Song of Solomon #17 My Beloved Is Mine and I Am His!

When God performed the first marriage in the Garden of Eden, the union between Adam and Eve is declared in these inspired words- -Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife- and they shall be one flesh- -Genesis 2-24-. This union is not declared to be two separate flesh-each going his or her own way, each possessing only himself-herself. No, they come together by way of a marital covenant before God and witnesses to become one flesh. He possesses her, and she possesses him. Together they possess one another in a marital bond that permanently glues them together as one.----This oneness in marriage is what the Lord would have us to see in the oneness and spiritual marital union that is ours with Jesus. He has bound Himself to you, dear Christian, and you have bound yourself to Him. You are not your own to do whatever you please. And all that He does in this world and in your life is out of infinite love for you. He is yours and you are His. There is not a more precious summary of what it is to be a true Christian. This we will seek to understand much better from our text.