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“Thou art all fair, my love.” — Song of Solomon 4:7
The Lord’s admiration of His Church is very a wonderful, and His description of her beauty is very glowing. She is not merely fair, but “all fair.” He views her in Himself, washed in His sin-atoning blood and clothed in His meritorious righteousness, and He considers her to be full of comeliness and beauty. No wonder that such is the case, since it is but His own perfect excellency that He admires; for the holiness, glory, and perfection of His Church are His own glorious garments on the back of His own well-beloved spouse. She is not simply pure, or well-proportioned; she is positively lovely and fair! She has actual merit! Her deformities of sin are removed; but more, she has through her Lord obtained a meritorious righteousness by which an actual beauty is conferred upon her. Believers have a…
positive righteousness given to them when they become “accepted
in the beloved” (Eph. 1:6). Nor is the Church barely lovely, she is
superlatively so. Her Lord styles her “Thou fairest among women.” She
has a real worth and excellence which cannot be rivalled by all the nobility
and royalty of the world. If Jesus could exchange His elect bride for all the
queens and empresses of earth, or even for the angels in heaven, He would
not, for He puts her first and foremost — “fairest among women.” Like
the moon she far outshines the stars. Nor is this an opinion which He is
ashamed of, for He invites all men to hear it. He sets a “behold” before it, a
special note of exclamation, inviting and arresting attention. “Behold, thou
art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair” (Song of Sol. 4:1). His opinion He
publishes abroad even now, and one day from the throne of His glory He
will avow the truth of it before the assembled universe. “Come, ye blessed
of my Father” (Matt. 25:34), will be His solemn affirmation of the
loveliness of His elect.
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“Thou art all fair, my love.” — Song of Solomon 4:7
The Lord’s admiration of His Church is very a wonderful, and His description of her beauty is very glowing. She is not merely fair, but “all fair.” He views her in Himself, washed in His sin-atoning blood and clothed in His meritorious righteousness, and He considers her to be full of comeliness and beauty. No wonder that such is the case, since it is but His own perfect excellency that He admires; for the holiness, glory, and perfection of His Church are His own glorious garments on the back of His own well-beloved spouse. She is not simply pure, or well-proportioned; she is positively lovely and fair! She has actual merit! Her deformities of sin are removed; but more, she has through her Lord obtained a meritorious righteousness by which an actual beauty is conferred upon her. Believers have a…
positive righteousness given to them when they become “accepted
in the beloved” (Eph. 1:6). Nor is the Church barely lovely, she is
superlatively so. Her Lord styles her “Thou fairest among women.” She
has a real worth and excellence which cannot be rivalled by all the nobility
and royalty of the world. If Jesus could exchange His elect bride for all the
queens and empresses of earth, or even for the angels in heaven, He would
not, for He puts her first and foremost — “fairest among women.” Like
the moon she far outshines the stars. Nor is this an opinion which He is
ashamed of, for He invites all men to hear it. He sets a “behold” before it, a
special note of exclamation, inviting and arresting attention. “Behold, thou
art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair” (Song of Sol. 4:1). His opinion He
publishes abroad even now, and one day from the throne of His glory He
will avow the truth of it before the assembled universe. “Come, ye blessed
of my Father” (Matt. 25:34), will be His solemn affirmation of the
loveliness of His elect.
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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