SoS.8:1-8 - Surrendering to Christ
Error # 1 - Saved to be served.
Truth - Saved to SERVE!
Error # 2 - Saved to work FOR Christ.
Truth - Saved to work WITH Christ.
Error # 3 - Saved to Change the Word.
Truth - Saved to FOLLOW the Word.
8:1 Oh that you were like a brother to me; Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.
She is wishing to be his equal, but she isn’t.
8:1 If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
Matthew 16:23-24
8:1 No one would despise me, either.
Matthew 10:22; John 15:18
8:2 I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
Matthew 16:24
8:2 I would give you spiced wine…
Spiced – to mix, blend, perfumer – to taste better
Wine = Word of God, best wine John 2:1f
Revelation 22:18-19
8:2 I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
My pomegranates? 5:1 His garden! Not yours!
Galatians 1:9
8:3 Let His left hand be under my head; And his right hand embrace me.
Wake up He supports us, He is in control, not us.
Philippians 4:13
8:4 I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases.
Third time - 2:7; 3:5; 8:4;
Let it come naturally do not force love.
8:5 CHORUS - Who is this coming up from the wilderness
Leaning on her beloved?”
If you in control, why are you leaning on Him?
Romans 11:18
8:5 GROOM - Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; You were very much asleep.
Apple tree – 2:3 Word of God; Christ is the Word
Revelation 22:2,14,19 Tree of Life = XULON = Cross Acts 5:30; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24
Matthew 10:24
8:5 There your mother was in labor with you, There she was in labor and gave you birth.
2 Timothy 1:5
8:6 Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm.
Ephesians 1:13,14
8:6 For love is as strong as death,
John 11:25,26
8:6 Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Exodus 34:14; James 4:5
8:6 Its flashes are flashes of fire,
The very flame of the Lord.
Revelation 1:14
8:7 Many waters cannot quench love,
Matthew 24:35
8:7 Nor will rivers overflow it;
1 Corinthians 13:8
8:7 If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised.
Matthew 16:24-27
Error # 3 - Saved to Change the Word.
Truth - Saved to FOLLOW the Word.
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