Wayside Bible Chapel

This passage tells us how Christ sees His bride. Knowing how He sees us can help increase our desire to meet with Him in prayer. This beautiful passage shows the wooing of the Spirit.

Jesus wants a relationship with us that is much deeper than most of us are willing to go. The sermon addresses what stops us from that deeper intimacy. How do we get to that place? Where do we begin? The core of the message is a prayer the Prince of Preachers encourages us to pray.

The Song of Songs has been interpreted in many different ways. I believe it is clearly about Solomon and his bride, but I also believe that the Bible clearly teaches that marriage is a mystery concerning Christ and the church. So what are His kisses? And why are they better than wine? The applications point to a rich, deep love relationship between us and our Savior.

The book of Revelation is the revelation of Jesus. John is sharing the Word and testimony of Jesus, so we should expect that the book is full of descriptions of Jesus. The sermon covers the descriptions of Jesus in nearly every chapter, giving us a greater understanding of who Jesus is and of His nature.

"Light came into the world," John the Beloved wrote of Jesus being born. He claims the whole world lies in darkness, but when the Light was born in Bethlehem, everything began to change and would never be the same again. A war between Light and darkness began, the church versus Babylon; but it is no contest. Darkness will never overcome the Light. It was plan within the Holy Trinity which began before there was space or time.

The Bible closes with a promise of blessing to those who keep the words of Revelation. The final stark contrast is between the evil people and the righteous. The theme of the whole book is coming out of the world of evil (Babylon) and entering the glorious kingdom of God with its future glory. That is why John's final cry is, "Come Lord Jesus!"

The first verses in the last chapter of the Bible pull together many of the Bible themes and bring them together in one glorious conclusion. The vision John saw of what we will be and what we will experience is too wonderful to fully grasp. It gives us hope to endure and promises us complete fulfillment.

The second half of Revelation 21 tells us more about the bride of Christ. The bride is the city. The description of the city tells us the glorious clarity of the saints in the heavenly city allows the God's glory to shine through all who are there. We will be worshiping in the very presence of Jesus. Nothing will hurt or destroy in all His holy mountain which is the heavenly kingdom. Everything there is described as being golden which represents the complete holiness of God.

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Prayer throughout Scripture is mostly about giving thanks to God. When we realize that every good thing we have has come from God, it should result in us regularly thanking and praising God for all His goodness. Psalm 118 commands us to give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, and His love endures forever!