WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.919 Well, please head in your Bibles to page 560, to the Song of Solomon, or the Song of Songs, as we have the title on the beginning of the book. 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:21.460 ! The Song of Songs on page 560. And we read earlier from verse 15 to 2 verse 7. 00:00:21.460 --> 00:00:39.320 I look and stare so deep in your eyes. I touch you more and more every time. When you leave, I'm begging you not to go. 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:49.960 Call your name two or three times in a row. Such a funny thing for me to try to explain how I'm feeling, and my pride is the one to blame. 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:59.260 Because I know I don't understand just how your love can do what no one else can. You've got me looking so crazy right now. 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:06.519 Your love's got me looking so crazy right now in love. So said the great poet, Beyonce. 00:01:08.579 --> 00:01:14.099 Or how about this? Every time you look at me, my heart is jumping. It's easy to see. 00:01:14.859 --> 00:01:19.219 Loving you means so much more than anything I ever felt before. 00:01:19.219 --> 00:01:26.480 You drive me crazy. I just can't sleep. I'm so excited. I'm in too deep. 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:28.200 Yes, that was Britney. 00:01:29.980 --> 00:01:35.120 What is the difference between those songs and this song here? 00:01:36.259 --> 00:01:41.879 I mean, apart from the fact that this song is much older, and all the flower and animal imagery we have here, 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:46.780 they're not all that far apart, are they? At least in the bits that I quoted for you. 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:49.839 And that in itself is worth noting. 00:01:50.379 --> 00:01:58.319 This is a song that shows us a man and a woman who are madly and deeply in love with each other. 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:02.459 The first half is them talking to each other. 00:02:02.579 --> 00:02:03.639 You can see the he and she. 00:02:04.379 --> 00:02:08.419 And then the second half is her talking to her friends about him. 00:02:09.239 --> 00:02:11.579 And this pair are crazy in love. 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:16.000 And yet we find this song in the Bible. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:20.699 It's a song given to us by God himself. 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:24.919 And more than that, what section of the Bible are we in? 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:28.419 This is in the midst of all the wisdom books. 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:36.420 This beautiful song, this song of songs, the best song, is trying to teach us some wisdom. 00:02:36.419 --> 00:02:45.099 I should have checked more carefully probably, but I'm just assuming that wasn't part of Beyonce's or Britney's agenda when they wrote their songs. 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:50.979 So how can this passionate love song between a man and a woman teach us wisdom? 00:02:53.019 --> 00:02:55.519 Well, to figure it out, we need to go on a few field trips. 00:02:56.239 --> 00:03:00.899 We're going to go to four different places to learn four different lessons. 00:03:01.179 --> 00:03:03.859 And hopefully we'll come out the other end a bit wiser. 00:03:03.860 --> 00:03:09.920 So, we'll need to go to the art gallery to learn that this is it. 00:03:11.720 --> 00:03:17.160 Then we need to go to the battlefield to learn that this is not always it. 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:22.240 Then we need to go to the gym to learn that this is not it. 00:03:23.660 --> 00:03:26.400 And then the temple to learn that this is it. 00:03:27.460 --> 00:03:28.300 What are we on about? 00:03:28.300 --> 00:03:32.260 Well, let's start off by going to the art gallery to learn that this is it. 00:03:33.860 --> 00:03:44.300 As we arrive at the art gallery, we see this beautiful picture of love and marriage as God imagined it, as he designed it, as he created it. 00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:49.380 And when you look at it, you think of all the reviews that you've read of this painting. 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:54.260 And you see that it's clear that it's been massively underrated. 00:03:54.259 --> 00:03:58.399 This is better than how most Christians describe it. 00:03:59.219 --> 00:04:01.579 This is better than how the scientists describe it. 00:04:02.340 --> 00:04:04.479 It's better than how the culture describes it. 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:07.039 It is just stunning. 00:04:08.379 --> 00:04:16.259 Now, when you look at this picture, you realize that we have massively dismantled what marriage really is. 00:04:16.539 --> 00:04:17.959 We have taken it apart. 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:27.939 And I'm not just talking in terms of changing the legal definitions of who can marry whom, or in terms of watering down the standards for divorce. 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:29.599 That is just part of it. 00:04:30.699 --> 00:04:31.959 It goes far deeper. 00:04:32.099 --> 00:04:34.519 We have taken it apart bit by bit. 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:41.560 I have a bit of a running joke with my mother about a politician called Sir Malcolm Rifkind. 00:04:42.339 --> 00:04:44.419 If you don't know who he is, you don't need to worry. 00:04:45.180 --> 00:04:49.419 I'll just tell you that he's a rather posh, straight-laced, serious man. 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:57.240 And one night, years ago, he was on television, probably news night or question time or something like that. 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:02.180 And my mother just said she'd always wondered how Malcolm Rifkind speaks to his wife. 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:05.579 Because he's just such a serious-looking man. 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:11.360 So she does a rather funny impression of how she imagines he would speak to his wife. 00:05:11.500 --> 00:05:12.360 Hello, my darling. 00:05:12.819 --> 00:05:14.000 One loves you all very much. 00:05:15.280 --> 00:05:17.660 And that might be totally unfair to Malcolm Rifkind. 00:05:17.780 --> 00:05:18.259 I don't know. 00:05:18.699 --> 00:05:23.480 But I think a lot of us can tend to think that the Bible is a bit like that. 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:27.860 So here are two people who have fallen madly in love. 00:05:28.580 --> 00:05:29.640 And then along comes the Bible. 00:05:30.520 --> 00:05:32.620 And just sort of goes all Malcolm Rifkind on them. 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:34.319 It's all very well. 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:36.980 It's all very good that you want to be together. 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.280 But we need to organise a legal ceremony for you. 00:05:41.400 --> 00:05:42.740 And here's the contract to sign. 00:05:43.400 --> 00:05:45.400 And you have to promise to stick together for life. 00:05:46.060 --> 00:05:47.600 And here are the rules. 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:48.540 And here are your duties. 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:50.700 And as long as you do this and that. 00:05:50.700 --> 00:05:53.180 And do help each other in these ways. 00:05:53.180 --> 00:05:53.860 You're good to go. 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:55.959 And just try not to enjoy it too much. 00:05:57.019 --> 00:05:59.519 I think that's how we think the Bible says it. 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:02.840 And some people's belief that the Bible is like that. 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:04.840 Is because some Christians are like that. 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:07.060 The Church Father Augustine. 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:10.220 Having been quite sexually immoral before his conversion. 00:06:11.180 --> 00:06:16.680 Went so far as to say that the ideal way to go was a celibate marriage. 00:06:17.420 --> 00:06:19.480 So get married and just stay friends. 00:06:19.740 --> 00:06:20.759 And don't enjoy it. 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:27.079 But you'll find an equally cold description in the way scientists might describe marriage. 00:06:27.779 --> 00:06:31.099 It's just about pairing off and mating and perpetuating your genes. 00:06:31.740 --> 00:06:34.480 It's all sort of cold and clinical, isn't it? 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:38.460 And then over on the other extreme of things. 00:06:38.900 --> 00:06:48.180 The culture presents love and romance as something that's only and exclusively to do with feelings and desires and passion. 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:49.060 Love is love. 00:06:49.580 --> 00:06:50.939 It doesn't matter whom you love. 00:06:51.420 --> 00:06:53.400 Or how many people you love in a lifetime. 00:06:53.580 --> 00:06:55.060 Or how exclusively you love them. 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:57.020 Or how long you love them for. 00:06:57.019 --> 00:07:00.639 Or the fewer rules and regulations, the better. 00:07:01.299 --> 00:07:04.419 Just go with the flow and do whatever you want. 00:07:06.479 --> 00:07:13.099 Pretty much everyone's definition of romance and marriage focuses on just one part of the picture. 00:07:14.359 --> 00:07:15.659 And then it ignores all the rest. 00:07:15.660 --> 00:07:22.060 But here's what we get when we look at this full picture. 00:07:23.100 --> 00:07:25.960 We get breathlessness at the beauty. 00:07:27.540 --> 00:07:28.720 It's especially true of the man. 00:07:29.200 --> 00:07:31.160 It's probably why he does so little of the talking here. 00:07:31.320 --> 00:07:32.960 She has taken his breath away. 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:36.440 Our passage starts in 115. 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:40.600 Behold, you are beautiful, my love. 00:07:41.860 --> 00:07:43.680 It's a bit of a Malcolm Rifkin translation. 00:07:44.379 --> 00:07:48.459 That little word, behold, at least in this context, is probably best translated, 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:49.839 Wow! 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:52.860 How beautiful you are! 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:59.019 Now why exactly he says her eyes are like doves is not all that clear. 00:07:59.860 --> 00:08:02.159 So commentators will spend quite a while debating it. 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:03.879 It's their job, to be fair. 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:11.120 But while they argue, we can at least notice that he is just mesmerized as he gazes into her eyes. 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:14.240 Her beauty blows him away. 00:08:15.740 --> 00:08:17.860 And she actually doesn't think she's anything that special. 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:21.719 In verse 1 of chapter 2, she's not praising herself there. 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:27.740 When she calls herself a rose, or better, an asphodel or a wildflower of Sharon. 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:30.240 Sharon was this plain covered in wildflowers. 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:32.799 And then she calls herself the lily of the valley. 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:39.579 Meaning just another of the many little lilies, which are two a penny, in the valley. 00:08:39.659 --> 00:08:41.439 She's being self-deprecating here. 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:45.759 But in verse 2, he is having none of it. 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:48.659 She's like a lily among brambles. 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:52.019 She is like no other. 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:53.379 She's amazing. 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:56.479 He hasn't got eyes for anybody else. 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:58.440 When the day comes. 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:00.779 When he sees her walking down the aisle. 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:04.560 Whatever she may think of herself, and whatever anyone else thinks of her. 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:07.740 To him, she is the most beautiful woman on the planet. 00:09:07.920 --> 00:09:08.860 And likewise for her. 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:14.740 He's like an apple tree that totally stands out from the generic background of the forest. 00:09:14.740 --> 00:09:19.000 There's also delight in the differences. 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:23.120 The way they complement each other here is different. 00:09:23.560 --> 00:09:24.080 You'll notice. 00:09:24.659 --> 00:09:28.100 They're not interchangeable partners in the partnership. 00:09:28.860 --> 00:09:30.259 The man and woman are distinct. 00:09:30.980 --> 00:09:36.039 And they play a different role in the marriage and in the role they play in the song. 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:39.740 That it wouldn't make sense to swap a man for the woman. 00:09:39.899 --> 00:09:40.839 Or the woman for the man. 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:44.019 While she's a lily among brambles. 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:46.459 Like here's a tree among the forest. 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:47.819 Sort of a similar idea. 00:09:48.319 --> 00:09:48.939 Similar feelings. 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:50.579 But expressed in different ways. 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:53.620 And we see them carrying different roles. 00:09:54.699 --> 00:09:57.539 There's a lot of passion in the practicalities. 00:09:58.500 --> 00:10:02.219 And she describes a lot of the practical details of marriage in this passage. 00:10:02.939 --> 00:10:04.980 When she says that their couch is green. 00:10:04.980 --> 00:10:07.659 Or better that their bed is verdant. 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:12.639 And she's saying that there's cedar and pine holding up their house. 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.680 She's not saying that they enjoy spending time together outside. 00:10:17.180 --> 00:10:18.539 As some commentators think. 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:20.500 She's thinking about fertility. 00:10:20.779 --> 00:10:22.899 And how she'd love for their family to grow. 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:24.860 How she'd love for them to have children. 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:30.000 She's thinking about their relationship as a solidly built house. 00:10:30.180 --> 00:10:30.940 Long lasting. 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:33.519 In verse 3. 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:35.500 She sees him as an apple tree. 00:10:35.860 --> 00:10:37.139 That gives her shade. 00:10:38.139 --> 00:10:39.439 And provides sweet apples. 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:41.720 She's talking about how he protects her. 00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:43.840 And provides for her. 00:10:45.419 --> 00:10:46.579 As she thinks of him being. 00:10:47.019 --> 00:10:49.179 Of being with him in the banqueting house. 00:10:49.340 --> 00:10:50.799 Or literally the house of wine. 00:10:51.199 --> 00:10:51.960 In verse 4. 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:55.200 She's sitting under his tribal or his military banner. 00:10:56.160 --> 00:10:58.519 It's a picture of how she's submitting to him. 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:05.579 It's a really beautiful and poetic way of saying what Paul would later say in Ephesians 5. 00:11:06.220 --> 00:11:07.980 Wives submit to your husbands. 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:09.939 Husbands love your wives. 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:16.980 But it is really worth noting that she doesn't first sing a great song about how delightful and gorgeous he is. 00:11:17.560 --> 00:11:18.800 And then just make a list. 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:20.960 And I'd like for us to raise children together. 00:11:21.400 --> 00:11:23.460 And I'd like to be together for a long time. 00:11:23.780 --> 00:11:25.300 And I'd like for him to protect me. 00:11:25.460 --> 00:11:26.420 And to provide for me. 00:11:26.780 --> 00:11:28.080 And I want to submit to him. 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:28.820 No, no. 00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:30.700 She is singing about all of that too. 00:11:31.820 --> 00:11:35.420 The whole thing together as a package is worth singing about. 00:11:36.680 --> 00:11:40.960 And it's largely because he takes responsibility to make it worth singing about. 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:45.940 He makes sure that he's the kind of person that she would want to live with. 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:48.980 When he protects and provides. 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:52.720 He makes sure that what he provides is sweet and beautiful. 00:11:53.860 --> 00:11:57.860 And what it looks like for a husband to provide and to protect. 00:11:58.080 --> 00:11:59.680 Will be different for each couple. 00:12:00.660 --> 00:12:03.500 There will be different needs and different gifts and different talents. 00:12:04.220 --> 00:12:06.320 But however he protects and provides. 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:08.860 The way he does it makes her want to sing. 00:12:10.220 --> 00:12:13.060 And the reason it's such a joy for her to submit to him. 00:12:13.520 --> 00:12:15.220 To sit under his tribal banner. 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:17.840 Is because his banner over her is love. 00:12:19.460 --> 00:12:22.740 Husbands and fiancés and all potential husbands. 00:12:23.020 --> 00:12:26.340 What banner do you want to fly over your families? 00:12:26.340 --> 00:12:29.040 Is it control? 00:12:29.680 --> 00:12:30.420 Is it popularity? 00:12:31.220 --> 00:12:31.860 Is it success? 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:34.160 Or is it love? 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:38.040 For those who know you and your family best. 00:12:38.560 --> 00:12:39.780 Could they look at you and say, 00:12:39.920 --> 00:12:42.060 There goes a husband and a father. 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:44.240 Whose banner over them is love. 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:48.680 A man who protects and provides and loves. 00:12:50.680 --> 00:12:51.940 So we've gone to the gallery. 00:12:52.460 --> 00:12:54.460 And we've seen that this is it. 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:56.539 This is what God designed. 00:12:56.700 --> 00:13:01.139 It is a beautiful, holistic, robust picture. 00:13:01.299 --> 00:13:03.720 It's rich and beautiful through and through. 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:07.220 But of course we can't all live in art galleries. 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:10.019 So we need to spend some time at the battlefield. 00:13:10.940 --> 00:13:15.540 To learn and acknowledge that this is not always it. 00:13:16.139 --> 00:13:19.560 So at the battlefield we learn this is not always it. 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:25.699 This beautiful picture shows the design for love and marriage. 00:13:26.819 --> 00:13:30.219 And yet there is a sense in which this picture is out of reach. 00:13:30.959 --> 00:13:34.399 In different ways for each and every one of us here. 00:13:35.119 --> 00:13:36.459 But out of reach nonetheless. 00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:42.540 It's an area of our lives that is a battlefield one way or the other. 00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:46.240 For some this is out of reach. 00:13:46.400 --> 00:13:50.639 Because while you think God hasn't particularly given you a gift for singleness. 00:13:51.139 --> 00:13:52.639 That is where you find yourself. 00:13:52.800 --> 00:13:54.860 And it's been a long time of waiting. 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:57.620 Maybe for some of you. 00:13:58.040 --> 00:14:01.600 You don't even feel particularly capable of wanting this. 00:14:02.560 --> 00:14:04.540 When you think of love and romance. 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:07.599 You find yourself tempted to desire things that God has forbidden. 00:14:09.500 --> 00:14:12.279 Or even though you are attracted to this vision of marriage. 00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:17.419 You're still feeling tempted to seek pleasure and fulfillment elsewhere while you wait. 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:23.639 For some of us it feels out of reach because we see it in the past. 00:14:24.899 --> 00:14:27.919 Through the pain of bereavement or the tragedy of divorce. 00:14:29.599 --> 00:14:31.799 And it can be a battlefield for those who are married. 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:35.879 That may be facing the difficulty of not seeing the family grow as you'd wish. 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:40.539 With maybe the pain of infertility and loss of children. 00:14:41.959 --> 00:14:45.279 Or maybe just simply the days when it just feels like a bit of a fight. 00:14:45.979 --> 00:14:47.899 To keep those beams and rafters up. 00:14:48.439 --> 00:14:50.959 To keep them in place and to keep loving each other each day. 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:55.540 Sadly for others it is much worse than that. 00:14:56.620 --> 00:14:59.340 Where instead of a place of happiness and delight. 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:01.960 And provision and protection. 00:15:03.160 --> 00:15:05.960 The home has become the danger to be protected from. 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:10.220 The Office of National Statistics. 00:15:11.040 --> 00:15:13.960 Reported that between March of 2016 and March of 2017. 00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:15.620 In England and Wales. 00:15:15.700 --> 00:15:17.680 About 1.9 million people. 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:19.780 Aged between 16 and 59. 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:22.019 Experienced some kind of domestic abuse. 00:15:23.040 --> 00:15:24.139 About two thirds women. 00:15:24.259 --> 00:15:25.100 About one third men. 00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:27.759 So it is worth noting. 00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:30.720 If anyone here is going through that. 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:31.960 Please do seek help. 00:15:32.300 --> 00:15:33.300 From the police. 00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:34.860 From the elders here. 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:36.220 From trusted friends. 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:38.920 If you're the person being reached out to. 00:15:39.060 --> 00:15:40.820 Do believe what your friend is telling you. 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:44.460 There's a whole range here isn't there. 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:49.100 Of ways in which this picture is out of our reach. 00:15:49.980 --> 00:15:51.420 Ever since Genesis 3. 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:53.680 This is out of our reach. 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:55.639 And maybe can touch a more nerve. 00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:57.959 And actually in the passage. 00:15:58.099 --> 00:15:59.859 We see the woman facing something of a struggle. 00:16:00.439 --> 00:16:01.899 Herself in verse 5. 00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:04.120 She says she's sick with love. 00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:06.479 Now we might assume that this means. 00:16:06.599 --> 00:16:08.500 That she just swoons at the sight of him. 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.679 But in the ancient world. 00:16:10.739 --> 00:16:11.859 To be sick with love. 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:13.839 Was always to do with someone being absent. 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.459 Not present. 00:16:15.579 --> 00:16:16.500 She's sick with love. 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:17.599 Because he's not there. 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:18.620 She misses him. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.740 Like crazy. 00:16:21.179 --> 00:16:22.120 This section of the book. 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.219 Is likely describing the time. 00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:24.180 Before they get married. 00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:26.879 With them getting married at the beginning of chapter 4. 00:16:27.920 --> 00:16:29.120 And so the Christian Standard Bible. 00:16:29.300 --> 00:16:31.779 It's a recently revamped translation. 00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:33.779 Which I think does a really good job. 00:16:34.180 --> 00:16:35.220 With this passage. 00:16:35.540 --> 00:16:37.340 In places like verse 6 for example. 00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:38.320 It says. 00:16:38.460 --> 00:16:40.660 May his left hand be under my head. 00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:42.200 And his right arm embrace me. 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:44.980 Which I think is a better way of seeing it. 00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:46.899 He's away at the moment. 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.740 And she's waiting. 00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:50.680 And so here she's turning to her friends. 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:52.460 To help her get through it. 00:16:52.680 --> 00:16:54.139 To sustain her with raisins. 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:55.180 And refresh her with apples. 00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:58.600 Waiting for him is really hard for her. 00:16:59.100 --> 00:17:00.639 So she turns to friends for help. 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:05.440 I think that shows us the importance of not facing the battle. 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.779 Whatever the battle is for you alone. 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:10.059 Whatever particular pains and struggles are. 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:12.000 We don't need to face them alone. 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:14.879 Just as she turns to her friends. 00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:18.399 We needn't pretend like our lives are all completely peachy. 00:17:19.180 --> 00:17:20.799 And we can and we should. 00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:22.440 Look to one another for help. 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.819 And for sustenance. 00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:24.920 And refreshment. 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:29.220 And there's obviously an appropriate level of discretion. 00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:31.079 In how we talk about this area of our lives. 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:34.400 But it is a significant part of our lives. 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.380 That is public. 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.660 And worth being open about. 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.960 And seeking the support of friends for. 00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.860 And for living wisely. 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:43.380 In our different particular circumstances. 00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:47.680 And if we look back at this beautiful picture. 00:17:48.339 --> 00:17:50.480 Even for those that are happily married. 00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:53.339 There isn't always this sense of excitement. 00:17:53.620 --> 00:17:53.839 Is there? 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:57.200 And as C.S. Lewis points out in Mere Christianity. 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:59.259 It doesn't really make sense. 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.220 To want it to be like this all the time. 00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:02.920 He says this. 00:18:03.120 --> 00:18:04.680 If the old fairy tale ending. 00:18:05.120 --> 00:18:07.100 They lived happily ever after. 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:08.840 Is taken to mean. 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:10.720 They felt for the next 50 years. 00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:13.299 Exactly as they felt the day before they were married. 00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:14.940 Then it says. 00:18:15.100 --> 00:18:16.480 What probably never was. 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.740 Or never would be. 00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:18.220 True. 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:21.200 And it would be highly undesirable. 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.039 If it were. 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.980 Who could bear to live. 00:18:24.100 --> 00:18:24.819 In that excitement. 00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:26.200 For even five years. 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:28.640 What would become of your work. 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.299 Your appetite. 00:18:29.580 --> 00:18:30.100 Your sleep. 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:30.740 Your friendships. 00:18:32.580 --> 00:18:33.680 So if this is something. 00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:35.580 Beyond all of us. 00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:37.340 One way or another. 00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:40.420 And not even realistic. 00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.559 Or desirable. 00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:43.299 For our whole lives. 00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:46.900 Then surely there must be something more to this song. 00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:50.480 And so we've got two more places to visit. 00:18:50.840 --> 00:18:52.500 To figure out what's going on here. 00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:56.519 Next place is the gym. 00:18:56.619 --> 00:18:58.940 Where we learn that this is not it. 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:02.599 The gym where we learn that this is not it. 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:05.180 When you go to the gym. 00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:07.259 Each exercise or each piece of equipment. 00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:09.759 Will be more or less similar. 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:12.200 To activities that you do in real life. 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:12.600 Work with it. 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.180 So on one end. 00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:15.779 You can get a step machine. 00:19:16.380 --> 00:19:17.720 Which is like climbing steps. 00:19:18.840 --> 00:19:20.299 And the movement there. 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:23.380 Involves very much the same as climbing steps. 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:25.700 Or if you get an erg or a rowing machine. 00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:27.200 What you do on that. 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:29.100 Is very similar to what you do when you're rowing. 00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:31.400 And yet on the other end. 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.799 You've got weight machines. 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:34.740 That get you moving and lifting. 00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:36.460 In ways that you would never move and lift. 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:37.180 In normal life. 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:39.180 And yet they're useful. 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:41.400 Just to keep you generally fit and healthy. 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:43.259 But also just to strengthen. 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:45.440 All kinds of bits of you. 00:19:45.840 --> 00:19:47.820 That will be useful in everyday life. 00:19:49.100 --> 00:19:50.660 And the sum of songs is actually like. 00:19:50.840 --> 00:19:51.860 Both of those ends. 00:19:52.320 --> 00:19:53.160 At the same time. 00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.900 So on the one hand. 00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:57.680 You can glean all it has to say specifically. 00:19:58.220 --> 00:19:59.420 About love and marriage. 00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:01.920 And there is a lot to learn there. 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.840 And on the other hand. 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.900 As commentator. 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:06.480 And my former professor actually. 00:20:06.540 --> 00:20:07.160 Ian Duggett. 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.100 He points out. 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:09.040 At its core. 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:11.380 This is a book that's all about. 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:12.280 About desire. 00:20:13.300 --> 00:20:14.860 It's a book about desire. 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:16.140 It doesn't matter. 00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:17.380 When you first. 00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.400 Said the words. 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.140 I want. 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:21.280 Or however you say it. 00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:21.880 In your mother tongue. 00:20:22.560 --> 00:20:24.400 You have been expressing the fact. 00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.220 That you want. 00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.780 For even longer. 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:27.920 Than you've been able to speak. 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:30.120 The youngest baby. 00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:32.480 May not be able to articulate. 00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.580 What he or she wants. 00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:36.740 But they can make it pretty clear. 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.640 That they want something. 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.060 Can't they? 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:41.220 That we find ourselves. 00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:42.200 Find in ourselves. 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.859 A capacity for wanting. 00:20:45.899 --> 00:20:48.419 And think about how much wanting you do each day. 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:50.819 How often do you think. 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.539 Or say. 00:20:51.919 --> 00:20:52.759 I want. 00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.899 On any given day. 00:20:55.179 --> 00:20:56.679 That we are just non-stop. 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.359 Wanters. 00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:57.899 Aren't we? 00:20:57.900 --> 00:21:00.140 So it makes sense. 00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:01.120 That we should. 00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:01.900 Have a book. 00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:03.060 That gives us wisdom. 00:21:03.780 --> 00:21:04.820 How to handle this. 00:21:04.860 --> 00:21:05.460 This feature. 00:21:05.600 --> 00:21:06.240 This capacity. 00:21:06.780 --> 00:21:07.660 To desire. 00:21:09.280 --> 00:21:10.640 So more fundamentally. 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.680 Than being a love song. 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.480 The song of songs. 00:21:12.780 --> 00:21:13.480 Is a guide. 00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:14.580 To wise wanting. 00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:16.960 And where better. 00:21:17.040 --> 00:21:17.800 To give us a clear. 00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.460 Lesson. 00:21:18.780 --> 00:21:19.820 In wise wanting. 00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.560 Than in the area. 00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:21.580 Of our earthly lives. 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.939 Where we want. 00:21:23.419 --> 00:21:24.319 Most strongly. 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.099 And desire. 00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.059 Most deeply. 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:29.000 So what does the passage. 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.980 Teach us about that? 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.339 Well first of all. 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.619 Simply from seeing. 00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:34.000 How this delight. 00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:35.000 And desire. 00:21:35.599 --> 00:21:36.339 And pleasure. 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:38.259 Is so joyously celebrated. 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.799 That we can see that. 00:21:39.919 --> 00:21:41.159 Desire is a good thing. 00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:43.599 It is God who made us. 00:21:43.659 --> 00:21:44.579 To be wanters. 00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:46.899 Our ability to want. 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:48.480 Was his idea. 00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.179 From the beginning. 00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:51.420 Now not everyone. 00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:52.160 Believes this. 00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:53.539 Buddhism for example. 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:55.000 Is all about. 00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:55.600 Disagreeing. 00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.080 With this. 00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:56.820 Idea. 00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.600 Buddhism has. 00:21:58.840 --> 00:21:59.960 Four noble truths. 00:22:00.840 --> 00:22:02.039 The first noble truth. 00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:02.960 Everything. 00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:03.860 Suffers. 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.140 The second noble truth. 00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:07.620 The cause of suffering. 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.259 Is desire. 00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.680 Third noble truth. 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.140 Of Buddhism. 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.600 To stop suffering. 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.060 Stop desiring. 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.620 Fourth noble truth. 00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:18.560 Follow the eightfold path. 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.019 To learn. 00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.940 To stop suffering. 00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.299 Ellis Potter. 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:22.619 Who. 00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.339 Is a former. 00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:24.059 Buddhist monk. 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:25.339 Who came to faith. 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.119 Through the ministry. 00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.879 Of Francis Schaeffer. 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:28.019 He gives this. 00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.599 As an example. 00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.759 Of how this all works out. 00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:32.039 If I have a toothache. 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.619 And I desire. 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.680 That the pain will stop. 00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:36.500 And it does not stop. 00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.799 I suffer. 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.980 But if I have. 00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.460 A toothache. 00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.920 And I do not desire. 00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.940 That the pain will stop. 00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.900 And it does not stop. 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.240 I do not suffer. 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.740 I am free. 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:47.660 You see. 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.420 The pain is there. 00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:50.000 But if I realize. 00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.900 That I have the pain. 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.559 I don't suffer. 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.200 My experience is not. 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.180 I have pain. 00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:56.120 But pain is. 00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:59.839 But the truth is that. 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:01.479 God made us to be. 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.319 Wanters. 00:23:03.719 --> 00:23:04.799 And it is possible. 00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:06.299 For us to desire. 00:23:06.459 --> 00:23:07.079 Good things. 00:23:07.199 --> 00:23:08.159 And to enjoy. 00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:09.459 Good things. 00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:10.519 That is a wonderful gift. 00:23:10.659 --> 00:23:11.139 From God. 00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.139 If you know. 00:23:13.199 --> 00:23:13.399 The Torah. 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:13.840 Theopatechism. 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:15.300 That the chief end. 00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:15.759 Is to. 00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.240 Glorify. 00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:17.660 And. 00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:19.120 Enjoy him. 00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.880 But verse 7. 00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.160 I think. 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.180 Is a really key verse. 00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.019 Where. 00:23:24.140 --> 00:23:24.840 The woman here. 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.460 Gives us. 00:23:25.800 --> 00:23:27.240 Some particular exaltations. 00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.780 About some wise. 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.360 Wanting. 00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.100 So verse 7. 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.080 So note. 00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.580 First of all. 00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.500 She adjures them. 00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.060 By the gazelles. 00:23:35.060 --> 00:23:35.920 Or the does. 00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.780 Of the field. 00:23:38.540 --> 00:23:39.440 What on earth. 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:39.940 Is that about. 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.460 What can you learn. 00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:41.000 About wanting. 00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.500 From that. 00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:43.680 What does she mean. 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:45.720 Is she just being a bit. 00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.619 Flowery. 00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.559 And poetic. 00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.779 Well she is obviously being. 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:51.039 Flowery and poetic. 00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.799 And these are animals. 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.740 That are used throughout. 00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.980 Licked to images. 00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.779 Or romance. 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.299 And love. 00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:59.000 But there is something. 00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.000 More going on here. 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.940 It's a bit of poetic. 00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.660 Word play. 00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.200 The word. 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.960 For gazelles. 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.579 In Hebrew. 00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.380 Is. 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.039 Savot. 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.519 Which. 00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.680 Sounds a bit like. 00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.619 Savot. 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.099 That means. 00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.539 Armies. 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:11.539 00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:12.019 Or hosts. 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.939 Some people use the phrase. 00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.519 In English. 00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.159 The Lord. 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.559 Savot. 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:17.439 That's what it is. 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.240 The Lord of armies. 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.179 Or the Lord of hosts. 00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.980 And. 00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:21.559 The phrase. 00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.579 Do's of the fields. 00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.159 Aliot. 00:24:23.219 --> 00:24:23.819 Hasadeh. 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.319 Sounds a bit like. 00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.559 El Shaddai. 00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:29.980 They are both poetic ways. 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.379 Of alluding to the Lord. 00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.059 To Yahweh. 00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.000 Whose idea. 00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:36.219 Was romance. 00:24:36.719 --> 00:24:37.379 And love. 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.119 And marriage. 00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.279 And sexuality. 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:40.420 It was Yahweh. 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:40.819 Sabah. 00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:41.119 Ot. 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.519 It was. 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.819 The Lord of hosts. 00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.059 It was. 00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:44.720 El Shaddai. 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.359 Lord Almighty. 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.639 Which means. 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.639 That he is the Lord. 00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.779 And master. 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:51.200 Over all of our desires. 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.279 Our desires. 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.599 Are not our master. 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.299 Our desires. 00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.480 Don't define us. 00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.720 That what we want. 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.940 Is not the most important thing. 00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.619 In the world. 00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:05.659 The whole realm. 00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.379 Of love. 00:25:06.479 --> 00:25:06.919 And marriage. 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.759 And sexuality. 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:09.259 And the whole area. 00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.939 Of our wanting. 00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.639 More generally. 00:25:11.199 --> 00:25:12.659 Is to be humbly submitted. 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.919 To the Lord. 00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:15.779 That means. 00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:17.619 That we can sin against God. 00:25:17.959 --> 00:25:19.379 In the way we want. 00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:22.179 That we can sin against him. 00:25:22.199 --> 00:25:23.059 In what we want. 00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.559 Or we can. 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.939 We can put our desires. 00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.119 Above him. 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.719 Or desire what he's forbidden. 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:33.640 If you want to be married. 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.600 That's a good thing. 00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.240 But that desire. 00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.480 Is not to be your God. 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:39.220 That's not to be your master. 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.980 It's to be desired. 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.100 Under the lordship. 00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.660 Of the Lord of hosts. 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.720 Do you want a nice job. 00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.039 Maybe. 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:48.059 That is a good thing. 00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:50.279 But it is a desire. 00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.980 To be held. 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.680 In submission. 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.700 To God Almighty. 00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.640 Do you desire. 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.680 Sexual gratification. 00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.180 Outside of marriage. 00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.259 Or sexual relationship. 00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.559 With someone of the same sex. 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.279 Then. 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.140 They are desires. 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.880 To be confessed. 00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.500 As sin. 00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.940 We submit those desires. 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.579 To the Lord. 00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:08.220 By repenting from them. 00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:10.380 By turning away from them. 00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.839 And that means. 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.779 That if they're desires. 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.460 To be confessed. 00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.779 And repented of. 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.319 That does mean. 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.220 That they are desires. 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:18.059 That can be forgiven. 00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.579 But we are not. 00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.400 To mishandle. 00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.579 Our capacity. 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.460 For wanting. 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.980 We shouldn't abuse. 00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.799 Our God's given ability. 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.620 To want. 00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:29.759 To be continued. 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.319 Then if you look. 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.299 At the end of verse 7. 00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.079 She specifically. 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.439 Exhorts. 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.279 Them. 00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:35.699 Not to stir up. 00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.879 Or awaken love. 00:26:37.439 --> 00:26:38.799 Until it pleases. 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.539 Not until you please. 00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.879 Until you want. 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:44.119 But until it pleases. 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.459 Or until it is fitting. 00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:48.359 We don't let our desires. 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:49.619 Take the driving seat. 00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.679 With God's help. 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.579 We are to keep them. 00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.359 Under control. 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:56.359 And we should acknowledge. 00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.519 That as good. 00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.599 And fantastic a thing. 00:26:58.719 --> 00:26:59.819 As the desire. 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.559 And delights. 00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:01.379 Of romantic love. 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.199 Are. 00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.339 As well as all kinds. 00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.939 Of good things. 00:27:04.979 --> 00:27:05.599 That we can have. 00:27:05.719 --> 00:27:06.359 Here on earth. 00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.659 There is a time. 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.199 And a place. 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.919 For each thing. 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:11.639 The fact that sexual love. 00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.219 Is beautiful. 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.959 And joyous. 00:27:13.439 --> 00:27:14.119 Doesn't mean. 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:15.159 That you let it control. 00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.439 It means that you keep it. 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.459 In its rightful place. 00:27:19.479 --> 00:27:20.799 Within the bond of marriage. 00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:22.379 Where God has created it for. 00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:25.519 And so she's not saying here. 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.679 Never ever want this. 00:27:27.479 --> 00:27:28.000 She's saying. 00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:29.240 Be wise and obedient. 00:27:29.439 --> 00:27:30.639 In how you want it. 00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.839 Want it in the context. 00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:34.059 Of the fear of the Lord. 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.379 Which is of course. 00:27:35.459 --> 00:27:36.399 Where wisdom begins. 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.139 So when you find yourself. 00:27:39.439 --> 00:27:40.339 Wanting something. 00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.619 Whether that is. 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:43.059 A sexual desire. 00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.939 Or financial. 00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.500 Or you want power. 00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.359 Or popularity. 00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:48.019 Or a nicer house. 00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.500 Or better toys. 00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.379 Or more books. 00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:52.319 Or whatever it is. 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:54.439 We are called here to ask. 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.339 Am I wanting. 00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:56.599 Wisely. 00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:58.119 Am I confessing to God. 00:27:58.559 --> 00:28:00.179 The times when I desire. 00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:01.240 Sinful things. 00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.460 Am I acknowledging. 00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:05.339 That God made this capacity. 00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:05.980 For wanting. 00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.379 That I have. 00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:09.000 And that I should use it. 00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.559 For his glory. 00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:12.099 Is what I want. 00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.919 A good thing. 00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.700 Am I wanting good things. 00:28:15.939 --> 00:28:16.460 Wisely. 00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:18.920 Am I trusting God. 00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.880 To be wiser than I. 00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.660 In deciding. 00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.900 Whether I get it or not. 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.860 Are there all kinds of questions. 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.660 That wise wanters. 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:29.079 Should ask. 00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:30.299 It's worth thinking of. 00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:31.180 What those questions. 00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.539 Might be. 00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:34.079 So maybe that can be your homework. 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:36.680 Or your lunchtime conversation starter. 00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.940 What questions. 00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.640 Do wise wanters. 00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.200 Ask. 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.319 Ask. 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:43.120 Well that's the lesson we learn. 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.120 At the gym. 00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.720 This is. 00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.519 About more. 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.539 About more than just love. 00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.140 And marriage. 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:50.259 This is about wise wanting. 00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.960 But it's. 00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:55.440 If it's more about more than that. 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.299 Then it is more about that. 00:28:57.340 --> 00:28:58.240 In another way as well. 00:28:59.080 --> 00:29:00.220 So for this fourth lesson. 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.440 We need to go to the temple. 00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:03.620 To see that this. 00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.539 Is it. 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.420 So what is it. 00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.880 When we go to the temple. 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.740 To learn this lesson. 00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:11.180 Well as I mentioned. 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.859 If you look at. 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.460 Chapter one. 00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.019 Verse one. 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:14.180 This is the song. 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.200 Of songs. 00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.240 Means. 00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.859 This is the greatest song. 00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.500 Of them all. 00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:19.859 Just like. 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.359 The holy of holies. 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.420 Is the holiest place. 00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.380 The song of songs. 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.660 Is the best song. 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.120 In the world. 00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.480 And. 00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:30.059 Not even the best. 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.240 Purest. 00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.039 Most passionate. 00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.519 Marriage. 00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.279 In the world. 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.579 Is worthy. 00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.779 Of the best. 00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.859 Of all songs. 00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.740 The only love. 00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.259 Worthy. 00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.059 Of the song. 00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.740 Of songs. 00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.059 Is the love. 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.960 To which the song. 00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.559 Together with all of the bible. 00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:46.779 Ultimately. 00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.640 Points us. 00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.680 It's giving us a glimpse. 00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.120 Of how God. 00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.000 Loves us. 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:53.759 And specifically. 00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.519 How Christ. 00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:55.819 Loves his church. 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:58.160 This song. 00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.720 Points us. 00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.319 To a God. 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:00.420 Who loves us. 00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.380 Deeply. 00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.920 And movingly. 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:05.000 We see a God. 00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:05.980 Who wants to enter. 00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.100 A deep. 00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:07.779 Intimate. 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.640 Relationship. 00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.500 With his people. 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.700 We rightly. 00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.440 See ourselves. 00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.580 Or should see ourselves. 00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:16.440 As just a wildflower. 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:16.920 Of Sharon. 00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:18.640 With all of our sin. 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.160 And all of our disordered desires. 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:22.100 With nothing special. 00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:22.660 And yet. 00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.620 He chooses. 00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.620 Amazingly. 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.920 To see us. 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.580 As a lily. 00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.500 Among brambles. 00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.259 And he. 00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:29.960 Makes us. 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.440 The love. 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.640 Of his life. 00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:34.980 As I was saying earlier. 00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:36.240 About how we've broken up. 00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:37.440 The idea of marriage. 00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:39.380 We've done at least as much. 00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.360 To dismantle the. 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.240 The bible idea. 00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:41.900 Of covenant. 00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.720 It's a word that. 00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.680 That's used to describe. 00:30:44.800 --> 00:30:45.360 Our relationship. 00:30:45.540 --> 00:30:46.040 With God. 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.820 Covenant. 00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.640 Just sounds like. 00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.780 Sort of a stodgy. 00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.060 Theological. 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.980 Technical term. 00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:52.440 Doesn't it? 00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.360 We've made it into a bit. 00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:54.460 Of a Malcolm Rifkind word. 00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:56.259 And maybe you're here. 00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.759 This morning. 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:58.300 And maybe you're not a Christian. 00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.540 And all this. 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:01.040 Sounds pretty foreign to you. 00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:03.119 Pretty foreign experience. 00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.159 But well. 00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.460 Maybe this is what. 00:31:05.659 --> 00:31:06.500 You thought it was all about. 00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.759 Just a sort of a stodgy. 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.519 Uptight relationship. 00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.920 Where I keep the rules. 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.319 And he sort of reluctantly. 00:31:12.399 --> 00:31:12.940 Let's me in. 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.220 Maybe you've even understood. 00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:17.059 That the good news of Jesus. 00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:18.519 Is all about him. 00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.920 Offering us salvation. 00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:22.200 But maybe you've thought. 00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.920 That he just sort of. 00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:23.740 Does it reluctantly. 00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.639 He does his bit. 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.420 He does his duty. 00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.539 And then he goes off. 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.859 To be where he really wants to be. 00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:31.859 But just as we saw earlier. 00:31:31.979 --> 00:31:32.919 That biblical marriage. 00:31:32.979 --> 00:31:33.799 Embraces both. 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.899 That the passion. 00:31:35.199 --> 00:31:36.319 And the practicalities. 00:31:36.719 --> 00:31:37.979 Together as a whole. 00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:41.719 And also as things to be celebrated. 00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:43.159 And delighted in. 00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.379 So also. 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.639 Our covenant with him. 00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.559 Is an intimate. 00:31:47.199 --> 00:31:48.259 Loving relationship. 00:31:48.979 --> 00:31:50.279 And it's to be celebrated. 00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:53.699 Jesus wants to be with his people. 00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:56.180 He wants to gaze into our eyes. 00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.960 He loves us. 00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.059 Deeply. 00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:01.660 It's not just words either. 00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:03.340 By the power of his spirit. 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:05.200 He wants to grow this family. 00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:07.799 As he adds more and more people. 00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.039 To the church. 00:32:09.120 --> 00:32:10.480 And as he builds the house. 00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.880 His temple. 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.660 His church. 00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:15.840 And he ensures that it will last forever. 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:18.959 Jesus protects us. 00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:20.500 And provides for us. 00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.500 Ultimately. 00:32:22.699 --> 00:32:24.539 He protects us from the evil one. 00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.799 Breaking our chains. 00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:29.000 As he cried out from the cross. 00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.819 It is finished. 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.779 Jesus provided. 00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.740 The means of being brought back. 00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.539 To God. 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.879 And he provides us all. 00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:39.099 With resurrection life. 00:32:40.679 --> 00:32:42.699 He brings us to the banqueting house. 00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:45.039 To feed us bread and wine. 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:47.559 And he lovingly subdues us to himself. 00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:49.879 And his banner over us. 00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:51.079 Is love. 00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:54.059 That is what it really means. 00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:56.339 For him to enter into covenant. 00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.039 With us. 00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.920 It's what it means to be a Christian. 00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:03.039 The Bible's covenant history. 00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:05.779 As boring as that might sound. 00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.659 It's essentially. 00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.559 It's a love story. 00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:10.879 It's the greatest love story. 00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.119 Ever told. 00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:14.759 Celebrated by the greatest. 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.519 Of all the songs. 00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:19.240 And we help each other. 00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:21.399 As we wait for his return. 00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:23.000 We are to refresh. 00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.180 And sustain each other. 00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.740 As we wait. 00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.279 And actually. 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.879 Because of our different situations. 00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:31.559 If we are wise wanters. 00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.579 We can actually help each other. 00:33:33.639 --> 00:33:34.359 Learn something. 00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.700 About how to wait. 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.599 As we wait together. 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:38.919 Just some examples. 00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:40.019 If you're married. 00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.619 For example. 00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:43.679 You can point us to the joy of knowing Christ. 00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:46.199 And the eternal joy. 00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:48.299 Of which your marriage. 00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.699 And this song. 00:33:50.219 --> 00:33:51.339 Is really just a whisper. 00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:54.079 If you're single. 00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:55.039 And you're happy with it. 00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.519 This morning. 00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.579 You can show us. 00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.459 How Christ. 00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.339 Not any earthly spouse. 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.919 Ultimately. 00:34:01.159 --> 00:34:02.000 Is the greatest joy. 00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:03.179 Of our hearts. 00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:05.619 If you're single. 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:05.959 And yet. 00:34:06.179 --> 00:34:06.599 Hoping. 00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.919 And longing for marriage. 00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.579 As you want. 00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.159 Wisely. 00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.980 You can learn yourself. 00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:13.739 And also teach your brothers and sisters. 00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.839 So much. 00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.000 About. 00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:18.079 More importantly. 00:34:18.319 --> 00:34:19.460 To wait on the Lord. 00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.679 To wait for his return. 00:34:22.279 --> 00:34:24.460 Those of you facing all kinds of trials. 00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.920 And losses. 00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:28.119 As you look to Christ. 00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:30.359 As you find comfort in him. 00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:32.359 And hope in him. 00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:34.879 As you see this song. 00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.599 As a song. 00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.259 That is still yours. 00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.839 With Christ. 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.000 Christ. 00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:40.620 Whatever your circumstances. 00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.340 However weakly. 00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.980 You feel you might be doing it. 00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:45.220 You really are teaching. 00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:46.240 Your brothers and sisters. 00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.940 That to know him. 00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.620 Is better. 00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.640 Those of you dealing with. 00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.680 With temptations. 00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.900 To want wrongly. 00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:56.000 As you find joy. 00:34:56.160 --> 00:34:56.640 And love. 00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.260 In Christ. 00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:58.920 You will show your brothers and sisters. 00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.960 How he is better. 00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.780 Than any earthly pleasure. 00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.780 And you can model perseverance. 00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.280 And joy. 00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.360 In his grace. 00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.780 For you. 00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:10.120 And there is all kinds of things. 00:35:10.120 --> 00:35:10.740 That we can learn. 00:35:11.600 --> 00:35:12.780 About this song. 00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:14.039 And about Christ. 00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.800 From our different perspectives. 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.780 And standpoints. 00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:18.280 And we can refresh. 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.320 And sustain each other. 00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.620 In that way. 00:35:20.680 --> 00:35:21.700 As we wait for Christ. 00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:22.920 Together. 00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:25.880 Whatever our different circumstances. 00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:28.480 Let's praise God. 00:35:29.180 --> 00:35:29.539 Together. 00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:32.579 Let's wait for him. 00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.900 Together. 00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:33.940 Together. 00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:35.019 With each other's help. 00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:37.480 Let's sing together. 00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.440 His forever. 00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.300 His alone. 00:35:40.259 --> 00:35:41.519 Who the Lord from me. 00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.300 Shall part. 00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.759 With what joy. 00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.539 And peace. 00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.219 Unknown. 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.279 Christ can fill. 00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.820 The longing heart. 00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:49.880 Heaven and earth. 00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.779 May fade. 00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.420 And flee. 00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:53.480 First born light. 00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.440 In gloom decline. 00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:56.159 But while God and I. 00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.420 Shall be. 00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.380 I am his. 00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:00.539 And he is mine. 00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.720 That is our song. 00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:04.559 I am his. 00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.200 He is mine. 00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:07.099 Martin Luther actually said. 00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.539 That is. 00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:09.019 That will be his one verse. 00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.960 To explain. 00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:11.099 Union with Christ. 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.800 I am his. 00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.720 He is mine. 00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:17.119 Let's praise God. 00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:17.939 For such a privilege. 00:36:17.939 --> 00:36:18.079 Thank you.