God’s Superior Love: How God Feels about Us (Song 1:2)

THE SUPERIOR PLEASURES IN THE GRACE OF GOD The Bride referred to the “superior pleasures” of the Word. This reveals her theology related to holiness. She points to the superior pleasures that come from growing in revelation of God’s heart (affection). God created us with 7 longings that draw us to Him and reflect His [...]

God’s Love is Better than the Wine of this World (Song 1:2)

UNDERSTANDING THE KISSES OF GOD’S WORD 2 Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth (Word) – For Your love is better than wine.  (Song 1:2) The Bride made her request to the One with authority over the King. She said, “Let Him…” She asks the One who could influence the King in [...]

Introduction to the Song of Solomon

INTRODUCTION In this session, we will give introductory information about the Song of Solomon and principles of interpretation. This will give us a road map so as to understand the big picture in the Song. King Solomon is the author of this eight chapter love Song in approximately 900 BC. It was probably written before [...]

Beholding God’s Beauty: Encountering God’s Emotions

I want to talk about beholding the glory of the Lord, or the beauty of the Lord. Specifically, I want to discuss the revelation of God’s emotions. An essential emphasis of the Holy Spirit in the generation of the Lord’s return is to reveal the emotions of God and the beauty of God. That is [...]

Exposing Deception and Discerning Cults

Exposing Deception and Discerning Cults JESUS WARNED ABOUT FALSE PROPHETS AND CULTS When Jesus taught on the end times, He warned us to beware of false teachers who could gain a large following, thus starting new cults. Jesus twice emphasized that “many” will respond to false leaders (v. 5, 11). False teaching will accelerate (v. [...]

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