Known as Pure

The Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon, can be a difficult book of the Bible to study. It is not necessarily hard to understand, and it isn't necessarily hard to relate to. The problem is that it's about the intimate love between a man and a woman. It is full of very intimate love language.

The problem, we find, with Song of Songs, is how to apply it to our every day life, especially if we aren't in a relationship?

We can apply Song of Songs quite easily if we consider Jesus Christ in the role of the man, and the Church in the role of woman. So then, Song of Solomons 4:7 says, "You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you." A groom might say this to his spouse. He is completely in love with her, and she is absolute ideal of beauty. Amazingly, this is how Christ sees us!

Charles Spurgeon says, "It is His purpose to present [us] without 'spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing' (KJV, Ephesian 5:27). [We] shall be holy and unblameable and unreproveable in the sight of the Omniscient God."

Jesus isn't blindly in love with us. He isn't simply choosing to ignore all our faults and problems. Christ washed us clean and healed us, so that no blots or blemish even exist. When we are brought pure before God Almighty, the All Seeing, All knowing One, He see us as completely pure. It does not matter what happened to us here on earth. Jesus Christ makes us eternally pure and blameless before God.

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The Good Shepherd

God declares in John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me." It is hard for people to relate to this specifically in the context of shepherds and sheep (since most people are not literal shepherds). However, we can understand this through the modern day analogy of pets. Our pets know the difference between their owners and strangers. Even though animals and people think on different wave lengths, there is still a bond that is formed between a pet and its master.

No one knows us better than our God. He is more than just our God; He is our Savior, Father, and He is our Good Shepherd. It is God who keeps a constant watch over us. God keeps us safe when the enemy comes to shallow us up. He leads u through the desert to places of rest, growth, and nourishment. Thomas Watson writes, "Jesus Christ is a better Shepherd than any on earth was before or after-because Christ PRAYS for His sheep! Many shepherds scarcely pray for themselves. Christ prays for all His elect sheep. John 17:9, "I will pray for them." As Christ knows every sheep by name-so Christ prays for every sheep by name."

This is God, whom we serve. He petitions for us, and He is able to petition for us, because He knows us. He knows what we really need. He knows when we need strength and support. God knows when we need to be pushed. God knows not only our physical needs, but our emotional, mental and spiritual needs as well. God knows our complete needs, because He knows us very, very intimately.

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