Spurgeon's Song of Song Survey
Song of Songs – The Real Presence, the Great Want of the Church
The Real Presence, The Great Want of the Church
Song of Solomon 3:3-4
Pastors’ Opening
Is it necessary to say that the Lord Jesus Christ is no longer corporeally present in his church? It ought not to be needful to assert so evident a truth; and yet it is important to do so, since there are some who teach that in what they are pleased to call “the Holy Sacrament,” Christ is actually present in his flesh and blood. Such persons unwittingly deny the real humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, for if he has indeed assumed our humanity, and is in all points made like unto his brethren, his flesh and blood cannot be in two places at one time.
Scripture Verse(s)
Solomon’s Song 3: 4-5
“It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.”
Key(s) to the Verse
I:
Bride/Church/Believer
Whom My Soul Loveth:
Bridegroom/Jesus Christ
Mother’s House:
Church
Daughters of Jerusalem:
Others – Believers/Non
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Pastor’s Main Theme(s)
I. And first, we learn from the text that before ever we can bring the Well-Beloved into our mother’s house, the church, WE MUST FIND HIM PERSONALLY FOR OURSELVES.
II. This brings us to the second point of the subject. If we would be a blessing to the church, and have already found Christ, WE MUST TAKE CARE TO RETAIN HIM.
III. It appears from the text that, after the spouse had thus found Christ for herself and held him, SHE BROUGHT HIM INTO THE CHURCH—”I brought him to my mother’s house.”
IV. This leads me to the last point, which is this, to CHARGE THE CHURCH THAT SHE BE CAREFUL NOT TO DISTURB THE LORD’S REPOSE, if we have been enabled by divine grace to bring the Lord into the chambers of our mother’s house.
