Songs 2:16
16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
16My darling, I am yours,
and you are mine,
as you feed your sheep
among the lilies.
16나의 사랑하는 자는 내게 속하였고, 나는 그에게 속하였구나 그가 백합화 가운데서 양떼를 먹이는구나
lilies (백합화)* [GoTo-> 1:1/ 2:1 / 3:1 / 4:1 / 5:1 / 6:1 / 7:1 / 8:1]
이 구절은 높은 수준의 은혜를 말하고 있으며, 그 묘사가 그리스도에 관한 것으로 가득 차 있다는 것은 주목할 가치가 있습니다. 이것은 교육적입니다. 이것은 예외적인 경우가 아니기 때문에, 일반적인 규칙의 하나가 성취된 것 뿐입니다.
그리스도에 대한 우리의 평가는 우리의 영적 상태를 가장 잘 보여주는 수단입니다; 온도계가 증가하는 공기의 따뜻함에 비례하여 상승하는 것 처럼, 우리의 영적인 생명에서 활력과 열정이 증가함에 따라, 예수에 대한 우리의 평가도 상승합니다.
당신이 예수님에 대해 어떻게 생각하는지 나에게 말해 준다면, 나는 당신이 자신에 대하여 어떻게 생각하는지를 말해 줄 것입니다. 그리스도는 우리에게 모든 것입니다. "예, 우리가 완전히 신앙적으로 성스럽게 되고 성령으로 충만 할 때, 모든 것보다 더 많습니다.
I. 첫째, 여기에 그리스도를 갖는 기쁨이 있습니다.
"나의 사랑하는 자는 내게 속하였고"
배우자는 이것을 그녀가 갖는 기쁨의 목록인, 평화의 초석, 행복의 샘, 영광의 왕관들 중에서 제일 첫번째로 말합니다. 여기에서 그러한 표현이 진실로 사용되는 곳에서, 사랑하는 사람의 존재가 사실임을 주목하십시오. 그렇게 노래하는 사람들에게는 회의론과 질문이 있을 수 없습니다. 사랑은 의심 할 수없고, 의심하지 않을 것입니다; 그것은 논쟁의 목발을 버리고, 자각하고 있는 즐거움의 날개로 날아가, 그녀의 결혼식 찬가를 부르며, "나의 사랑하는 사람은 나의 것이요, 나는 그의 것입니다."
(그녀가) 우리 앞에 있는 경우, 그녀에 의해서 천국의 마음을 가진 자의 사랑이 인지되고 인정됩니다. "나의 사랑하는 사람"이라고 그녀가 말했습니다. 그것은 숨겨진 애정이 아니며, 그녀는 자신이 그분을 사랑한다는 것을 알고서, 그것을 엄숙하게 공언합니다. 그녀는 "내가 비길데가 없는 분을 사랑하길 바란다"라고 (낮은 소리로) 속삭이지 않고, "나의 사랑하는 사람"이라고 (큰 소리로) 노래합니다.
그녀의 영혼에 있는 사랑스러운 사람에 대한 열정은 의심할 필요가 없습니다. 그러나 본문의 핵심은 여기에 있습니다. 우리가 그분을 소유하고 있음이 입증되고, 우리가 그것을 알고, 또 좋은 증거로도 알고 있습니다. - "내 사랑하는 사람은 나의 것입니다."
예수님은 하나님의 약속과 언약과 맹세로 우리의 것입니다. 천 개의 보증서와 서약서, 확정서와 인증서들은, 우리에게 그분을 우리의 몫이자 영원한 유산으로서 보장해 줍니다. 이 귀중한 소유는 신자에게 유일한 보물이됩니다.
"나의 사랑하는 사람은 나의 것"이라고 그는 말했고, 그 문장에서 그는 그의 모든 부를 요약했습니다. 오, 만약에 그리스도 없이 그것들을 가질 수 있다면, 언약의 모든 보물들이 우리에게 무슨 의미가 있을까요? 그 보물들의 수액과 단맛은 사라질 것입니다.
우리의 사랑하는 사람이 우리의 것이 됨으로, 우리는 그분안에 모든 것을 가지고 있습니다. 그러므로 우리의 주된 보물, 참으로 우리의 유일한 보물은, 우리의 사랑하는 사람입니다. 오, 하나님의 성도 여러분, 이와 같은 소유를 한 적이 있었습니까?
This passage describes a high state of grace, and it is worthy of note that the description is full of Christ. This is instructive, for this is not an exceptional case, it is only one fulfilment of a general rule.
Our estimate of Christ is the best gauge of our spiritual condition; as the thermometer rises in proportion to the increased warmth of the air, so does our estimate of Jesus rise as our spiritual life increases in vigour and fervency.
Tell me what you think of Jesus and I will tell you what to think of yourself. Christ is all to us, "yea, more than all when we are thoroughly sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost.
I. First, here is A DELIGHTING TO HAVE CHRIST.
"My Beloved is mine."
The spouse makes this the first of her joy notes, the corner-stone of her peace, the fountain of her bliss, the crown of her glory. Observe here that where such an expression is truthfully used the existence of the Beloved is matter of fact. Scepticism and questioning have no place with those who thus sing. Love cannot, will not doubt; it casts away the crutches of argument and flies on the wings of conscious enjoyment, singing her nuptial hymn, "My Beloved is mine, and I am His." In the case before us the love of the heavenly-minded one is perceived and acknowledged by herself. "My Beloved," saith she; it is no latent affection, she knows that she loves Him, and solemnly avows it. She does not whisper, "I hope I love the peerless One," but she sings, "My Beloved."
There is no doubt in her soul about her passion for the altogether lovely One. But the pith of the text lies here, our possession of Him is proven, we know it, and we know it on good evidence — "My Beloved is mine." Jesus is ours by the promise, the covenant,, and oath of God; a thousand assurances and pledges, bonds and seals, secure Him to us as our portion and everlasting heritage. This precious possession becomes to the believer his sole treasure. "My Beloved is mine," saith he, and in that sentence he has summed up all his wealth.
Oh, what would all the treasures of the covenant be to us if it were possible to have them without Christ? Their very sap and sweetness would be gone. Having our Beloved to be ours, we have all things in Him, and therefore our main treasure, yea, our sole treasure, is our Beloved. O ye saints of God, was there ever possession like this?
II. The second portion of the text deals with DELIGHTING TO BELONG TO CHRIST.
"I am His.
This is as sweet as the former sentence. Christ is mine, but if I were not His it would be a sorry case, and if I were His and He were not mine it would be a wretched business. These two things are joined together with diamond rivets — My Beloved is mine, and I am His." Put the two together, and you have reached the summit of delight. That we are His is a fact that may be proven — yea, it should need no proving, but be manifest to all that "I am His." Certainly we are His by creation: He who made us should have us. We are His because His Father gave us to Him, and we are His because He chose us.
Creation, donation, election are His triple hold upon us. Now this puts very great honour upon us. I have known the time when I could say "My Beloved is mine" in a very humble trembling manner, but I did not dare to add "I am His" because I did not think I was worth His having. I dared not hope that "I am His" would ever be written in the same book side by side with "My Beloved is mine."
Poor sinner, first lay hold on Jesus, and then you will discover that Jesus values you. This second part of the text is true as absolutely as the first. "I am His" — not my goods only, nor my time, nor my talents, nor what I can spare, but "I am His."
The believer feels that he belongs to Jesus absolutely; let the Lord employ him as he may, or try him as he pleases; let him take away all earthly friends from him or surround him with comforts. Blessed be God, this is true evermore — "I am His"; His to-day, in the house of worship, and His to-morrow in the house of business.
This belonging to the Well-beloved is a matter of fact and practice, not a thing to be talked about only, but really to be acted on. If you are His He will provide for you. A good husband careth for his spouse, and even thus the Lord Jesus Christ cares for those who are betrothed unto Him. You will be perfected too, for whatever Christ has He will make worthy of Himself and bring it to glory.
III. To conclude: the saint feels DELIGHT IN THE VERY THOUGHT OF CHRIST.
"He feedeth among the lilies."
When we love any persons, and we are away from home, we delight to think of them, and to remember what they are doing. Now, where is Jesus? What are these lilies? Do not these lilies represent the pure in heart, with whom Jesus dwells? Where, then, is my Lord to-day? He is up and away, among the lilies of Paradise.
In imagination I see those stately rows of milk-white lilies growing no longer among thorns: lilies which are never soiled with the dust of earth, which for ever glisten with the eternal dews of fellowship, while their roots drink in unfading life from the river of the water of life which waters the garden of the Lord. There is Jesus! But what is He doing among the lilies? It is said, "He feedeth among the lilies." He is feeding Himself, not on the lilies, but among them. Our Lord finds solace among His people. His delights are with the sons of men; He joys to see the graces of His people, to receive their love, and to discern His own image in their faces.
Then what shall I do? Well, I will abide among the lilies. His saints shall be my companions. Where they flourish I will try to grow. I will be often in their assemblies. Aye, and I will be a lily too. By faith I will neither toil nor spin in a legal fashion, but I will live by faith upon the Son of God, rooted in Him.
( C. H. Spurgeon.)
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