SOS 5:2 The Sleeping Bride

Preached by James R. Reynolds, Sr. on November 21, 1979 and November 28, 1979.

Song of Solomon 5:2-5 — Song 5:2 ¶ 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.

• Part 1

Introduction

I. The Bride's Attitude

A. Improper Attitute

B. Indifferent Attitude

There is an enemy without. Beiing encompassed by an enemy, she has let her guard down.

C. Insufficient Attitude

1. Half Hearted
2. Compromising
3. Apathy/Unconcern

The Bridegroom's Grace

• Part 2

A. Revealed in His Knocking

1. To Awaken Her
2. To Arouse Her
3. To Gain Her Fellowship

B. Revealed in His Statements

1. Relative
2. Lover
3. Devotee
4. Chaste Virgin

C. Revealed in HIs Patience

1. Waiting
2. Suffferings