this book?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.61,0:13:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.04,0:13:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though it's holy Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.07,0:13:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't preach from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.46,0:13:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't all Scripture profitable
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.97,0:13:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the man of God?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.73,0:13:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you would think that they \Nwould go there and preach then,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.78,0:13:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they don't preach on it. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.54,0:13:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because who wants to spend sermon time
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.99,0:13:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on trying to proclaim Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.86,0:13:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as being altogether desirable
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.33,0:13:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more than all other beloved's?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.44,0:13:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody wants to do that!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.43,0:13:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you feel kind of foolish doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.49,0:13:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the years,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.89,0:13:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,questions come up about whether
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.88,0:13:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solomon even came to the end of his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.31,0:13:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, even his wives -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.84,0:13:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he mutliplied wives and they led him away
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.80,0:13:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into all manner of idolatry.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.86,0:13:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look, I believe he was Jedidiah.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.66,0:13:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was loved of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.19,0:13:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that what you have
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.84,0:14:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a man who drifted away
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.45,0:14:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God brought him back.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.44,0:14:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I very much believe he was saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.97,0:14:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but like I say, who wants to preach
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.80,0:14:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a book that presents \Nus with the question:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.23,0:14:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is our Beloved more \Nthan all other beloveds
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.58,0:14:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the beloved being \Nreferred to is Solomon?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.34,0:14:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the reality is if it's Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.53,0:14:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then this book explodes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.85,0:14:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all manner of light and love
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.76,0:14:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and power and beauty and glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.41,0:14:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it does!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.49,0:14:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.07,0:14:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about if I was up \Nhere trying to convince you
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.84,0:14:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Solomon is altogether lovely.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.16,0:14:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it's not going \Nto inspire much in us
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.01,0:14:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're going to \Nbe thinking all the time:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.37,0:14:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, but this guy, I mean, \Nhe was an idolater.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.67,0:14:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did what God told him not to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.06,0:14:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question of the hour is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.60,0:15:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about Christ here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.04,0:15:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ is the true Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.74,0:15:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we're talking about Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.86,0:15:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the question comes up:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.23,0:15:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your Beloved more \Nthan another beloved?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.42,0:15:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a worthy matter of contemplation.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.63,0:15:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just thinking...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.73,0:15:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a profitable thing to \Nconsume your mind with.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.75,0:15:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is Christ more \Nthan all other beloved's?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.20,0:15:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is He more than all others?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.47,0:15:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.69,0:15:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is our Beloved more \Nthan all other beloved's?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.41,0:15:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would just say this:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.63,0:15:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Has anyone ever loved \Nus like He has loved us?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.50,0:15:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.92,0:15:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where I would have you take your eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.97,0:15:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just look at Song of Solomon 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.87,0:15:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is really what I want \Nto spend some time with.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.47,0:16:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is our Beloved more \Nthan all other beloveds?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.33,0:16:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing is, I'm going to take you
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.21,0:16:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to some verses that actually describe us.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.88,0:16:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that might seem odd.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.95,0:16:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what's our Beloved \Nmore than others?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.44,0:16:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, why would we look at the bride?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.91,0:16:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I just want you to think with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.43,0:16:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you look at the bride here,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.59,0:16:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we're seeing is the love of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.24,0:16:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expressed to us just in \Nwhat He's making us into.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.30,0:16:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Feel this. I love the imagery.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.87,0:16:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I parked right here \Nfor this whole message.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.67,0:16:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea of a garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.92,0:16:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you know I have a garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.41,0:16:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, Kevin Williams.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.54,0:16:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We stayed in a room on \Nthe back side of his house
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.88,0:16:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a big window there
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.61,0:16:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you look out and his backyard
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.50,0:17:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes straight out and then \Nthere's a fence across there.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.31,0:17:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then across is a house
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.25,0:17:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that his house backs up to
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.63,0:17:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's over on the other street.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.61,0:17:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have a backyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.42,0:17:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their backyard is full \Nof trees and plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.63,0:17:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's become so overgrown
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.17,0:17:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people there don't go out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.23,0:17:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they actually told Kevin
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.33,0:17:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he could buy it if he wanted to.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.66,0:17:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like this paradise garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.10,0:17:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought how can \Nwe help Kevin get this?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.66,0:17:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what a place
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.92,0:17:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he just put a door right there
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.69,0:17:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the whole thing is walled around
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.63,0:17:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a place where you go into
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.87,0:17:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you just disappear in there
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.48,0:17:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's all full of trees and plants
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.37,0:17:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bushes... it's just a paradise,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.76,0:17:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least in my estimation.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.39,0:17:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I think of gardens -
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.38,0:18:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially gardens like that;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.94,0:18:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially gardens like in Manchester,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.07,0:18:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not where you go out
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.30,0:18:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sun sizzles you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.97,0:18:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this idea of a garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.71,0:18:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at Solomon's Song here,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.05,0:18:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chapter 4:12.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.14,0:18:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Christ speaking to His people.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.05,0:18:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A garden locked is My sister, My bride,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.67,0:18:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a spring locked,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.57,0:18:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a fountain sealed.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.32,0:18:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your shoots are an orchard \Nof pomegranates
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.67,0:18:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all choicest fruits, henna with nard,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.11,0:18:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nard and saffron,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.63,0:18:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calamus and cinnamon,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.33,0:18:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all trees of frankincense, \Nmyrrh, and aloes
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.41,0:18:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all choice spices.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.01,0:18:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A garden fountain,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.84,0:18:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a well of living water,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.02,0:19:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and flowing streams from Lebanon."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.59,0:19:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would just ask you again,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.31,0:19:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is our Beloved more \Nthan another beloved?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.40,0:19:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you realize how much He is loving you?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.60,0:19:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you realize what He's doing to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.36,0:19:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you realize this is not a \Nfictitious description here?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.89,0:19:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is actual.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.71,0:19:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is from Christ's perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.15,0:19:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what He sees.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.68,0:19:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how He views us.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.43,0:19:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need that to sink in: A garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.26,0:19:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a garden?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.55,0:19:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put a garden in my backyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.84,0:19:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did I do?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.55,0:19:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went into that backyard
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.79,0:19:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I partitioned a part of my yard off.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.12,0:19:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a piece of my yard
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.05,0:19:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I separated.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.62,0:19:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.26,0:19:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a piece of ground \Nthat's distinguished.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.31,0:19:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's set aside. It's separated.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.27,0:19:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.85,0:20:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a people that have been
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.09,0:20:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specifically hand-chosen by God
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.38,0:20:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.12,0:20:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Electing, distinguishing grace
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.22,0:20:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has set us aside.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.49,0:20:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about a garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.58,0:20:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This garden -
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.38,0:20:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are such things \Ncome out of this garden
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.81,0:20:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as are impossible to come \Nout of any of our gardens.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.70,0:20:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just think: myrrh, aloes,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.67,0:20:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,choice spices, trees of frankincense,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.76,0:20:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calamus, cinnamon, nard, saffron.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.75,0:20:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He goes on and on about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.42,0:20:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such flowers and herbs and plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.67,0:20:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And have you ever noticed this?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.45,0:20:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't grow naturally by themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.44,0:20:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any of you had a garden \Nspring up in your backyard?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.40,0:20:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just happened to happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.16,0:20:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you forgot to \Nmow a part of the yard
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.14,0:21:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it just turned into a garden?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.30,0:21:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody have that happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.84,0:21:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever noticed that doesn't happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.19,0:21:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever noticed flowers don't \Ngrow up naturally by themselves?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.66,0:21:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, look at Song of Solomon 5:1.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.64,0:21:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what captures me in this verse
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.80,0:21:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the number of times He says, "My."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.50,0:21:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.06,0:21:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I came to My garden."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.00,0:21:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's the garden?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.31,0:21:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.76,0:21:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the bride.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.91,0:21:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's His sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.90,0:21:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gathered My myrrh, My spice,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.67,0:21:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My honeycomb, My honey.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.38,0:21:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I drank My wine and My milk.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.92,0:21:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I'm saying - it's impossible
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.84,0:21:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for you to get out of your garden \Nwhat He gets out of His garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.07,0:21:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never got wine out of my garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.40,0:21:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never got milk out of my garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.29,0:22:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never got honey out of my garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.15,0:22:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I guess some bees could be in there
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.24,0:22:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could throw a cow in there
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.79,0:22:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could raise grapes.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.20,0:22:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He gets such things out of His.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.21,0:22:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mine! You notice how He says Mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.67,0:22:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's His garden. My garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.79,0:22:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does Christ find \Nsuch things in a garden?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.90,0:22:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Myrrh, honey, wine, milk.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.64,0:22:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a garden it must be
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.83,0:22:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have those kind of things!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.38,0:22:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I guarantee you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.61,0:22:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our hearts, our selves,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.08,0:22:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we are naturally -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.74,0:22:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what springs up in us naturally.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.48,0:22:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even as Christians, give \Nyourself to the flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.04,0:22:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did Paul have to tell the Galatians
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.02,0:22:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they gave themselves to try to be
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.89,0:22:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perfected by the flesh?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.69,0:22:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had to tell them, \N"don't bite, don't devour." Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.48,0:22:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the flesh breeds \Ncorruption in sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.95,0:22:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Naturally, that's what comes \Nforth from our hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.51,0:22:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only weeds grow by themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.47,0:22:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I just let my garden go -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.24,0:22:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was gone for two weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.72,0:23:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go out there and look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.36,0:23:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shriveled and there's weeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.49,0:23:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.20,0:23:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To keep a garden, it requires help.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.20,0:23:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If Christ finds all such \Nthings in His garden,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.99,0:23:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what we have to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.42,0:23:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where His love comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.39,0:23:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to stand back and say:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.92,0:23:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what have You done, Lord?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.51,0:23:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What have You done that those \Nweeds aren't there anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.30,0:23:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's milk, there's wine,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.13,0:23:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's honey, there's honeycomb,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.07,0:23:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's all manner of frankincense?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.71,0:23:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, you know what Scripture says?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.32,0:23:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ loved the church
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.30,0:23:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He gave Himself for her
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.90,0:23:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she might be sanctified.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.25,0:23:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that what Scripture says?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.50,0:24:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That by the washing of \Nthe water of the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.60,0:24:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He might cleanse her.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.63,0:24:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing is it's for the sake
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.65,0:24:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of making the church \Na splendor to Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.59,0:24:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without spot. Without blemish.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.08,0:24:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without wrinkle.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.42,0:24:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holy.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.80,0:24:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that what Scripture says?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.47,0:24:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Splendor.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.96,0:24:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we have here.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.09,0:24:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have Christ tending His garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.18,0:24:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes a massive amount \Nof labor and care,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.99,0:24:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weeding, watering, fertilizing,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.32,0:24:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pest control, pruning, thinning.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.98,0:24:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this and much more \NChrist does to His church.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.90,0:24:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He watches over us night and day.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.38,0:24:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, what I'm wanting you to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.08,0:25:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is for starters, you have to \Nrealize this about yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.44,0:25:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am such a garden to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.100,0:25:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's not just making this up.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.69,0:25:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He actually finds such spices and fruit
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.56,0:25:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and milk and wine in His garden
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.05,0:25:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is me.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.30,0:25:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's the one responsible for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.74,0:25:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brothers and sisters, we don't \Ntend to view ourselves this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.48,0:25:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.84,0:25:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tend to get engaged in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.90,0:25:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.23,0:25:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life happens. Trials happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.98,0:25:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get distracted.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.91,0:25:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's difficulties.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.16,0:25:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get weary. We get worn.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.53,0:25:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's challenges of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.78,0:25:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's monotony of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.61,0:25:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We forget just what it is \Nthat His love is doing for us;
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.36,0:25:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what He's making us into.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.92,0:25:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This beauty He finds in her
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.43,0:25:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is beauty that He brings forth
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.20,0:26:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by washing of the water of the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.72,0:26:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by trials.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.84,0:26:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever read in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.94,0:26:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sons of Levi - we are the preisthood.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.88,0:26:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He purifies them.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.92,0:26:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're put in the fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.70,0:26:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.84,0:26:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about the fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.63,0:26:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.18,0:26:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The beauty.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.58,0:26:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is this?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.80,0:26:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We read in the New Testament about fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.57,0:26:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fruit of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.97,0:26:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.84,0:26:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We talked about peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.56,0:26:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.71,0:26:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's gentleness
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.24,0:26:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's goodness.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.67,0:26:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize what's happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.05,0:26:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's doing this that He \Nmight present the church
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.28,0:26:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Himself in splendor.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.54,0:26:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.91,0:26:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what? We doubt it.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.55,0:27:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tend to doubt it. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.25,0:27:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can tend to feel dirty.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.16,0:27:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or we feel unworthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.55,0:27:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, there's Christ at work.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.10,0:27:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.13,0:27:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A trial comes into your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.00,0:27:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you recognize you \Ndon't have the strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.07,0:27:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of the such \Ngood things about trials.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.64,0:27:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They show us we're weak.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.36,0:27:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.48,0:27:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.17,0:27:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We become more dependent on Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.07,0:27:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more trusting of Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.95,0:27:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our pride is broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.37,0:27:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what that is?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.71,0:27:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your pride gets broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.10,0:27:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's replaced by humility.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.82,0:27:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's like a bush of roses over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.39,0:27:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You ever go walk by a bush of roses
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.16,0:27:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they're all in bloom?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.45,0:27:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the aroma...
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.97,0:27:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what He's likening this to.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.66,0:27:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your self-sufficiency gets broken
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.10,0:27:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're dependent.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.38,0:27:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Diego was talking about, you pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.29,0:27:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.60,0:28:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not hypocritically; not to be seen by men.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.23,0:28:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You pray because you want God
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.12,0:28:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you need God.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.46,0:28:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's like this shrub -
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.22,0:28:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm growing goji berries and they are red.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.35,0:28:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pick them and throw \Nthem in the smoothie.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.66,0:28:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.62,0:28:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like you look in this garden
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.17,0:28:22.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the trees - my trees in my yard,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.97,0:28:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes the boughs bend over so far
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.82,0:28:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're so heavy-laden with peaches
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.36,0:28:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they break.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.35,0:28:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just clipped one off yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.93,0:28:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was broken because of the weight.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.11,0:28:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes into His garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.86,0:28:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These trials, these things that we fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.05,0:28:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these things that we dread,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.45,0:28:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these things that we \Ndon't like in our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.96,0:28:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.01,0:28:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The outer man wasting away,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.77,0:28:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He's doing such things
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.64,0:28:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the washing of \Nthe water of the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.82,0:28:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why getting in the \NWord every single day -
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.20,0:28:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just five minutes -
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.99,0:28:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How fast can I get though it? Check mark!
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.05,0:28:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it's meditating on it
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.44,0:28:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's washing.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.80,0:29:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sanctify them with Thy Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.38,0:29:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thy Word is truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.82,0:29:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's washing. It's cleansing.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.34,0:29:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's like the vine heavy with grapes.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.22,0:29:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like herbs are being talked about.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.45,0:29:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got a rosemary plant in my garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.77,0:29:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just threw a seed in - \Nit was just a little seedling.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.83,0:29:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just this little thing
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.22,0:29:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now it's grown into \Nthis monstrous thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.43,0:29:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to have to hack it back.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.06,0:29:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's these herbs and these spices
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.30,0:29:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these fruits and the frankincense
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.97,0:29:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.73,0:29:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like every one of \Nour lives is like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.47,0:29:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like He's working such things
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.55,0:29:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sometimes it's hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.99,0:29:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Has He not promised to cleanse \Nus of every one of our idols?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.38,0:29:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He pulls those out.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.06,0:29:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to cleanse us from the idol
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.11,0:29:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means that our affections to other things
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.96,0:29:55.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are shifted towards Him more and more.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.100,0:29:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is just this fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.83,0:30:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our love for one another is increased.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.69,0:30:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's just like apples heavy,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.19,0:30:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hanging on the tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.36,0:30:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what He likens all of this to.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.34,0:30:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The new man -
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.87,0:30:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,true righteousness and holiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.39,0:30:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of this is like \Nvegetables and fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.88,0:30:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know, there must be a cow.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.40,0:30:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is He getting milk?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.32,0:30:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess you could get almond milk maybe.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.10,0:30:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that a strange thing \Nto bring out of the garden?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.21,0:30:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, it's there.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.08,0:30:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the riches.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.33,0:30:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is us!
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.64,0:30:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what He's doing to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.39,0:30:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.64,0:30:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We feel like: ah, I go out in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.69,0:30:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel like I'm trying to walk upright
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.40,0:30:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm trying to be what I should be.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.13,0:30:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But such things, such things
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.26,0:30:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ is doing in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.80,0:30:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He finds us garden-esque.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.47,0:31:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that's what this is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.09,0:31:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.74,0:31:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you look at yourself \Nlike that, believer?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.30,0:31:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find meekness.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.89,0:31:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find love.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.70,0:31:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find in Scripture it says
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.62,0:31:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I shouldn't just give myself
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.19,0:31:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my own things;
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.45,0:31:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ought to give myself \Nto the things of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:23.53,0:31:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let this mind be in you \Nwhich was also in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.91,0:31:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find in Scripture all thanksgiving.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.48,0:31:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever read how often
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.32,0:31:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the evil - those in Romans 1 -
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.12,0:31:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they didn't give God thanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.38,0:31:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thankfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.09,0:31:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What fruit of the lips!
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.67,0:31:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize when you're thankful,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.36,0:31:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're loving others,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.94,0:31:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living for others,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.03,0:31:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depending on the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.95,0:31:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to the Lord often in prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.42,0:31:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just eating His Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.14,0:31:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finding Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.51,0:31:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,studying His person,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.57,0:32:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking to imitate Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.55,0:32:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that meekness is in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.50,0:32:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that humility is in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.15,0:32:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gentleness is in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.81,0:32:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even a sternness or a boldness -
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.24,0:32:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even cleansing the temple \Nkind of boldness;
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.17,0:32:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you stand for the name of the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.46,0:32:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you stand for Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:15.99,0:32:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You proclaim the Gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.45,0:32:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the midst of this darkness.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.66,0:32:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is like a garden that is just like
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.53,0:32:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that behind Kevin's house.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.37,0:32:32.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.81,0:32:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, this really happens to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.68,0:32:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't often feel like it's happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.77,0:32:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often, the more like Christ we become,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.90,0:32:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more remaining defilements
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.62,0:32:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and failures and flaws and rough edges -
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.52,0:32:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reality is the more they haunt us.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.96,0:32:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more we feel them a lot of times
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.62,0:32:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the more it stinks in our nostrils.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.66,0:32:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more there's a sting and we sigh
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.84,0:32:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we groan.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.21,0:32:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more unworthy and dirty
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.12,0:33:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unbeautiful we feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.10,0:33:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But really, the truth is
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.47,0:33:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are being beautified.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.29,0:33:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what Christ is doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.06,0:33:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Splendor.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.16,0:33:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you love that word?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.94,0:33:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may not feel that, because like I say
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.97,0:33:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the old man is wasting away.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.38,0:33:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go look in the mirror and it's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.35,0:33:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,splendor? My wife was \Njust telling me yesterday
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.59,0:33:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to comb my hair so \Nthat the baldness can't be seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.51,0:33:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I was talking \Nto Charles Leiter one day
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.01,0:33:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were both saying \Nwe both imagine ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:33:31.72,0:33:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to still be 25 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.48,0:33:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said my dad was the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.19,0:33:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Papa, I hear Papa talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.25,0:33:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He thinks he's 25.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.11,0:33:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you go look in the mirror
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.66,0:33:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's almost like sometimes -\Ndoes this ever happen to anybody?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.78,0:33:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're like who are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.26,0:33:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even recognize you anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.51,0:33:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's what's happening \Non the outside,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.36,0:33:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but on the inside,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.66,0:33:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are being loved to perfection.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:57.57,0:33:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ is loving us beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.89,0:34:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's loving us perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:01.32,0:34:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's loving the blemishes out of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:04.58,0:34:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is our Beloved more \Nthan other beloveds?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.40,0:34:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gardens.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.22,0:34:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gardens are places that \Npeople delight to walk in.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.62,0:34:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:18.97,0:34:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And notice, Song of Solomon 6:2.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.68,0:34:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.94,0:34:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says, "My Beloved (Christ)
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.85,0:34:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has gone down to His garden,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.24,0:34:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the beds of spices to graze."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.18,0:34:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.22,0:34:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go into a garden to graze.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.32,0:34:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"To gather lilies..."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.62,0:34:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the thing is, usually a garden
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.80,0:34:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is comparatively a small space.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.91,0:35:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the way it is with the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.08,0:35:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In comparison to the vast wilderness
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.58,0:35:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wasteland out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.58,0:35:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're but a small flock.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.56,0:35:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're a small place.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:08.08,0:35:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you realize what \NChrist is doing for you?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:12.54,0:35:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has chosen you out of this world
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.96,0:35:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be such a garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.09,0:35:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is He at?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.42,0:35:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He goes down to His garden to graze.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.99,0:35:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To gather lilies.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.68,0:35:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it in your life that is lily?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.57,0:35:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it in your life \Nthat is for Him to graze?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.38,0:35:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what He's doing in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.48,0:35:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice this.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:41.43,0:35:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at 4:12.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.20,0:35:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A garden locked is My sister, My bride."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.16,0:35:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His love has not only made us a garden -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.68,0:36:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His love has not only \Nmade us into a garden,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.16,0:36:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you want to notice those words:
Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.99,0:36:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Locked. Locked.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.79,0:36:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know my children when they were young,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.27,0:36:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would listen to an audio series,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.18,0:36:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an audio story called "The Secret Garden."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.02,0:36:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably some of your children \Nhave listened to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.13,0:36:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a garden that was walled in.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:27.12,0:36:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it had a door
Dialogue: 0,0:36:28.21,0:36:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think the door was hidden \Nbehind some ivy that had grown.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:32.93,0:36:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a key was found.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.28,0:36:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize what this is saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.23,0:36:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have a garden that's locked,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.43,0:36:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means it's got a wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.96,0:36:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean there's just a door there
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.95,0:36:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a keyhole in it
Dialogue: 0,0:36:47.27,0:36:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rest is wide open all around.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.27,0:36:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the idea that this \Nthing is walled in.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.23,0:36:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's walled.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.56,0:36:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's protected.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.32,0:37:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's got a door with a keyhole.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.12,0:37:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that door is locked.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:04.40,0:37:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That door is shut.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.73,0:37:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's that?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.73,0:37:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.17,0:37:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Locked.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.97,0:37:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what that means?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.23,0:37:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a thing for Him to say:
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.24,0:37:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are a garden locked.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:25.29,0:37:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means you're for Him only.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.06,0:37:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one else gets in.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.69,0:37:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one else has a key.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.87,0:37:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're for Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.100,0:37:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're reserved for Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.33,0:37:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Locked.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.28,0:37:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one else gets in.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.72,0:37:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's His garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.48,0:37:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has the key.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.01,0:37:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you what this ought to do -
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.45,0:37:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what He's speaking to you:
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.10,0:37:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are a garden locked.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.68,0:37:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't give yourself to anyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.27,0:38:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't share yourself \Nwith the world or idols.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:04.14,0:38:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give yourselves entirely to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.26,0:38:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Entirely to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.60,0:38:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be a garden locked
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.06,0:38:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means you're walled in.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:13.17,0:38:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's that? It means we're protected.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.22,0:38:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're protected by God's power.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.30,0:38:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever read there in Zechariah?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:20.62,0:38:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will be a wall of fire to her."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.98,0:38:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God protects. You know \Nwhat jumped out at me?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.27,0:38:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just recently reading John 17.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.57,0:38:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ said this - the high \Npriestly prayer in John 17.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.84,0:38:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus praying to His Father
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.95,0:38:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the 11 disciples.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:42.47,0:38:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says this,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.13,0:38:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have guarded them."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.17,0:38:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those words jumped out at me.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.27,0:38:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have guarded them.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:51.94,0:38:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what? The church may seem weak.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.31,0:38:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the eyes of the world, we're despised.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.42,0:39:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may seem like we're \Nopen to all manner of attack -
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.02,0:39:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doctrine, enemies,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.68,0:39:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,false brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:08.81,0:39:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anti-Christs who were among us
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.70,0:39:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they went out from us.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.98,0:39:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's all sorts of things - \Nfalse teachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:14.14,0:39:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,false prophets, false \Napostles, false christ's,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:19.76,0:39:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the devil himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.32,0:39:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Christian, never forget this.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:23.54,0:39:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have an invisible hedge around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:26.55,0:39:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may not see it,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.95,0:39:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we are walled.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:30.36,0:39:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are protected.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.81,0:39:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A wall of fire. I have guarded them.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:35.09,0:39:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You better believe there are such walls
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.97,0:39:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around us right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.51,0:39:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We read in Hebrews 1
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.95,0:39:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the angels are ministering spirits.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.74,0:39:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, there are times in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.84,0:39:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when God Himself shows up
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.26,0:39:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're not shown any \Nmediating activity by angels.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:49.07,0:39:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God shows up.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.88,0:39:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.27,0:39:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's there. He protects.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.39,0:40:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(coughing)
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.20,0:40:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was said of Canaan \Nback in Deuteronomy -
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.10,0:40:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I take Canaan as a type of the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:09.56,0:40:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a shadow of the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.97,0:40:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was said of Canaan,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.75,0:40:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, God was bringing \NHis people into this land.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.67,0:40:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.81,0:40:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's a land that the \NLord your God cares for.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.34,0:40:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The eyes of the Lord your \NGod are always upon it
Dialogue: 0,0:40:21.90,0:40:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the beginning of the year
Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.46,0:40:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the end of the year."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:24.67,0:40:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what the church is.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.99,0:40:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His eyes are on us.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.54,0:40:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:31.53,0:40:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I brought up that story, \N"The Secret Garden,"
Dialogue: 0,0:40:34.91,0:40:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think of the secrecy of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.34,0:40:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, as I think of that area
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.34,0:40:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out behind Kevin Williams' house,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.34,0:40:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you go in there and you just disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.48,0:40:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:47.83,0:40:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a private place.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.77,0:40:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wall around it keeps all the eyes out.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.75,0:40:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is being described of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.47,0:41:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're a garden that's walled in.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:03.39,0:41:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're a garden that's secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.39,0:41:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A garden that's locked.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:06.84,0:41:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what locked means.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.55,0:41:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.21,0:41:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're like this garden that's walled in,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.12,0:41:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,closely locked, protected,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:19.34,0:41:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and inside all manner of flowers
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.22,0:41:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their fragrance,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:23.79,0:41:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trees heavy-laden with fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.87,0:41:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:29.76,0:41:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not known to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.74,0:41:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just thinking about that,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.22,0:41:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the text in 1 John occurred to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.28,0:41:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I preached on that several years back
Dialogue: 0,0:41:40.11,0:41:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that text that says to us
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.11,0:41:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reason why the world does not know us
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.23,0:41:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it did not know Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:49.96,0:41:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I'm pulling \Non right there is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.65,0:41:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world doesn't know us.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.56,0:41:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what John recognized.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.80,0:42:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're hid.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.08,0:42:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world doesn't know what's going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.20,0:42:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not until this coming day
Dialogue: 0,0:42:04.90,0:42:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the resurrection of the just.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.44,0:42:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you read about that in Romans 8?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:08.92,0:42:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says the sons of God will be revealed.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.37,0:42:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world doesn't know. They don't know!
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.93,0:42:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people out here - they don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:20.21,0:42:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow, there's people
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.01,0:42:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who the living God has taken out
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.96,0:42:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from among their ranks
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.51,0:42:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made into these \Nvastly fruitful gardens.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.58,0:42:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.64,0:42:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't know that we're the elect.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.43,0:42:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't know that \Nwe're the chosen ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.38,0:42:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't know that God is \Ndoing such things in us
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.68,0:42:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beautifying us this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:39.14,0:42:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't know what true \NChristianity is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.31,0:42:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't recognize it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.68,0:42:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not known. We're not known.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:45.87,0:42:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they don't know us \Nbecause they don't know Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:50.23,0:42:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Christ we know about, \Nthey don't know about.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.18,0:42:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They know the name Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.22,0:42:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in their minds, \NHe's altogether different
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.46,0:43:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than what He's portrayed in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:43:01.25,0:43:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way we know Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:03.77,0:43:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hidden.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.90,0:43:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The secrecy and hiddenness of it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.61,0:43:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:13.68,0:43:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Song of Solomon 4:16.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.31,0:43:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let my Beloved come to His garden
Dialogue: 0,0:43:28.18,0:43:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eat its choicest fruit."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.67,0:43:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen. Listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:34.36,0:43:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:37.60,0:43:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let my Beloved come to His garden."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:42.52,0:43:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is saying let Him come to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.24,0:43:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, from the very beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.00,0:43:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this little diversion,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.82,0:43:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the thing I've desired as much as anything
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.24,0:43:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that according to the \Nriches of God's glory -
Dialogue: 0,0:43:58.57,0:44:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I talked about in the past -
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.38,0:44:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God would put a hunger and ache
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.90,0:44:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our hearts for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.22,0:44:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recognize what's happening!
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.51,0:44:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, hear, feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:12.50,0:44:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The desire of her heart is:
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.02,0:44:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ, come to Your garden. Come!
Dialogue: 0,0:44:19.28,0:44:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let my Beloved come to His garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:21.59,0:44:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let Him eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.77,0:44:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the ache.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:25.00,0:44:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I've wanted \Nto stir up in your hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.75,0:44:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the kind of garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.59,0:44:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what you have is \Nwhat He is doing in her,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.88,0:44:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what He's making her,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:34.24,0:44:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind of garden that we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.79,0:44:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're a garden locked.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.15,0:44:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're a garden from \Nwhich Christ can come
Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.69,0:44:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He can gather myrrh
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.77,0:44:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's aloes and there's milk
Dialogue: 0,0:44:44.84,0:44:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's wine and there's frankincense
Dialogue: 0,0:44:46.97,0:44:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all manner of these spices
Dialogue: 0,0:44:48.98,0:44:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these fruits.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:54.15,0:44:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.36,0:44:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The imagery doesn't end here.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.95,0:45:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice 4:12.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:02.06,0:45:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A garden locked is \NMy sister, My bride..."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:05.43,0:45:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then He goes even further.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:07.68,0:45:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A spring locked, a fountain sealed."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.96,0:45:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandmother up in Decatur, Michigan
Dialogue: 0,0:45:21.37,0:45:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was growing up as a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.92,0:45:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we went way back - she had 80 acres.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:25.80,0:45:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we went way back,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:28.63,0:45:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a place in the woods
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.70,0:45:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the spring bubbled \Nup out of the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.18,0:45:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was a cup hanging on the tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.23,0:45:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess rumor had it my great-grandfather
Dialogue: 0,0:45:39.13,0:45:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put that thing there.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:42.04,0:45:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he would use it to \Ndrink from that spring.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.90,0:45:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The water tasted wonderful.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.19,0:45:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think of a spring -
Dialogue: 0,0:45:50.94,0:45:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spring water.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.95,0:45:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Typically, if somebody bottles water,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.97,0:45:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhere on there -
Dialogue: 0,0:45:59.51,0:46:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you go to the grocery store
Dialogue: 0,0:46:00.100,0:46:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look at the water on their shelves,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:02.91,0:46:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhere on the packaging it says
Dialogue: 0,0:46:05.30,0:46:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"spring water."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.99,0:46:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because that conjures \Nin the mind something.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.53,0:46:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Purity.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.59,0:46:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Refreshing.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.86,0:46:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then He doesn't stop at spring.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.67,0:46:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you go to a fountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.95,0:46:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think of with a fountain?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.78,0:46:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not so much purity, but what?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.52,0:46:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe just the amount of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.81,0:46:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.92,0:46:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea that this thing is gushing.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.20,0:46:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ's garden is well-watered.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.81,0:46:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's one of the things that we \Ncould definitely say about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.31,0:46:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no danger that the herbs
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.01,0:46:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and flowers and plants and fruit
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.62,0:46:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to wither or perish.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.05,0:46:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does the first psalm say?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.69,0:46:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says that we're like trees
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.78,0:46:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planted by the streams of water
Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.54,0:46:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that yield the fruit in its season.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:56.61,0:46:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What imagery!
Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.59,0:46:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing about it is, again,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.19,0:47:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the natural man knows nothing
Dialogue: 0,0:47:02.31,0:47:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.21,0:47:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a stranger
Dialogue: 0,0:47:05.58,0:47:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what's really happening in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.17,0:47:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The athiest.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.49,0:47:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about the athiest.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:19.44,0:47:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's all these people that want to
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.75,0:47:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continue to sell us on evolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:24.94,0:47:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Athiest.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.98,0:47:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A-thiest.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.56,0:47:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're against the doctrine of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.42,0:47:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Agnostics.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.26,0:47:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Against the idea that \Nit's possible to know God.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.71,0:47:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the reality is -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:44.94,0:47:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reality is that we know something
Dialogue: 0,0:47:47.77,0:47:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Christ walking in His garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:50.18,0:47:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the cry,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.35,0:47:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the cry of the church here.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.20,0:47:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let Him come walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.58,0:47:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let my Beloved come to His garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.37,0:48:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the truth is we know He's there
Dialogue: 0,0:48:01.97,0:48:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know what it is
Dialogue: 0,0:48:03.28,0:48:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have Him walk in the garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.22,0:48:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we are that garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.65,0:48:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the truth is it's real and we know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.04,0:48:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is true Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.47,0:48:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is no dead religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:13.28,0:48:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's real.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:14.74,0:48:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're walled. We're locked.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.87,0:48:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're safe. We're secure.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.07,0:48:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The grace of God has shut us in.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.19,0:48:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're protected.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.46,0:48:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ can say it of us:
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.22,0:48:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have guarded them.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.92,0:48:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one can ever get in.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:27.25,0:48:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're hid with Christ in God in this.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.83,0:48:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what? The imagery here
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.20,0:48:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gets dangerous actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.50,0:48:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me just tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:42.19,0:48:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the same author,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:45.33,0:48:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he wrote the Proverbs,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:47.54,0:48:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said this:
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.85,0:48:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's wanting to instill in young men
Dialogue: 0,0:48:57.70,0:48:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purity,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.10,0:49:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being devoted to a single wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.41,0:49:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not giving yourself to \Nthe forbidden woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:05.47,0:49:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says "drink water \Nfrom your own cistern."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:10.68,0:49:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't really mean water.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.97,0:49:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He means confine your \Nintimacy to your wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:20.94,0:49:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Should your springs be scattered abroad?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:28.06,0:49:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Streams of water in the streets?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.13,0:49:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them be for yourself alone
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.78,0:49:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not for strangers with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.31,0:49:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let your fountain be blessed
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.44,0:49:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rejoice in the wife of your youth."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:46.11,0:49:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he goes on.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.62,0:49:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see, the idea here
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.16,0:49:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of springs and fountains.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:56.28,0:49:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.91,0:50:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are locked when it comes
Dialogue: 0,0:50:03.21,0:50:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to being a spring and \Na fountain in this sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.57,0:50:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're virgins.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.96,0:50:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Paul says to the Corinthians.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.06,0:50:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are virgins reserved for Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:18.16,0:50:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're a spring locked,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.21,0:50:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a fountain sealed.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.16,0:50:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, our purity and our chasteness
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.68,0:50:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is for Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.78,0:50:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our devotion to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.01,0:50:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our spotlessness is for Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.74,0:50:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When He talks about making us
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.58,0:50:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into this splendorous thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:40.78,0:50:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's as His bride.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:42.72,0:50:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's beautifying us not for others,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:46.84,0:50:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to present us to Himself in splendor,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:52.06,0:50:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in beauty.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.50,0:50:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's Christ's garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.16,0:50:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And none but His.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:59.20,0:51:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is Christ's spring,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:00.85,0:51:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ's fountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:02.80,0:51:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None have a right to her but Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.85,0:51:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is sister and bride to Him alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.66,0:51:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I'm getting at is this,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:13.31,0:51:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we dare not share ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:51:17.45,0:51:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other lovers.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:20.55,0:51:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You, Christian, are a locked garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.94,0:51:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little children, keep \Nyourselves from idols.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.06,0:51:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One lover.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.69,0:51:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are locked.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.80,0:51:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are His.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:38.89,0:51:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are private. You are secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:41.18,0:51:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are for Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.97,0:51:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brothers and sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.28,0:51:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the heart of Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.10,0:51:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is having Christ come to His garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.79,0:51:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.21,0:52:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what true \NChristianity is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.86,0:52:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to have Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.40,0:52:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to know God and His Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:09.10,0:52:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this:
Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.11,0:52:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are reserved for Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.85,0:52:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, if your Christianity \Nis mechanical;
Dialogue: 0,0:52:19.26,0:52:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's simply duty,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.62,0:52:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's simply the checklist,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.82,0:52:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's simply that which \Nyou don't like to do
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.54,0:52:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know you've got to do it
Dialogue: 0,0:52:29.08,0:52:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you're trying to miss hell,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.21,0:52:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it's not this.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.34,0:52:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's not this, it's not the real thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.50,0:52:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not the true Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:43.47,0:52:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look what He does.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.86,0:52:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look what He does in 4:16.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:50.53,0:52:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to hear the voice of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.73,0:52:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Comprehend the love of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.60,0:53:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as His garden, \Nthis is what He's saying:
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.21,0:53:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Awake..." Christ speaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.61,0:53:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Awake, O north wind,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.33,0:53:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come, O south wind, blow upon..."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.73,0:53:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, "My garden."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:14.52,0:53:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.94,0:53:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's calling to the winds
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.63,0:53:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come and blow upon His garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.66,0:53:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as to do what to it?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:25.86,0:53:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make it even more fruitful.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:29.44,0:53:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let its spices flow."
Dialogue: 0,0:53:33.06,0:53:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ calls forth the wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.07,0:53:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love this imagery.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:37.46,0:53:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost always when I think of the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:41.63,0:53:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I think of revival,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:43.23,0:53:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't we talk about the winds of revival?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.99,0:53:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I think about revival,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.72,0:53:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:50.68,0:53:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often imagine like a \N17th, 18th, 19th century ship
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.62,0:53:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those big masts.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.18,0:54:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just saw the U.S.S. Constitution
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.61,0:54:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were in Boston.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:02.40,0:54:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This great big war ship,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.42,0:54:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's got all these main masts on it
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.34,0:54:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and multitude of sails.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.26,0:54:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I think of: a ship.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.25,0:54:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're like a ship with all these sails
Dialogue: 0,0:54:14.06,0:54:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the wind blows
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.42,0:54:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it sends us mightily \Nthrough the water, rushing.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.31,0:54:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how I view it.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:21.46,0:54:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Scriptures capture this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.90,0:54:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Spirit of God being like the wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:26.94,0:54:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you think of where?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.62,0:54:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do you get that \Nidea of wind in Scripture?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.34,0:54:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John 3 would be one.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.27,0:54:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Like the wind that blows where it wishes,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:38.57,0:54:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you hear its sound, but you do not know
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.49,0:54:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it comes from or where it goes."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.40,0:54:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But can you think of another time
Dialogue: 0,0:54:44.11,0:54:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the Spirit is associated with wind?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.31,0:54:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, the day of Pentecost.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:52.10,0:54:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A sound like a mighty, rushing wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.63,0:54:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These winds.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:56.06,0:54:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ speaks to the winds.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:58.22,0:55:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're at His service.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:01.78,0:55:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come and do My garden good.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.35,0:55:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see this as the Spirit of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:08.48,0:55:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you say, yeah, but those winds
Dialogue: 0,0:55:10.64,0:55:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are contrary to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.05,0:55:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One's a north wind. One's a south wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.05,0:55:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say that's just the Spirit's operations
Dialogue: 0,0:55:17.24,0:55:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming at us from different directions.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.77,0:55:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, depending on where you live,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:24.18,0:55:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like up in Michigan if you thought
Dialogue: 0,0:55:25.98,0:55:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a north wind, you think brrr...
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.98,0:55:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in Texas, the idea of a north wind,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:36.74,0:55:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a cool front -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:38.20,0:55:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know when they first start coming
Dialogue: 0,0:55:40.01,0:55:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in late September,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:41.40,0:55:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a happy thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.82,0:55:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It depends on where you live.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:45.56,0:55:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, what part of the hemisphere,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.48,0:55:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought).
Dialogue: 0,0:55:49.28,0:55:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we get the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:50.91,0:55:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some winds - they bring rain.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:52.49,0:55:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some winds are destructive.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:54.31,0:55:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some bring bitter cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.02,0:56:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some bring pleasant \Nspring-like conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:00.35,0:56:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some winds are very favorable.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:05.68,0:56:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some winds are bitter.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:09.07,0:56:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.95,0:56:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, sometimes God \Nblows upon us with comforts.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:17.41,0:56:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're joyful times.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:19.66,0:56:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we should rejoice \Nin the Lord always,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:21.81,0:56:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the truth is there are \Nsome circumstances in life
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.43,0:56:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are just happy times.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:29.03,0:56:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are situations \Nthat are bitter trials.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:32.89,0:56:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the idea is this,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.30,0:56:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these winds - however you take them,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:38.18,0:56:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's Christ using different means
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.98,0:56:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to perfect His garden,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:42.56,0:56:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though they may seem contrary,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.86,0:56:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blows upon us with the warm winds,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.58,0:56:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blows upon us with refreshing winds.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.14,0:56:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, blows upon us with winds
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.34,0:56:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seem to be damaging,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.79,0:56:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know, they never really damage us.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:55.25,0:56:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They damage our pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:57.44,0:57:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They damage our false securities.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:01.34,0:57:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They damage our false hopes.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:03.72,0:57:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're never really damaging to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:06.64,0:57:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because all things work \Ntogether for our good
Dialogue: 0,0:57:09.20,0:57:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we're truly loving God.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.04,0:57:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He brings these winds.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.49,0:57:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's key to emphasize these difficulties.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.96,0:57:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have difficulties.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.15,0:57:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you, I know, family difficulties,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:27.76,0:57:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,difficulties with lost children,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:31.54,0:57:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,financial difficulties,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:33.17,0:57:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,health issue difficulties.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:36.87,0:57:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:39.47,0:57:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're struggles. They're trials.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.88,0:57:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marriage situations.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.88,0:57:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what that is?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.21,0:57:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That may be like the north wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:46.79,0:57:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It blows. It hurts. It's uncomfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.94,0:57:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.98,0:57:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we have eyes to see,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:53.37,0:57:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like through these things,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:54.90,0:57:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's just spreading the seeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:57.58,0:57:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can imagine, He spreads the seeds
Dialogue: 0,0:57:59.65,0:58:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and up grows these \Nbeautiful trees in the garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:03.47,0:58:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He spreads the seeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:04.92,0:58:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and up grows just heavy-\Nladen with fruit, bushes;
Dialogue: 0,0:58:09.86,0:58:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He spreads these seeds
Dialogue: 0,0:58:12.24,0:58:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and plants and herbs
Dialogue: 0,0:58:13.74,0:58:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all manner of flowers
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.17,0:58:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the bees must be in there
Dialogue: 0,0:58:17.79,0:58:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's honey and honeycombs.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:20.35,0:58:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what He's doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:21.96,0:58:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look at it and we get so encased
Dialogue: 0,0:58:28.78,0:58:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our surroundings and what we see.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:32.32,0:58:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we live by faith, not by sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:34.10,0:58:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But sometimes we're \Nsuch creatures of sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:37.12,0:58:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life is difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:40.88,0:58:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I'm wanting you \Nto do is just step back
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.46,0:58:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this message today
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.24,0:58:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just comprehend.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:47.14,0:58:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a child of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:49.80,0:58:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ Himself is doing \Nsuch things in you
Dialogue: 0,0:58:53.76,0:58:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make you this absolutely beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:57.91,0:59:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fruitful garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:00.19,0:59:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where do you find Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:02.52,0:59:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grazing in the garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:04.97,0:59:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He likes to be there \Nand gather the lilies.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:08.66,0:59:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you hear the heart of the bride.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:12.17,0:59:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever noticed?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:13.55,0:59:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit and the bride say what?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:17.02,0:59:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:18.06,0:59:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Spirit in the bride
Dialogue: 0,0:59:21.90,0:59:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is never satisfied.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:24.43,0:59:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come to Your garden!
Dialogue: 0,0:59:26.32,0:59:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that's the cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:28.89,0:59:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you love that
Dialogue: 0,0:59:31.35,0:59:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when that's true of you?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:33.86,0:59:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is such a healthy condition to be in
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.15,0:59:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:38.34,0:59:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we are just so unsatisifed;
Dialogue: 0,0:59:42.63,0:59:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we ache,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:44.96,0:59:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when He comes,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:46.43,0:59:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's such a release;
Dialogue: 0,0:59:47.99,0:59:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's such satisfaction;
Dialogue: 0,0:59:49.83,0:59:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's such joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:52.71,0:59:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aching for something.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:54.74,0:59:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the heart longs after;
Dialogue: 0,0:59:56.80,1:00:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the soul is thirsty:
Dialogue: 0,1:00:00.07,1:00:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come, Lord, come to Your garden!
Dialogue: 0,1:00:02.45,1:00:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come! Come graze!
Dialogue: 0,1:00:03.98,1:00:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come gather the flowers.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:07.65,1:00:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And isn't it such the \Ndesire of the Christian
Dialogue: 0,1:00:12.60,1:00:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you desire that when He comes,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:15.42,1:00:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He finds you to be a place \Nthat He greatly delights
Dialogue: 0,1:00:18.62,1:00:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to walk in that place;
Dialogue: 0,1:00:21.38,1:00:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to commune in that place.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:23.41,1:00:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That He finds it a place \Nwhere He really is
Dialogue: 0,1:00:25.64,1:00:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gathering in the spices and the wine.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:29.06,1:00:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, this wine, \Nthis honey, this milk -
Dialogue: 0,1:00:32.39,1:00:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's coming from us!
Dialogue: 0,1:00:34.40,1:00:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to personalize \Nthis. This is you!
Dialogue: 0,1:00:38.37,1:00:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that ache for this.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.14,1:00:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let us take fresh encouragement
Dialogue: 0,1:00:43.57,1:00:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all of this.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:46.29,1:00:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, how daily we're \Nprone to offend Him.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:49.40,1:00:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take special encouragement
Dialogue: 0,1:00:52.37,1:00:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that what we do be pleasing to Him.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:55.18,1:00:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could say church of God arise.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:59.35,1:01:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desire that Christ would cause
Dialogue: 0,1:01:01.17,1:01:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the north wind and the south wind -
Dialogue: 0,1:01:02.93,1:01:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pray that way!
Dialogue: 0,1:01:04.40,1:01:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, cause the north wind to awake.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:09.69,1:01:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? I want spice.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:12.54,1:01:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spice - but not for anyone.\NYou're a locked garden.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:18.02,1:01:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's for Him.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:20.81,1:01:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But isn't that when we're most satisfied?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.50,1:01:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that when we take greatest joy?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:27.82,1:01:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read those words.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:30.82,1:01:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said, "I guarded them."
Dialogue: 0,1:01:34.76,1:01:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then He said, "they've kept Your Word."
Dialogue: 0,1:01:39.31,1:01:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want to cry when I read that.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:41.34,1:01:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to jump and shout when I read that.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:43.89,1:01:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They kept Your Word."
Dialogue: 0,1:01:46.16,1:01:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those guys, their faith teetered \Nand tottered at times,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:49.42,1:01:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet "they've kept Your Word."
Dialogue: 0,1:01:52.57,1:01:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To have Christ find you lovely,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:57.23,1:02:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desirable, beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:00.52,1:02:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place where He wants to come
Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.16,1:02:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and graze -
Dialogue: 0,1:02:08.36,1:02:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is that?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:10.76,1:02:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What love that He should \Ndo such things to us!
Dialogue: 0,1:02:15.87,1:02:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing is when our desire is:
Dialogue: 0,1:02:21.58,1:02:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let my Beloved come to His garden,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:24.56,1:02:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He comes,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:29.63,1:02:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's it.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:31.82,1:02:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's all the world to \Nus when that happens?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:35.25,1:02:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is it.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:36.56,1:02:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is true Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:40.27,1:02:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we should desire it.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:41.54,1:02:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That should be our prayer.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:42.98,1:02:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, come.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:46.10,1:02:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come to Your garden. Come.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:49.90,1:02:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, and cause these winds to blow
Dialogue: 0,1:02:52.17,1:02:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from whichever direction \Nthey need to blow,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:54.48,1:03:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but make us a richly spice-bearing church.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:02.92,1:03:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to have the Lord's Supper now.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:06.22,1:03:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we're thinking on this.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:09.48,1:03:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus has purchased this
Dialogue: 0,1:03:12.50,1:03:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at great, great, great expense to Himself.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:22.48,1:03:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He Himself has bore our sins
Dialogue: 0,1:03:26.87,1:03:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in His own body on the tree,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:30.80,1:03:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we might live to righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:33.25,1:03:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This true righteousness and holiness
Dialogue: 0,1:03:37.20,1:03:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has come at great, great expense.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:41.52,1:03:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not a cheap garden.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:46.32,1:03:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may feel ourselves unworthy,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:48.13,1:03:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're not a cheap garden.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:51.79,1:03:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The piece of ground that we're on
Dialogue: 0,1:03:55.42,1:04:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is expensive ground.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:01.07,1:04:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we want to remember right now
Dialogue: 0,1:04:05.96,1:04:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that which our Lord has done.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:12.71,1:04:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sister Jenny, could we get a song maybe?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:16.20,1:04:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could we sing \N"Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted,"
Dialogue: 0,1:04:20.16,1:04:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while they're handing out these elements?