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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.53,0:00:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can open your Bibles once again
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.75,0:00:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Song of Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.84,0:00:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.42,0:00:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, we're coming to Your Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.48,0:00:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.80,0:00:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Speak, O Lord. Speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.06,0:00:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.92,0:00:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May my brothers and sisters in this place
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.80,0:00:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hear more than the voice of a man.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.62,0:00:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray in Christ's name, Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.34,0:00:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Song of Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.81,0:00:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look forward to looking \Nat this Song with you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.77,0:01:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one last time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.63,0:01:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, for one reason,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.34,0:01:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just looking at it this week,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.43,0:01:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two realities jumped out at me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.16,0:01:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that once again just assure me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.10,0:01:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give me unwavering confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.59,0:01:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is speaking \Nof more than Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.12,0:01:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want you to see it as we look
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.21,0:01:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at what we're going to look at today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.49,0:01:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, all my messages
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.61,0:01:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Song of Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.70,0:01:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been moving us and \Ndirecting us towards today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.62,0:01:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been thinking \Nabout the love of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.32,0:01:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The breadth, and length,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.89,0:01:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the height, and depth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.62,0:01:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To know the love of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.59,0:02:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that surpasses knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.03,0:02:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we've taken this trip
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.78,0:02:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back into the Old Testament,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.57,0:02:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I believe Spurgeon was right.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.56,0:02:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it comes to the love of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.59,0:02:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the holy of holies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.98,0:02:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's read in this Song in chapter 5.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.86,0:02:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chapter 5:2.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.35,0:02:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I slept, but my heart was awake.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.39,0:02:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.03,0:02:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Beloved is knocking.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.29,0:02:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Open to Me, My sister, My love,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.32,0:02:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dove, My perfect one,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.08,0:02:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for My head is wet with dew,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.96,0:02:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My locks with the drops of the night.'
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.66,0:02:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had put off my garment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.92,0:02:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could I put it on?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.39,0:03:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd bathed my feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.79,0:03:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could I soil them?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.19,0:03:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My Beloved put His hand to the latch
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.75,0:03:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my heart was thrilled within me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.91,0:03:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I arose to open to my Beloved
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.64,0:03:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my hands dripped with myrrh,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.21,0:03:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my fingers with liquid myrrh
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.17,0:03:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the handles of the bolt.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.78,0:03:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I opened to my Beloved,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.65,0:03:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my Beloved had turned and gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.43,0:03:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My soul failed me when He spoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.10,0:03:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sought Him, but found Him not.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.17,0:03:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called Him, but He gave no answer."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.49,0:03:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel it's time to move on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.03,0:03:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel Ephesians is calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.72,0:03:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have one more sermon
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.04,0:03:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from this Song of songs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.98,0:03:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know it was called that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.38,0:03:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look back in chapter 1:1,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.49,0:03:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right at the very beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.99,0:04:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the very first thing that's said.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.38,0:04:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Song of songs which is Solomon's."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.67,0:04:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I want you to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.19,0:04:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is we're holding in our hands a book
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.47,0:04:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is God-breathed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.67,0:04:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All Scripture is God-breathed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.01,0:04:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.86,0:04:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So whoever the author is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.30,0:04:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can clear that right out of your mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.34,0:04:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's Solomon or somebody else,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.56,0:04:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reality is this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.16,0:04:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.38,0:04:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so what we have in this title
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.90,0:04:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is we have what God wants us to know
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.64,0:04:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this letter by.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.13,0:04:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is in God's estimation -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.65,0:04:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is so important that you get this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.85,0:04:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In God's estimation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.12,0:04:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for God to identify any song
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.74,0:04:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has ever been sung by men,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.91,0:04:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for God to look down,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.39,0:04:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clear all the rest away,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.89,0:05:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and leave that one standing and say:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.71,0:05:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is the Song of all songs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.54,0:05:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it can only be \Nbecause in God's estimation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.19,0:05:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a song about the \Ngreatest imaginable thing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.99,0:05:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a song could ever be written about.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.28,0:05:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That fact alone should lift us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.09,0:05:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,above the physical, above the worldly,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.45,0:05:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,above the mundane,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.01,0:05:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,above Solomon,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.74,0:05:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up into the heavenlies
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.09,0:05:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to behold something beyond this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.57,0:05:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something beyond Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.30,0:05:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of his thousand wives.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.20,0:05:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, when it comes to relationships -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.92,0:05:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.37,0:05:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's being put on display for us here -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.32,0:05:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ and Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.28,0:05:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the greatest persons \Nif you think about it -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.06,0:05:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're the greatest persons
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.88,0:05:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have ever, ever partaken of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.51,0:06:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the truth is that \Nin every relationship,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.13,0:06:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything that's good, \Nanything that's excellent,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.37,0:06:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything that's desirable, \Nanything that's beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.87,0:06:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the relationships out there
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.53,0:06:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it be between a man and a woman -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.48,0:06:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what Paul did.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.66,0:06:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul looked at that and he said
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.22,0:06:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may see a man and a woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.68,0:06:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's maybe what \Nyou see here in this book,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.04,0:06:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he says what's behind\Nall this is a mystery.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.74,0:06:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mystery of mysteries.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.32,0:06:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ and the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.42,0:06:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we're supposed to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.48,0:06:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two greatest lovers of them all.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.36,0:06:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just never forget this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.17,0:06:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God Himself says this is the Song
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.06,0:06:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,above every other song,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.82,0:06:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which must mean it's about a topic
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.87,0:06:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is above every other topic.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.66,0:06:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we turn our attention \Nhere one more time,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.54,0:06:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to find Solomon,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.90,0:06:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but something greater than Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.78,0:06:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to behold once again
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.69,0:07:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His - He that is greater than Solomon -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.63,0:07:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His love that He has for His bride,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.79,0:07:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.54,0:07:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what I want to do
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.48,0:07:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is we're going to end up in these verses
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.89,0:07:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in chapter 5.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.24,0:07:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want you to see,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.95,0:07:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you know what I've been doing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.82,0:07:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the last couple of months?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.02,0:07:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read this. I pore over this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.52,0:07:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.12,0:07:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you what I'm watching
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.92,0:07:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I'm watching fluctuation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.78,0:07:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say: what do you mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.97,0:07:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.84,0:07:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it's very interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.54,0:07:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right here is one of the reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.27,0:07:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why I know this is not \Nspeaking about Solomon.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.57,0:07:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solomon the man had \Nall manner of imperfections.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.06,0:07:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what's interesting?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.62,0:07:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you watch this letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.48,0:07:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you go through from the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.30,0:07:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's 8 chapters and you \Ngo all the way through,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.70,0:08:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what you see?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.08,0:08:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see in her fluctuations -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.95,0:08:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiritual alterations.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.45,0:08:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.08,0:08:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you look at Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.97,0:08:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.02,0:08:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, yes, there's movement as far as
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.34,0:08:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His proximity to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.28,0:08:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in His attitude towards her;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.62,0:08:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in His responses to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.26,0:08:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you find is He's steady.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.64,0:08:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's the one that's given to fluctuation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.29,0:08:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I want you to see right now -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.55,0:08:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I want you to do is come with me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.68,0:08:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just walk through the up's and down's,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.57,0:08:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the back and forth's of her.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.22,0:08:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look right at the beginning of the letter.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.50,0:09:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chapter 1:2. We're just going to do
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.37,0:09:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a quick survey,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.08,0:09:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I want you to see this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.60,0:09:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let Him kiss me..." v. 2 of chapter 1.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.06,0:09:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let Him kiss me with \Nthe kisses of His mouth,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.56,0:09:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Your love is better than wine."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.80,0:09:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what do you see there?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.95,0:09:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I see there is desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.34,0:09:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I see there?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.51,0:09:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A woman who wants a man to kiss her,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.27,0:09:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she is not at that moment
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.65,0:09:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiencing his kisses.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.61,0:09:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she desires it to be so.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.92,0:09:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? You see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.84,0:09:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.21,0:09:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, look at v. 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.83,0:09:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Draw me after You and we will run."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.35,0:09:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I see there?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.30,0:09:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A desire for desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.85,0:09:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, having desire is one thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.89,0:09:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having a desire to have desire
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.80,0:10:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is another thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.87,0:10:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, do you feel that?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.10,0:10:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you feel the desire in v. 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.61,0:10:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then in v. 4,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.25,0:10:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's sensible of some need to be drawn.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.55,0:10:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's sensible of some sort of coldness
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.31,0:10:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or deadness in her spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.13,0:10:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she secretly desires \Nfurther quickening.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.75,0:10:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, brethren, what I \Nwant you to see in all of this
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.46,0:10:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I want you to see something
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.24,0:10:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that every single Christian in \Nthis room can identify with.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.46,0:10:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every one of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.66,0:10:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to feel the movement
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.87,0:10:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fluctuations
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.04,0:10:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our relationship with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.23,0:10:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I want you to feel here.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.62,0:10:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.09,0:10:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.94,0:10:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We desire Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.32,0:10:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, there are other times
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.09,0:10:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're asking Him to draw us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.50,0:10:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are times we recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.24,0:11:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't long for Him like we should.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.16,0:11:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want Him to operate on us
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.26,0:11:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make us want what is good
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.66,0:11:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than we want it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.79,0:11:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a desire for desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.31,0:11:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go to chapter 2:3-4.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.25,0:11:17.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look with me here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.81,0:11:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Song of Solomon 2:3-4;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.50,0:11:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she says, "With great delight
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.36,0:11:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat in His shadow and \NHis fruit was sweet."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.30,0:11:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now see, again, as Christians we can say
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.99,0:11:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know these seasons
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.31,0:11:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of delight and sweetness.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.88,0:11:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.28,0:11:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ came along and He upbraided
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.65,0:11:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that church at Ephesus
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.25,0:11:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they had lost their first love.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.30,0:11:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is some reality as first love.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.62,0:11:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's that sweetness to that love.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.18,0:12:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what you see
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.28,0:12:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being put on exhibition for us there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.49,0:12:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, look, I'm going to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.01,0:12:11.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the next thing I see here
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.100,0:12:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a decline.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.24,0:12:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you may have question \Nabout that at first,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.58,0:12:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but stay with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.50,0:12:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see a decline in the affection.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.56,0:12:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what I see here is a distance.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.87,0:12:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, last we heard, she was
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.13,0:12:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in His shadow.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.88,0:12:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's close.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.24,0:12:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're close when you're \Nin someone's shadow.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.40,0:12:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later on, we're going to see, \Nshe's leaning on Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.98,0:12:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's actual contact there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.19,0:12:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's close.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.19,0:12:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But notice what happens in chapter 2:9.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.95,0:12:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just go down a little bit \Nfrom v. 3-4 to v. 9.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.21,0:12:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now follow me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.86,0:12:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Behold, there He stands..."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.99,0:13:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But where is He?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.60,0:13:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's behind our wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.44,0:13:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I probably should have done more
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.54,0:13:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with just this possessive pronoun "our."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.74,0:13:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shows up in every translation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.73,0:13:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just not going to take \Nthe time to go there,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.37,0:13:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I find that - it's "our wall."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.33,0:13:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe because it's "our" house.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.67,0:13:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But notice this,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.40,0:13:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He stands behind it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.85,0:13:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.06,0:13:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's behind the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.37,0:13:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that mean He's on the inside?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.04,0:13:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or does that mean He's on the outside?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.86,0:13:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where is she at?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.28,0:14:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at the position.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.52,0:14:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's behind the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.53,0:14:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's gazing through the windows
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.35,0:14:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking through the lattice.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.68,0:14:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who knows what a lattice is?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.23,0:14:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's a lattice?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.42,0:14:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.83,0:14:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an opening of some sort
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.55,0:14:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you look through.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.03,0:14:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which direction is He facing?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.80,0:14:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's looking through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.10,0:14:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is He on the outside looking in?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.35,0:14:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is He on the inside looking out?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.54,0:14:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's He looking at?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.66,0:14:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you what He's looking at.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.02,0:14:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's looking at you, Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.32,0:14:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say: how do you know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.77,0:14:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that from v. 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.01,0:14:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see what He's saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.32,0:14:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Arise My love, My beautiful \None, come away."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.84,0:15:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's speaking to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.20,0:15:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This basically is a picture of Him
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.65,0:15:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing there at a distance.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.47,0:15:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's on the other side of the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.30,0:15:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's behind the lattice.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.64,0:15:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's gazing through the window.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.05,0:15:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is this wall that \Nhas come between them?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.77,0:15:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Between Him and us.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.71,0:15:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's happened? She was \Nin the shadow before.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.78,0:15:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now He's looking through the window.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.49,0:15:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some sort of distance has taken place.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.22,0:15:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what you \Nfind all the way through?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.68,0:15:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's calling to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.56,0:15:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's constantly calling to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.06,0:15:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter how far away she gets;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.40,0:15:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what walls come up,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.49,0:15:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's just always calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.30,0:15:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the steadiness of Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.06,0:15:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's happened to us?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.74,0:15:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, we can enter in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.60,0:15:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We realize some distance has come
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.91,0:16:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between us and Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.62,0:16:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what, the \Ndevil's right there to say
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.60,0:16:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't want anything to do with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.84,0:16:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, if you'll open your \Neyes and ears to Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.58,0:16:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's constantly bidding us,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.61,0:16:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come. Come. Come."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.69,0:16:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's speaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.26,0:16:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever coldness has crept in,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.81,0:16:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not silent.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.41,0:16:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at v. 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.87,0:16:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the other side of \Nthe window, He's saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.76,0:16:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My Beloved speaks..." that's her.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.47,0:16:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's recognizing this.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.06,0:16:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's recognizing that He speaks.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.05,0:16:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, it is so good when \Nwe recognize He's calling us.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.83,0:16:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be deceived, brothers and sisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.20,0:16:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.46,0:16:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.01,0:16:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He says to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.27,0:16:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Arise, My love, My beautiful one
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.43,0:16:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and come away.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.02,0:16:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see this in v. 13-14.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.05,0:16:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, "Arise, \NMy love, My beautiful one..."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.03,0:16:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, it's repetitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.46,0:17:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? What's repetition in Scripture?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.23,0:17:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what it is. It's emphasis.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.36,0:17:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the emphasis?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.02,0:17:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The emphasis isn't on \Nthe other side of the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.82,0:17:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The emphasis is: Come away.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.86,0:17:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come away.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.48,0:17:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because that's what \NGod wants you to get.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.39,0:17:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what He really wants you to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.50,0:17:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Open your ears, brethren. Come away.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.05,0:17:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come away.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.22,0:17:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Arise, My love, My beautiful \None and come away.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.65,0:17:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let Me see your face. \NLet Me hear your voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.50,0:17:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your voice is sweet. Your face is lovely."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.67,0:17:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you see - look at v. 1
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.62,0:17:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of chapter 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.42,0:17:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go to chapter 3:1.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.08,0:17:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you see, she's not with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.21,0:17:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one time, she's in His shadow.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.31,0:17:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another time, He's on the \Nother side of the window.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.02,0:17:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's calling to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.84,0:18:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is He now?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.02,0:18:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this. He's not with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.62,0:18:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe I should put it like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.44,0:18:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's not with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.17,0:18:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"On my bed by night, I sought Him
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.42,0:18:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whom my soul loves."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.90,0:18:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a stirring of \Ndesire here on her part.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.65,0:18:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I sought Him but found Him not."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.20,0:18:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not with her. She's not with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.82,0:18:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.87,0:18:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She can't find Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.52,0:18:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, the Christian life.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.16,0:18:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are times when it's \Nlike some cloud has come.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.12,0:18:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you look and you can't find.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.55,0:18:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is He?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.26,0:18:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He hides His face.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.57,0:18:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.46,0:18:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's reality to the Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.77,0:18:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But... look at v. 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.69,0:18:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.54,0:18:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, He departs for those seasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.77,0:19:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not to be cruel.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.89,0:19:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not because \NHe lacks desire to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.04,0:19:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because every time He comes \Npopping back up in this story,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.04,0:19:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's with such desire for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.56,0:19:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He doesn't depart to be cruel.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.36,0:19:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He departs so that she might
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.45,0:19:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think on Him and muse about Him
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.63,0:19:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have her passions \Nstirred up about Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.62,0:19:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And see what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.85,0:19:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there's those seasons of departure?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.80,0:19:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she finds Him after that -
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.87,0:19:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after you seek and you don't find
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.37,0:19:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a season and you can't find Him
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.86,0:19:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't find Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.38,0:19:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's this darkness; there's this wall;
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.54,0:19:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's this distance; \Nthere's this coldness,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.84,0:19:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you search for Him \Nand you search for Him
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.16,0:19:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then He comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.11,0:19:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh how you value that!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.20,0:19:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look at it. Look what she says.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.86,0:19:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says, "Scarcely had I passed them
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.20,0:19:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I found Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.65,0:19:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found Him whom my soul loves."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.30,0:20:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, she's not casual now.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.74,0:20:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I held Him and I would not let Him go."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.17,0:20:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know the problem is
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.55,0:20:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're such vacillating creatures.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.30,0:20:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that. He's come back again.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.79,0:20:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're like I'm holding on to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.68,0:20:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not letting Him go.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.88,0:20:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going back down in that valley.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.94,0:20:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going back out in the desert.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.70,0:20:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going back to where \NI don't know where He is.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.24,0:20:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not going to let sin creep in.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.92,0:20:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not going to grieve the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.30,0:20:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We make these resolutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.64,0:20:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We plead - you ever been there?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.25,0:20:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pleading with the Lord:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.38,0:20:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please Lord, don't ever let \Nme go back to the way it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.18,0:20:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keep me here on this \Nmountaintop always.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.16,0:20:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You ever been there?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.94,0:20:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been there.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.96,0:20:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the pitiful thing about this -
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.100,0:20:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.20,0:20:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we go to chapter 5.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.48,0:21:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in v. 2, she says -
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.18,0:21:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the interesting thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.61,0:21:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's not with Him anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.82,0:21:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, she's sleeping.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.34,0:21:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's fallen asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.83,0:21:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's not with Him again.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.79,0:21:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's allowed separation - again.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.80,0:21:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's not dead
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.94,0:21:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like those who know not the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.30,0:21:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's still reality in her heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.88,0:21:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still His voice resonates with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.03,0:21:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her heart is awake.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.97,0:21:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know this.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.30,0:21:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ's sheep hear His voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.79,0:21:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's still, though we can become
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.100,0:21:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cold and calloused in seasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.43,0:21:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's speaking to her,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.97,0:21:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like always here, what's He saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.59,0:21:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does He say to her?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.78,0:22:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Open to Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.07,0:22:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, if we only had ears to hear that.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.83,0:22:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying it all the time to His people.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.52,0:22:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Open to Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.65,0:22:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My sister, My love, \NMy dove, My perfect one."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.48,0:22:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And notice the excuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.77,0:22:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, this is us as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.44,0:22:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, you know what I \Nwant to emphasize to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.54,0:22:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will never find Him making excuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.93,0:22:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is always saying, "open."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.01,0:22:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is always calling to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.10,0:22:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't make excuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.92,0:22:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only she does.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.84,0:22:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look, if you went back
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.21,0:22:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the earthly Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.87,0:22:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of his brides,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.42,0:22:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would not find \Nsuch perfections in him.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.06,0:22:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was not a perfect man.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.93,0:22:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.75,0:22:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here, we're dealing with a Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.09,0:22:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.66,0:23:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're dealing with One who is constantly
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.08,0:23:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the right frame;
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.25,0:23:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantly expressing His love;
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.52,0:23:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constantly loving -
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.85,0:23:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how He's treated,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.20,0:23:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's constantly expressing His desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.03,0:23:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's unwavering.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.83,0:23:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's unchanging.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.05,0:23:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's the one that vacillates.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.28,0:23:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She makes excuses. He never does.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.94,0:23:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not real to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.66,0:23:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not real to a man and a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.74,0:23:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in any marriage here.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.14,0:23:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man and the woman \Nboth have their problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.29,0:23:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's interesting is in \Nthe Song of Solomon
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.00,0:23:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only she has problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.81,0:23:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never does.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.28,0:23:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.95,0:23:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's altogether blameless,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.58,0:23:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,altogether beautiful, \Naltogether desirable,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.39,0:23:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the chief among ten thousand.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.65,0:23:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find that.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.63,0:23:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And notice: "I put off my garment.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.62,0:23:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could I put it on?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.76,0:23:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bathed my feet. How could I soil them?"
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.96,0:23:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, I'll just say this,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.82,0:24:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do these verses not agree
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.14,0:24:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the experience of us all?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.36,0:24:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Lord is bidding us to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.80,0:24:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is such a cheap excuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.01,0:24:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But does it not resonate with us?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.21,0:24:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you see what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.28,0:24:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She moves, but she moves too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.18,0:24:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.72,0:24:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at v. 4 and following.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.17,0:24:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My Beloved put His hand to the latch.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.78,0:24:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My heart was thrilled within me.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.36,0:24:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I arose to open to my Beloved,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.83,0:24:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my hands dripped with myrrh,\Nmy fingers with liquid myrrh
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.75,0:24:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the handles of the bolt.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.05,0:24:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I opened to my Beloved,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.19,0:24:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my Beloved had turned and gone."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.35,0:24:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.25,0:24:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My soul failed me when He spoke.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.90,0:24:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sought Him but found Him not.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.56,0:24:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called Him but He gave no answer."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.55,0:25:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did she get back here again?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.43,0:25:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By her own excuses and by her own sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.54,0:25:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She delayed and now He's gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.37,0:25:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she can't find Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.76,0:25:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you look what happens in v. 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.44,0:25:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She gets a thrashing.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.62,0:25:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The watchmen found me as \Nthey went about in the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.35,0:25:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They beat me. They bruised me.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.87,0:25:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took away my veil."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.83,0:25:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These watchmen of the walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.97,0:25:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reality is, with His departure,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.92,0:25:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she becomes exposed to such things
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.96,0:25:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as she would have never been exposed to
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.72,0:25:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if she had gotten up in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.67,0:25:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's suffering this for \Nher own consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.36,0:25:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If she'd gotten up \Nin time, He'd be with her
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.54,0:25:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and none of this would have ever happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.63,0:25:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing about it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.62,0:25:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just makes me think,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.02,0:26:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a Christian, we can bear trials
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.51,0:26:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as He's with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.56,0:26:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you been in the midst of a trial
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.69,0:26:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't find Him? He's gone?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.94,0:26:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's no answer?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.25,0:26:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, that's where Job was.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.29,0:26:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Job in the midst of all of his trials,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.38,0:26:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't see him bemoaning too much
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.22,0:26:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the loss of his children
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.70,0:26:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the loss of his riches.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.34,0:26:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing he really bemoaned
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.79,0:26:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the loss of the face of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.02,0:26:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that makes any trial most miserable.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.71,0:26:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what's interesting?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.23,0:26:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From this point to the end of this Song,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.96,0:26:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not apparent when \Nshe finds Him again.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.57,0:26:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will find no specific verse that says,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.90,0:26:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I found Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.10,0:26:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not after this.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.01,0:27:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, we only know that she does find Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.03,0:27:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.13,0:27:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, look at chapter 8:5.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.46,0:27:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we find after this
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.02,0:27:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the rest of this Song
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.04,0:27:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just enormous amounts \Nof mutual adoration.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.84,0:27:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She overflows about Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.66,0:27:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He overflows about her.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.27,0:27:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when exactly she finds Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.45,0:27:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not made overly aware.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.45,0:27:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just know that she does find Him
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.44,0:27:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in chapter 8:5,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.40,0:27:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who is that coming \Nup from the wilderness
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.98,0:27:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaning on her Beloved?"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.92,0:27:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, she's at His side now.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.80,0:27:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what's \Ninteresting for all that?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.64,0:27:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's never any indication \Nof separation after that.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.45,0:27:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, when you get \Nto the very last verse
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.32,0:27:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this Song of Solomon,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.79,0:27:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notice what it says.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.45,0:27:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chapter 8:14,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.67,0:28:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she ends with these last words.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.82,0:28:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking to Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.98,0:28:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she says, "Make haste."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.14,0:28:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Make haste, my Beloved, \Nand be like a gazelle."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.19,0:28:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gazelles are fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.68,0:28:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...Or a young stag on the \Nmountains of spices."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.30,0:28:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make haste.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.17,0:28:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, that's a perfect finale.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.88,0:28:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it resonates \Nwith that finale we find
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.27,0:28:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Revelation, does it not?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.76,0:28:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit and the bride -
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.28,0:28:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are their words \Nas you end the Scripture?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.55,0:28:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.29,0:28:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make haste, Lord. Come.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.99,0:28:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the reality is -
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.44,0:28:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reality of all this is
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.51,0:28:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no matter how much you have here,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.39,0:28:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want Him to make haste to come
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.12,0:28:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we might have \Nsomething even better,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.11,0:29:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even fuller, even deeper, even richer.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.81,0:29:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you have these separations.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.43,0:29:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have excuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.02,0:29:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have her finding Him.\NYou have her close.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.12,0:29:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have Him departing.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.56,0:29:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes this so wonderful
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.80,0:29:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so practical is that every one of us
Dialogue: 0,0:29:19.94,0:29:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,true Christians in this room -
Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.89,0:29:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know this. We feel this.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.57,0:29:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is reality. This is reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.00,0:29:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seasons where we can't find Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.00,0:29:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seasons where He's silent.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.60,0:29:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seasons when we're close.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.00,0:29:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seasons when we desire more desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.11,0:29:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, draw me.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.90,0:29:39.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seasons when, ah, we want. We desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.31,0:29:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seasons when we have Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.74,0:29:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seasons when our souls \Nare ravished by Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.48,0:29:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is our experience - fluctuation.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.94,0:29:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spiritual fluctuation are all part of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.60,0:29:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In heaven, there is going to be a sense -
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.43,0:29:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be careful how I say this.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.21,0:30:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In heaven, there's going to be this \Nglorious unchangeableness.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.24,0:30:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by that, I don't mean static.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.65,0:30:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just mean this:
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.67,0:30:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think everything increases,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.67,0:30:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think Edwards was right.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.96,0:30:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the longer we're in heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.34,0:30:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more we're going to come to know Him
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.37,0:30:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to know Him is to love Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.84,0:30:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so with the increase of knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.54,0:30:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will come the increase of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.41,0:30:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I see it unchangeable in the sense
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.15,0:30:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's this unchangeable increase.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.87,0:30:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There will never be the decrease
Dialogue: 0,0:30:32.57,0:30:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we experience here
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.99,0:30:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because here it's spirit and flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.80,0:30:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spirit is willing, and...
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.57,0:30:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the flesh is weak.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.21,0:30:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where we find ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.17,0:30:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In heaven, there's going to be
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.63,0:30:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this increasing consistency
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.05,0:31:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our love, in our communion,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.45,0:31:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intimacy, fellowship.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.50,0:31:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how given to change we are here!
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.52,0:31:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just us.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.02,0:31:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.52,0:31:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you love that Scripture is real?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.25,0:31:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you go to it and what do you find?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.99,0:31:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abraham - a friend of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.73,0:31:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly here is a pillar of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.88,0:31:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly here in \NRomans 4, he's set forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.40,0:31:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His faith didn't waver.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.01,0:31:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what's this with Pharaoh?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.62,0:31:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abraham, you couldn't trust the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.76,0:31:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well enough to protect you and Sarah
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.38,0:31:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not be letting Pharaoh snatch
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.42,0:31:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your wife away?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.09,0:31:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, Elijah - I mean, bold!
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.74,0:31:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,400 prophets of Baal.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.68,0:31:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is Baal?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.50,0:31:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe he's gone on a vacation?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.88,0:32:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the literal, it's: \Nmaybe he's in the bathroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.59,0:32:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then he's running away from Jezebel.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.88,0:32:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David - you see David -
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.40,0:32:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he makes expression,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.17,0:32:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surely, one of these days,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.21,0:32:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saul is just going to catch me.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.24,0:32:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, he can hear the threats of Goliath
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.15,0:32:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he is bold as a lion.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.76,0:32:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are fluctuations, fluctuations.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.75,0:32:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.78,0:32:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.71,0:32:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Samson looked like a champion.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.37,0:32:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know he was one of the people of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.49,0:32:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's other days, \Nhe didn't look so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.78,0:32:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solomon himself -
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.92,0:32:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what wavering, what vacillating!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.87,0:32:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see that. We're vacillating.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.83,0:32:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're unsteady. We waver.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.19,0:32:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what's beautiful
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.60,0:32:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Song of Solomon?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.57,0:32:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is He, our Beloved,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.64,0:33:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no fluctuation with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.90,0:33:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's steadiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.51,0:33:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steadiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.88,0:33:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I find?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.49,0:33:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She made her excuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.27,0:33:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He still addresses her as "My love."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.96,0:33:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's been asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.61,0:33:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He still addresses her as "My love."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.76,0:33:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's been separation.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.29,0:33:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He still addresses her as His love.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.62,0:33:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He still is inviting her to come close.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.99,0:33:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He still calls her.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.96,0:33:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.41,0:33:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at chapter 2:13.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.47,0:33:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice. He says,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:39.80,0:33:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Arise, My love, My beautiful \None, and come away."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.87,0:33:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then when we get to chapter 3,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.34,0:33:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's gone. He's not with her.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.84,0:33:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's been some separation.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:51.15,0:33:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's thinking about Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.70,0:33:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She pursues Him - can't find Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.89,0:33:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But notice, when He shows up again,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.17,0:34:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Song of Solomon 4:1.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.29,0:34:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Behold, you are beautiful, My love.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.49,0:34:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Behold, you are beautiful."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:09.08,0:34:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's been asleep. She's fallen asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:11.48,0:34:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take this as spiritual sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.46,0:34:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We slumber sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.95,0:34:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We fall into some spiritual sleep
Dialogue: 0,0:34:18.36,0:34:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:20.23,0:34:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There He is again.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.63,0:34:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Open to Me, My sister, My love,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.64,0:34:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dove, My perfect one."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.62,0:34:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when she's been sleeping.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.68,0:34:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then beyond that,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.34,0:34:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she makes the excuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.20,0:34:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I can't get up and let Him in.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.32,0:34:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My feet are clean.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.82,0:34:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what, even after that,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:37.69,0:34:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after that account, when you go
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.18,0:34:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Song of Solomon 6:4-5 -
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.88,0:34:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see, there's no movement on His part.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.79,0:34:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no excuse-making.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:49.57,0:34:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He simply says,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.52,0:34:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You are beautiful as Tirzah, My love,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.64,0:34:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lovely as Jerusalem,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.20,0:34:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awesome as an army with banners.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.97,0:35:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turn away your eyes from Me,\Nfor they overwhelm Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.88,0:35:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what you need to grasp.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.12,0:35:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On your worst day, you're still His love.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.77,0:35:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His sister, His friend, His bride.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.06,0:35:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of that ever changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.08,0:35:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see that?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.63,0:35:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you feel that?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:24.49,0:35:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this state of grace in which we stand,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.50,0:35:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, how many fluctuations and alterations
Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.55,0:35:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and changes do we experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.16,0:35:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet the reality of all this is,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.24,0:35:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ's love to us remains unmoved,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.16,0:35:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it remains the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.51,0:35:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once loved, forever loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:42.76,0:35:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality of all this.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.94,0:35:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No inconsistency on His part.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.19,0:35:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, flesh and blood, united to us -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.50,0:35:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or flesh and spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:55.94,0:35:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spirit willing...
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.88,0:36:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we feel weighed down by the flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.26,0:36:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We feel its tug.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.12,0:36:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this, consistent
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.70,0:36:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uninterrupted communion with Christ -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:09.54,0:36:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,greatly to be desired,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.33,0:36:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,greatly to be sought.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.53,0:36:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you, we should \Nbe moving towards that.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.05,0:36:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should be longing towards that.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.70,0:36:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the realities in this life
Dialogue: 0,0:36:22.17,0:36:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it does get interrupted.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.43,0:36:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's yet unsubdued corruption
Dialogue: 0,0:36:28.66,0:36:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it gets the best of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:30.36,0:36:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've all been there as Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:32.24,0:36:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet His voice - it's like \Nthrough all of it though,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.25,0:36:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even on our worst day,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.63,0:36:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when we fall into temptation,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.46,0:36:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when we're discouraged \Nand we're cast down,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.25,0:36:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet the thing about His voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.46,0:36:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His voice all the way through this song -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.21,0:36:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a Song!
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.75,0:36:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's singing over His bride.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.19,0:36:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sings to us constantly this voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.46,0:37:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chapter 5:2, "Open to Me,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:01.99,0:37:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My sister, My love, \NMy dove, My perfect one,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:04.74,0:37:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for My head is wet with dew,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.37,0:37:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My locks with the drops of the night."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.73,0:37:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The causes of sleep - \Nlet's think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.90,0:37:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's sleeping.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.27,0:37:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.11,0:37:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, that's another thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:21.95,0:37:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll notice this.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.47,0:37:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She sleeps.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.87,0:37:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll find her on her bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.69,0:37:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never sleeps.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.47,0:37:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll never find Him sleeping
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.67,0:37:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one time in this whole Song.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.23,0:37:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.76,0:37:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.19,0:37:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are some of the reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:37:46.75,0:37:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we go to sleep?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.55,0:37:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spiritual sleep. Spiritual slumber.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.28,0:37:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember this?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.99,0:37:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When Christ arose from prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.71,0:38:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came to the disciples
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.07,0:38:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and found them sleeping for sorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.50,0:38:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He said to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.55,0:38:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.56,0:38:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you may not enter into temptation.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:38:10.91,0:38:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know one of the \Nreasons we can go to sleep?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:15.34,0:38:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.47,0:38:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trials.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:19.82,0:38:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.32,0:38:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if anyone in here
Dialogue: 0,0:38:25.74,0:38:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says the Christian life is easy,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.54,0:38:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you haven't lived it that long.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:30.94,0:38:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through many tribulations -
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.12,0:38:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be sure, that's no exaggeration.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.75,0:38:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Momentary light affliction,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.59,0:38:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but affliction nevertheless.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.98,0:38:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.13,0:38:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not every season's the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.50,0:38:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll grant you that.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.60,0:38:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're all in different seasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.44,0:38:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There may be some \Ncommonalities that overlap
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.73,0:38:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some of us here,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.07,0:38:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're all in different seasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.80,0:38:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.08,0:39:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all at a different \Nplace in the race.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:02.79,0:39:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some more near the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:04.40,0:39:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some more near the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.59,0:39:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're at different places of maturity.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.93,0:39:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're in different forms and shapes
Dialogue: 0,0:39:13.32,0:39:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of trials in our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.07,0:39:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:17.21,0:39:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can get to places where we're
Dialogue: 0,0:39:19.17,0:39:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just barraged by temptations.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:23.26,0:39:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're barraged by emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:39:26.73,0:39:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like sorrow and grief.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.77,0:39:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's this,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.62,0:39:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes just discouragement.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.25,0:39:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get discouraged.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.48,0:39:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Discouraged with our own growth,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.22,0:39:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discouraged by our own \Nlack of sanctification,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.31,0:39:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discouraged by God not doing everything
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.43,0:39:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we desire God to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.85,0:39:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can just get discouraged.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.06,0:39:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what? We can get weary.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.26,0:39:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just with striving,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.75,0:40:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just with the spiritual exertion required
Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.87,0:40:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in some seasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.42,0:40:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is, why do you think
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.08,0:40:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are texts that say
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.43,0:40:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to get weary in well-doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.99,0:40:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we should pray and not faint?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.80,0:40:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the reality is we get worn down.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:14.35,0:40:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.17,0:40:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, there are some seasons
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.51,0:40:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are a breath of fresh air.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:20.17,0:40:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's these reviving winds.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:22.89,0:40:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are times when it's difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.42,0:40:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we get worn out.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:26.73,0:40:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that can put us to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.81,0:40:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can sleep for sorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:31.74,0:40:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can want to sleep \Nwhen things get difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:34.45,0:40:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you know what, \Nwhen they get difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:36.75,0:40:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to turn aside.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:38.49,0:40:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to lay down.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.56,0:40:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to withdraw.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.88,0:40:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want the trial to stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.84,0:40:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or there's this, and it comes \Nout of this letter too.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:47.50,0:40:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another way we fall to sleep
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.16,0:40:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by neglect of prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.58,0:40:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see that in the same text.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.15,0:40:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Watch and pray that you may \Nnot enter into temptation..."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.99,0:41:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what Scripture says.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.56,0:41:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch and pray that you may not...
Dialogue: 0,0:41:03.98,0:41:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see, it's not "sleep and pray,"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:05.91,0:41:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you don't pray when you're asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.31,0:41:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neglect of prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:10.08,0:41:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Staying awake.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:14.44,0:41:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, in Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.40,0:41:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being alert, being awake,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.99,0:41:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes hand-in-hand with praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.40,0:41:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, Christian, we can very foolishly
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.97,0:41:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get to the place where we lay
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.16,0:41:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a small priority;
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.16,0:41:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we give little creedance to prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:34.70,0:41:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can get to the place where:
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.65,0:41:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I can miss the prayer meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.83,0:41:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It won't affect my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:40.26,0:41:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't go to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.98,0:41:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, Jesus is specifically saying
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.79,0:41:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch and pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:45.14,0:41:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these two things:
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.31,0:41:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an alertness, an aliveness,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.95,0:41:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an awareness -
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.04,0:41:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it goes hand-in-hand with prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:52.78,0:41:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, it's okay that I didn't get \Ninto the secret place today.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.81,0:41:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did it three days ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.57,0:41:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's okay that I don't go to the \Nprayer meeting this week,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:59.95,0:42:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because after all, it won't matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.30,0:42:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It won't matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:04.58,0:42:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't be more asleep for \Nnot having been there.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.57,0:42:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.64,0:42:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be very careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.77,0:42:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be very careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.38,0:42:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not praying is not being watchful
Dialogue: 0,0:42:17.39,0:42:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you go to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.66,0:42:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's exactly what \Nhe is describing here.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.54,0:42:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sleep takes you.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:26.94,0:42:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The individual who sleeps - \Nyou think about it -
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.99,0:42:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not cognizant.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.39,0:42:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not aware.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.69,0:42:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're sleeping,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.74,0:42:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not really aware \Nthat you're asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.79,0:42:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're aware of dreams,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:38.07,0:42:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you're not really aware of reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:40.83,0:42:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're disconnected from reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.60,0:42:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality with sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.15,0:42:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While you sleep, you can't discuss sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.66,0:42:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't contemplate how you sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.20,0:42:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because you're asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.57,0:42:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or besides these two things -
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.99,0:42:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get weary,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.86,0:43:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get negligent of prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.27,0:43:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about this?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.15,0:43:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.37,0:43:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever been around \Nsomebody that yawns?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.75,0:43:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in a group of people
Dialogue: 0,0:43:10.09,0:43:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you watch somebody yawn over here
Dialogue: 0,0:43:11.85,0:43:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, something happens in our brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.90,0:43:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get around yawning persons
Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.20,0:43:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's contagious.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.02,0:43:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.44,0:43:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is spiritually speaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:25.67,0:43:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want to fall asleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:28.30,0:43:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truthfully, you want to fall asleep?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.46,0:43:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Surround yourself with \Nspiritual sluggards.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.09,0:43:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will put you down.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:35.79,0:43:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you, there is nothing like,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:39.15,0:43:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're in biography
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.48,0:43:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you're in the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:42.88,0:43:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is nothing like surrounding yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.14,0:43:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people who run faster than you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.05,0:43:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who are all out.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.42,0:43:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to fall asleep?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.61,0:43:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm talking about professing believers
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.57,0:44:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are just content \Nwith the way their life is.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.38,0:44:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just an example of \Nslumbering Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.65,0:44:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The contented - you know the kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.98,0:44:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just coasting. Contented coasters.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:10.90,0:44:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or worse, the complainers.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.74,0:44:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:16.93,0:44:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who are just cold water
Dialogue: 0,0:44:19.26,0:44:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on any sort of heat in the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:21.71,0:44:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alertness, any sort of fire
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.53,0:44:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live for Christ and run for Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.33,0:44:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have intimacy with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:28.08,0:44:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Surround yourself with \Nthose kind of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.36,0:44:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just a wet blanket,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.77,0:44:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cold bucket of water.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.71,0:44:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That'll put you down.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.44,0:44:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get around people who, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.18,0:44:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to talk about something spiritual
Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.34,0:44:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it always goes carnal.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:44.29,0:44:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That'll put you to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:46.74,0:44:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a sleep-inducer.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.02,0:44:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the hallmark of sleepers?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.69,0:44:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.10,0:44:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what it's like.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.56,0:44:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody wants to sleep?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.75,0:45:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They often want to be alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.53,0:45:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, if one of my children gets sick
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.36,0:45:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they want to sleep, where do they go?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:05.07,0:45:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go to be alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.42,0:45:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture actually says \Nsomething about being alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:08.56,0:45:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Whoever isolates himself \Nseeks his own desire."
Dialogue: 0,0:45:11.28,0:45:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says that in Proverbs. \NThat's not such a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:13.99,0:45:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who want to sleep
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.13,0:45:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,typically don't want to be around those
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.76,0:45:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are on fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.30,0:45:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men who want to sleep - \Nwhat do they like to do too?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.03,0:45:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, oftentimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:26.52,0:45:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my wife closes the blinds.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.83,0:45:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are you closing the blinds?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.37,0:45:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can see us in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.03,0:45:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we're on the second story
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.70,0:45:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've got trees all the way around
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.56,0:45:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I like to see the light come through.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.75,0:45:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But typically, people when they sleep,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:38.67,0:45:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they close the blinds.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:39.93,0:45:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They draw the curtains.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.14,0:45:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? They want dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.80,0:45:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or they don't want people to see them.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.74,0:45:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's true of people that want to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:50.49,0:45:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't want to be in the light.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.65,0:45:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, there's something about light.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.29,0:45:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guys that have to work third shift,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.61,0:46:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me, that would be extremely difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:46:00.62,0:46:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's something about light.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:02.50,0:46:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they say that about people
Dialogue: 0,0:46:04.25,0:46:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who live like up in Alaska,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:05.60,0:46:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the closer you \Nget to the Arctic Circle
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.66,0:46:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where in the summertime -
Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.29,0:46:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our sister was up there working
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.13,0:46:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way up in Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.79,0:46:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can ask her what that \Nwas like in the summertime.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.45,0:46:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, where your days \Nare 18 or 20 hours long.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.89,0:46:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very difficult to sleep \Nwhen there's light.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.29,0:46:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to not sleep? Come in the light.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:24.76,0:46:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come where the light is.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.18,0:46:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get away from the slumbering life
Dialogue: 0,0:46:30.22,0:46:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and example of some professing Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.100,0:46:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who sleep sleep at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.92,0:46:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you discern your own sleep?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.96,0:46:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, there's a couple good rulers.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.98,0:46:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you running as well as you did before?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.05,0:46:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that's where Jesus goes
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.58,0:46:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the church at Ephesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.31,0:47:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you have this coming
Dialogue: 0,0:47:03.42,0:47:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the mouth of Paul:
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.63,0:47:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You did run well.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:06.45,0:47:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was said of the Galatians.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.96,0:47:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You did run well.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.86,0:47:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, he's implying,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.32,0:47:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not running well now.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.03,0:47:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you did run well.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.77,0:47:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's often a good marker.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.74,0:47:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I run better in the past?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:19.46,0:47:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I have a greater love in the past?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:22.68,0:47:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's another way?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.85,0:47:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another way is compare yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.46,0:47:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Example is powerful in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.43,0:47:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But compare yourself to people \Nwho you know are godly
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.99,0:47:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who do run well.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:32.62,0:47:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're sadly lacking,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:34.73,0:47:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can be a good way \Nto discern your own sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.68,0:47:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you just have to ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.17,0:47:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.07,0:47:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joy in the singing.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.56,0:47:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Has that diminished?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.92,0:47:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, you can tell.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.06,0:47:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can kind of feel if you've \Ngrieved the Spirit in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.17,0:47:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because part of the fruit -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.11,0:47:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that so desirable fruit
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.61,0:47:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that comes from the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.35,0:48:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a certain aspect of that is joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:01.81,0:48:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know when you \Nbegin to lose joy in prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.56,0:48:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you lose joy going to the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.90,0:48:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you lose joy in the singing,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.78,0:48:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can be a real wake up call.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.41,0:48:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something is lacking.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:12.19,0:48:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something isn't here.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:14.39,0:48:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can tell that something is diminished.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:17.42,0:48:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's this fluctuation.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.24,0:48:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're kind of on the down side of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.62,0:48:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coming into the presence of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.41,0:48:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just not so thrilling to your soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:27.33,0:48:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not so exciting.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:28.72,0:48:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.44,0:48:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get sloppy.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.15,0:48:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get sleepy. You get sloppy.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.94,0:48:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody was just telling me recently
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.83,0:48:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about being in class and taking notes.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.30,0:48:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.56,0:48:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being in college myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:43.31,0:48:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're so tired and \Nyou're taking the notes
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.68,0:48:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the prof is writing \Non the board up there
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.50,0:48:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or on the overhead,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:50.60,0:48:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're taking these notes
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.15,0:48:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you just fall asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:55.44,0:48:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens when you sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:57.15,0:48:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get sloppy.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:58.39,0:49:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And remember what it's like in Malachi?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.41,0:49:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of offerings \Nare you bringing Me?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.26,0:49:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blind?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:05.57,0:49:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go offer that to your governor.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:08.79,0:49:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can get sloppy in what \Nwe're offering to the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:12.69,0:49:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens when you go to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.25,0:49:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, before we wrap this up,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.63,0:49:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I want you to see
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.99,0:49:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the greatest offense in all of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:29.28,0:49:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice Song of Solomon 5:2,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:32.15,0:49:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I slept, but my heart was awake.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.25,0:49:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A sound, my Beloved is knocking."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.90,0:49:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I want you to see something here
Dialogue: 0,0:49:41.61,0:49:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you probably have missed up till now.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:46.89,0:49:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Open to Me, My sister, My love,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:49.03,0:49:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dove, My perfect one.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.67,0:49:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For My head is wet with dew,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.13,0:50:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My locks with the drops of the night."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:03.74,0:50:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she responds: \NWell, I'd put off my garment,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:06.33,0:50:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"how could I put it on?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.53,0:50:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bathed my feet. How could I soil them?"
Dialogue: 0,0:50:10.12,0:50:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, here is Christ saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.40,0:50:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My head is wet..."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.34,0:50:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's saying, \N"I've put off my garment."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:19.66,0:50:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My locks drip..."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.18,0:50:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's saying, "I've bathed my feet."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.70,0:50:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May God give us eyes to \Nsee what's happening here.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.12,0:50:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Lord calls to His love
Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.85,0:50:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He says these words:
Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.73,0:50:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My head is wet with dew,"
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.19,0:50:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that may not strike \Nyou at first as it ought,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:45.13,0:50:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:46.55,0:50:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't imagine that prior to Him
Dialogue: 0,0:50:50.53,0:50:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming to her door,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:52.35,0:50:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was out in the middle of the fields
Dialogue: 0,0:50:55.62,0:50:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting there getting wet
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.50,0:51:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now He's wet and He says,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:00.96,0:51:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know what I'm going to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:02.51,0:51:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to go to My \Nlove's bedroom and knock.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:07.76,0:51:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:10.80,0:51:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, the picture you \Nprobably want to see here
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.12,0:51:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is He was dry and He came to the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.17,0:51:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He began knocking.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.29,0:51:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He knocked so long
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.74,0:51:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He called so long
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.93,0:51:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the dew settled on Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:31.90,0:51:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's the picture
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.33,0:51:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you want to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:37.38,0:51:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was wet.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.10,0:51:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was wet due to the time
Dialogue: 0,0:51:42.24,0:51:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he stood outside that door knocking.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.84,0:51:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not because of what He was doing
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.40,0:51:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before He came knocking.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:49.08,0:51:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would just say this: what love!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.67,0:51:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what patience!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.54,0:51:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, have you not found it so?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:58.33,0:52:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Has Christ not been \Nabundantly patient with us?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:03.32,0:52:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you not repeatedly said,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:05.33,0:52:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, what a fool I am!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:09.22,0:52:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He still says, "Come to Me, My love."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.07,0:52:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He continues knocking.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:16.46,0:52:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He continues calling
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.92,0:52:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until His head is wet with the dew.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.39,0:52:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what does she do?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.20,0:52:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:26.41,0:52:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you know what we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.73,0:52:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We miss His heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:29.84,0:52:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:52:31.64,0:52:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get the picture!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.19,0:52:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a bedroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.96,0:52:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.91,0:52:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Excuse me if you have tender ears,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:43.17,0:52:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He wants to make love to your soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.46,0:52:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have excuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.28,0:52:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't go to prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.43,0:52:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't go walk with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:53.80,0:52:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't go meditate on what He says to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.36,0:53:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have time for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:00.37,0:53:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because after all, I have social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.02,0:53:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are fools.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.13,0:53:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.91,0:53:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what this says to every one \Nof us is we could have more.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:17.03,0:53:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He wants more.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.80,0:53:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He calls to us to give us more.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.17,0:53:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, what excuse making on our part!
Dialogue: 0,0:53:26.67,0:53:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What hesitations!
Dialogue: 0,0:53:29.74,0:53:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't put my garment on
Dialogue: 0,0:53:31.46,0:53:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and risk soiling my feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:32.82,0:53:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh brethren, that sounds silly.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.30,0:53:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost like to write that in here,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.77,0:53:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what silliness!
Dialogue: 0,0:53:41.36,0:53:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yeah, but if we're honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:43.88,0:53:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've probably missed
Dialogue: 0,0:53:46.68,0:53:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intimacies with Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.93,0:53:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for even more silly excuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.90,0:53:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that the way we live our lives?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:56.68,0:54:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're constantly measuring.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.58,0:54:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should I do this? Should I do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:02.28,0:54:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're constantly making these decisions.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:05.52,0:54:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should I sit down and do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.43,0:54:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should I do this? Should I do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:09.73,0:54:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in these decisions that we make,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:13.20,0:54:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, on a regular basis, every one of us
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.83,0:54:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would confess we've made decisions.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.05,0:54:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've hesitated.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:22.44,0:54:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the thing. Hesitations.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:25.78,0:54:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's come to His bride at night
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.42,0:54:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to her bedroom ready for intimacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.05,0:54:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He calls to her. He knocks.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:31.91,0:54:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He beckons until His head is wet with dew.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.45,0:54:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's she doing? \NShe's making excuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.88,0:54:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would just say this,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.13,0:54:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brethren, look, sometimes we can take
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.07,0:54:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this idea from Scripture about hastiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:45.09,0:54:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whoa, I'm not going to be hasty.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:47.11,0:54:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this, you should be hasty
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.54,0:54:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to run into the arms of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:52.47,0:54:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should be hasty \Nto spend time with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.14,0:54:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We deliberate too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:56.74,0:54:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're too cautious.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:58.10,0:54:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too much calculation.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.35,0:55:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too much carefulness on our part
Dialogue: 0,0:55:01.24,0:55:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to living all out for Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:55:03.48,0:55:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being for Christ \Nand being with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.32,0:55:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right here, His unimaginable love
Dialogue: 0,0:55:10.13,0:55:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is put on display.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:11.88,0:55:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He endures such indignities from us
Dialogue: 0,0:55:16.02,0:55:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to sit outside that door and knock
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.70,0:55:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and call to us until His head is wet
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.28,0:55:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the dew.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.28,0:55:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ endures indignities \Nfrom His church.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:29.91,0:55:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we all have to raise our hand -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:31.65,0:55:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is true to our experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:33.24,0:55:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know it. We feel it.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:36.21,0:55:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, after this insult, in chapter 6:4,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:42.63,0:55:45.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You are beautiful as Tirzah, My love."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:45.47,0:55:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's making us beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.32,0:55:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we just can never get away from that.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:49.36,0:55:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lovely as Jerusalem."
Dialogue: 0,0:55:52.71,0:55:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "Turn away your eyes from Me,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.59,0:56:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for they overwhelm Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:04.02,0:56:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, when she delayed,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.13,0:56:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He turned and He left.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:09.08,0:56:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But again, I'll tell you, \Nit's not to be cruel.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:11.50,0:56:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you look right there,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.92,0:56:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you've got your Bibles \Nopen to chapter 5,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:15.85,0:56:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll see that when He left,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.73,0:56:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"my Beloved had turned and gone,"
Dialogue: 0,0:56:23.54,0:56:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you get over to v. 10,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.03,0:56:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what it produces in her?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:28.74,0:56:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It produces her thinking about Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:33.67,0:56:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her longing for Him just erupts.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.48,0:56:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My Beloved is radiant and ruddy,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:38.75,0:56:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distinguished among ten thousand..."
Dialogue: 0,0:56:41.81,0:56:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See what His departure did?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.00,0:56:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It causes a yearning. It's a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:48.83,0:56:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.54,0:56:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's withdrawn, \Nbut it's only for a season.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:54.69,0:56:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It always is for His children.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:57.23,0:56:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because His heart really is like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:59.31,0:57:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's yearning for His people.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:01.68,0:57:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you need to see here is Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:57:03.86,0:57:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never has enough of \Nyou and your affections.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:08.16,0:57:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll remember back there in Ephesians 3
Dialogue: 0,0:57:10.34,0:57:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we came from.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:12.45,0:57:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that Christ might dwell \Nin your hearts through faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:17.85,0:57:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's Christ coming close.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:19.93,0:57:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He desires that.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.41,0:57:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will have more and more of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:24.15,0:57:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why He says to \Na church like Ephesus:
Dialogue: 0,0:57:26.91,0:57:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repent! I will remove candlesticks
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.71,0:57:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I do not have your love.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:32.52,0:57:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means that much to Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.10,0:57:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will have our love.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:37.16,0:57:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He still greatly desires her.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:40.95,0:57:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will have your love more and more.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.85,0:57:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will have your hearts more and more.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.17,0:57:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He desires further \Nentrance into your heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.20,0:57:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into your affections,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.84,0:57:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He might dwell there more deeply
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.68,0:57:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:53.72,0:57:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you, He is not content
Dialogue: 0,0:57:56.98,0:58:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with any of this until \Nwe're all in heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:00.49,0:58:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see it in that \Nhigh priestly prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:02.82,0:58:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, when He's praying to His Father
Dialogue: 0,0:58:04.70,0:58:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there in John 17, He says:
Dialogue: 0,0:58:06.73,0:58:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My desire is that they be \Nwith Me where I am."
Dialogue: 0,0:58:10.92,0:58:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's where we're all headed.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:12.60,0:58:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not content. His desire is that we
Dialogue: 0,0:58:15.99,0:58:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:17.36,0:58:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You answer me, Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:19.34,0:58:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there's any separation,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:22.08,0:58:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there's any coldness or strangeness
Dialogue: 0,0:58:24.47,0:58:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between your soul and Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.80,0:58:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are you going to blame Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:28.79,0:58:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Will you blame Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.15,0:58:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not when He's the one who \Nis portrayed in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:58:34.08,0:58:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as standing at the door and knocking -
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.49,0:58:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even knocking until the \Nvery locks of His head
Dialogue: 0,0:58:39.00,0:58:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are dripping with dew.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:44.44,0:58:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This speaks loudly to the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:58:46.42,0:58:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He takes no delight or desire
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.40,0:58:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in separation or distance between us.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:51.70,0:58:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, when we don't prize Him
Dialogue: 0,0:58:54.57,0:58:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we ought to,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:56.02,0:58:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we make our excuses against
Dialogue: 0,0:58:58.07,0:59:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drawing close to Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:02.28,0:59:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's no wonder that \NHe draws away at times.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:07.29,0:59:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knocks. Oh, He knocks.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:09.98,0:59:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, we should lay \Nthe blame on ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:14.41,0:59:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we don't know more of revival,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:16.80,0:59:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more of the ravishing of the soul,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:19.85,0:59:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more of filling, more of glory,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:24.25,0:59:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,typically, we can blame \Nourselves for that
Dialogue: 0,0:59:28.01,0:59:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of choices that we've made.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:32.51,0:59:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, what you have to gather from this
Dialogue: 0,0:59:35.18,0:59:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is nothing contents Him \Nabout saving a people
Dialogue: 0,0:59:39.91,0:59:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but intimacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:43.42,0:59:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eternal life is that we might know Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:47.75,0:59:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Intimacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:49.88,0:59:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:51.66,0:59:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What condescension on His part!
Dialogue: 0,0:59:54.59,0:59:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:56.25,0:59:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:58.61,1:00:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's in heaven.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:01.43,1:00:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, He asked His Father to restore Him
Dialogue: 0,1:00:05.84,1:00:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the glory that He had with the Father
Dialogue: 0,1:00:07.99,1:00:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the world began. That's happened.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.27,1:00:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's in the glory.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:12.30,1:00:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Surrounded by angels.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:13.82,1:00:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's got His Father at His right hand.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:16.10,1:00:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And seriously? For all that,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:20.27,1:00:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes to us down here?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:24.35,1:00:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He asks us to open to Him?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:26.77,1:00:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He speaks such sweet \Nthings to our souls?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:30.74,1:00:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He even stands outside \Nand gets His head wet?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:35.41,1:00:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we make excuses?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:40.47,1:00:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is this?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.80,1:00:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, what has all this been about?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:44.69,1:00:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been about the love of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:46.97,1:00:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is there any such love \Nlike this for anybody?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:49.94,1:00:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He laid down His life.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:51.50,1:00:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes. He knocks.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:53.32,1:00:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, He comes out of love for us.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:56.05,1:00:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knocks out of love for us.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:57.74,1:01:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lets His head grow wet for love for us.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:00.13,1:01:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He waits for us. He calls to us.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:02.84,1:01:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would just say this, for any of you
Dialogue: 0,1:01:05.71,1:01:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believers out here, you've relapsed.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:09.12,1:01:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, we don't like "backsliding"
Dialogue: 0,1:01:10.100,1:01:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our circles.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:12.62,1:01:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too much of the carnal Christian.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:15.32,1:01:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, but there are seasons \Nwhere Christians get carnal,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:18.07,1:01:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can call them carnal Christians
Dialogue: 0,1:01:19.77,1:01:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like the Corinthians were \Ncalled carnal Christians
Dialogue: 0,1:01:22.36,1:01:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reality is this,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.95,1:01:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do backslide.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:25.20,1:01:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do have fluctuations.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:26.73,1:01:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would just say to any
Dialogue: 0,1:01:28.78,1:01:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have relapsed in any way,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:31.04,1:01:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't be discouraged to \Nreturn to Him but at once!
Dialogue: 0,1:01:34.84,1:01:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go to Him!
Dialogue: 0,1:01:36.39,1:01:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't stay away. Don't stay at a distance.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:38.61,1:01:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The church here was drowsy, sleepy,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:41.80,1:01:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,treated Christ unkindly, made excuses,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:44.75,1:01:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet He's so patient and He waits for her,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:48.55,1:01:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like at her leisure, you could say.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:53.07,1:01:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Constantly saying, \N"open to Me, open to Me."
Dialogue: 0,1:01:56.63,1:01:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just remember times like Thomas,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:59.32,1:02:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how condescending Christ was.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:01.68,1:02:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't just blast him for his unbelief.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.59,1:02:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come. Come.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:07.60,1:02:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put your finger in here.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:09.25,1:02:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or Peter after the rejection.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:11.05,1:02:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes to him.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:12.92,1:02:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be encouraged.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:15.24,1:02:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ never has enough of His church.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:18.86,1:02:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's calling, calling, calling.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:23.24,1:02:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come closer. Come, My love."
Dialogue: 0,1:02:26.94,1:02:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just let this grab you
Dialogue: 0,1:02:28.67,1:02:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through this whole thing,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:31.14,1:02:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never ever stops calling her His love.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:37.06,1:02:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She may mistreat Him.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:39.52,1:02:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't stop calling her His love.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:45.40,1:02:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Father, I desire that they may \Nbe with Me where I am."
Dialogue: 0,1:02:51.12,1:02:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hear His voice in this.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:54.07,1:02:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come away. Come away.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:56.83,1:03:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I desire to see your face."
Dialogue: 0,1:03:02.15,1:03:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've got eyes to see,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:05.44,1:03:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you've got ears to hear,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:09.25,1:03:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something greater than Solomon is here.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:14.25,1:03:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, I pray that Your Word \Nwould speak to Your people.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:19.65,1:03:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray it in Christ's name, Amen.