Songs of Solomon

For the past 3 weeks including this week, we all had a church wide bible study with Pst Kong himself! The message is really really powerful. The context is based on the Songs of Solomon for this bible study.

Basically, in the Songs of Solomon, it is a love story between a man and a woman. It is also approached as a relationship between a believer and God himself. In other words, narrating the Songs of Solomon from God's perspective.

The constuction of the story is basically a relationship between a believer and God.

In the first part of the story, it is about christians that had burned out and worned out due to excessive serving, excessive involvements etc.

Part 1: Initial love (1:2-2:7)

Part 2: Faltering love (2:8-3:5)

Part 3: Growing love (3:6-5:1)

Part 4: Transforming love (5:2-7:13)

Part 5: Mature love (8:1-8-14)

Here are some of the points that I want to share.

Conversion deals with the Penalty of sin.
Sanctification deals with the Power of sin.
Glorification deals with the Presence of sin.

The 5 pains that we will go through:

1. The pain of discipline.

2. The pain of seperation (from friends).

3. The pain of disappointment.

4. The pain of obedience.

5. The pain of accusation.

Don't be a fireworks christian!

(Fireworks: Pops up quick and dies quick.)

Meekness, Dedication, Great humility is important in your walk.

The moment you are borned again, does not mean you are perfect!

It is one thing to be called and to be a saint.

God responds relationaly, not formulas and rules or regulations.

Leadership is always the problem but they are also the solution.

It's one thing to see God as a Saviour and another to see him as Lord.

God is more interested in your Character than your Comfort.

You don't need to be a theologian to know if God is real. It is like you having a Degree in Computer Science but you do not have any experience doing it and feeling it yourself, you will never know the feelings of those that had been there.

Baby Christians: Thin Skin and Thick Heart.

They are easily offended.

Mature Christians: Thick Skin and Thin Heart.

These are the ones that can endure trials, tests and the worst of times. With a thin heart, then only God would be able to speak easily.

You can never dictate the timing of the works of God.

It is better to give than to receive.

I don't know about you but I am surely impacted by this.

Sometimes, I just feel so tired, felt that things are not going well. But now that I know, I'll definitely keep moving on.

Oh yeah, I just can't wait for lesson 4 and 5.