Please excuse the presence of the wind noise. This service was held outdoors due to a fire in our building on Saturday afternoon.

The Song of Solomon has been called a "mystery" book. One source said, “Few have a clear understanding of it.” It is “generally understood to be a sort of drama, positive interpretation of which is impossible.” This may be because 1) The identity of the one speaking is not always clear, and 2) The length of the speeches is not easily identified. Young Jewish boys were not allowed to read this book until at least 18 years of age (because of its content). Song of Solomon actually seems to speak of the beauty and faithfulness of marital love. Some present it as having 3 main characters (and this is the way I will be looking at it): The Shulamite bride, her shepherd lover, and King Solomon. One accepted view of this book is that it expresses the love between God and His people (by application, His churches). In this series of messages we will study it from that standpoint. The Lord has used the husband/wife relationship to picture the relationship between Himself and His churches. We are NOT the Bride yet, but, as His churches, we are engaged to Him - II Corinthians 11:1-4. However, we know that His Bride will be chosen from the faithful of His true churches. Thus, the great love between the Shulamite woman and her shepherd lover pictures how we in the Lord's churches should feel about Jesus and how He feels about us. First of all we see:

I. HER ADORATION OF HIM.

II. HER ATTRACTIVENESS TO HIM.

III. HER ATTITUDE TOWARD HIM.