Finding the Beloved
A Lord Worth Loving • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 35:01
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7 But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly. 8 They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads. 9 Then all mankind fears; they tell what God has brought about and ponder what he has done. 10 Let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult!
1 “Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord. 2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. 3 For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your offspring will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities. 4 “Fear not, for you will not be ashamed; be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. 5 For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth he is called. 6 For the Lord has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God. 7 For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. 8 In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer.
1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies. 3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
Introduction
The Shulamite has been frantically searching for her husband. Her friends questioned why he was so special. She has answered in the most glowing terms. Her description and evident love for him has changed the attitude of the friends they now want to find him.
When a believer truly expresses love for Christ it causes others to react. Hopefully this is in a very positive way.
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1. Seeking v1
1. Seeking v1
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1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
Totally different question with an acknowledgement of the Shulamite’s love and commitment.
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2. Realisation v2
2. Realisation v2
2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.
a. Garden
a. Garden
His own place
b. Feed
b. Feed
2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.
c. Gather
c. Gather
2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.
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3. Loving Relationship v3
3. Loving Relationship v3
Song of Solomon 6:3 (ESV) — 3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
a. Certainty
a. Certainty
3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
b. Good Shepherd
b. Good Shepherd
Song of Solomon 6:3 (NKJV) — 3 I am my beloved’s, And my beloved is mine. He feeds his flock among the lilies.
We turn now to what we see of Christ’s love for us
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4. Seeking v1
4. Seeking v1
1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
8 If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
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The seeking and finding of Christ is the true and high end of all spiritual duties, in which the whole of his church should be engaged; without him they remain empty. Richard Brooks
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7 For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. 8 In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer.
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Let Christians not be reticent or backward either in speaking with one another about Christ or proclaiming his fullness of grace to sinners. The fire of love to Christ needs to burn ever more brightly and warmly. If we would be of any use in commending Christ to others (whether they are believers or unbelievers), we must be in earnest about him ourselves. Richard Brooks
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5. Realisation v2
5. Realisation v2
2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.
a. Garden
a. Garden
2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.
His own place
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20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
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18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
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2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
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22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
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10 so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
b. Feed
b. Feed
2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.
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11 He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
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23 And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
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58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
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17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
c. Gather
c. Gather
2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.
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3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
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24 even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? 25 As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved I will call ‘beloved.’ ” 26 “And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ ”
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26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
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6. Loving Relationship v3
6. Loving Relationship v3
3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
a. Certainty
a. Certainty
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
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21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
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23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
b. Good Shepherd
b. Good Shepherd
3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 6:3 (NKJV) — 3 I am my beloved’s, And my beloved is mine. He feeds his flock among the lilies.
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11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
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25 For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Conclusion
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7 For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. 8 In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer.
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20 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.