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Introduction
Introduction
Please turn with me in your Bibles to the Song of Songs chapter 8. We’ll be narrowing our attention to verses 5-7 this evening.
This is the Word of the Lord,
This is the Word of the Lord,
Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death,
jealousy is fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
>>the very flame of the LORD.<<
7 Many waters
cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
English Standard Version Chapter 8
Scripture Reading:
Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death,
jealousy is fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
>>the very flame of the LORD.<<
7 Many waters
cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his house,
he would be utterly despised.
Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death,
jealousy is fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
>>the very flame of the LORD.<<
7 Many waters
cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
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Prayer:
Opening Illustration:
One of my favorite things about my wife is how much she loves to try new things.
She loves variety.
She loves adventure.
She gets excited to go to a new restaurant, or to go to the same old restaurant and get something that she’s never tried before.
One of my favorite things about my wife is how much she loves to try new things.
She loves variety.
She loves adventure.
She gets excited to go to a new restaurant, or to go to the same old restaurant and get something that she’s never tried before.
I, however, could not be more different.
I know what I like.
It’s tried and true.
When I go to an ice cream shop, and a hundred flavor options are available to me, guess which one I’ll choose every time.
Vanilla.
I’ve had Vanilla ice cream with Vanilla cake and Vanilla frosting on my birthday for all but one year that I can remember — and that year was a huge mistake.
Believe it or not, I’ve ordered the same sub from Subway since the first time I went in Jr. High — I’ve actually only tried one sub from Subway, with the exact same toppings every time.
If I get a pizza, It’s always going to be pepperoni and bacon, a solid choice for sure, but the only one I could ever imagine ordering for myself.
I like the same order at the same coffee shop, the same seat at church, and the same songs while I’m driving.
Why? because I know that I like it.
And why change up something that I like?
You never know, maybe if I try something new, it won’t be as good, and I’ll wish that I was eating Vanilla the whole time.
But there have been times in my life where I’ve been forced out of my rhythm of the ordinary to try new things.
And while there have been times that I’ve been disappointed, for the most part, those new things aren’t as bad as I was expecting.
Pineapple on pizza for example, surprisingly good.
I tried ranch instead of ketchup one time for my dipping sauce and now I’m hooked.
There really is a world of flavors and new things out there to be discovered.
And maybe, just maybe, I’ll be forced to try one or two more of them before I die.
Funnel To The Context:
I, however, could not be more different.
I know what I like.
It’s tried and true.
When I go to an ice cream shop, and a hundred flavor options are available to me, guess which one I’ll choose.
Vanilla.
I’ve had Vanilla ice cream with Vanilla cake and Vanilla fronting on my birthday for all but one birthday that I can remember — and that birthday was a huge mistake.
When it comes to the Song of Solomon, I think that, maybe, many of us feel something like this.
The Song is “something new” for many of us.
It’s strange and unknown.
I think many of us are comfortable just sticking with Paul, and if we want variety we might try a major prophet every once in a while.
But this book, this book is outside of our “vanilla-preference” when it comes to Bible reading.
I doubt anyone here would say in all seriousness that the Song of Solomon is their go-to book when they just open up their Bible, unsure of what to read.
However, surprisingly, while this book is often neglected in pulpits and bible studies, it opens in chapter 1 verse 1 with a declaration, this is the Song of Songs, a Hebrew way of saying “this is the greatest song.”
Think about elsewhere in the Bible where this same formula is used like the “holy of hollies” or calling Jesus the “king of kings” and “lord of lords.”
The writer claims that of all songs, this one is the greatest.
And it deserves our special attention.
This book is given to us as wisdom literature, a genre gifted to us by God to help us know how living to the glory of God is carried out in the ins and outs of every day life.
It speaks to us in examples and imagery.
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