I'm Following Jesus – Page 1431 – Mark 8:34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

King James Bible Study – “And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” – Mark 8:34

Date: Tuesday, June 02, 2020
Chapters: Song of Solomon 5-8
Message: Love Jesus As He Loves You

Hello My Friend,

I did something that I do not think I ever did, I know it was from the Holy Spirit as I would never have done this on my own. I am sure you know about all the anarchy all over the country, started by the unseemly death of one man. You know all this violence has nothing to do with his death or the color of his skin? This is all the result of pent up anger and hate that has built up from a failed media, justice system, and radical leaders that have been spawning this stuff for twelve years now. I have been praying for the ones causing all the anarchy. Why? They know not what they do. They have been fed lies, couple that with a godless society, lock downs, oppression, addictions, withdrawals, and this is what you get. The biggest problem here is that the Church has failed, they stopped preaching the Gospel, made up this watered down version, and actually teach these people that sin is acceptable because Jesus loves you just the way you are. Jesus does love you, but your living in sin is not acceptable, He forgives you, but He also tells you, sin no more, [John 5:14]. Yes, we are all broken, yes, we are all sinners, we are to never use our salvation as a cloak for sin, rather present ourselves as chaste virgins.

[II Corinthians 11:2-4 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.]

[so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.] Yes, Jesus made it easy for us, believe the Gospel, call upon His name, and be saved. The Gospel has been corrupted, and those who believe in the watered down version are no better than the fools creating all the anarchy, and will suffer in their sin. As we continue in the Song of Solomon, we have a wife singing of her husband to be, and it is a sad song. She sings of her broken heart after he walks away because he called out to her and waited to long to answer him.

[Song of Solomon 5:1-8,16 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. 2 I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. 3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. 16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.]

[but my beloved had withdrawn himself,] How many times does Jesus knock on the door of the lost soul? While He loves each and every soul, He will withdraw Himself if we delay in answering the door, [Revelation 3:20]. [the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.] The veil is a symbol of purity, it is sin that defiles us and takes away our purity, it separates us from God. Jesus takes away the veil when we receive Him as Saviour, [Hebrews 10:19-22 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having an high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.]

We must understand that just because we face affliction it does not mean we are not beloved by Christ, in fact, it is the affliction that brings us closer to Him, especially if sin is involved. Getting through affliction caused by sin helps the us understand the love of Christ, and why it is only through the grace of God that we are even saved. Once we belong to Christ, nothing can separate us from Him. It is sad that so many saved people will never understand just how much He is beloved by them. God’s mercy and grace upon us is just amazing, but if we do not acknowledge it, then we will always be wondering where He is. The bride continues to search for her groom, and when she finally finds him she discovers something amazing, even though he has he has hundreds of wives, he loves her for just being her.

[Song of Solomon 6:1-3,8-9 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. 8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. 9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.]

[my undefiled is but one;] Jesus has millions of souls that receive Him, yet you are one with Him, He loves you and adores you, cares for your safety, security, and well being. He does not see your sin, for it is covered in His blood, you are unspotted, undefiled, pure, and righteous through Him, and there is nothing He will not do for you. We must understand that we all have our own crosses to bear, what He chooses to allow you to go through and endure is different from my cross, He knows what we can handle and how to use each circumstance and challenge to purify us and prepare us for the wedding feast that we will all be at one day, [II Corinthians 1:5-6 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.]

[The daughters saw her, and blessed her;] Once we receive Christ as our Saviour our souls are saved, we are one with Him for eternity. Each one of us, while all individual, are one with Christ, those who have been saved before us rejoice and gladly accept us as His bride. We are His beloved, if we stray and fall into sin, He is never too far that He cannot be found, and all we have to do to find Him is turn around. Jesus loves us, He feels our pain and does not want us to suffer, but we do need to call out to Him.

[Song of Solomon 7:10-13 I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me. 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. 13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.]

[and his desire is toward me.] Jesus only wants the best for us, He gave His life for us, He shed His blood, that we may be able to live eternally with Him. Of course, He wants the best for those who put their trust solely upon Him for their salvation, and even more than that. He is the vine of the vineyard, His saved are the branches, in order for our lives to flourish with an abundance of fruit we need to nourish our branch with the food it needs to grow by feeding the vine first, [John 15:5-7 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.]

[he is cast forth as a branch,] Any plant that produces ripe, edible, sweet fruit only gets that way with a lot of pruning, weeding, and feeding it with the nutrients and water it needs. Our relationship with Jesus is the same way, the more love we give to the Him the more fruitful we become, as He nourishes us, but those who remain in sin will die in their sin. All this happens because God is a jealous God, once we belong to Him He will not share us with another. If we choose to love something else more than Him, He will feel neglected. Why? He loves you, He went through a lot for you, He rejoices when you give Him the attention He deserves, and will get jealous if He sees someone else getting more of your attention. Do you realize that you get jealous also when God pays more attention to another. Now, we have the bride getting jealous as she sees with other women.

[Song of Solomon 8:5-7 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. 6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.]

[leaning upon her beloved?] When we see one of our own getting blessed who has sin in their lives, while we suffer, it can make us jealous. I will tell you that I just tried to reason with God and say that at least my sin was not as bad as another persons, but I was also quick to say that He despised it just the same. We are in no way sinless, we are all sinners, saved by the grace of God through our faith in the Gospel of Christ, God deals with each of us as He sees fit for our sin, and no sin goes without consequence, [I Corinthians 15:55-56]

[Set me as a seal upon thine heart,] Jesus seals our soul with His blood, we are forever settled in the arms of our Saviour. God does not want to take away all our joy in life, but He does want us to seal our heart with love as He loves, that means putting Him first and at the center of all that we do. Repentance is the only option that sets that seal upon our heart, but it will not happen until we love Jesus as much as He loves us, [John 15:9-12 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.]

Today’s Prayer: Jesus, You showed us that we are beloved by You by sacrificing Your life on the cross for us, and offering eternal life to all who believe in Your Gospel. No matter how much we resist, no matter how many times we back away from You, You are right there, patiently waiting for us to come to You with all our heart. You want to comfort us, guide us, and give us hope through all the affliction we face. Lord, Open our ears and hearts, help us to get past our affliction and turn to You for all things, I know it is only by coming to You that I can truly know I am beloved and that You are beloved by me. In ask this in Your name Jesus, Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,

Christina

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