Spurgeon's Song of Song Survey
Song of Songs – My Garden, His Garden
My Garden, His Garden
Song of Solomon 4:16
Pastor’s Opening
WHAT a difference there is between what the believer was by nature and what the grace of God has made him! Naturally, we were like the waste howling wilderness, like the desert which yields no healthy plant or verdure. It seemed as if we were given over to be like a salt land, which is not inhabited; no good thing was in us, or could spring out of us. But now, as many of us as have known the Lord are transformed into gardens; our wilderness is made like Eden, our desert is changed into the garden of the Lord. “I will turn unto you,” said the Lord to the mountains of Israel when they were bleak and bare, “I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown;” and this is exactly what he said to the barrenness of our nature. We have been enclosed by grace, we have been tilled and sown, we have experienced all the operations of the divine husbandry.
Scripture Verse(s)
Song of Solomon 4:16
“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.”
Keys to the Verse(s)
Speaker:
Bride/Church/Believer
North Wind (cold):
Afflictions/Trials/
Convictions
South Wind (warmth):
God’s comfort/peace/grace/
love
Spices (fragrance):
Fruit of the Spirit –
Patience/Mercy/Grace
Love
His Garden:
Bride/Church/Believer
My Beloved:
Bridegroom/Jesus Christ
Pleasant Fruits (works)
God-glorifying acts
Purchase
Main Theme(s)
I. Now coming to our text, and thinking of Christians as the Lord’s garden, I want you to observe, first, that THERE ARE SWEET SPICES IN BELIEVERS.
- For instance, there is faith.
- Next notice, that these sweet spices are delightful to God.
- It sometimes happens that these sweet odors within God’s people lie quiet and still, and
- At such times, a Christian is very apt to ask, “Am I indeed planted in God’s garden? Am I really a child of God?”
II. What is wanted is that THOSE SWEET ODOURS SHOULD BE DIFFUSED. Observe, first, that until our graces are diffused, it is the same as if they were not there.
III. Our third and closing head will help to explain the remaining portion of our text: “Let my Beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.” These words speak of THE COMPANY OF CHRIST AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF OUR FRUIT BY CHRIST.
