The Beauty and Blessings of the Christian Bedroom

"The Beauty and Blessings of the Christian Bedroom"*

Song of Solomon 4:1-5:1

I. Let it be a place of satisfying attractiveness. 4:1-7

1. Men: meet your wife's need for verbal support. 4:1,7
1. Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.
2. Women: meet your husband's need for visual stimulation. 4:1-6.
1. Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead. Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and not one among them has lost its young. Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely, your cheeks are like halves of a pomegrante behind your veil. Your neck is like the tower of David, built in rows of stone; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors. Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that graze among the lilies.

II. Let it be a place of sensual anticipation. 4:8-11

1. Invite your mate to come to you. 4:8
1. Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
2. Indicate how your mate captivates you. 4:9-11
1. You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! Your lips drip nectar, my bride; hone and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garment is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

III. Let it be a place of specific availability. 4:12-15

1. God is pleased when we keep ourselves pure. 4:12
1. A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed.
2. God is pleased when we give each other pleasure. 4:13-15
1. Your shoots are an orchard of pomegrantes with all choicest fruits, henna with nard, nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all choice spices-a garden a fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.

IV. Let it be a place of spiritual affection. 4:16-5:1

1. Encourage your mate to make love with you. 4:16
1. Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its spices flow.
2. Encourage your mate after love with you. 5:1
1. I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Others eat, friends, drink and be drunk with love!

V. Let it be a place of spiritual approval. 5:1

1. Sex in marriage enjoys divine approval
2. Spouses in marriage enjoy divine affection

*Notes taken from Dr. Danny Akin's outline on Song of Solomon given in January 2014.