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Theme: Marital Love
Doctrine: Marriage

The Song of Solomon from 35,000 Feet

Understanding the Text

• Her Love (2:3-15)
• His Love (4:1-10)
• Love Stronger Than Death (8:6-7)

 Marital Love is…

• A Gift to Be Celebrated
• A Fire to Be Guarded
• A Reflection of a Greater Love

Doctrine: Marriage

Applying the Text

• Entrust your marital status to God
• Find your contentment in God
• Guard your heart
• Guard your marriage
• Rejoice in the Greater Love

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Theme: The emptiness of life without God
Doctrine: Eternal perspective

Context for Our Text

Understanding the Text

• The Reality of Life Without God: Emptiness (Chs. 1 – 2)
• The Frustration of Life in a Fallen World (Chs. 3 – 6)
• The Limits of Human Wisdom (Chs. 7 – 11)
• The Turning Point: Remember Your Creator (12:1-12)
• Conclusion: Fear God and Keep His Commandments (12:13-14)

Doctrine: Eternal perspective

Temporary Vapor vs. Eternal Weight…

The Things God Has Prepared for Those Who Love Him…

Applying the Text

• Remember your Creator
• Live with Eternal Perspective
• Don’t Wait!

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Theme: Wisdom as a way of life
Doctrine: Fear of the LORD

Context for Our Text

Understanding the Text

• The Purpose of Wisdom (Prov. 1:1-6)
• The Foundation of Wisdom (Prov. 1:7)
• The Competing Voice of Sin (Prov. 1:8-19)
• The Public Call of Wisdom (Prov. 1:20-23)
• The Consequences of Rejecting Wisdom (1:24-32)
• The Promise of Listening (1:33)

Doctrine: Fear of the LORD

Applying the Text

• Examine your foundation
• Identify competing voices
• Respond to correction
• Choose the path of wisdom daily

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Theme: A prayer of wisdom
Doctrine: Wisdom in the light of Eternity

Understanding the Text

• See God’s Eternity (vv. 1-2)
• Face life’s brevity (vv. 3-6)
• Understand life’s seriousness (vv. 7-11)
• Learn life’s wisdom (v. 12)
• Pursue what lasts forever (vv. 13-17)

The brevity of life…

The lengthiness of life…

Doctrine: Wisdom in the light of Eternity

Applying the Text

• Return to God as your dwelling place.
• Repent of anything that doesn’t belong in a numbered life.
• Reorder your priorities around what is eternal.

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Theme: God’s personal care
Doctrine: Providence

Context for Our Text

Understanding the Text

• The Shepherd Who Provides (vv. 1-3)
• The Shepherd Who Protects (v. 4)
• The Shepherd Who Blesses (v. 5)
• The Shepherd Who Secures (v. 6)

Jesus the Good Shepherd

Ezekiel 34:1-16
John 10:1-18

Providence

1. God sustains all things (Preservation)
2. God governs all things (Rule)
3. God directs all things toward His purpose (Providence Proper)
4. Providence and Human responsibility
5. Providence is personal, not just cosmic

Applying the Text

• Is the LORD your Shepherd?

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Theme: Suffering and God’s sovereignty
Doctrine: Theodicy

Understanding the Text

• A Blameless and Blessed Man (Job 1:1-5)
• A Challenge in the Spiritual Realm (Job 1:6-12)
• Unimaginable Emotional Pain (1:13-22)
• Miserable Physical Pain (2:1-9)
  And then….
• God’s Challenge (Job 38:1-18)
• Job’s Humbling (Job 40:1-5)
• Job’s Repentance (Job 42:1-6)

And then….

Job in One Paragraph

The Book of Job tells the story of a righteous man whose life is suddenly shattered when God permits Satan to test his faith through the loss of his wealth, children, and health. As Job wrestles with deep grief and confusion, he refuses to curse God, even while questioning why the innocent suffer. His friends insist that his suffering must be punishment for sin, but Job maintains his integrity and longs for an explanation from God. When God finally speaks, He does not give Job a direct answer but reveals His own sovereign wisdom and power over all creation, reminding Job of the limits of human understanding. In the end, Job humbly submits to God, his fortunes are restored, and the book leaves us with a profound message: even when suffering is unexplained, God is worthy of trust, and His purposes are greater than we can see.

Theodicy:  A defense of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil.

Theodicy

“Intellectual” Defense

“Emotional” Defense

Applying the Text

• Anchor your faith in God… not His gifts
• Worship is a choice… not a feeling
• Recognize the reality of spiritual warfare
• Trust in God’s sovereignty… even when you don’t understand it
• Sit with others in their pain… don’t “advise” them