A Garden Enclosed

Christ suffered for you, dear believer, so that He could become your spiritual Bridegroom, and you are presently espoused to Him; awaiting the time of His literal physical appearing. But in the interim time, He now comes, and as soon as you ever believe in Him, He comes to live in your heart and work in your heart, and convince you of His love and care for you. This is heart religion, and you should always highly prize it. You should often be pursuing it with Him; for He is cultivating the good things of grace in your soul. The souls of His believing people are pictured for us here, in these verses in Song of Solomon, as “a garden enclosed”. This is the truth that I want to open up for you this afternoon. First, we want to see that this is a personal and a secret garden. 2ndly – We want to understand that this garden has plants, and trees and a fountain in it. And then 3rd, we want to understand that Christ is the partaker of the fruits of this garden.