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We will stand and read the word out of Song of Songs 2:8-3:5.

Scripture Texts: Song of Songs 2:8-3:5

Main Points or Ideas:

PRELIMINARIES:

1. It should be interpreted literally

2. It is a song, not a drama

3. The main characters are ideal, archetypal characters like the Proverbs 31 woman

4. Song of Songs primarily instructs single women like Proverbs teaches young men

KEY POINTS:

1. Love Restrains Strong Desires (2:8-17)

1. Male sexual desire is very strong (vv. 8-9)

2. Sexual desire is appropriate at the right time (vv. 10-14)

3. Love seizes the foxes (v. 15)

1. Jackals (Judges 15:4; Ezekiel 13:4; Psalm 63:14; Lamentations 5:18) destroys things

2. What does the gospel demand? It demands forgiveness!

3. God’s design for intimacy is the two together

4. “Occurrence in the night” – Deuteronomy 23:9-11 – intimacy; God’s Design for Purity

4. THE GOSPEL MUST BE DISPLAYED IN OUR LOVE/MARRIAGES

SONG OF SONGS WIFE VERSUS DAME FOLLY:

• Distinction between the Proverbs 7 promiscuous woman and the Song of Songs 3 wife

• The setting, seeking, location and seizing are the same actions and words used

• The house and end result are vastly different.

• SoS Wife in chapter 3 – house of LIFE

• Proverbs 7 Woman – house of DEATH

• A question raised: Why is her husband on the streets?

• A fox may need to be seized

• He is in a dangerous position

KEY POINTS (again):

1. Love Desires When One Doesn’t Desire

1. Through inconvenience

2. Through danger

3. Through obstacles

4. The wise woman builds up her house (Proverbs 14:1)

2. Love Discerns the Times

1. The two chapters (2:8-3:5) are bound together by a word: seized

2. 2:15 – seize the foxes

3. 3:4 – the wife seizes her wandering husband

Conclusion: This is a deep-seated, servant-hearted, self-sacrificing, “taking up your cross and follow me” kind of love for “the one whom your soul loves.”