Lesson 67 - SHALOM INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH

Lesson 67

ST. PAUL SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP

"Be ye followers of me as I also am of Christ." (I Corinthians 11:1)

(With Frank Eiklor and Walter Contreras)

WINNERS AND LOSERS

THE BOOK OF SONG OF SOLOMON

LESSON 67

INTRODUCTION

The Song of Solomon is a love story. My Norma and I read it on our honeymoon and many married couples have done the same. However, there is a greater lesson to be gained in meditating on this book than merely the beauty and passion of human love. This is the deeper story of the Savior's love for you and me. And whenever our spiritual eyes are opened to that awesome love He has for us, we will seek only one thing above all else-to love Jesus in response to His first loving us.

SONG OF SOLOMON

1:2-4 Example-The incomparable, indescribable love of our Messiah and

Savior for you and me.

2:1-4,7,8,10-17 Example-What our lovely Lord desires-a mutual love affair between

Him and me (you).

4:1,3,7,9,12,15,16 Example-God wants my heart, like a garden, to be

"enclosed"-reserved only for Him and filled with the living water of

the Holy Spirit.

COST OF DELAY

5:2,3,6 Example-The cost in delaying to obey the Holy Spirit.

6:1 Example-As we seek more of the Lord, we will find others wanting to

find Him too.

6:9 Example-In a world of billions of people, Christ loves you as if you

were the only person on earth.

7:10 Example-This is how we should reserve our "first love" for Jesus

alone.

7:11 Example-Our beloved Savior invites us to go with Him to all the

world in preaching and teaching the good news of His death and

resurrection.

8:5-7 Example of the only kind of love worthy of our God.

8:14 Example-The Church is to hasten the return of our beloved Savior

by obeying His command to evangelize world (see Mathew 24:14

and 2 Peter 3:12).

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