LOVERS
OF
THE LORD
JESUS THE CHRIST
ARE
INITIALLY ATTRACTED
or called-out of
this world
BY THE FLIRTS
OF HIS SWEETNESS
THAT then DRAWS
US
later TO
THE LIFE
OF SATISFACTION
one after another!
THE LIFE
OF SATISFACTION
one after another!
THE Individual OVERCOMER:
[Cv1:2] ~ “Kiss me again and again, for YOUR love is sweeter than wine. [Cv1:3] ~ How fragrant YOUR cologne, and how great is YOUR name! No wonder all the young girls love YOU! [Cv1:4] ~ Take me always with YOU; come let us run!” “THE KING has brought me into HIS authority. How happy we shall continue to be! YOUR love is better than wine. No wonder all the young girls love YOU!
Drawn by JESUS HIMSELF
in order to love HIM
in order to love HIM
- the believer is first brought by JESUS to HIMSELF (“in THE CHRIST” — >>Galatians 3:26-27, >>Romans13:14)
- as HIS subject “in HIS KINGDOM” (>>Matthew 25:1-13, (>>>T#017),
- before we are to be HIS lover
- ready to be brought to one ecstatic state to another by HIMSELF.
What cheers us up
and refreshes
and refreshes
us as HIS lover
- is HIS LOVE (wine) and
- what relieves us with enduring relief from our worldly cares
- is HIS PERSON (ointment).
Because HE is
in us in our time NOW(!)
in us in our time NOW(!)
- indwelling us as The Holy Spirit
since our AMNESTY
AVAILMENT,
AVAILMENT,
- HIS INVISIBLE but UNDENIABLE PRESENCE (cologne)
- fills our surrounding air with pleasant aroma
- that makes us all the more long to caress and embrace HIM.
This prodding to love HIM
and our submitting to
HIS AUTHORITY as our KING
and our submitting to
HIS AUTHORITY as our KING
- is supposed to be enhanced by our increasing awareness
- that it is not only we who love HIM
- but also there are those who are even more naturally attractive to HIM than us!
Hence, our desire
to have HIM
for ourselves now(!)
(UNTA!) and not any later.
to have HIM
for ourselves now(!)
(UNTA!) and not any later.
THE Individual OVERCOMER:
[Cv1:5] ~ “I am dark but beautiful, O girls of Jerusalem, tanned as the dark tents of Kedar.”
- Yes, we OVERCOMERS are truly not attractive
- when compared to our fellow believers.
- In fact, our inferiorities are our stand-out features before them.
- Unlike them we are seen exposed to the sun without the kind of protection
- they claim to have; such as
affiliations, bondings, organizations, facilities, fundings, programs, sponsors, titles, etc..
JESUS: “But lovely as the silken tents of Solomon!”
- But no less than our LOVER HIMSELF
- THE LORD JESUS wants us to know
- through The Holy Spirit in us
- we have been justified by HIS substitutionary death
- for the remission of our sinnings
- and so has turned us from being the dark tents of Kedar
- to being the silken tents of Solomon,
- from being away from grandeur then
to being in the very place
of grandeur itself.
of grandeur itself.
THE Individual OVERCOMER:
[Cv1:6] ~ “Don’t look down on me, you city girls, just because my complexion is so dark – the sun has tanned me. My
We are to plead
and not contest
with those of our fellow
believers our situation in life;
and not contest
with those of our fellow
believers our situation in life;
- more clearly with our
leaders,
- even if
theyrefer to us as
“rolling stones that gather no moss”
“lost command”
"without ordination" or
“wandering stars”
- as
theyare wont to say.
Paupoy-upoy lang gyud ta
in keeping with our LOVER’s
PLAN in >>Revelation 3:8!
in keeping with our LOVER’s
PLAN in >>Revelation 3:8!
- Yes, our more position-assertive fellow believers in the different churches around {>>>T#009} and {>>>T#025}
- will not share with us
- the work of tending
- under THE UNIVERSAL PRIESTHOOD of EVERY BELIEVER in THE LORDSHIP & CHRISTHOOD of JESUS
- “
their” claimed vineyard
- “
theirchurch” and
- are getting us out in the field
- to where we are working,
- (>>Mark 16:20) and thank GOD,
- with THE LORD!
Yes, that’s where
we should be
we should be
- because the much fruit we are to bear (>>John 15:8, >>Galatians 5:22-23)
- is produced and is truly gathered from the vine and branches in the fields
- and not inside
theirchurchbuildings
- where
theywork and gather bythemselvesand
without THE LORD because
THE LORD
does not anymore
dwell in temples
THE LORD
does not anymore
dwell in temples
made with hands
(as HE did in The Old
Covenant Times)
(as HE did in The Old
Covenant Times)
(>>Acts 7:48 repeated
in >>Acts 17:24)!
THE Individual OVERCOMER:
[Cv1:7] ~ “Tell me, O ONE I love, where are YOU leading YOUR flock today? Where will YOU be at noon? For I will come and join YOU there instead of wandering like a vagabond among the
Yes, we-OVERCOMERS
are tempted
are tempted
- to think of finding rest from our work
- of tending HIS FLOCK (>>Luke 12:32)
- ---(HIS CHURCH)
- at mid-day with HIM.
But, we are to realize:
- we are to wander among the different denominations and churches
- ---
the flocksofTHE LORD’s companions
- —- mere companions
- as was the case of Cleofas and his travel mate
until they encountered
THE RESURRECTED JESUS
in >>Luke 24:13-35
THE RESURRECTED JESUS
in >>Luke 24:13-35
- “their flocks”
- --- they whom we are to get to HIS KINGSHIP first {>>>T#017},
before they
can expect to be
HIS lover
can expect to be
HIS lover
as our co-OVERCOMERS!
- There is just too much to make JESUS’s companions
- in the different denominations or churches now(!)
to be aware of
what these are that are
to be OVERCOME by them
what these are that are
to be OVERCOME by them
--- only by our continued
association with them!
JESUS:
[Cv1:8] ~ “If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman in all the world, follow the trail of MY flock to the shepherds’ tents, and there feed your sheep and
In THE LORD’s work
- OVERCOMERS can find no rest
- working under THE UNIVERSAL PRIESTHOOD of our CHIEF-PRIEST
- as THE CHRIST must be to us.
We are to be HIS
ever-involved feeders
ever-involved feeders
of HIS WORD
even as JESUS leads us
by getting us
- to follow the trail and activities
- of HIS FLOCK-HIS ELECT
- in the many denominations and churches
- even to the places where thei
rpastors
- feed them with
theirdoctrines and opinions
- via
theirassertive behaviors.
Truly, it's not organizations
(such as seminaries,
bible schools, mission
societies, religious orders,
ministries, etc.)
(such as seminaries,
bible schools, mission
societies, religious orders,
ministries, etc.)
that give out teachers
but JESUS THE CHRIST HIMSELF
(>>Ephesians 4:11-13)!
- HE provides us with HIS WORD
- to feed some of HIS sheep and lambs
- in and among them whose denominations’
pastors
- are feeding
theirdoctrines totheirfinancial supporters (>>Revelation 2:15).
The Holy Spirit
was given to us
was given to us
- to indwell each one of us, (>>>T#029)
- as well as with our fellow-OVERCOMERS
- by JESUS HIMSELF
- when we obeyed (>>Acts 5:32)
- the 1st three do-or-die commands:
*BELIEVE
IN THE LORDSHIP &
CHRISTHOOD
OF JESUS
CHRISTHOOD
OF JESUS
**REPENT
***BE BAPTIZED
--- commands that deal with
our sinnings
our sinnings
per HIS COVENANT ---
- as did the first 3,000 souls on that Pentecost Day, A.D. 33
- as recorded for our reckoning in >>Acts 2:36-39
- resulting to each one of us given THE GRACE
- according to the measure OF THE CHRIST’s gift (>>Ephesians 4:7)
- to adorn us with DIVINE HUMANITY (GODLY LIFE)
- as we continue to hear and obey
- HIS WORD (golden earrings)
revealing
THE REDEMPTION WORK
of THE CHRIST
(beads of silver)
THE REDEMPTION WORK
of THE CHRIST
(beads of silver)
no matter where
our attention goes.
our attention goes.
THE Individual OVERCOMER:
[Cv1:12] ~ THE KING reclines on HIS couch at the table, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume. [Cv1:13] ~ My BELOVED ONE is a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.” [Cv1:14] ~ My BELOVED is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-Gedi.
TO WORK for OVERCOMERS
- by dispensing HIS WORD
- to the assigned would-be OVERCOMERS
- among and within these churches with different names
- is to make THE RESURRECTED JESUS
- now(!) our KING (in heaven)
- relax and in turn be enchanted with the aroma and fragrance
- WHO IS HE HIMSELF
as we perform
the role of being
HIS
the role of being
HIS
ANGEL or MESSENGER
- by the spread of HIS WORD for some OVERCOMERS-to-be
- among them in the different denominations around!
When night time comes,
- we embrace and enjoy JESUS
- in love and faith (>>1st Timothy 1:14)
- in our breasts (>>1st Thessalonians 5:8)
- in HIS death or physical separation from the world
- as sachet of myrrh!
When in gatherings
where we interact
with OVERCOMERS-to-be
where we interact
with OVERCOMERS-to-be
- JESUS is as the cluster of henna flowers among them
- who answer HIS CALL FOR OVERCOMERS
- to be produced in the vineyards of GOD’s fountain of REDEMPTION
- which is what the word En-Gedi supposedly means!
What experiences
to be repeatedly enjoyed
from ecstasy to ecstasy
as we work in HIS vineyard!
JESUS:
[Cv1:15] ~ How beautiful you are, MY love, how beautiful! Your eyes are as soft as doves’. [Cv1:16] ~ What a lovely, pleasant thing you are, lying here upon the grass, shaded by the cedar trees and firs.” [Cv1:17] ~ The beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters and panels are cypress or pines.
AGAIN, not only are these
for our encouragement,
realization and enjoyment
for our encouragement,
realization and enjoyment
- but also HIS drawing us to continue with more vigor and determination
- OUR WORK TOGETHER WITH HIM IN THE FIELDS (>>Mark 16:20)
- because anyway, our beauty has not suffered in a way
- because of the softness of the grass we lie on
- by the shades brought about by the cedar trees and
- the protection from the winds by the cypress and pines around
- which we share together with HIM!
- THE LORD JESUS HIMSELF by these very words are telling us
- that we OVERCOMERS are in fact better taken-cared of by HIM
- even BEAUTY-WISE than them all
in the world of religions,
organized churches and their
umbrella organizations!
organized churches and their
umbrella organizations!
THE Individual OVERCOMER:
[Cv2:1] ~ “I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valley.”
THE individual
OVERCOMERS that we are
OVERCOMERS that we are
- is as a rose from a vast land of all sorts of green vegetation
- that do not get appreciated by them whom we are among.
THE individual OVERCOMERS
that we are
that we are
- are like the water lilies we are familiar with
- which in the midst of those dirty and foul-smelling ponds of water
- now and then by a stir are dirtied by the mud and organisms we are with.
But, we should not be afraid
nor worried of our existence
in this environment
nor worried of our existence
in this environment
- because the beauty and purposes of our being here
- will all the more be recognized when seen from GOD’s holy perspective
- and even when we occasionally get into some mess by a stir of our surroundings
- we will not even have to do a thing
- and just like the lily
we get cleansed
by another stir
by another stir
that always follow.
JESUS:
[Cv2:2] ~ “Yes, a lily among thorns, so is MY beloved as compared with any other girls.”
Yes, THE OVERCOMERS
that we are
that we are
- are EXISTENTIALLY & SAFELY KEPT BY HIM
- even and more so BETTER protected
than them who are
"believers only"
of HIS!
"believers only"
of HIS!
THE Individual OVERCOMER:
[Cv2:3] ~ “My LOVER is an apple tree, the finest in the woods as compared with any other there. I am seated in HIS much-desired shade and HIS fruit is lovely to eat. [Cv2:4] ~ HE brings me to the banquet hall and every one can see how much HE loves me. [Cv2:5] ~ Oh, feed me with YOUR love – YOUR ‘raisins’ and YOUR ‘apples’ – for I am utterly lovesick. [Cv2:6] ~ HIS left hand is under my head and with HIS right hand HE embraces me. [Cv2:7] ~ O girls of Jerusalem, I entreat you earnestly by the gazelles and deer in the field, that you do not awaken my LOVER. Let HIM sleep!”
As OVERCOMERS, we
are ALL SECURE in HIM
are ALL SECURE in HIM
- ...as our cover for shade and cooling and even permanent shelter
- ….as food for our hunger
- …. even as quencher for our thirst
- ---- like the apple tree supplies humanity with all these, and
we can even look forward
with pride
with pride
- to be brought along to places of HIS enjoyment
- even to our upcoming wedding banquet
- because HE loves us and wants to show us
- there in that affair .... to every one ...
- .... HIS love for us.
HIS love for us knows
no season
no season
- includes the preserved-to-freshness and still delicious raisins and
- the newly picked-and-fresh apples
- --- for us, the utterly lovesick.
HE even manifests
and demonstrates
and demonstrates
HIS love
- with care, intensity & all-out determination to please
- by HIS efforts
- (as symbolized by HIS moving left and right hands).
Oh, we are to plead even
with them who are beyond
us to control
with them who are beyond
us to control
- that THE LORD JESUS be left indisturbed --
- by such as them who are still immature and childish
- among our "fellow believers (only)".
WE OUGHT TO HAVE
THESE KINDS
of ATTITUDES,
BEHAVIORS,
& CONCERNS
--- IF WE ARE TO BE
THE KIND
OF LOVER of JESUS
THAT WE ALL
OUGHT TO BE,
initially!!!!
THESE KINDS
of ATTITUDES,
BEHAVIORS,
& CONCERNS
--- IF WE ARE TO BE
THE KIND
OF LOVER of JESUS
THAT WE ALL
OUGHT TO BE,
initially!!!!
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