Song of Solomon: The Wisdom of Love - A Survey of the Bible
Song of Solomon: The Wisdom of Love
A Survey of the Bible
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Song of Songs Chart - Wilson
Song of Songs - Wild and Crazy Love Songs - Hays
Song of Solomon - LESSONS - Ross
Why God Cares about Your Sex Life - Slattery
Context: Who, Where, When and Why?
• Who composed Song of Solomon?
• When was Song of Songs written?
• Where were he and his audience?
• Why was he writing?
Content: How and What?
• How is Song of Solomon organized?
- As a Collection of Love Poems(?)
- As a Three Person Drama(?)
- As a Two Person Drama with a Chorus
* Courtship (1:1-3:5)
* Wedding (3:6-5:1)
* Marriage (5:2-8:7)
* Epilogue (8:8-14)
• What is the message of Song of Solomon?
Conviction: So What?
• Where does this fit?
- Song of Songs encourages single people to wait for intimacy within marriage - It is worth it!
- Song of Songs is written for couples telling them to keep the passion alive in their marriage -
- It is worth it!
• What should we believe?
- Passion is not perverse. Do not avoid it.
- Passion is powerful. Do not ignore it.
- Passion is pivotal. Do not neglect it.
• How should we behave?
- “Do not awaken love before it’s time!”
- Live in covenant faithfulness to your spouse.
- Deepen your commitment to grow in physical intimacy.
- Learn how to worship by giving yourself to another in the context of covenant faithfulness.
Next Steps
• I will reaffirm my covenant promise to be faithful to my spouse.
• I will pray that God will help me listen to my spouse about our relationship.
• I will talk to my children about the importance of intimacy within marriage.
• I will meditate on the relationship between worship and intimacy.
This Week’s Growth Guide
God’s Word is both central and critical to your spiritual growth. We invite you to utilize the Growth Guide during the week to further your application of the Truth from the message.
•. Monday - Song of Songs 1:1-11
•. Tuesday - Song of Songs 1:12-2:7
•. Wednesday - Song of Songs 2:8-3:5
•. Thursday - Song of Songs 5:2-6:3
•. Friday - Song of Songs 6:4-8:7
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Prayer
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Nicaragua Information Meeting
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