The Beauty of Christ
Song of Solomon 2: 1 “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”
Introduction:
Christ Beauty is SEEN in the plain and in the valleys.
The best and the most abundant of rose during the time of Solomon were in the Plain of Sharon. It’s beauty can be seen afar off. No mountains and big trees to obstruct. Just like the Lord Jesus Christ’s beauty -can be seen afar off without obstruction, if we would like.
Lilies were abundant in the land of Israel – They are gorgeous and very attractive, rose in the Plain of Sharon and lily in the valleys. Christ beauty can be seen in the plain and in the valleys. In whatever circumstances you are you can see the beauty of Christ!
The Beauty of His Presence – I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. The Beauty of His Peace - Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. The Beauty of His Provision – But my God shall supply all of your need. The Beauty of His Providence – All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. The Beauty of His Pardon – If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us…
Christ Beauty NEEDS light and vision.
Rose and lilies require eyes and light for them to be appreciated.
Light speaks about the kind of living we are entangling with. The vision is our eyes of faith. Christian who walks in wickedness and sinful life cannot see the beauty of Christ. Christian who lives in doubt and fear cannot see the beauty of Christ… If we want to see the beauty of Christ we need to live a holy life and a life of faith.
It is easy to have a relationship to somebody that you are attracted. Look at His Word. It is the truth. It will endure forever. It will not pass away. Heaven and earth will pass away but my Word shall never pass away.
Christ Beauty is FREE and abundant.
Rose and lily were free and abundant in the time of the writing of this Book. Rose in the Plain of Sharon was just like a carpet of beauty during springtime. And lilies in the valleys of Israel were also free and abundant. The best thing in life is the only thing in life that is free – SALVATION!
They were meant to be plucked and enjoyed as roses and lilies are. Abundant as a common flower. He is not as a rare orchid, but is like a carpet that beautifies the plain of Sharon and as a lilies that abounded in the valleys of Israel. Abiding in the common place, as roses in Sharon and lilies in the valleys, where every passer-by was free to gather according to his will. Not found in the guarded, fenced, or walled garden. Jesus is out in the open: a flower of the common. The leading idea of the text is: Those who desire Christ may have Him.
The rose, for beauty and fragrance, is the chief of flowers. Christ is the rose of Sharon, where probably the best roses grew and in most plenty, denoting that the gospel salvation is a common salvation; it lies open to all; whoever will may come and gather the rose-buds of privileges and comforts that grow in the covenant of grace. He is not a rose locked up in a garden, but all may come and receive benefit by him and comfort in him. He is a lily for whiteness, a lily of the valleys for sweetness, for those which we call so yield a strong perfume. He is a lily of the valleys, or low places, in his humiliation, exposed to injury. Humble souls see most beauty in him. Whatever he is to others, to those that are in the valleys he is a lily. He is the rose, the lily; there is none besides Him in his beauty!
Conclusion:
The Lord Jesus Christ call himself ““I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.” Christ beauty is Seen in the plain and in the valleys. Christ beauty Needs light and vision. Christ beauty is Free and abundant. To express his presence with his people in this world, the easiness of their access to him, and the beauty and sweetness which they find in him, and to teach them to adorn themselves with him,
