KISSES

Kisses

“Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth: for thy love is better than wine” begins the bride in verse 2 of Chapter 1 of the Song of Songs, with a great longing in her heart for her Beloved whose presence was long lost by her because of her unfaithfulness.If a disciple of Christ has backslidden or has lost the footsteps of his Master on his pilgrimage upon this earth, he has to cry out unto God for his restoration and to crave for the sweet words of love and comfort from Christ, because His love is better than wine. Oh, he must yearn for His kisses, which spiritually mean the words of love that come to him from Christ, the eternal Word. At all costs, a backsliding but repentant disciple has to be restored, not merely by words of judgment but by words of love. For instance, the prodigal son (who is symbolical of the children of God who, on enticement by the Vanity Fair of this world, have sneaked into it from their original House of God) was not condemned but was kissed and embraced by his loving father. When a backsliding child of God flees from the presence of God, the blessed Holy Spirit trails him and kisses him through the Word of God. A backsliding disciple was kissed by the Holy Spirit when his attention was drawn to the crucifix of a Catholic Church which he happened to pass by accidentally. He was thus convinced of his backsliding.

If the perishable wine of this world can cheer our despondent heart by giving us momentary pleasure, how real and everlasting joy can be brought about by His unchanging love! If the wine of sin – “the sin which doth so easily beset us” (Heb.12: 1) – deceives our heart by unrestrained carnal pleasures, how much better the eternal Wine (the living Blood that had gushed from the wounds of Jesus pleading for you before the Holy Throne of the Father) does for you! “He that spared not His own son but delivered Him up for us all (we, the people chosen of God), how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” (Rom.8.32-35).

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