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His Banner Over Me Was Love Song of Solomon 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. If you ever went to Sunday School as a youngster, you have probably heard the little children's song based upon the above verse. Though I did not grow up in a Christian home, and I do not believe I went to any sound churches as a child (four years attending Sunday School in a Pentecostal church - I do not ever remember hearing the Gospel from them), I still had some exposure to songs such as this that were based on verses from the Bible or from Bible stories. I praise the Lord for this song and John 3:16 - because even as a lost youngster, I learned the truth that God was love, and that He loved me - and later as an adult, this fact was always in the back of my mind when I thought about God. I knew He cared about me in my darkest times. Though many of us may have sung that song or read that verse, did we really know what it meant? Yes, the Lord has covered His chi...

If you read only one article on this website, please let this be it: God's Simple Plan of Salvation It concerns the most important decision you will ever make in your life! Don't let this opportunity to be saved pass you by. Genesis Series Table Of Contents: (List of all studies in this blog based on passages in Genesis) References To Genesis In The Book Of Job Genesis 1:1 & The Trinity - Genesis Chapter 1 Three Avenues Of Temptation - Genesis Chapter 3 The Story Of Four Gardens:  The Garden Of Eden  - Genesis Chapter 3 A Picture In Genesis Five - Genesis Chapter 5 And I Will Give You Rest (The Rest Of Salvation)  - Genesis Chapters 5-8 Genesis: God's Sovereignty - Genesis 6:19 Genesis: God Remembered - various passages Genesis: Claiming The Promises - Genesis 13:14-17 Genesis 15 - Fear Not - Part One - Genesis 15:1 Genesis 15 - Fear Not - Part Two Genesis 15 - Fear Not - Part Three Genesis 15 - Fear Not - Part Four Genesis 15 - Thy Shield G...

If you read only one article on this website, please let this be it: God's Simple Plan of Salvation It concerns the most important decision you will ever make in your life! Don't let this opportunity to be saved pass you by. Song Of Solomon Table Of Contents: Draw Me And We Will Run After Thee - Song of Solomon 1:4 - The Lord must draw us to Himself first - both for salvation and for fellowship. Beside The Shepherds' Tents - Song of Solomon 1:7-8 - Do you fellowship where God's flock gathers, and is your shepherd one after God's own heart? Lessons In The Valleys: The Lily Of The Valleys - Song of Solomon 2:1-2 - Jesus is with us in all the valleys of life. Of How Much More Value Are We? - Song of Solomon 2:1-2, 16 - How much does God value His children? Shadows And Wings - Song of Solomon 2:3 - What does it mean to live under God's shadow, under the shelter of His wings? His Banner Over Me Was Love - Song of Solomon 2:4 - What banner are you rallying unde...

A Well Of Living Waters Song of Solomon 4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. In the verse just quoted, Solomon (picturing Jesus) stated that the believer is like a fountain ... like streams ... like a well of living waters . What exactly does this mean? If we go to the New Testament book of John, we will see two passages that reveal the meaning of this and other similar Old Testament references: John 4:13-14 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. Salvation through faith in Christ, everlasting life - a well of water springing up from the believer's soul. When we place our complete confidence in Christ, our faith in Him alone for salvation, He quenches that thirst deep inside us that only He could ever fill. This thi...

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 1) They overcame him (the accuser of the brethren, the devil) by the blood of the Lamb - by being washed in Jesus' blood which He shed at Calvary for their sins (Matthew 26:28; Ephesians 1:7; Revelation 1:5), and by being cleansed by His blood on a daily basis (1 John 1:7, 9). 2) And by the word of their testimony - These Christians were victorious because they were witnesses, they shared their testimonies with others! On the other side of the coin, this verse indicates that if we will not witness about the Lord Jesus Christ and the eternal salvation found only in Him, we will not be overcomers! ( Note: this is referring to overcoming on a day by day basis - though born again believers are more than conquerors in Christ - we are overcomers through faith in Him according to Revelation 2-3 and 1 John 5:4-5 - we do not always walk in ...

The Fountain Of Living Waters Jeremiah 2:5-9 Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. The Lord God led Israel out of Egypt, pro...

Besides The Shepherds' Tents Song of Solomon 1:7-8 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. I love how exact the Word of God is! Jesus is whom the true believer loveth . Ongoing, present tense - we love Him with our soul, not just mentally or on the surface. The true believer will keep loving their Saviour. If someone rejects the Saviour, saying, "I once knew Him, I once loved Him, I once believed in Him," they prove that they never knew Him in truth. The soul that has come to Jesus for salvation knows whom they have believed in - and still believe in! 1 John 5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begot...

Lord willing, I plan on doing a series of devotions on the Song of Solomon. There is so much in this book, and everytime I come back to it, I understand a bit more of it, because I am more familiar with all the other passages the author (especially the Holy Spirit, the one who moved King Solomon to pen this song down) was referring to - of course you will find this is true with all other Bible study, but it is especially applicable when studying out portions of Scripture that use symbolism. If we let the Author show us from other passages of His Word what He means by each symbol (based on usage and context), then we have a better idea of what He means here as well. It is a wonderful picture of Christ and His bride, the church. This book might have originally been applied (by the earlier readers) to the relationship between the Heavenly Father and Israel, His spiritual wife, but the symbolism is even more exact and fitting to Christ and the New Testament church. To make it easier for yo...

Wrestling Until The Day Break Genesis 32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. This is one of the passages that has had the most impact on me a little over one and 1/2 years ago, when I preached a series of messages on the life of this patriarch, Jacob. Genesis chapter 28 records his encounter with the Lord God, his moment of truly turning to the Lord in salvation - but chapter 32 records the point in his life where he surrendered himself to God's will, after a night of wrestling. When all his strength was removed, he realized who he was wrestling with and therefore would not let go, until God - the pre-incarnate Christ appearing as a Man - gave His blessing to Jacob (ie. the promise that he would be successful in his upcoming meeting with his brother, Esau). That encounter, that striving with God, changed his life, both physically and spiritually. It resulted in God giving him a new name, a name based on his growing faith - t...