Yeah.
Right.
Yeah.
Right.
Yeah.
Right.
Yeah.
Right.
What's he doing?
Showing him what he's got.
He's...
A boss?
She's putting out what?
What's he doing?
Song of Solomon, chapter one.
Alright brethren, find your seats, grab your hymnos, we're about to begin.
Just find your seats and grab your hymnos.
Alright, let's turn to hymn number 130.
Hymn number 130.
Hayden!
Man, good to see ya!
Alright, hymn number 130, let's sing
Yesterday, Today, Forever.
And if you can stand, please do.
130, Yesterday, Today, Forever.
Let's sing it up to the Lord.
Oh, how sweet the glorious message simple faith may claim.
Yesterday, Today, Forever, Jesus is the same.
Still he loves to save the sinful, ill the sick and lame.
The mourner still the tempest, glory to his name.
Yesterday, Today, Forever, Jesus is the same.
All may change but Jesus' never glory to his name.
Glory to his name.
All may change but Jesus' never glory to his name.
He who pardoned every Peter never needs to fear.
He that came to faithless Thomas all night long will claim.
He who led the love disciple on his bosom rest.
It's distilled with love as tender clean upon his breast.
Yesterday, Today, Forever, Jesus is the same.
All may change but Jesus never glory to his name.
Glory to his name.
All may change but Jesus never glory to his name.
He who made the raging billows walk upon the sea.
Still can hush our waters tempest as on Galilee.
He who wept and prayed in anguish in Gethsemane
drinks with us each cup of trembling in our agony.
Yesterday, Today, Forever, Jesus is the same.
All may change but Jesus never glory to his name.
Glory to his name.
All may change but Jesus never glory to his name.
As of old he walked to heaven with them to abide.
Still through all eyes when he walketh ever near our side.
Soon again shall we behold him hasten on the day.
But we'll still be missing Jesus as he went away.
Yesterday, Today, Forever, Jesus is the same.
All may change but Jesus never glory to his name.
Glory to his name.
All may change but Jesus never glory to his name.
Amen. Let's go to a word of prayer. Yes, Heavenly Father.
Lord, we give you glory. We give you praise.
We thank you for being our mighty God, Lord, who loved us so much to send your son to dine our place.
And Lord, we do give glory to Jesus Christ, your son as well.
Thank you so much, Lord, for that sacrifice.
Thank you for the Lamb of God that take away the sin of the world.
And Lord, we come to be in your house tonight, Lord.
To be in your presence, to hear from your word, to be moved by your spirit.
And Lord, may our praise and worship be received by you.
We pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen.
Amen.
You may be seated.
Okay, our next hymn is hymn number 150.
150.
My faith has found a resting place.
150.
My faith has found a resting place.
Amen.
Great singing, by the way.
Sounding beautiful.
150.
My faith has found a resting place.
My faith has found a resting place
Not in device or creed
I trust the ever living one
His words for me shall plead
Amen
I need no other argument
I need no other plea
Enough that Jesus died
And that he died for me
Enough for me that Jesus saves
This ends my fear and doubt
A sinful soul, I come to him
He'll never cast me out
I need no other argument
I need no other plea
It is enough that Jesus died
And that he died for me
My heart is leaning on the Word
The written Word of God
Salvation by my sin
Salvation through his blood
I need no other argument
I need no other plea
It is enough that Jesus died
And that he died for me
On the last, my great physician
Here's the sick, the lost he came to save
For me his precious blood he shed
For me his life he gave
I need no other argument
I need no other plea
It is enough that Jesus died
And that he died for me
Alright, 173 and then we'll have our Bible reading.
173, love lifted me.
Amen.
I was sinking deep into it
Far from the peaceful shore
Very deeply stayed within
Sinking to rise from all
But the Master of the sea
Heard my despairing cry
From the waters lifted me
Now safe am I
Love lifted me
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me
Love lifted even me
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me
All my heart to him I give
Ever to him I'll cling
In his blessed presence live
Ever his praises sing
Love so mighty and so true
There is my soul's best songs
Faithful loving service to him belongs
Love lifted me
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me
Souls in danger look above
Jesus completely saves
He will lift you by his love
Out of the angry waves
He is the Master of the sea
He loves his will obey
He your Savior wants to make
me safe today
Love lifted even me
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me
Love lifted even me
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me
Excellent singing. Please take your bibles
and turn to Song of Solomon.
Song of Solomon, chapter number one.
Song of Solomon. It's quite a romantic book
so I thought I'd get the most romantic person
to do the reading for us. Brother Tim.
Brother Tim, Mr. Romance.
Well I wasn't aware of that.
Okay.
Song of Solomon, chapter one.
The song of songs which is Solomon's
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth
For thy love is better than wine
Because of the savour of thy good ointments
Thy name is as ointment poured forth
Therefore do the virgins love thee
Draw me, we will run after thee
The king hath brought me into his chambers
We will be glad and rejoice in thee
We will remember thy love more than wine
The upright love thee
I am black, but comely
O ye daughters of Jerusalem
As the tents of Kidah
As the curtains of Solomon
Look not upon me, because I am black
Because the sun hath looked upon me
My mother's children were angry with me
They made me the keeper of the vineyards
But mine own vineyard have I not kept
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth
Where thou feedest
Where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon
For why should I be as one
That turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions
If thou know not
O thou fairest among women
Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock
And feed thy kids beside the shepherd's tents
I have compared thee, O my love
To the company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels
Thy neck with chains of gold
We will make thee borders of gold
With studs of silver
While the king sitteth at his table
My spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof
A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me
He shall lie all night betwixt my breasts
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of campfire
In the vineyards of Engedai
Behold, thou art fair, my love
Behold, thou art fair, thou hast dove's eyes
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved
Yea, pleasant, also our bed is green
The beams of our house are cedar
And our rafters of fir
Let us pray
Dear Lord, thank you once again
That we can be gathered in your house to hear your word preached
And that we can have Pastor Kevin here to preach for us and bless us
We pray that you would now fill in with your Holy Ghost
And help him to be apt to teach and to preach to us
And that our hearts and our minds and our ears would be open
To learn and to hear your word
In Jesus' name we pray, Amen
You know, this book, I've often heard it said that
You know, it's speaking about the relationship between Christ and his bride
And yeah, you know, we can definitely take truths from that
You know, the whole Bible is Christ-centric
Like the whole Bible is pointing us to Christ
And so we want to look at Christ as we go through this book chapter by chapter
But I don't want you to miss the primary purpose of this book
This is to keep the romance in your marriage, alright
So if you're a husband, if you're a wife
If you desire one day to be married
In your book, you need to pay attention
One of the problems we have, men, is that
When we go and we find a lady that we want to be with
We try to put on the charm
We try to show the best demonstration of what we are
We turn it on, don't we? We turn on the glory
We try to impress the person we want to be with
But then when you get married, what happens many times?
It's like, ah, who cares now?
She's stuck with me, he's stuck with me
So what's the point of trying?
You need to understand, you know, this is not King Solomon trying to find a spouse
This is King Solomon with his wife
And I want you to pay attention to how they speak to each other
What they say about each other
And, you know, the whole purpose of this is to spark some romance in your marriage
Or your marriage to be, if that's you one day
And, you know, there is a reason
I know for men we don't understand this completely
But there is a reason, I remember that, you know, teenage girls would like to read their romance novels
Like, guys, we want to read the adventure novels
Or watch some movie where there's guns blazing
Or something like that, but the girls, they want to read that romance novel
And you're like, ah, come on, that's not real life
Well, it should be to some extent
Okay, at least within the biblical framework that we see
Solomon Solomon is the romance novel, okay, of the Bible
And so, you know, if you truly apply this in your life
You're going to enrich your marriage, okay?
God does not want us to get to a point where we're just, okay, we're married with this person
We're stuck with them for the rest of our life
No, we need to continue having that relationship, right?
Continue taking out your spouse
Continue having great conversations
Continue showing love toward one another
You know, don't let that stop in your marriage
Because if that stops, you're going to start heading toward divorce
You're going to start heading toward broken relationships
Hurt feelings, you need to maintain the romance
Even if you're married today
Now, let's, before we start reading
Or let's actually look at verse number one there
Song of Solomon chapter one verse one
Begins by saying the song of songs which is Solomon's
The title for the sermon tonight is
The Song of Songs
What does that mean? Which is Solomon?
So we definitely know Solomon wrote this book, right?
One of the greatest kings of Israel
He definitely, Israel at its peak, at its greatest, Solomon was the king
Well, this is the Song of Songs
And my understanding of what that means
Is that this is the best song that he's ever written
Like, out of all the songs he's written in his life
This is the Song of Songs
This is the most important one
Which makes sense for God to have decided to put this in the canon of scripture
As an entire book
But what I want you to do is just keep your finger there in Song of Solomon
And turn to first Kings chapter four
Turn to first Kings chapter four and verse number thirty
First Kings chapter four and verse number thirty
I do want you to turn here
So first Kings chapter four and verse number thirty
The Bible says
In Solomon's wisdom excelled
I'll give you a moment more to turn there
First Kings chapter four and verse number thirty please
First Kings, four thirty
The Bible says
In Solomon's wisdom excelled
The wisdom of all the children of the east country
And all the wisdom of Egypt
For he was wiser than all men
Than Ethan, the Ezehites, and Haman, and Chalkol, and Dada, and the sons of Mahal
And his fame was in all nations round about
So let's stop there
Kings, you know, King Solomon was given this great wisdom by God
You may recall that God had promised, asked him, you know, what do you want Solomon
Solomon wanted wisdom to be able to judge the people of Israel
And God was really impressed by that
And he gave him that wisdom
You know, he's wiser than the average man
Okay, what he writes about romance is wisdom
It's going to help your marriage
This isn't just romantic feelings, you know, butterfly feelings in the heart
And just being overly emotional and just carried about
No, no, there's wisdom in the song of Solomon
Alright, let's keep going there, verse number thirty two
And he spake, look at this, he spake three thousand proverbs
We know that King Solomon was also the main author of the book of Proverbs
Hey, he spake three thousand proverbs, look at this
And his songs were a thousand and five
King Solomon wrote a thousand and five songs
I mean this guy, you know, had it all
This guy was poetic, he could sing songs, he could say proverbs
You know, great wisdom, great truths
And so if there's a thousand and five songs
And then we're reading the song of songs
It's going to be the best one of that thousand and five
It's going to be the best one, okay
So we're really hearing, you know, the number one hit of Israel
Back in those days, right
In the Billboard top hundred, this was number one
You know, weeks on end
The songs, verse number thirty three, it says
And he spake of trees from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon
We're going to start hearing a lot about the cedar tree in Lebanon in the song of Solomon
It says even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wool
He spake also of beasts and of fowl and creeping things and of fishes
You know, what this is saying is, Solomon was not just this romantic
He also has wisdom in the sciences
He had good understanding of biology
You know, he was a studied and well-learned man
And even though he was studied and well-learned
He still saw time to stop and write some songs of romance
Alright, verse number thirty four
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon
From all kings of the earth which had heard of his wisdom
So all the kings of the earth at that time
Wanted to hear what Solomon had to say
They wanted to hear the songs of Solomon
The problems of Solomon
So brethren, as we go through the song of Solomon
I want you to think about this is wisdom
This is learning that even the great kings of the earth wanted to hear
You get to hear it tonight
You get to hear it week after week
As we go through the song of Solomon chapter by chapter
Back to the song of Solomon please
Chapter one, verse number two
So again, I don't want you to just ignore what we're reading about
Just think, oh that's not for me
No, no, this is for you
If you're married, it's definitely for you
And if you're hoping to get married, pay attention
Start on the best foot forward that you can
Try to get what you can from this book
Verse number two
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth
For thy love is better than wine
Let's stop there for a moment, who's saying these words?
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth
Who is saying these words?
It's the wife, it's the wife of Solomon
Okay, so one thing that you need to do with the song of Solomon
You know, this is kind of unlike other books of the Bible
That you might be able to just read through chapter by chapter pretty quickly
With the song of Solomon, it's not always clear
When the wife is speaking or when the husband is speaking
It just starts to change
It just goes from one verse, the wife's speaking
To another verse, the husband's speaking
You know, you've got to pay attention
To figure out who is speaking at this time
Well of course if it's saying let him kiss me
Kiss me with the kisses of his mouth
It's the wife, the wife is speaking
It's as for thy love is better than wine
Okay, and so the first thing I want you to take out of this teaching
Is that between husband and wife there ought to be physical affection
There ought to be some physical affection
Between husband and wife
Kisses
Now I don't know, you know
This is something that you need to maintain, okay
To kiss your spouse with the lips, alright
Keep that in your marriage
Don't let that just be something that's early in your marriage
It's got to continue
Year after year after year
You know one of the sweetest things that, you know
Sometimes I go with Christina
And every now and again you'll find like a really elderly couple
Just walking down the street together
Holding hands
You know, one kisses the other
And it's like man that's just like, it's amazing to see
How this elderly couple could maintain such sweet romance
Such sweet friendship
All the days of their life
You know they come from a generation that divorce was never an option
They come from a generation that said you know what
No matter how hard things get
We're going to stay together, we're going to love each other
You come first in my life
And you see these elderly couples walk around and you think
Man how beautiful that is
How long have they been married
How long have they just had their eyes just one toward the other
Well don't let the physical affection be removed in your marriage
Okay
Don't just make that the first part of your life
No that needs to continue
Day after day after day
Years and years and years as you keep going on
Till death do you part
Let's keep going there, verse number three
Because of the savour of thy good ointments
Thy name is as ointment poured forth
Therefore do the virgins love thee
So the wife continues to speak
Now what does she say?
What she's saying here is she's praising her husband
Why is she praising her husband?
Well because of the savour of thy good ointments
Good ointments are speaking about perfume
Okay
Solomon smells nice to his wife
Okay
This is something you're going to constantly see
Okay again in the Song of Solomon
Look men there's nothing feminine about perfume
Unless it's feminine perfume
Okay
It's okay to put on deodorants
It's okay to have a shower
Okay
This is look
Because I you know I've got manly friends
And it's like this is just how I smell
You know
I go to work or I have a good workout brother in the gym or something
Right
And this is just
This is my body odour
This is my manliness
No no no look
Your wife's not going to appreciate that
Alright
You want to cover yourself
Go have a shower
Go put on some nice perfume
Go hide your body odour
And we're kind of laughing at it
But it's actually serious
Okay
This is important in a marriage
Alright
You know think about like there are many
And you know I want to be just a bit careful with how I say things
But you know you don't want to be around just belching
You know just burping around your spouse
Alright
Because you know it's what you're eating
You know the smells are coming out of your mouth
Oh that's why I can't stop it
No you've got to do something about it
You've got to change that
Try and impress your spouse
You want to smell nice
Or just go around passing wind
Oh you know it was just that curry
Or whatever it was right
Look you've got to control that right
I mean if you're not going to smell too good
Go to the backyard
Go somewhere
You know don't
Don't you know
Don't have bad body odour
In front of your spouse
It's funny but it's true
Like this is something we need to do
Like respect your spouse
Oh well she's just going to live with me every day of my life
She's just going to get used to how I smell
Well if you want to have a good romance
If you want to improve in your marriage
Hey start caring about the person that you love
Okay and this is one great way
You know to smell nice
That you're pleasant to be with her
Or vice versa right
You're not just trying to stink up the place
And well this is my territory
Like a dog marks a tree or something
Well this is my territory
We don't want to be that way
We want to be presentable
You know to all the person that we love
Alright
But look at this
She praises him for being this way
Alright
Because of the savour of thy good ointments
And then he says
Thy name is as ointment poured forth
Because you're presentable
Because you smell nice
Because you do your best to present yourself in a great way
She goes even your name is as ointments
Poured forth
And Solomon has a good reputation
Everywhere that he goes
Everyone looks up to him
Not just because he's the king
But because he's well presented
Alright
He cares about how he presents himself to other people
And then she says
Therefore do the virgins love thee
She goes you know what
It's not just me that loves you
It's the virgins
Who say who are the virgins
Well because Solomon's wife is also queen
Okay she's obviously part of the royal family
You know in these days
The royal family especially the queens
They had like handmaids around them
You know other ladies that would help in the kingdom
Other ladies that would help the queen
You know get dressed
Get herself ready
You know do the roles that she's responsible to do
And so she had an entourage of these other ladies
That would help her out
You'll soon see as we keep going through this chapter
That these virgins do refer to the handmaids
Okay
So she loves her husband
But she says look even my handmaids
Even the virgins here
They love you
Like they appreciate you
They you know
They say hey
You've got a good husband
Right he's a good man
No
They love the fact that
There are
You know the queen
Is married to such a good honorable presentable man
Verse number three
Sorry verse number four
It says draw me
So she's speaking to her husband
Draw me
We will run after thee
Who are the we
The virgins
Not just herself
But hey because you know
The handmaids
They're there to take care of the queen
But when the husband calls for his wife
And has a need for his wife
Hey these handmaids are also willing to serve the king
Because they respect him
They honor him
Right
Now the king's calling her
You'll soon see it's to have a romantic time together
It says
The king have brought me into his chambers
We will be glad
And rejoice in thee
We will remember thy love more than wine
The upright love thee
And so again
Relationship between husband and wife
Okay
The king calls his wife to the chambers
But listen all the people who entourage
Those that look at this marriage
Hey they're celebrating
They're so thankful that this marriage is together
That they're together
Right
They love the queen
But they love the king
Who loves the queen
And they're thankful that this union is together
You know it's the same thing as marriage right
When we have a wedding
You know and you have witnesses
You have people there
You know you're celebrating the love between
Those two people
You know the father
The father who hands the hand of marriage
To the man you know of his daughter
You know to his daughter's hand to another man
You know the celebration of that love
Right
Even though the husband's only calling for that wife
Hey but they're all celebrating
They're all rejoicing
That this love exists between
Husband and wife
And so the thing that I take out of this brethren
Is that we should not hide
Our love toward our spouse
Right
Like when we're at church
You know sometimes you know
My wife can't always be here
But you know I take extra effort
When my wife is here
To put my arm around her
Right
To speak with her
Because I want the church to know
That I love my wife
Okay
It's good to set an example
Like that's not all we just hug
When we go home after church
Or we just spend time together
When we go home after
We don't want anyone around
It's good for people to see it
You know it's good for children to see
Some level of affection
Between mum and dad
Right
To say hey you know dad loves mum
Mum loves dad
It gives them security
It gives them safety
To know that this marriage
You know it continues
Continues being strong
You know if you're married
You should not be ashamed
Of showing affection
You know
Even when other people are aware of it
They see it right
Again at a wedding
You know
What do we say at the wedding
When they finish saying their vows
You know you may kiss
Your bride
Right
And they kiss
And everyone sees
And woo
Everyone's clapping
Everyone's celebrating
Hey that's good to see
Between a married couple
Verse number five
Now she says these words
I am black
But comely
She goes look
I am comely meaning I am attractive
I am beautiful
But she goes I'm black
What does she mean by that?
You know she's dark skinned
Sort of
Okay
She goes oh ye daughters of Jerusalem
So before she was talking
You know one of the things
That you need to see
As you keep going through
The Song of Solomon
Is that yes the wife speaks
The husband speaks
Sometimes the wife is speaking
To the husband
Or the husband is speaking
To the wife
In this scenario
The wife is not speaking
To her husband
She's speaking to her friends
She's speaking to her girlfriends
Because she says
I am black but comely
Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem
She's talking back
To the other ladies in Jerusalem
She's talking to the other ladies
That she's associated with right
She goes oh man I'm black
I'm not you know
I don't look too good
You know what sense
As the tents of Kedar
As the curtains of Solomon
Look not upon me
Because I am black
Because the sun
Have looked upon me
One thing men
That we start to notice
In this
Straight away here
In chapter number one
Is that ladies
Often
Are very self conscious
About their appearance
You know
They're always
You know
Just finding a fault
About how they look
Right
If a lady has straight hair
She wants curly hair
And if she's got
Curly hair
She wants straight hair
And if she's got blonde hair
She wants dark hair
And if she's got dark hair
She wants the blonde hair
Right
And if her nose
Is a little bit longer
She wants it shorter
And if it's too short
She wants it a bit longer
Alright
And then this is why you get
These strange looking women
Right
These Kardashian type women
Who are constantly trying to
Improve their figure
They're never satisfied
They're never happy
And then they just look like
Some awkward freak
Okay
Because they're constantly
Making them
But look this is just a reality
Man that you need to remember
About your wife
Is that she's going to
Look at herself in the mirror
And find
Problems
Okay
That they don't think
They're necessarily beautiful
Alright
Even though you found her
To be beautiful
Even you
You know you decided
Hey I'm going to marry her
You know I love the way
She looks in my eyes
I'm going to take her
As my wife
Well sometimes she's not
Going to feel that confident
About her appearance
Okay
So what are you going to do
About it
When she feels that way
You know what
You know what you do
You keep telling her about
No you don't tell her
How bad her appearance is
You've got to lift her up
You'll soon see that
King Solomon does
Lift her up
Okay
She's black
In what sense is she black
Again let's have a look at that
Again in verse number six
Look not upon me
Because I am black
Because the sun
Have looked upon me
So she's not necessarily
Dark skinned
Okay
She might be fair skinned
But she's been out in the sun
For too long
Okay
And when you're out in the sun
What are you going to get
A tan
Alright
So look it's strange
Because
Another thing that we learn here
Is that just
You know
What ladies kind of think
Is nice
Changes over time
You know a lot of ladies
These days they want the tan
Don't they
They want to go
And get you know
To the sun
And get a sun tan
Or they just go into one of those machines
And do it easier
Like do it quicker
And you know
They ruin their skin actually
You know
All this tanning they do
But they think they look better
When they look tan
Well in the days of Solomon here
If you got a tan
That wasn't very pretty
Like you know
Fair skinned I suppose
Was the preference
And so she's kind of ashamed
That she's received a tan
You know
Why did she receive a tan
Why is she tan
She goes
In verse number 6
My mother's children were angry with me
So her siblings are angry at her
Now I don't believe for a second
Her siblings are angry at her
But this is how
This is her reaction to being tanned
Okay
Because
This is why
Because
They
Sorry
They made me the keeper of the vineyards
But mine own vineyard
Have I not kept
She goes
Look my family
Put me to work in the vineyards
Alright
I was out there
You know
Picking the grapes
Or whatever they were doing
She got tanned
She got a bit of sunburn
Right
And because she doesn't like her appearance
She's blaming her siblings
Right
They're angry at me
I don't think they're angry at her
But that's just her reaction
She's overreacting
Okay
To the situation
And
But she says this
Look they've made me keeper of the vineyards
But my own vineyard
Have I not kept
She goes
I've been looking after the family business
But I've not looked after my own vineyards
Speaking of her own appearance
Okay
So I guess her
Hair's not done right
She's got tanned
Or whatever it is
Alright
She's probably sweating
You know
Her mascara's
You know
Come off a little bit
Or whatever it is
Right
And she's just feeling
She doesn't look nice
Okay
Because her skin was darkened
Now again
Men
You need to just remember
That when your wife
You know
Starts to complain about their appearance
Don't get mad at her
All women do it
All of them
Okay
I promise you this
They all do it
Okay
And you can
You know
You can kind of get tired of it
Because you think she's beautiful
Like you think she's just perfect
But they just notice the little things
And you know
Men
You're wired differently to ladies
Okay
You know
We don't
Like we see the big picture men
Like we see the vision
We know what we want to get to
But the ladies look at the details
Okay
They really pay attention to the smaller details
They notice things more than we notice
You know
But we're looking at the bigger picture
We're just trying to get
We're just moving forward
As fast as we can
And usually our wives
Our wives are paying attention to the details
And they're going to pay attention to their own details
Their own defects
Their own little issues
This is why you've got to encourage them
To show them that
You still love them
It doesn't matter
You know
And we get older ladies
We get older
You know
Our skin's going to change
We're going to get wrinkles
You're going to get pimples
You're going to get marks on your skin
As you get older
You know
If you have a baby
Your body's going to be a little bit out of shape
Alright
I mean the more babies you have
The more damage it causes to your body
But this is part of life
Now I did say
That not only the Song of Solomon
About a marriage relationship
But we can also learn about Christ
And if you can please keep your finger then
Turn to Psalm 51
Turn to Psalm 51 and verse number 7
Psalm 51 and verse number 7
And you know
When it comes to our walk with the Lord
You know
Because we're sinful creatures
And when we sin against the Lord
You know
We are going to
You know
Hurt our appearance before God
Like you know
If we're walking in darkness
And God is light
And he can't have darkness in him
Psalm 51 please
Psalm 51
You know
Then we're going to break
We're going to hurt
The fellowship that we have
Between us and God
Okay
And you see that
Solomon's wife is saying
Look she's black
She's been darkened
Well you know what brethren
When you commit sin
You've darkened yourself
You've poured yourself away
From your walk with God
Our God who has no darkness in him
You want to fellowship in fellowship with God
Have a good relationship with God
You've got to clean yourself
I'm not talking about salvation
That's a one and done event
The moment you've trusted Christ the Saviour
You've been saved positionally
Before God you're perfect
In the righteousness of Christ
I'm talking about our fellowship
Our walk
I have no doubt
We've all sinned today
Okay
We've darkened our steps
To some extent
You know
We know
We've been darkened
We're black as it were
Alright
But the Bible says in Psalm 51 verse 7
This is King David
King David was far from the Lord
When he said these words
He says to the Lord
Purge me with hyssop
And I shall be clean
Wash me
And I shall be whiter than snow
Hey King David is already a saved man
When he's saying these words
He had sinned with Bathsheba
He had committed such grievous sins
Against the Lord
And he said
Lord please wash me
He's been darkened
He's darkened right
Because he wants to be whiter than snow
He wants to be back in fellowship with God
He hasn't lost his salvation
He just wants to be close to God
And he asks God
God can you wash me
I want to be whiter than snow
So I hope you can see
As we go through the Song of Solomon
There are some parallels
With how we think of Christ
And what Christ has done for us
Back to Song of Solomon
Chapter 1 verse number 7
Now she says to her husband
Tell me
O thou whom my soul loveth
Hey she says to her king
Hey I love you
Hey what else do we learn brethren
We need to tell our spouses
That we love them
Okay
Husbands love your wives
Is the instruction in Ephesians 5
But you know what ladies
You should tell your husbands
That you love them as well
Okay that's what she's saying
Tell me O thou whom my soul loveth
We have to tell
Our spouse that we love them
Okay
And that was just back when we got married
Now tell them today
Tell them every day that you love them
Okay
She goes
Where thou feedest
Where thou makest
Thy flock to rest at noon
Let me just explain what's going on here
King Solomon
You would think that
As the king of Israel
You know
He's got all the riches
He's got all the wealth
He's got all the investments
He's got all the servants
That surely King Solomon
Doesn't have to go and work hard
In the field
But actually he does
Okay
He's out there still working
Right
He's actually there tending to some flocks
Alright
I'm sure he's got shepherds
But he's going around
You know
Looking at business
Looking at the shepherds
Making sure everything's under control
Being taken care of
Right
He gets down from the throne
From time to time
And starts looking at everything
And he's got all his investments
Making sure everything is at the right place
And so he's out working
Is basically it
Okay
And the wife is saying
Oh Solomon where are you
Where are you at noon
Okay
Cause normally I guess at noon
That's lunch break
Or whatever it is right
Let's keep going
Let's have a look at it again
Tell me
She says
Look tell me Solomon
O thou whom I so loveth
Where thou feedest
Where thou makest thy flock
To rest at noon
Hey Solomon
Tell me where you're gonna be in noon
Cause I wanna be with you
Is what she's saying
She goes
I know you're out working
I know you're tending to the flock
But hey
I know at noon you take a rest
I know you're having your lunch break
Alright
I wanna be with you
Tell me where you are
What do we learn
We learn that hey
As married people we wanna spend time together
She goes
Look I can't even wait for the end of the day
When you get home
I wanna be with you on your lunch break
Where are you
Isn't that interesting
Okay
So
You know going to work
Or not to have
You know
Almost have this mentality
I can't wait to go to work
Because I can't wait to get away from my spouse
Can't wait to get away from my wife and kids
Wrong attitude
You wanna have a romantic strong marriage
You know what
Even the lunch break
You also desire to be with each other
You know maybe
What's
You know
And I know we can't do this practically all the time
Okay
But is there anything wrong men
On your lunch break
To text your wife at least
Give her a quick phone call
Say honey thinking of you
Love you
Love you honey
You know
I'm going to have lunch now
Just a quick message on my lunch break
I love you
I wanna be with you
Can't wait to be home this afternoon
Hey
Okay
That's the kind of attitude that we ought to have
Okay
Even when we're far from our spouse
Keeps going there
She asks this question in verse number 7
The rest of it
She goes
For why should I
So why should I as the wife
Be as one that turneth aside
By the flocks of thy companions
Alright
She says look
Why should I be
Of a lower priority
In your life
Than your companions
Than your workmates
She goes look
I wanna be there at lunch with you
Solomon
You know
I know you've got your companions
I know you've got your work colleagues
I know you care for them
And they're important in your life
She goes
But why should I be turned aside
For your companions
Listen
Your spouse comes first
In your marriage
Alright
If you decide
I'm going to marry this person
They come first in your life
Look
And your companions at work
They're important
You gotta work with them
Okay
You gotta function with them
But the most important person in your life
Must be your spouse
Alright
Look
There are many times
Where when I was working
You know
After work
I'd be like
Hey come and hang out with us
Come hit the pub
Or whatever
You know
I never went to the pub
Come play soccer
Sometimes I went to play soccer
Okay
But you know what
Many times I'm invited
Come and hang out
Say no
I've got a wife and kids
They come first
But
It's
It's maturity
Is what it is
Because
Many of us have gone
You know
My kids are homeschooled
So
They're not going to experience this
But many of us have gone
To the school system
You know
And in that system
You get taught
That your friends
Are basically the most important
In your life
You know
Make sure you have friends
With the same age
With the same interests
You like the same music
Right
You're on the same path
And that's your group of friends
You know
And you kind of
Once you graduate from school
You kind of think
That's what life is
But that's not reality
It's not reality
You know what
We need to mature and grow
And understand
There's one person for me in my life
I cannot be far from that person
Okay
That person completes me
And you know what
Husbands, wives
If you don't feel that way
About your spouse
You need to pay attention
To this Song of Solomon
Like if your attitude is
I can't wait to be away from them
Then you need to make changes in your life
Changes in your marriage
Okay
Get yourself
You know
Focused upon what
God's Word teaches
How God describes marriage
And start working toward it
Start working toward it
This is God's book
To fix your marriage
Verse number 8
If thou know not
So now
Now Solomon is responding to
His wife
Cause his wife wants to be with him
In the afternoon
Oh sorry
At lunch time
Roughly
But what he's saying is
Look I don't know where I'm going to be
Exactly
Cause you know
You might be leading them
To different pastures
I don't know exactly
Where I'm going to be
Wife
Okay
But he says this
If thou know not
Like if you don't know where I am
Cause I could be anywhere
Okay
Look what he says
Oh thou fairest among women
Look how he speaks to his wife
He says
Wife
You're the most fairest of all the women
You're the most beautiful woman
In the world
Is what he says
Now
Is his wife
Literally the most beautiful woman
In the world
Probably not
Okay
I don't think Solomon has looked at
Every single woman on the earth
And decided
You must be the best
Alright
Look
Obviously
You can't
That's a hard thing to say
But what we're learning here is that
In Solomon's eyes
She's the most beautiful woman on the earth
Okay
And I've already said
Look ladies are already self conscious
About how they look
And men
Instead of making them feel worse
They say
Ah just get over it
Hey you say
Hey look
You're the most beautiful woman
You're the most fairest among women
Honey there's a reason why I married you
Okay
Cause you are that
So much more important to me
Than any other woman
That possibly could exist on this earth
So who's the most fairest among women
Every single wife
Wants to be that person
Okay
In their husbands eyes
Alright
That's how he speaks to her
He says look
Go thy way forth
By the footsteps of the flock
And feed the kids
Beside the shepherds tents
He says look
I don't exactly know
Where I'm going to be at noon
But you just hang around
The shepherds tents
Can you feed the kids
Which are the baby goats
Alright
I'll find you there
Okay
I can't be sure
Exactly where I'm going to be
But you just hang around
The shepherds tents
I'll come and find you
Okay
So
Yeah
You know
Husbands you need to tell your wife
That she's the most beautiful woman
On the earth
When she turns around
And says
Ah but I'm black
I'm tanned
Ah my siblings hate me
Cause they made me do
X Y and Z
And look at the scars on my body
Because of that or whatever it is
They say you know
You're the most fairest amongst women
That's your attitude
That's your response
Alright
This is God's word
This is not a romance novel
This is God's word
Or it is a romance book
Okay
But it's God's word
Alright
This is the wisdom that God has given Solomon
None of us can say what we think
Whereas why is Solomon
Get some wisdom in this book
Apply it to life
I know we laugh about it
It is funny sometimes
Cause relationships can be funny
Like you're going to notice
You're going to notice
Issues in your spouse
Or you know
The person you want to be with
You're going to find little faults
And you're going to see that
It applies to the Song of Solomon
Which it should
Because it's God's word
God's word knows you
God's word knows
What a man is like
God's word knows
What a woman is like
You know
God has wired us differently
We think differently
You know
We act differently
And the Song of Solomon
Is to help us
To make the little improvements
That we have in our life
Can you please turn to
1 Peter 5
Keep your finger there
In Song of Solomon
Turn to 1 Peter 5
So what do we learn
In this little passage
We learn that
Solomon
You know
He's not just on the throne
He gets his hands dirty
Right
He goes out
And looks at the flocks
You know
He acts like a shepherd
Makes sure the goats and the sheep
Are all being taken care of
And you know
Of course
What we learn out of this
Is that of course
Our God
Is our shepherd
The Bible says in
God is my shepherd
I shall not want
That means
I shall not
Have any needs
Because
God is my shepherd
He gives me everything
That I possibly could need
Alright
He maketh me to lie down
In green pastures
He leadeth me beside
The still waters
Amen
You know
Our Lord God leads us
To green pastures
You know
He wants his sheep
To be fed
So we come to church
To hear the preaching
Of God's word
That we would feed our souls
Nourish ourselves
With the good food
Of God's word
But even though that's the case
Even though
The Lord is our shepherd
We know that Jesus Christ
Is called the good shepherd
The great shepherd
You know
Just like Solomon told the wife
Look
You hang around the tents
Like I'm taking care of
The big flocks
Can you make sure
You just take care of the kids
You know
While you're at the
You know
Waiting at the shepherd's tents
Well we know that Christ
Was here 2,000 years ago
And he's gone
Right
But he's also left people
To take care of the sheep
He's left people
To take care of the kids
Alright
And in 1 Peter 5 verse 2
1 Peter 5 verse 2
The Bible says
Feed the flock of God
Which is among you
Taking the oversight
The oversight there
Is the overseer
Or the bishop
Okay
Taking the oversight thereof
Not by constraints
But willingly
Not for filthy lucre
But of a ready mind
Neither has been
Lords over God's heritage
But been and samples
To the flock
Look at verse number 4
And when the chief shepherd
Shall appear
Who's the chief shepherd?
Jesus Christ
Ye shall receive a crown of glory
That fadeth not away
And so look
Jesus has gone to heaven
He's seated at the right hand
Of the father
But he's left the bishops
He's left the pastors
In church
You know
Okay
Look as a pastor
I can't take care
Of every sheep
On this earth
Okay
But
Hey he's left us
This tent
Hey this house
The house of God
This church
Also New Life Baptist Church
That I contend
To some of the few kids
Some of the few sheep
Alright
That are still in the local area
Hey
And God has left these instructions
To other pastors
But notice that
The main priority
The main job of the pastor
Is to feed the flock of God
To feed the flock of God
You know
It falls on my shoulders
If this church has not been fed
It's my responsibility
To make sure
This church has been fed
And one day
This church has a full time pastor
It's going to be on his shoulders
To make sure
The church has been fed
Alright
Back to Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon
Chapter 1 verse 9
Song of Solomon chapter 1 verse 9
The king continues
The husband continues by saying
I have compared thee
O my love
To a company of horses
In Pharaoh's chariots
So there's some
One liners for you men
Alright
When your wife is feeling
This is what you
O my love
To a company of horses
In Pharaoh's chariots
Is what you tell her
And she'll be like
Oh what a romantic man
Probably not
I guess this works
This works for her
Okay
But look
The point is this
Okay
That she's been
She is a company of horses
In Pharaoh's chariots
Meaning that
A chariot is great
It's a great
Sign of power
And warfare
But the chariot
Okay
She is the horse
As it were
He is the chariot
Meaning that
Look
He needs her
Okay
She's important to him
She completes him
Without the horses
He's just a chariot
Okay
It's great
Wow
What a great chariot
Okay
But it's not going anywhere
Okay
And you know what
Marriage is about
Coming together as one flesh
You know
Supporting one another
Encouraging one another
You know
When God created a woman
And the Lord God said
It is not good
That a man should be alone
I will make him
And help
Meet
For him
Men
Your wives
Are created to be
A help to you
A help
Okay
And then the feminists are like
Oh
Is that all I am?
I'm just a help
To the man
Yeah
Okay
But what is the other way around?
What if we say to the ladies
Alright
God created man
To be your help
The feminists would be like
Help
I don't need no man
Right
I make the money
You can't satisfy the feminists
Okay
But
Men
When you look for a wife
You need to find a wife
That's going to help you in life
Okay
That's going to encourage you
That's going to love you
That's going to motivate you
Wives
That's your responsibility
Okay
If your husband is out working
Laboring hard
Alright
He comes home
He's done everything he can
Don't complain
About the size of the house
Don't complain
That you can't buy everything
That you wish you could buy
Okay
He's out there working hard
You compliment him
You know
You encourage him
You motivate him
You thank him
For his labour
For his efforts
For helping
You know
Taking care of the needs
Of the household
The other thing that we learn
I believe that we can learn
Out of verse number nine
If she's being compared to
Pharaoh's chariots
Lord Horson's chariots
I do believe that this wife
Is an Egyptian
If you can keep your finger there
And turn to
1 Kings chapter 3
And verse number one
Cause I'm just thinking like
If you're not an Egyptian
Does this even mean anything
To you kind of thing
Right
You know
The horses in Pharaoh's chariots
But look at 1 Kings chapter 3
1 Kings chapter 3
And verse number one
1 Kings chapter 3
Verse number one
The Bible says
And Solomon made affinity
With Pharaoh king of Egypt
And took Pharaoh's daughter
And brought her into the sea
And brought her into the city
Of David
Until he made an end
Of building his own house
And the house of the Lord
And the wall of Jerusalem
Roundabout
So I just want to show you
That one of Solomon's wife
Was Pharaoh's daughter
An Egyptian
So I believe
You know
I can't be a hundred percent
Sure about this
But just the fact that he's
Kind of said this about her
You know
I guess
She would understand
Pharaoh's horses
Pharaoh's chariots
Okay
I believe that this woman
Is the Egyptian lady
That he married here
In 1 Kings chapter 3
All right
Back to first
Sorry back to Song of Solomon
Chapter 1
Verse number 10
Hey
Now the husband continues to
Complement his wife
He says in verse number 10
Thy cheeks are comely
With rows of jewels
Thy neck with chains of gold
He will make
Sorry
We will make the borders of gold
With studs of silver
Okay
So you know
He's trying to
Beautify his wife even more
With the jewelry
Okay
You know
He's bought her chains of gold
You know
Jewels
Right
Upon
I don't know
On her cheeks
I don't really understand
But somehow
She wore this jewelry
Right
She had these borders
She had these clothing
You know
Of gold and studs of silver
You know
Obviously
Very rich apparel
Okay
She was already
A beautiful woman
But he desired for her
To be even more beautified
All right
Okay
Or even buying some jewelry
You know
If it's affordable
Nothing wrong with
Complementing your wife
If it's a wedding anniversary
Her birthday
Going out and buying some earrings
Or something like that
Something that she might like
And you know
For us men
We kind of look at that
And go
But that's just a waste of money
Right
I mean like
Why
Who cares
Like
You know
Like we buy flowers
And what's the point
Cause the flowers
Are gonna die in a week
Okay
Because you love her
That you've thought about her
Okay
And look
Obviously she has all these riches
Because she's the queen of Israel
And men
It's very unlikely
That you're gonna be able to
Clothe your wife
With all these precious things
Okay
And
So what I want to turn to
Is keep your finger there
And go to
1 Timothy chapter 2
1 Timothy chapter 2 verse number 9
Look
There's nothing wrong with gold
There's nothing wrong with jewelry
There's nothing wrong with nice clothing
All right
If you can afford it
If it falls within your budget
You know
It's a special occasion
Do it
Okay
But
That is not the most important thing ladies
Okay
It's the size of your engagement ring
Okay
Or the diamond on your engagement ring
That's not the most important thing
Okay
Your husband
Is not going to marry
That
Diamond
Okay
Your husband's not marrying
That piece of gold
Okay
All that jewelry
All that nice clothing
He's not marrying you
Okay
He wants you to be beautiful
The jewelry
That's the secondary
All right
We learn in
1 Timothy chapter 2 verse 9
Look at this
1 Timothy chapter 2 verse number 9
It says
In like manner also
That women adorn themselves
With silver and gold
And necklaces
And expensive brand clothing
Is that how
No
Hold on
Adorn themselves in modest apparel
With shamefacedness and sobriety
Not with broided hair
Or gold
Or pearls
Or costly array
Which becometh women professing godless with good works
So lady look
You're to
Clothe yourself in modest apparel
You know what's more important than
Your clothing and your jewelry
Is your personality
It's your character
What you show yourself to be
Is vastly more superior
To God
Than what you wear
All right
Now again
If you can buy these things
On special occasions
I say go for it
The Bible's not against it
But you don't want your life to be about these things
You know
I must go out with the most expensive jewelry
You know
You must husband
Go and work hard
And buy me the nice
You know
Jewelry
And best clothing
And the brand clothing
Listen ladies
You know
We're not all kings
We're not all ruling our entire nation
We can't all afford it
Hey
If we can't afford it
When we can't afford it
We'll go and buy you something nice
But we can't always do it
Can we?
Okay
So again ladies
Just keep that in mind
All right
That more important than the jewelry
Is the person that you are
Are you the help to your husband
That God has created you to be
Verse number 12
Sorry
Song of Solomon
Chapter 1 verse number 12
Verse number 12
The Bible says
Well the king siteth at his table
My spichenard
I think that's how you pronounce it
Sendeth forth the smelter of
So again
The wife is speaking
She goes
While my husband's sitting at the table
I guess he's probably having his dinner
I don't know
Okay
She says
Look her perfume
Sendeth forth the smelter of
Hey
She smells pleasant too
Hey
Not only was Solomon wearing the perfume
After he's gone and tendered the sheep
But now when he's at home
Having his dinner
Hey
She's prepared herself
She hasn't just prepared the meal
I don't know if she really prepared the meal
With the servants
Okay
But you know
As the king
But like
Alright
He's come home
You know
And his wife looks nice
You know
She's prepared herself
You know
When her husband walks in the doors
She wants to look beautiful in his eyes
You know
It's not just in her pyjamas
You know
And with unkept hair
You know
And whatever
She says
I'm going to present myself
I'm going to look appropriate
When my husband comes home
I'm going to make sure
That I smell nice to him
Verse number 13
A bundle of myrrh
So again
Perfume
Christie's
A bundle of myrrh
Is my
Well beloved unto me
So again
They both smell pleasant
Right
He shall lie
All night
Betwixt my breasts
And so
What do you notice
Once again
That obviously
They've been intimate there
Intimate there all night long
Okay
But before
They even spend time together
You know
Physical affection
They make sure
They prepare themselves
That they've had a shower
They've
You know
They've put on the perfume
Right
They've covered the body odor
in and and just doing whatever they can to smell as bad as they can all right
they love their spouse they want to be presentable they want to be well-pleased
and they want to smell nice and once that has happened they you know what
they spend time together in the marriage bed verse number 14 my beloved is unto
me as a cluster of camp higher in the vineyards of Engeri to be honest
brethren I could not work out verse number 14 if someone has any ideas what that is
the cluster of camp higher I'm not sure some quick thoughts when you think about
a cluster especially in the vineyards you know it looks like we're talking
about the cluster of grapes here or some type of fruit something something that
is fruitful okay and we're just that in mind because that that would be the gist
of what verse 14 is saying you know she's saying that my husband he's
fruitful like I benefit from him like he's profitable to me he makes me feel
valuable right you know this relationship works you know we're
moving forward together it's getting better and better it's fruitful and
look if they're spending time together in the marriage bed all right then
they're obviously going to be fruitful of course they're going to bring forth
children okay that's what children are it's talking about the fruitfulness of a
strong marriage relationship verse number 15 now verse number 15 and 16 I'm
not sure who's speaking it doesn't matter it says this behold thou art fair
my love behold thou art fair thou hast doves eyes now I'm not sure if doves
lives are really that attractive I guess they are I don't know I'm not sure who's
saying these words but what are you saying once again they're passing
compliments aren't they verse number 16 behold thou art fair you're beautiful is
what that means my beloved yay pleasant also our bed is green all right so again
the compliments in one another and then they're saying that their bed is green
what does it mean that their bed is green does that mean they have green
bedsheets you know green pillows well I believe the key to the Song of Solomon
is found in chapter number two please go to chapter 2 Song of Solomon chapter 2
verse number 11 Song of Solomon chapter 2 verse number 11 I believe this is the
key to the whole book all right it says for lo the winter is past the rain is
over and gone all right now think about this if the winter has passed in fact
yesterday winter has passed today is the first day of what spring all right and
spring is known because of vegetation right flowers flowers start to bloom
all right and and and so the fact that the bed is green is speaking of the fact
that it's a springtime marriage it's a springtime marriage all right it's not a
cold winter marriage it's not an autumn where the leaves are falling and things
are dying no it's springtime it's a fruitful time okay and so what I believe
the green being referring to not some you know dead broken branches in their
marriage but the fact that their bed the marriage bed is productive it's fruitful
it's springtime it's bringing forth children if you can keep your finger
there and turn to Psalm 128 Psalm 128 in verse number 3 Psalm 128 verse number 3
Psalm 128 verse number 3 the Bible says thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by
the sides of thine house thy children like olive plants round about thy table
behold that thou shalt the man be blessed that fear of the Lord men you
want to be blessed children are a blessing a fruitful wife is a blessing
it's not a burden all right it's so strange the world that we live in
children listen I thought you know we're a bird I'm not like like I understand
because I've been brainwashed by this world as well you know I've gone to
school as well right I've listened to the world as world and the world tells
you don't have any kids it's going to slow you down they're a bird oh you've
got all your whole life to worry about children it's rubbish your ladies go
chase a career don't worry about the family no if you want to be blessed by
the Lord it's children it's family it's getting married having a husband and
wife this is the blessing of God and the marriage bed is green it's fruitful it's
pleasant okay the signs of a good marriage is that your marriage bed is
green okay that you've have that intimate relationship with your spouse
on a regular basis right there's spending time together there's a
marriage bed you sleep together that's what your marriage needs if you haven't
got it okay that's why you're together that's why you want flesh back to song
of Solomon chapter 1 verse number 17 and then enter this I believe the wife is
speaking here though I can't be a hundred percent sure she says the beams
of our house a cedar remember we saw earlier that the cedar refers to certain
trees in Lebanon the beams of our house a cedar and our rafters are of fur all
right so I believe it's the wife speaking I could be wrong but the fact
that you know she's pointing out you know what Solomon's provided me a house
you know it's built with cedar wood you know it you know she's talking about the
construction of the place and again what is she doing she's praising her husband
not just for who he is but for the provisions that he's given her that he's
given her a place to live you see men it's our responsibility it falls on our
shoulders to get out there and work hard and provide for our family that's the
responsibility of a man okay and then I'm telling you what gives us the
greatest satisfaction the greatest joy is that every day we go by we've worked
hard we've labored hard that our family has had a roof over their heads that our
family has had food on the table that our family has been clothed they're
able to get through the day you know they have everything they need this
truly satisfies a man we are created to labor to work hard and to be satisfied
to rejoice you know when we provide for our families but again ladies don't be
discouragement okay I mean if your husband's working hard and this is all
you've got all right rejoice be thankful tell him thank you that our house is
made of maybe it's not cedar but it's made of fibro what is some of the
cheapest you know huh 10 it's made of 10 you know we live in a great fight we
live in a shed that's right you know when I first got married I lived
literally in a shed with my wife it didn't matter though I didn't care
right we were enjoying marriage I don't think we could have survived that shed
for too long thank God we're able to move out from there eventually but you
know what it didn't matter we're just happy to have what we had and ladies
please don't make your husband feel like a loser like you can't provide he's not
giving you everything you need who cares about the earthly possessions really at
the end of the day brethren you know what we're meant to set our hearts on
eternity to lay up treasures in heaven but men just even though that's the case
you still got to get out and provide for your family like if you're with your
spouse your family have no home don't be like oh well don't worry honey I'm
focusing on eternity you know I'm laying up treasures in heaven don't be a loser
all right you have earthly responsibilities to all right work hard
provide and ladies if he's working hard providing make sure that you thank him
for everything that he's given you all right brethren let's pray Heavenly Father
Lord just want to thank you for the wisdom of Solomon that you've given him
Lord the Song of Solomon this book of romance and Lord I think it's a book
that is commonly overlooked and not preached very often or not read very
often but Lord we need help in our marriages Lord we need help to be better
husbands and to be better wives to have stronger families and all the answers
are found here in the Song of Solomon Lord I thank you for the wisdom you've
given us and I just pray Lord that we would be able to apply the things that
we learn chapter by chapter as we go through this Lord for the weeks and that
Lord we will have strong marriages and for those that are single Lord and
desired to be married one day Lord I just pray that start to apply this
today now Lord so when they do get married they'd have a stronger marriage
and they would have had otherwise Lord we pray these things in Jesus name Amen
all right brethren please turn to hymn number 86 hymn number 86 let's sing in
the garden hymn number 86 in the garden
I come to the garden alone, while the moon is still on the roses.
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear, the Son of God discloses.
And He walks with me and He talks with me and He tells me I am His own.
And the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.
He speaks and the sound of His voice is so sweet. The birds hush the singing and the melody that He gave to me within my heart is ringing.
And He walks with me and He talks with me and He tells me I am His own.
And the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.
I'd stay in the garden with Him, though the night around me be falling.
And He bids me go through the voice of war, His voice to me is calling.
And He walks with me and He talks with me and He tells me I am His own.
And the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.