# 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and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

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## 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