1. Lesson (based on Song of Solomon)
- HOOK:
- Ever heard couples who are very much in love talk about each other? What
do you think they talk about?
- “He is the most wonderful guy I ever met!” “She is the most beautiful
girl in the world!”
- Show examples of people in love, e.g.:
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Nick Vujicic on his wife Kanae Miyahara: “She has the most beautiful, wise, and warm eyes I’d ever seen. I couldn’t
take my eyes off her. She is enchanting, confident and kindhearted”.
- God loves us so much that he uses so many examples of
close human relationships to show us His love for us and tell us what He thinks
of us.
- Father and Son: Remember the son
who left the father after getting his share of the father’s money? He ran away,
spent all the money , finally came back home to his father who still loved him
despite what he had done and welcomed him back as his son.
- A friend: Jesus calls us his
friends (John 15:13-14) – Jesus is our true friend who loved us so much that he
laid down his life for us.
- A husband and a wife: This is one of the
closest relationships which we have
on this earth. A husband and a wife have covenantal relationship, just like
what God has with us. God wants us to know that our relationship with him is
also like a husband and a wife because it is a very close relationship. God
also uses the picture a bridegroom and
his bride — just like Christ is the bridegroom, and we, the church, are His
bride.
- King Solomon wrote a book called the Song of Solomon
or the Song of Songs. This book is unlike any other book in the bible. It’s a
special love story of a man and his bride.
- Here King Solomon appears as a young shepherd,
falls in love with a Shulamite girl. He promises to marry her on his return.
When he returns, much to her surprise, he appears as a king and takes
her back to Jerusalem to be his bride.
- Throughout the book, Solomon talks about the girl, how
beautiful she is; and she talks about Solomon, how beautiful he is.
