THE SEVEN KISSES IN THE BIBLE.
The Kiss is an act of intimacy that expresses love towards a sensible human relation.
Kisses are done in private or in public.
It is offered as a greeting, farewell, adoration or worship.
You hate to kiss somebody you dislike.
Or you never desire to be kissed by somebody you don't know.
In general you never kiss a stranger,
Or even want to be kissed by a stranger.
Anatomy of a kiss reveals,
Twenty muscles act together for a decent kiss.
The Smile seems to be the brother of a kiss,
Because 19 muscles moves together to produce a smile.
You will smile when you kiss some one you truly love.
If two strangers kiss each other
with no specific reason, there must be some thing wrong.
A dishonest expression of love produces
Meaningless exchange of empty emotions.
It is as funny as two dead bodies kissing each other.
The Screen kiss is a loveless kiss.
In films an intimate kiss is not an easy act to do
before the director and the camera crew.
Professional actors do it as a part of their job with no trace of true love.
The longest recorded kiss took place in New York
on Dec5th, 2001. It lasted 30 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds.
Seven Stages in a wholesome kiss from a father to his little child.
1.Head to body
2.Eye to eye
3.Voice to Voice
4.Hand to hand
5.Hand to Shoulder
6.Face to face
7.Lip to lip
The Kiss is a very sensitive thing.9 Senses are in action in a very intimate kiss.
1.Sense of sight - [Perception of vision]
2.Sense of sound - [ Perception of sound]
3.Sense of smell - [Perception of smell]
4.Sense of taste - [Perception of taste]
5.Sense of touch - [Perception of pressure]
6.Sense of speed - [perception of speed]
7.Sense of balance - [perception of balance]
8.Sense of time - [perception of timing]
9.Sense of heat - [perception of heat]
In the American wedding, after the ceremony,
the Priest will tell the Bride Groom to "Kiss the Bride".
It is the first expression of love and togetherness.
Gen 2:24 says, a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, they shall become one flesh. And it begins with a kiss.
The one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 1Cor 6:17
SEVEN KISSES IN THE BIBLE.
1. The Kiss of Light.
God is light; in Him there is no darkness.
In the beginning when God created the Heaven and the earth,
the darkness was over the surface of the deep.
To subdue the darkness, God spoke His heart, He send His awesome word.
God said, "Let there be light, and there was light". (Gen chap 1: vers 1-3).
Jesus Christ the Son of God is the light of life.
He is the true light that illuminates every man.
He gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist (Rom 4:17).
He is the King of Glory. He is the image of the invisible God;
The first encounter with Him gave mankind a kiss of light. Hallelujah
Kiss of light is also the kiss of life.
"God formed the man of dust from the ground,
And God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life "Gen2:7.
The Breath of Almighty gives life Job 33:4.
So every thing that has breath may praise the Lord now. Hallelujah.
Today to receive a new kiss of life,
Breathe the fragrance of Heaven by listening the Word of God.
"All Scripture is God breathed" 2Tim 3:16.
The breath of God gives understanding (Job 32:8).
Bible says, "Jesus breathed on the disciples" (John 20:22).
The Scripture was not written by the will of man,
but the holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit (2Pe 1:21).
The Scripture brings an encounter with its author, the Spirit of God.
"It is the Spirit who gives life" (Jn 6:63).
The essence of the Scripture has the fullness of the Spirit and life.
Jesus said, "The words I spoke to you are the Spirit and life" (Jn 6:63).
"He who has an ear,let him hear what the Spirit says…" (Re2:7) .
"Incline your ear,come to me,
hear me and your soul shall live"(Isa 55:3).
Moved by the Holy Spirit we preach the living oracles of Christ to you now.
It has the power to illuminate every believing heart (Ac 7:38).
Let your heart burn as you listen to His Voice.
May the Kiss of light bring you the Kiss of the Holy Fire!!! Amen.
2. THE KISS OF BLESSING
We know the Story of Isaac the father of twins in the book of Genesis (Gen27:1-19).
Rebekah the mother of the twins loved
the younger son Jacob more than Esau the elder one.
She heard her husband Isaac telling Esau
to bring him a savory dish so that he can enjoy that delicacy and bless him.
Before the elder son Esau did what his father told,
his mother Rebekah informed Jacob about his father's plan to bless Esau.
She prepared a dish for the father Isaac on behalf of Jacob the younger son.
But before Esau brought what his father said,
Jacob reached Isaac with the savory dish in disguise of his brother Esau.
Now watch carefully how the Isaac's blessings came on Jacob instead of Esau.
In Gen 27:21 we read Isaac said
"please come close, that I may feel you my son, whether you are really Esau or not".
Isaac said "the voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau".
All the senses are in full action before a kiss of blessing.
Isaac asked his son something very passionate.
"Please come close to me and kiss me, my son" (Gen 27:26-27).
In disguise of Esau, Jacob came close and kissed his father first and got blessed.
Many people are not blessed today because they stay far from their Father in Heaven.
Sin separates you from God, so repent before it is too late to run back and kiss Him.
Jesus invites every one saying, "I am the way, the truth and the life;
no one comes to the Father in Heaven but through me".
"Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden, I will give you rest" (Mt 11:28).
God is passionately waiting for you.
Come near the Father in Heaven. Jesus is the one and only way to the Father.
Jesus died in your place, He got punished for the sins you did against God.
He carried all your curses on the cross. He rose again from the dead on the third day.
He conquered the sin and death forever and became your Savior.
Believe in the holy sacrifice of Jesus; and welcome His Lordship in your heart.
If you repent and confess your sins, God will forgive your sins.
The Blood of Jesus will cleanse your sins and make you stand righteous before God.
Here, you get the right to be the child of God (Jn 1:13).
Sin no more and stay in God's Glory. By the obedience of faith you remain Holy.
And the Lord will never leave you lonely.
The Salvation of your soul is a kiss of blessing from your Father in Heaven.
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness more than every thing and
all the blessings you need will be given to you (Mt 6:33).
3.The Kiss of Compassion
Ps 85:10 says, "The mercy and truth are met together,
righteousness and peace have kissed each other".
On the cross Christ made peace with God for us.He became our peace for ever.
John 3:16 says, "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son,
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life".
God exchanged the life of His beloved Son Jesus
to forgive the sins of all the prodigal sons.
We see a kiss of forgiveness and compassion
in the story of the prodigal son in Luk 15: 11-20.
"A man had two sons. The younger of them said to his father,
'Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.'
So he divided his wealth between them.
And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything
and went on a distant journey into a distant country,
and there he squandered his estate with loose living.
After he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country
and he began to be impoverished.
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country.
That guy sent him to the fields to feed the swine.
And he would have gladly filled his stomach
with the pods for the swine, but no one was giving even that to him.
But he came to his senses; he said 'how many of my father's hired men
have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!
I will get up and go to my father and will say to him, Father,
I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy
to be called your son. Make me one of your hired men'.
So he got up and came to his father.
While he was a long way off, his father saw him and
felt compassion for him and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
And the father said to his slaves, "Quickly bring out the best robe
and put it on him, put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet
and bring the fattened calf, kill it and let us eat and celebrate".
Jesus said "I have this against you, you have left your first love.
Therefore remember from where you have fallen
and repent and do the deeds you did first;or else
I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place"(Re 2:4-5).
Do what the prodigal son did, humble yourself, truly repent and get back.
Then God will also get back to you.
James 4:8, 10 says "Draw near to God, He will draw near to you"
and "Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord and He will lift you up".
Heb 4:16 says "Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the Throne of Grace,
so that we may receive mercy and grace in the time of need".
Good Shepard gave up His life to find His lost sheep;
His sheep will hear His voice.
Jesus asked, "Do you love me more than these?"
Embrace Him and never leave Him.
Rejoice in Him and celebrate Him.
His heart is full of love and tenderness;
You may know, Father God is waiting to give you that Kiss of Compassion.
But are you ready to run back?!!! In His presence there is fullness of joy
and in His right hand there are eternal pleasures.
4.The kiss of separation
In the book of Ruth we see a kiss of separation. Ruth 1:14
Orpah kissed her mother in-law a kiss of good bye
and went back to her own people and their idols.
She chose not to worship the living God.
But Ruth the other daughter-in law left Moab
and clung to her mother-in law to worship the Living God and got blessed.
Heb 3:12 says "Take care brethren that none of you has a sinful,
unbelieving heart that turns away from the Living God".
In the book of Genesis (19:1-28) Lord came to destroy
the head-quarters of sexual immorality,
the Sodom and Gomorrah. But the compassion of the Lord
was upon Lot's family who lived there.
Even though Lot was hesitant to escape from there,
Lord brought them out of those cities.
Angels of the Lord said "Escape for your life! Do not look behind
you and stay any where in the valley, escape to the mountains".
Lord over threw those Cities and its inhabitants.
But the heart of the Lot's wife's was craving for Sodom.
She disobeyed the instruction of the Lord and got cursed.
It is written "His wife from behind him looked back
and became a pillar of salt" (Gen 19:26).
Many people's spiritual lives are standing dead as a pillar of salt.
They are reluctant to escape the corruption of this world by lust.
Part with the sinful pleasures and flee from sexual immorality.
Love the Lord with all your heart. Obey Him and never grieve Him.
Partial obedience is disobedience.
"If any one does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed" (1Cor 16:22).
"It is a terrifying thing to fall in the hands of the living God" Heb 10:31.
We see a heart-breaking Kiss of separation in Act20:36-38 .
"The brothers in Christ wept aloud and embraced Paul and
kissed Him again and again, grieving especially over the word he had spoken,
that they would not see his face again" .
Before the three days of the demise of my beloved dad in Kochi,
I was called for an urgent assignment of Recording in Mumbai.
As I left, our eyes met for the very last time
and I embraced Dad and kissed him good bye.
Deep down in our hearts we both knew that was our last kiss in this life time.
Dad was in the last sinking stages of lung cancer.
After a week I finished my work in Mumbai and I was coming back home,
While I was in the train Dad passed away in the hospital.
But he left something beautiful for me to remember all my life,
a sweet kiss of separation.
But I will meet up with him in eternity.
I have a hope that never disappoints,
because my hope is in Jesus.
Our Lord Jesus is the Hope of Glory. Amen
5. The Kiss of Deception
Deception convinces people to believe the wrong or incomplete information,
deception keeps the wholesome truth invisible and it reveals the half-truths.
Adding or deleting anything from the Word of God is deception.
In the Garden of Eden, Eve was deceived
by the half truths interpreted by the deceiver.
Devil twisted the instruction of God
and contaminated the purity of God's commandments.
The lack of the complete obedience of faith
in the absolute truth of God resulted in the fall of the mankind.
Pro 27:6 says "The kisses of the enemy are deceitful".
In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus was in pain,
His body was sweating blood, His Spirit was in agony.
His disciple Iscariot Judas is coming to betray Him.
Deception breaks the trust between relationships.
And it produces moral and deep psychological conflicts.
Betrayal is the act of supporting the rival group.
It bites like a cobra and paralyzes like a python.
In Luk 22:47-48 Judas approached Jesus with an evil intention to kiss and betray.
Jesus said "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?".
The thirty silver coins conquered and hardened the heart of Judas.
Judas kissed the King of compassion with a kiss of deception.
So Heb 3:13 warns us, not to get hardened
by the deceitfulness of the passing sinful pleasures of this world.
Apostle James wrote "Do not merely listen to the Word
and deceive yourselves. Do what it says (Jam1:22)".
In Rev 2:10 Jesus tells us, "Be faithful until death,
and I will give you the crown of life".
We read "Blessed is the man who stands the test,
he will receive the crown of life " (Jam1:12).
"Bad company corrupts good character" (1Cor 15:3).
God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, he will reap (Gal 6:7).
For this reason we must pay much closer attention
to what we have heard, so that we do not drift from it (Heb 2:1).
6. The Kiss of worship
In these days of loveless acts of worship
Psalms 2:12 says you better passionately "Kiss the Son".
Without an encounter with God you cannot do it.
So you need to earnestly seek Him like deer pants for water to see Him face to face.
An earnest seeker becomes a lover
and a true lover becomes a passionate worshiper.
Like Ruth who came near Boaz and secretly expressed her availability for marriage, let your heart demonstrate your love to Jesus (Ruth 3:7).
In 2Cor 11:2-3 Paul wrote "I have betrothed you to one husband,
so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.
But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness,
your minds will be astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ".
Fix your eyes on the author and finisher of faith (Heb 2:2).
Lord is adorable, more glorious and handsome than ten thousand lovers.
Your Kiss of worship bonds you with Christ
and unites you in one Spirit with Him (1Cori 6:17).
How deep is your love???
True love will make you deny yourself and follow Him.
You will die daily and escape the corruption of this world
and partake in His Divine nature (2Pe 1:4).
You will joyfully say "I have been crucified with Christ;
it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me"(Gal 2:20).
The God pleasing act of worship sanctifies the worshiper
to meet up with God face to face.
"Without sanctification no one can see God"(Heb 12:14).
Even if you sing the finest worship songs,
even if you do the greatest worship dances
or even if you worship in the biggest Churches,
worship without transformation is totaly unacceptable to God.
Trust in God and resist 'the mind of the flesh' (Rom 8:5).
"Walk by the Spirit, so you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh" (Ga 5:16).
A vessel of honor keeps itself holy and pure like this (1Tim 4:5).
Remain thankful and rejoice in the Lord, remember what has Lord done for you.
"You have been bought with a price,
therefore you should glorify God in your Body"(1Cor 6:20).
Without going for the masters in the Theology of Worship,
a passionate lady earned her degree in true worship
and was honored by the Lord Himself.
We see this true story in Luke 7:36-50.
"Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with Him,
and He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.
And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner.
She learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house.
So she brought an alabaster jar of perfume.
She started to weep and began to wet His feet with tears.
She wiped Lord's feet with her hair and anointed them with perfume".
Here this praise worthy lady broke an alabaster jar full of expensive perfume
as an expression of her love and devotion to Jesus.
Simon the leper who invited Jesus was a Pharisee;
He never even did the basic Jewish customs to welcome Jesus the Guest of Honor.
And when Simon saw what the devoted lady was doing,
he grumbled at Jesus regarding the reputation of that woman.
But Lord accepted her true devotion and said to Simon the leper,
"I came into your house and you gave me no water
and you gave me no kiss unlike this woman, so her sins have been forgiven".
When your sins are forgiven your illnesses could be healed.
Today by the stripes of Jesus we are healed.
But Simon the leper refused to give Him Glory,
He denied to kiss Him with a kiss of worship.
What a pity, Simon remained a leper,
even though the Great Healer was in his own house to dine with him.
The Healer couldn’t heal because the sinner couldn't repent.
Psalms 2:12 says, "Kiss the Son!" or He be angry and you perish on the way.
7. Kiss of the Bride Groom
The Song of Solomon begins with a desperate cry for love.
It is written, "Kiss me with the kisses of your mouth".
Church, the Bride of Christ is deeply craving now for a passionate kiss from the Lord.
Nothing else will satisfy the Church
more than the glorious encounter with Christ the King in the sky.
Jesus said, I will build my Church
and the gates of hades cannot overpower it Mat16:18.
For more than 2000 years the Lord was building His Church
and the glorious Church always defeated the gates of Hades.
The Bride of the Lamb has kept herself ready for the wedding of the Lamb.
Psalms 45:13 says the Royal daughter is all glorious within the palace.
Song 6:11 says, She looks like the dawn,
She is fair as the moon and she remains pure as the sun.
And Love burns like a blazing fire,
it burns like a mighty flame, many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it, love is stronger than death.
Jesus proved this on the cross. Shadrak, Meshak and Abednego proved their commitment and passion for God was stronger than the fire of human judgment.
The zeal for the Church consumed the heart of Jesus (Jn 2:17).
Our Lord God is a Consuming Fire.
His blazing flashes of Fire destroyed the works of all evil.
He conquered the power of sin and death for ever.
All authority has been given to Him in Heaven and earth.
He is the Alpha and the Omega.
Jesus said "I am the first and the last and the living one.
I was dead and behold, I am alive forevermore,
and I have the keys of death and Hades" (Rev 1:17-18).
The bride said to herself "I am my beloved's and His desire is for me" (Song 7:10) .
In (Rom 8:35-39) Paul the bond servant of Christ says,
"Who will separate us from the love of Christ?
Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Just as it is written, "FOR YOUR SAKE
WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG;
WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.
"But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present,
nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth,
nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Jesus our Lord.
Day after day she is growing from strength to strength and glory to glory.
She constantly gets deep rooted in Christ Her King.
She fans into flame the gifts of the Holy Spirit
and produces the fruit of the Spirit in all the seasons of life.
She is awake like a violent warrior to fight a good fight of faith in her battles.
The Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence
and the violent one take it by force (Mt11:12).
By His love this violent lady remains a triumphant conqueror (Rom 8:37)
And she is awesome as an army with banners (Song 6:4)
She says "let no one cause trouble for me,
for I bear the brand-marks of Jesus in my body (Gal 6:17).
God the Father has kept her blameless and Holy.
She tells the King of love "Kiss me; kiss me with the kisses of your mouth".
She says "draw me, let's hurry".
The time is near for the second coming of Jesus the King of Glory.
Are you ready? Devote your heart to a life of adoration and worship???
Stay blameless, lovable and kissable till the Lord comes.
With all your strength guard your heart and keep His word.
Pray and fellowship with His Saints.
Greet them with a holy kiss; give them all a kiss of love.
Jesus says in Rev22:12 "I am coming quickly
and My reward is with Me to give every one according to his work".
In Song 2:14 the King says "Oh my dove
who sits in the cleft of a rock, let me see your face, and let me hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.
Here I pray, Lord Jesus, come soon and kiss me with a sweet kiss of love. Amen
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