by Adams, Moody
III. “Love to Be Remembered”
“Draw me, we will run after Thee: the King hath brought me into His chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in Thee, we will remember Thy love more than wine” (Song of Solomon 1:4).
In this verse we have love’s three-fold resolve:
1. A RESOLVE TO FOLLOW
a. It is eager following: “We will run after Thee.”
b. It is close following. Not Peter-like, afar off. But David-like, “My soul followeth hard after Thee.” Note that it is following, not running before Him. “He will run after thee.”
2. A RESOLVE TO BE GLAD AND REJOICE
a. Note the source of the believer’s joy. It is “in Thee.”
b. Not in the “good ointments” (verse 3)—symbols of the graces he bestows.
c. Not in the “chambers” (verse 4)—symbols of the privileges and happy experiences He gives.
d. But “in Thee.” All our joy, both passive and active, must be in Him.
3. A RESOLVE TO REMEMBER—what a memory! We will remember every occasion that He has made us feel the beating of His heart of love to us.
a. We will remember the fact of His love. Dare we ever forget this fact?
b. We will remember the extent of His love. It reaches down to us in our sin.
c. We will remember the eternity of His love. We cannot go back to its beginnings. We cannot reach to its end. It is eternal. When in His love, we are in a circle.
d. We will remember the purpose of his love. He loved us that He might save us from our sins and save us unto Himself.
Note some of the RESULTS THAT FOLLOW from remembering His love:
1. It provides for us a heavenly feast. We obtain a cordial better than wine.
2. It gives us an antidote from fear. Joseph Irons puts it thus:
“Thyself I crave,
Thy presence is my life, my joy, my heaven,
And all without Thyself is dead to me.”
IV. “ So Great Salvation”
“How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation” (Hebrews 2:3).
Salvation is God’s greatest work. The salvation of a lost world is greater than the creation of a new world. Salvation is great when we consider:
1. THE GREATNESS OF THE PERIL FROM WHICH IT DELIVERS
Souls are in danger of being lost.
2. THE GREATNESS OF THE PRICE PAID TO PROVIDE IT
The precious Blood of Christ is of unspeakable worth.
3. THE GREATNESS OF THE POWER WHICH IT EXHIBITS
a. In saving from defilement of sin
b. From the desire to sin
c. From the dominion of sin
4. THE GREATNESS OF THE POSITION TO WHICH IT EXALTS
It makes us sons of God; heirs of glory.
5. THE GREATNESS OF THE PROSPECT WHICH IT HOLDS OUT
Assures us of heaven
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