Song of Solomon

Sin causes the Lord to withdraw.
Sin causes the Lord to go away.
Sin causes the soul to not find the Lord for the will is dulled and the heart is heavy. Spiritual
energy is drained.
Sin causes the heart to call upon the Lord only to be discouraged at the sound of silence. “He
gave no answer.”
Sin brings the soul to despair.
“Where is the blessedness I knew
When first I saw the Lord?”
7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they
wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
5:7 they wounded me. The Shulamite maiden realizes how foolish she has been to turn away a
time of fellowship with her lover. Now she goes to seek for him and finds herself the subject of
suffering. Spiritually, “You will always have to suffer if you refuse obedience to the voice of
Christ when He calls you” (Dr. H. A. Ironside).
The Suffering in the Soul Due to Sin
There is the affliction of a guilty conscience.
There is the knowledge that precious time has been wasted instead of redeemed.
There is the shame of secret sin.
There are emotional scars such as the loss of self respect.
There is self loathing and self berating for being so stupid, stubborn and self centered.
There is the fact that distinguishing marks are lost. The Shulamite woman was wounded
because she had lost her veil. With the loss of the veil came the loss of her power to protect
herself. She was viewed as a low woman of character and treated as such. Oh Christian, do
not lose you spiritual veil. Do not let sin remove your power.
8 I charge [command] you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that
ye tell him, that I am sick [faint] of love [with desire].
5: 8 sick of love. The Shulamite maiden appeals to the daughters of Jerusalem to help her be
reconciled with her lover. Spiritually, an appeal must be made to find restoration to fellowship
with the Savior.
How to be Restored to Spiritual Fellowship
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