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Ecclesiastes 4:11
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Husband and wife will warm each other as they lie side by side in the same bed, and David in his old age needed the warmth of another human being to keep his aging and ailing body from losing all heat. But this is only an illustration in Solomon’s argument of the true warmth. The warmth of the soul cannot be maintained by any means except through fellowship with God, who warms us with his truth. The warmth in our hearts of knowing Christ, is true warmth. Through meditation on his word our thoughts are warmed, as we who are without hope receive hope. This is the warmth of knowing that we are eternally secure, of being with one who truly loves us. These words are spirit and must be interpreted in that way. If we find only a simple truth or a vague train of ideas in Scripture, we have not yet understood it. There can be no warmth of soul for one whose hope goes no further than this life, for that inner void that hungers for eternity is left cold. There can be no warmth of soul who one who knows that God’s wrath against him has not been appeased, for sooner or later he must face him as his Judge.
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The soul without Christ runs out of inner resources to supply its own heat, the light of its own fire soon dies down (Isaiah 50:11). All its heat is drained by the vast expanse of purposelessness and meaningless around it, for a world without God is meaningless and if we reject him, we must create our own meaning out of nothing. The Christian has a Saviour who has promised never to leave him or forsake him and can be relied upon in the hour of need. Our Saviour will not leave us as orphans in this world but will come to us. He has sent another the Comforter to us to be with us forever. That promise of eternal companionship is the ultimate meaning of this lesson on not being alone.
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