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SOS 5:2-6 The Awakened Bride

Preached by James R. Reynolds, Sr. on December 5, 1979.

Song of Solomon 5:2-6 — I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. 3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

Introduction

How is she asleep?

I. The Means of Awakening of the Bride

A. His Voice

it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh

1. His Word

We open the door by obeying the truth that He is now revealing: Romans 1:5,17; 5:19; 6:16,19; 16:26; 1Pe 1:22

1Pe 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

2. His Love

3. His Gentle Reproof

4. His Blessings

B. His Hand

1. Chastisement

2. Unnecessarily Chastened?

II. The Action of the Awakened Bride

A. She Rose Up

B. She Regained an Anointing