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"I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer." We continue in our verse by verse study of chapter 5, verses 2 - 8. Her beloved has come. She has delayed in letting him in. HE reaches forth to her, and she is moved to rise up to him. And here in this verse, we see an unexpectant occasion - He is gone. I opened to my beloved - she gets to the door and opens; In the last verse, after her dealying to get up and let him in, she is moved by seeing his hand outstretched to her. Love compels her to rise up and open. The affirmative for us is found here. 'I must open', Christ does not force the door down. He does not occupy the heart or soul of the unwilling. And had she laid in bed and refused to get up to him, her horrible condition of living without her beloved would have continued. Many a soul sits in the church without rising up and opening to their Beloved Jesus. It is often found in the Scriptures of how Christ comes to the soul. 'The gospel has appeared to all men', and that men must respond to Him at the door. What door? The door of the heart; the door of the mind; and the door of the soul. At some point in every Christians life, that door must open to receive Him in. Jesus declard it, 'I am the door'. Every soul that wishes to receive Christ as Lord and Savior must open to Him, or be cast forth withou. Oh, brethren, make sure you open to the Beloved One, Who is JEsus, the Savior of the world. There is no other Name given under heaven whereby we must be saved but His Great Name! But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone - yes, she rose up, but she delayed and now he was gone; So many believe and think that they have all the time in the world to respond to the invitation of Christ for salvation. The fact of it all is that no man can be saved unless the Spirit draws him. And when the Spirit is drawing is the time for opening and receiving Him in. If they don't respond to the appropriate time then the invitation is lost. What can a man do when God withdraws Himself from that soul?

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