Kisses
The sermon emphasizes the delight and satisfaction of experiencing the love of Christ, which is more delightful than wine and can never be fully understood.
Thomas Brooks passionately expresses the profound longing for the love of Christ, likening it to the delightful kisses of His mouth, which are more satisfying than wine. He emphasizes that once a soul has experienced Christ's love, it craves more, desiring an abundance of His grace and mercy. Brooks illustrates that true love for Christ leads to an insatiable thirst for deeper communion with Him, where nothing else can fulfill that longing. The sermon encourages believers to seek and cherish the intimate relationship with Christ, recognizing that His love is beyond comprehension yet essential for spiritual fulfillment.
Text
"Oh, that He would kiss me with the kisses of His mouth!
For Your love is more delightful than wine." Song 1:2
Not with a kiss--but with the kisses of His mouth.
A soul once kissed by Christ, can never have enough
of the kisses of Christ; His lips drop myrrh and mercy.
No kisses, compared to the kisses of Christ. The more
any soul loves Christ, the more serious, studious, and
industrious will that soul be, to have the love of Christ
discovered, confirmed, witnessed, and sealed to it.
A soul once kissed by Christ, would gladly have . . .
her drop turned into an ocean;
her spark into a flame;
her penny into a pound;
her mite into a million.
A soul who truly loves Christ . . .
can never see enough,
nor ever taste enough,
nor ever feel enough,
nor ever enjoy enough
of the love of Christ. When once they have found
His love to be better than wine, then nothing will
satisfy them but the kisses of His mouth.
"May you experience the love of Christ, though it is
so great you will never fully understand it." Eph. 3:19
Sermon Outline
- The Kisses of Christ
- The Characteristics of a Soul Kissed by Christ
- The Longing of a Soul Kissed by Christ
- To experience more of the love of Christ
- To see, taste, feel, and enjoy more of the love of Christ
- Industrious about having the love of Christ sealed to it
Key Quotes
“A soul once kissed by Christ, can never have enough of the kisses of Christ; His lips drop myrrh and mercy.” — Thomas Brooks
“The more any soul loves Christ, the more serious, studious, and industrious will that soul be, to have the love of Christ discovered, confirmed, witnessed, and sealed to it.” — Thomas Brooks
“May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it.” — Thomas Brooks
Application Points
- Be serious about discovering the love of Christ and studying it in the Bible.
- Be industrious about having the love of Christ sealed to you through prayer and obedience.
- Long for more of the love of Christ and be satisfied with nothing but the kisses of His mouth.