07312022 Seeing The Lord in the Old Testament: Song of Songs: To Be Loved

The Song of Songs is a collection of poems celebrating the beauty and power of marital love between a husband and wife and an allegory about the church, celebrating the beauty of marital love and the relationship between God and the people of God, between Jesus and the church. What are the three big lessons that are taught in the Song of Songs? INTRODUCTION GE 2:23-25; SONGS 1:2-4; 2 TI 3:16 THE SONG OF SOLOMON IS A REALISTIC AND UNEMBARRASSED COLLECTION OF POEMS TO HUMAN SEXUALITY 1. 2. 3. AND GOD SAID, “IT IS GOOD” SS 2:7, 3:5, 8:4; 1 CO 6:13 SEX IS POWERFUL, EVEN DANGEROUS SS 8:6-7; LK 5:31; IS 53:5-6 EVEN THE BEST SEX LEAVES US LONGING SS 8:14; EH 5:31-32; RO 8:38-39; RE 22:20 OUR SEXUAL DESIRE IS POINTING US TOWARD SOMETHING THAT IS ETERNALLY SATISFYING , SOMETHING AVAILABLE EVEN TO THOSE WHO NEVER HAVE SEX OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR LIFETIME . PASTOR MARK DEMIRE THE COMMUNITY OF Grace SEEING THE LORD IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: SONG OF SONGS: TO BE LOVED JULY 31, 2022 Adapted from the teaching series “The Wisdom of God: Seeing Jesus in the Psalms & Wisdom Books” by Nancy Guthrie