Psalm 45:10-11 Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also your own people, and your father's house;… I. How CHRIST DOTH ESPOUSE HIMSELF UNTO THE CHILDREN, BUT MORE ESPECIALLY UNTO THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN. The marriage knot is tied here, in which are included four things. 1. A mutual choice. Christ, when He first comes to you, finds you full of sin and pollution; and He maketh choice of you, not because of your holiness, nor of your beauty; you are drawn to make choice of this Lord Jesus Christ, because He first chose you. 2. A mutual affection accompanies the choice. The more acquaintance you have of this Lord Jesus, the more pleased you are with your choice, and the more your affections are drawn towards Him. And where can you place your affections better than upon that Jesus, who shed His blood for your sakes? 3. There is likewise mutual union; and here doth the marriage lie chiefly in this union. 4. There is a mutual obligation between Christ and His spouse. II. CHRIST DOTH INVITE ALL OF YOU TO BE HIS SPOUSE. He regardeth not the rich more than the poor. He chose a mean virgin, espoused to a carpenter, to be His mother; and He chooseth and calleth all such to be His spouse. III. THOSE WHO WOULD RE ESPOUSED UNTO CHRIST MUST HEARKEN, CONSIDER, AND INCLINE TO HIS INVITATION, AND FORGET EVEN THEIR FATHER'S HOUSE. You are not here to cast off all affections unto natural relations; but you must forget all relations, so as to be ready to forego all their favour, when it standeth in competition with that of the Lord Jesus Christ; and do not let your carnal friends and relations hinder you from closing with, and espousing, the Lord Jesus. ( G. Whitefield, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;WEB: Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house. |
    |