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Learn valuable lessons from King Solomon's life about wisdom and obedience in leadership, and how your actions impact the future. Vonda Coble shares about dramatic lessons on decision-making, the blessings of prioritizing God’s wisdom, and the serious consequences of blind spots and disobedience.
Scriptures Referenced
Deuteronomy 17:17; 1 Kings 3:5-14, 8:54, 8:56-61, 10:23-27, 11:1, 11:9-14, 11:23, 11:26, 11:42-43; Proverbs 3:5-7, 3:12
Key Insights
- Solomon was wise, but his heart turned away from the Lord.
- Obedience is better than sacrifice.
- Our blind sides are dangerous because we can’t see them.
- The Holy Spirit will reveal our blind sides and be right there with us at the same time.
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We are officially in summer. Officially. And
Speaker:we have some things going on this summer that we need to make you aware
Speaker:of. But primarily what I want to tell you quickly about
Speaker:is we have VBX coming up in July.
Speaker:And you say vbx. What is vbx? You hear a
Speaker:vbs. And I just looked at Sherry and I said, can you. Kids don't want
Speaker:to go to school in the summer. Let's call it Vacation Bible experience.
Speaker:And they can experience the Lord's goodness. And
Speaker:the children's ministry needs help. It takes an army to do a
Speaker:VBX or S. And we need your
Speaker:help. This is a churchwide event, and it is for children and
Speaker:goodness. I think our last VBS was with Pastor
Speaker:Margaret at least 15 years ago. Rhonda, would
Speaker:you have any clue? It's at least 15, if not more.
Speaker:And it's been a while, but, man, what a fruitful season that we went through.
Speaker:So we're going to open up these doors again. We feel like the Lord has
Speaker:us doing that on the app at the bottom. If you go to
Speaker:sign ups, you can sign your child up. You do need to register
Speaker:so that they can prepare. They've got crafts and food and a bunch of
Speaker:different things, but also an opportunity for you to serve.
Speaker:And, you know, you may say to yourself, well, I can't. I don't feel like
Speaker:I can teach kids. Well, we don't need just teachers. We need somebody that can
Speaker:sit and greet people at the door and check people in. We need people who.
Speaker:We need people who can help direct traffic. We need help people who can pass
Speaker:out desserts at tables and do crafts with kids. There's something for everybody.
Speaker:But it's four days in July, so if you'll sign up on the
Speaker:signups and get registered, you can tell your friends, community, this is a great thing
Speaker:to bring your neighbors to if they've got kids. And it's at
Speaker:nighttime. And we did it at nighttime because some of you work during
Speaker:the day. And we want to offer opportunity for everybody to come be a part
Speaker:of this. And so make plans for this in July
Speaker:sound good? If it's good, say yeah. All right, well, gotta
Speaker:save the very best for right now and in our lives.
Speaker:In our lives, God tends to bring people to us
Speaker:that walk alongside us, that befriend us, that are
Speaker:loyal and faithful. I know he's done that several times in my life.
Speaker:And the person that's gonna be speaking tonight is one of those people that have
Speaker:been walking along the journey with me. For two decades. And,
Speaker:you know, I can only put Vonda up so often because she's got
Speaker:all the good stories about me. And so I've got kind of be
Speaker:cautious about, you know, how much of a floodgate do I want to give this
Speaker:lady to open and tell on me. So we'll see what she does
Speaker:today. It's a powerful word. So I want you to
Speaker:lean in this morning. God has something he wants to say to us this
Speaker:morning. Would you guys please welcome Vonda Coble.
Speaker:Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. How's everybody doing?
Speaker:Everybody's doing good. Okay. That's wonderful. I
Speaker:happen to be a headmaster at a school, and most of the time, when I
Speaker:come out and I say, good morning, how's everybody? Like I said, oh, come
Speaker:on. Come on. We can do that again. I don't know. There's something about a
Speaker:hyped good morning. So let me try that. Let me try that one more time.
Speaker:Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Yeah. How's it going?
Speaker:Right. This is actually the best part, place to be in. And that is in
Speaker:the house of the Lord. Yeah. So we have been
Speaker:learning about or hearing about the greatest stories
Speaker:ever told. Yeah. And I have the honor
Speaker:of talking and sharing today about a young
Speaker:man named Solomon. He was Solomon at first,
Speaker:and then he became the king who happened to be
Speaker:the wisest man on the face of
Speaker:earth. So we're gonna go into that now because I
Speaker:am a teacher at heart. I've been teaching for a lot of years.
Speaker:The teacher in me constantly comes out. So I'm gonna give
Speaker:you a brief overview of what we're gonna do today. How's that?
Speaker:So the first thing that we're gonna do is we are going to
Speaker:overview the story of king Solomon in
Speaker:1 Kings, chapters 1 through 11. Okay.
Speaker:I'm gonna briefly go through them, kind of an overview,
Speaker:and then after that, we are going to dive
Speaker:into some wisdom
Speaker:with him being the wisest man on earth. I believe that there
Speaker:are lessons from his life that the Lord
Speaker:would like to share with us. So we're going to do an overview
Speaker:of his life, and then we're going to talk about some
Speaker:lessons that we can learn from. From his
Speaker:life. Is that okay? All right, so the
Speaker:title of the story or today's lesson is Lessons from the Life
Speaker:of King Solomon. First Kings 3.
Speaker:Five through nine is where we're going to go in and out of. But if
Speaker:you have your Bibles, you can go ahead and go there right now.
Speaker:Meanwhile, for the rest of us, let's go ahead and stand,
Speaker:and we're going to read the word.
Speaker:Are we ready? Here we go. At
Speaker:Gideon, the Lord appeared to Solomon during
Speaker:the night in a dream. And God said,
Speaker:ask for whatever you want.
Speaker:Solomon answered, you have shown great
Speaker:kindness to your servant because
Speaker:you have continued this great kindness to him and have
Speaker:given him his son.
Speaker:Now.
Speaker:But I am only a little child.
Speaker:Your service is here among the people,
Speaker:great people.
Speaker:And to distinguish between.
Speaker:Dear Heavenly Father, thank you so very much for this day. We thank you
Speaker:for this day. For you have given us new grace and
Speaker:new mercy today. God, I ask that you would open
Speaker:up our eyes to see what it
Speaker:is that you have for each and every one of us today.
Speaker:God, open up our ears so that we would
Speaker:hear exactly what you have to say
Speaker:to each and every one of us. And, God, soften our
Speaker:heart so that we can be
Speaker:shapeable and moldable in your hands.
Speaker:God, I personally ask that you would do just that for me,
Speaker:especially today. I've studied, I've learned.
Speaker:But, Lord, you may have something to share. And so I ask that you
Speaker:open up my ears so that I could hear exactly what it is that
Speaker:you're saying. Dear Heavenly Father, less of me.
Speaker:So that Jesus Christ can be more.
Speaker:Amen. All right, let's have a seat.
Speaker:So as we talked, we're going to do a little bit of a brief
Speaker:view, a preview. So sorry,
Speaker:Preview of King Solomon's life. But
Speaker:I want to encourage you all, one,
Speaker:I want to encourage you, don't be distracted by the sound of the rain. But
Speaker:you know, it's happening, okay? So it's going
Speaker:on, it's happening. We're gonna be fine. People
Speaker:will actually go and get your car for you. Can I just say a side
Speaker:note? Where is Justin? Is Justin here? Where's Justin? He's not here,
Speaker:you all. He's on a sabbatical. Okay. Good old Justin. Well,
Speaker:it was raining one time, and I looked at Justin and I said,
Speaker:I don't do well in water. Can you go get my car?
Speaker:You all. Justin went and got my card, brought it up here under the
Speaker:awning for me. And I was just like, I'm so spoiled.
Speaker:But thank you, Justin. We got good people here, so don't
Speaker:worry. It's raining. It is what it is. Okay? So we're gonna focus.
Speaker:But let me see. I also, because I'm a teacher at heart,
Speaker:I. I do not have a problem with people talking back to me. Okay? Just
Speaker:so you know, especially if you see me do this, that means Talk to me.
Speaker:Okay, so how many of you all like to binge
Speaker:watch shows? Raise your hand. Oh,
Speaker:okay. Okay, okay. Oh, this is great. Okay, I got good news for
Speaker:you. Open up your Bible this week. Come on and
Speaker:read. First Kings. If you like to
Speaker:binge watch, that tells me that you like drama.
Speaker:Okay, that tells me that you like to have
Speaker:action because you love to go. Because you know what happens? It's
Speaker:over. And it says, next episode. And you say, bam,
Speaker:next episode. Right? Back in the day, I'm from the
Speaker:late 90s. Back in the day, you had to wait a whole week.
Speaker:Bottom line. So at the end, you're just like, oh, my gosh, no,
Speaker:no, I have to wait all week. Whole week. Not now. Guess what?
Speaker:We can just binge. Well, I got a show for you. It's called
Speaker:King Solomon's Life. Now, listen, I'm
Speaker:gonna give you an overview, but I'm just gonna tell you, these
Speaker:are important things to me that I thought was interesting, but you may
Speaker:think something else is interesting. So I want you to go home
Speaker:this week and read. Because the details,
Speaker:the details, they are on. So
Speaker:you have got to go and read. What are you going to go read first?
Speaker:Kings. There it is right there. Here we go.
Speaker:Chapter one. Chapter one.
Speaker:King Solomon becomes king. Now, so this chapter
Speaker:starts off David, which was King Solomon's
Speaker:father. David was of course, age. He was sick.
Speaker:And so it gives you a little detail. Again, I'm just going to pass through
Speaker:it, but it starts out like that, okay? Now, as he is
Speaker:sick, Solomon has an older brother. And his
Speaker:older brother's name is Adonijah.
Speaker:Am I saying it right, everybody? Adonijah. Yes. I'm
Speaker:always. Just want to make sure I say it correctly. Adonijah
Speaker:figured to himself, my daddy is not doing well.
Speaker:So you know what? I'm gonna go ahead and make myself king.
Speaker:And that's what he does. He invites some people,
Speaker:he invites others to this party. He has a feast. He throws
Speaker:a party. And in this party, he says, hey, everybody,
Speaker:I'm the new king. Okay, so that's
Speaker:not exactly how it happens, but that's what happened. Okay? So
Speaker:Nathan the prophet, he goes to
Speaker:Bathsheba, who is Solomon's mother, and he
Speaker:just says, this is me paraphrasing
Speaker:Bathsheba. Do you know that Adonijah is throwing a
Speaker:party because he's making himself king? And she said,
Speaker:what? Yes. And so,
Speaker:same time he says, didn't David tell you? Didn't he promise you to
Speaker:Solomon? Yes, he did. So he said, okay, this what you
Speaker:do. You go in to King David and tell him what's
Speaker:happening, and then I'm going to come in behind and confirm it. Cool.
Speaker:Got it? Got it.
Speaker:Excuse me. Pardon me. King David, may I come in? Which I thought is
Speaker:so wonderful. You know women. We got to know how to do things. You know
Speaker:what I'm saying? She came in, and she said, king David,
Speaker:did you know that Adonijah is throwing a party
Speaker:to become king right now? Now, listen, if it had been me,
Speaker:I'd have come in. David, do you know that Adonai, you know,
Speaker:she didn't do that. She didn't do that. She came in, and she
Speaker:asked questions, and David was just like, what? Meanwhile, who comes
Speaker:in? The prophet Nathan. Yes. He
Speaker:does the same thing. King David, did you know that your
Speaker:son Adoniah is throwing a party at. I'm telling you all.
Speaker:It's in there. Read it. Okay. And so David says,
Speaker:he's doing what? No. Mnh. Mnh. Go get
Speaker:Solomon. Get Solomon. Bring Solomon in. Bring him
Speaker:on my mule. Put him on the throne. Okay. All this
Speaker:happens in chapter one. No lie. And so
Speaker:Adonijah, he's at the party. I'm king.
Speaker:I'm king. Yes, I'm king. Y' all singing, I'm king. He's king. Yes. He
Speaker:having a good old time. And they're having a good time. Cause it says, it's
Speaker:in there. I'm not making this up. There's a feast, and
Speaker:he's partying. He is the king. And then all of a sudden,
Speaker:they're like, wait a minute. There's some noise happening. And
Speaker:it's louder than what's happening in here. So they're like, what is going on?
Speaker:So this one man, he goes out. He goes, checks out. He's like, oh, my
Speaker:gosh. They're making Solomon a king. So he comes back, and he says to
Speaker:Adonijah, I got something to tell you. He's like, oh, you're a great
Speaker:man. You always come with a good word. What you got to say? And he's
Speaker:like, it's not a good word. It's not a good word.
Speaker:King David is making Solomon the king
Speaker:right now. This is during the party. Well, what do you think everybody in the
Speaker:party's doing? They start freaking out. They leave the party.
Speaker:Meanwhile, Adonijah goes. And he goes to the ark, and he's holding on. Cause right
Speaker:now, what you think he's doing? Praying for forgiveness? Cause he recognizes his life.
Speaker:You know what I'm saying? It's about the go. Interestingly. Well,
Speaker:Solomon hears about it. Bring Adonijah
Speaker:to me. He does. He comes in, he's like, I'm so sorry.
Speaker:You know, I'm so sorry. And King Solomon,
Speaker:at the time, new king, he says, all right,
Speaker:don't do any evil. Go on home.
Speaker:That's interesting. A bit of wisdom right
Speaker:there. Okay, Chapter two.
Speaker:Chapter two, David's charge to Solomon.
Speaker:So in chapter two, David,
Speaker:which David, the scripture says, is a man after God's
Speaker:own heart. You all have read that? Yes. You agree?
Speaker:Excellent. Not my opinion. David was
Speaker:definitely a great man.
Speaker:Not a very good husband and really not a good father.
Speaker:Okay? It is what it is, okay? David,
Speaker:his own son, he ran away from. I mean, if you all have not read
Speaker:this again, stop binging off Netflix and open up your word.
Speaker:Okay? It is very interesting.
Speaker:He just ran away from his other son.
Speaker:He didn't say anything to Adonijah when Adonijah was
Speaker:doing things. But this time, he actually sits down, Solomon, and he talks
Speaker:to him. That's a good thing. He talks to Solomon and he
Speaker:tells Solomon, listen, you need to obey
Speaker:God. You need to obey his decrees.
Speaker:So he sits down and he gives him all this information. He also
Speaker:tells him about some other people in his
Speaker:group that may have not done well. And
Speaker:so he tells him what he probably should do to them, too.
Speaker:Like I said, you all like drama.
Speaker:He's telling him to do away with some people,
Speaker:but he says, hey, but you have wisdom.
Speaker:Literally, David says, use wisdom. Okay,
Speaker:so let's look at the word wisdom. Wisdom, the ability to
Speaker:discern inner qualities and relationships. Insight
Speaker:or good sense, judgment. So
Speaker:before we continue on, I think it's important for us to really know what is
Speaker:wisdom. What exactly is wisdom?
Speaker:Okay, we're gonna go and we're gonna look at chapter
Speaker:three. Chapter three is Solomon's wisdom.
Speaker:So in chapter three, God comes to
Speaker:Solomon and he asked him in a dream, he asked him,
Speaker:asked him, what do you want?
Speaker:Whatever you want, I'll give it to you.
Speaker:Now, we've already read this, but I want you to look over that
Speaker:briefly. What words jump out
Speaker:to you that kind of give us a little bit of evidence
Speaker:that Solomon was already walking in some wisdom.
Speaker:Shout out to me, what do you see?
Speaker:He first acknowledged God. Okay, thank you.
Speaker:First sentence. Now, Lord of my God.
Speaker:Lord my God. What else? Whose
Speaker:servant? Your servant. Okay, your servant. What
Speaker:else? Discerning heart. That's what he asked
Speaker:for. Okay, acknowledged. He
Speaker:was a child. Now, I don't know this for sure. But he was around
Speaker:or about 15 to 20 years of age.
Speaker:Okay? So let's give him the benefit of the doubt. He was
Speaker:20,
Speaker:20, becoming
Speaker:the king. He was a baby,
Speaker:right? I work with children the age of four.
Speaker:Now, did you hear me? I said I work with children from the age of
Speaker:4 to 18. Because when they come to me, I'm just like, you're a
Speaker:kid. Even the ones that are 18 who think they are wrong,
Speaker:like your brain is not even developed. How
Speaker:do you son? 20. Oh, Lord Jesus. Stand
Speaker:up. Go ahead, stand up. Come on, come on.
Speaker:20. Right here. King,
Speaker:right? Thank you so much, Michael. I appreciate you. You didn't know you came to
Speaker:church for that, but I appreciate you. You got a mustache and everything.
Speaker:20 years of age, okay? And the Lord
Speaker:asked him, whatever you want,
Speaker:whatever you want, I'll give it to
Speaker:you. 20. And this
Speaker:is how he responded. It seems to me that
Speaker:Solomon already was walking on a path of wisdom.
Speaker:Would you agree? Because he's asking
Speaker:for things like, number one, acknowledging I'm just
Speaker:a kid. I'm just a kid. I don't know what I'm doing.
Speaker:I don't know what I need to do. And he says, your
Speaker:people. He acknowledges, these are your
Speaker:people. He acknowledges God for
Speaker:who he is. And he acknowledges, I need help.
Speaker:So I'm acknowledging I need help. I got a
Speaker:microphone. I want somebody to read for me God's
Speaker:response to this. Who wants to read? Who wants to read
Speaker:today? Oh, that's so great. I love
Speaker:it. Now, you do know he forgot I said I was an educator. He's
Speaker:pointing to somebody else. So you know who I'm giving the microphone to.
Speaker:He forgot. Here you go. Sweet bee. Come on, you got this. Come on.
Speaker:Who, Levi. Come on, Levi. Stand up, Levi. Come on,
Speaker:Levi. Yeah, there it is. There it is. Come on. Come
Speaker:on, Levi. So this is King
Speaker:Solomon's Prayer now, Levi. Oh, come on. Well, come on
Speaker:up. That's what I'm talking about. Come on up,
Speaker:Levi. All right, now, Levi, this is what you're going to do. You're going to
Speaker:read God's request response. Now, it's lengthy,
Speaker:okay? And I want you to read it with gusto. Can you do that for
Speaker:me, Levi? Look alive, my
Speaker:brother. You ready? Here we
Speaker:go. Right there. Read that for me. You got it
Speaker:with the microphone, sir. The Lord
Speaker:was pleased that. Excuse me. Pardon me. Pardon me. I'm
Speaker:so sorry. Excuse me. Levi, you're gonna have to do a lot better than that.
Speaker:Okay? Okay, I need. The Lord was
Speaker:pleased can you handle it? All right, here we go.
Speaker:The Lord was pleased that Solomon.
Speaker:Solomon. It's up there. You're good.
Speaker:Had asked for this. You got it.
Speaker:We're gonna do it together. So God said to him, come on,
Speaker:come with me. Since you have asked for this and
Speaker:not for long life or wealth for yourself,
Speaker:come on with me. Nor have asked for the death
Speaker:of your enemies, but for discernment and
Speaker:administrating justice. Read the next part.
Speaker:I will do what you have asked.
Speaker:I will give you a
Speaker:wise and discerning, discerning
Speaker:heart. Good job. So that there
Speaker:will never have been anyone like you,
Speaker:nor will there ever
Speaker:will there never be. Ladies and gentlemen,
Speaker:Levi. That's great. That's great.
Speaker:That's what I'm talking about.
Speaker:Look at that. Look at that. Two people came to church and didn't know what
Speaker:they were gonna do. But see, okay. Look at that. God
Speaker:honored him. Honored him.
Speaker:Because you asked for something that
Speaker:was not for yourself. I'mma give it to you.
Speaker:And extra.
Speaker:I am going to give you wealth,
Speaker:wisdom, life. Now, let's look at
Speaker:the disclaimer. I will do what you've asked. I will give
Speaker:you a wise and discerning. Oh, that's because I haven't gone on. Moreover,
Speaker:There we go. I will give you what you have not asked for,
Speaker:both wealth and honor, so that your lifetime,
Speaker:you will have no equal among kings. Ha,
Speaker:ha. And if you walk in obedience
Speaker:to me and keep my decrees and commands,
Speaker:as David, your father, did, I'll give you long
Speaker:life. That's nice. That's
Speaker:nice. The thing was, Solomon was already
Speaker:on a path of wisdom.
Speaker:And then God gave it all to him.
Speaker:Let me go back. I'm not ready for chapter four just yet. In
Speaker:chapter three, as soon as this happened, there was
Speaker:a story. I'm gonna do it really quickly. I didn't do
Speaker:it in the first service. I'm gonna do it in this service. There was a
Speaker:story of two prostitutes, two women, okay? And
Speaker:they came before the king. And one woman, woman
Speaker:A, came before the king. And she said, king,
Speaker:I had a baby. And this lady also
Speaker:had a baby. Okay, I'm paraphrasing. Going very quickly.
Speaker:We are in the same house. And at night, her
Speaker:baby died. But when I was sleep, she
Speaker:went and took my live baby and put my
Speaker:live baby with her and took her dead baby and put it with.
Speaker:When I woke up in the light of day and I saw my baby, I
Speaker:realized it's not my baby. And I looked and I saw that she had my
Speaker:baby. Well, they went to before him with the live baby. Two
Speaker:women, one live baby. And she said, king,
Speaker:this is not her kid. This is my baby.
Speaker:So the king with all his new wisdom said, hmm,
Speaker:Bring me the baby. Bring me
Speaker:a sword. Slice that baby in half. That's what
Speaker:he said. The woman who had the baby that was lasted. No, no,
Speaker:no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't do it. Don't do it.
Speaker:Give her the live baby. I'd rather the baby live.
Speaker:The other lady said, slice them up. Give her
Speaker:one side. Give me the other side. Now you
Speaker:all, I'm sure we know
Speaker:with that kind of wisdom which baby
Speaker:was given or which mother got the baby.
Speaker:What do you do? What do you do when you don't know? Now, I'm just
Speaker:gonna tell you side story. Anybody who is a teacher, this is the kind
Speaker:of wisdom you need to use in a classroom. It's called the wisdom from the
Speaker:lord. You have two people coming to you. Ms. Coble, she did
Speaker:this. Ms. Coble. I don't know. I wasn't there. So I said, jesus,
Speaker:you're gonna have to help me right now.
Speaker:Cause I need wisdom. I wasn't there. And guess what? He does it every
Speaker:time.
Speaker:That's the kind of wisdom that King Solomon had.
Speaker:Chapter four, Solomon's officials and governors.
Speaker:In that chapter, it speaks about who is under the
Speaker:tribes. Just so you know, there were many, many kings of
Speaker:Israel, but only three of them were able to have all of
Speaker:the 12 tribes under them. That was Saul, David and
Speaker:Solomon, which you'll find out a little bit what happens to Solomon's
Speaker:son. But this was a big deal that you could have all of the tribes
Speaker:under the same government or king,
Speaker:and they were all in harmony as well.
Speaker:And then this chapter goes on to talk about the officials, the
Speaker:governors, all of that in the tribe of
Speaker:Israel. Chapter five, preparation
Speaker:of the building of the temple. And so again,
Speaker:y' all gotta open up your Bible and read. Okay? I need you to read,
Speaker:you know, about. Well, why was there a temple needed? Well, that's in the Bible.
Speaker:Again, put down Netflix, bring up the word. But it
Speaker:tells you about all of this. So in this chapter, there is
Speaker:preparation. They're business deals that are going on, bottom line.
Speaker:Okay. And if Solomon is the wisest man, how do you think those
Speaker:business deals are going? Pretty good. He was a great
Speaker:entrepreneur. So in this chapter, that's what's going
Speaker:on. And then in chapter six, Solomon actually builds the
Speaker:temple. Okay? Now this temple took about
Speaker:seven years to build. But it was fabulous.
Speaker:Again, details. Everything is always in the details. It's in the scripture. It
Speaker:talks to you all about it all what is actually built, how it's
Speaker:built, all that good stuff. Okay, chapter seven.
Speaker:Solomon builds his palace. Now, interesting enough,
Speaker:the temple took seven years. The palace took 13.
Speaker:I'm just going to leave that where it is.
Speaker:13 years, he built his own palace. Okay,
Speaker:so chapter five. I'm not gonna
Speaker:go back. Seven talks about the palace. All right, here we go.
Speaker:Chapter 8. The Ark is brought to the temple.
Speaker:Now, this is a big deal. The Ark is brought to the temple.
Speaker:And this is
Speaker:solely the reason why. The temple or the. Yes, the temple
Speaker:was built. The king, he summons in all his elders.
Speaker:The heads of the tribes, the priests, the chief.
Speaker:Everybody comes and he dedicates the
Speaker:temple. Okay? In First King
Speaker:8, 54, 56 is what we're about to read. But I
Speaker:want to read or I'm about to read to you. 54. When Solomon had
Speaker:finished all these prayers, because he prayed over, he
Speaker:dedicated it and supplications to the Lord. He
Speaker:rose from before altar of the Lord
Speaker:where he had been kneeling with his hands spread
Speaker:out toward heaven. He stood and blessed the whole
Speaker:assembly of Israel in a loud voice. I need
Speaker:a little bit of help. Who wants to read this next one?
Speaker:Did you raise your hand? Yes, you did.
Speaker:Yes, you did. I love you, Ben Dudley. Of course you
Speaker:did. And I know you'll read it with all the gusto. Here
Speaker:we go. You got it.
Speaker:Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people
Speaker:Israel, just as he promised. Not one word
Speaker:has failed. Of all the good promises he gave through his servant
Speaker:Moses. May the Lord our God be with us
Speaker:as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us
Speaker:nor forsake us. May he turn our hearts to him, to walk
Speaker:in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees
Speaker:and laws he gave our ancestors. And may these words
Speaker:of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord be near
Speaker:to the Lord our God day and night, that he may
Speaker:uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people,
Speaker:Israel, according to each day's need, so
Speaker:that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord
Speaker:is God and that there is no other. And
Speaker:may your hearts be fully committed to the Lord our God,
Speaker:to live by his decrees and obey his
Speaker:commands as at this time. Thank you so
Speaker:very much.
Speaker:He actually reads it. Different accents as well.
Speaker:I know you did. So he prays
Speaker:over the temple. And
Speaker:in chapter nine, Solomon's greatness And downfall?
Speaker:We're about to find out. So first, King
Speaker:9:3:9. Jesus comes as
Speaker:second. Not Jesus. God comes to him a second
Speaker:time, just like he did before. And he says, I heard
Speaker:your prayer. He consecrates the temple,
Speaker:and then he gives Solomon and his sons a warning
Speaker:again. You need to read it. Go back and
Speaker:make sure you do that. After that, Solomon's
Speaker:other activities happen. In this chapter,
Speaker:more business deals. Okay. And then
Speaker:Solomon's wife, Pharaoh's daughter.
Speaker:An intermarriage among royal families which
Speaker:was common, but not God's plan.
Speaker:Interesting. Who remembers Pharaoh?
Speaker:Interesting name to come up, especially for
Speaker:Solomon to marry the daughter.
Speaker:Place that in your head somewhere. We're going to come back to it.
Speaker:Chapter 10. Queen Sheba visits Solomon
Speaker:and Solomon's Splendor. We
Speaker:talked a little bit about the wisdom of King
Speaker:Solomon. What I gave to you about those two women,
Speaker:that was a small portion. Solomon could
Speaker:do riddles. People would come all over
Speaker:just to hear him speak or to give
Speaker:wisdom. This was a big deal. Queen Sheba was one
Speaker:of those who came. She was a big deal. And she came to visit him
Speaker:to see is this man everything that everybody says
Speaker:he is. And sure enough, she found out that he was.
Speaker:In 1 Kings 10, 23, 25. King Solomon was
Speaker:greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.
Speaker:The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear
Speaker:the wisdom God had put in his heart. Year after
Speaker:year, everyone who came brought a gift. Articles of
Speaker:silver and gold, robes, weapons and spice
Speaker:and horses and mules. He was the richest man
Speaker:on earth. Period. In 27, it says,
Speaker:the king made silver as common in Jerusalem
Speaker:as stones. Right.
Speaker:We're talking about. Very interesting, wise,
Speaker:rich man. And then we have
Speaker:chapter 11, however.
Speaker:Chapter 11, now you may say vonda. Why
Speaker:would you put however in front of it? Well, guess what? I did it.
Speaker:First Kings 11. 1. The first verse says, King
Speaker:Solomon, however, loved many foreign
Speaker:women besides Pharaoh's daughter.
Speaker:I didn't make it up. Just for the record, too. Just so you
Speaker:know, I'm a very opinionated woman. But I need you to know
Speaker:that this is the word of God. That's why I'm showing
Speaker:so much word, because I have an opinion. And I'm
Speaker:gonna say, I have an opinion, but it means nothing. My
Speaker:opinion means nothing. God's word, on the other hand,
Speaker:is everything. So I want you to see my
Speaker:opinions fall. But his word stands strong.
Speaker:King Solomon and his disobedience
Speaker:is what happens first.
Speaker:King Solomon married many foreign women.
Speaker:And it is stated in 1st Kings 3:1, which.
Speaker:Remember, I told you to put that. Now let's bring it back out.
Speaker:Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh, king of
Speaker:Egypt, and married his daughter. He built
Speaker:altars for his foreign wives. You
Speaker:all. Solomon had 700 wives. Now lookie here.
Speaker:My husband is here. He wasn't in first service, but he's in this service.
Speaker:And I believe when he sees the Lord face to face,
Speaker:he may say to the Lord, you do know Vonda was a lot?
Speaker:I said he may. I don't know, but I just wonder.
Speaker:Hey, Bae, do you want 700 vondas?
Speaker:Oh, he's such a handsome fella. He did his head
Speaker:slowly, like this. No.
Speaker:Do you want 700 wives? Let me ask your twin.
Speaker:Do you want 700 wives? No. Okay. We
Speaker:haven't even talked about the 300 consciousness.
Speaker:That's why I said however. Solomon
Speaker:was very wise.
Speaker:However.
Speaker:First Kings 11, 9, 13.
Speaker:Curt, you want to do some reading for me? Of course he would.
Speaker:You don't have to stand. You can do whatever you want to do. The
Speaker:Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the
Speaker:Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
Speaker:Although he had forbidden Solomon to follow other gods,
Speaker:Solomon did not keep the Lord's command. So the Lord said to
Speaker:Solomon, since this is your attitude, and you have not
Speaker:kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you,
Speaker:I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to
Speaker:one of your subordinates. Nevertheless, for the sake
Speaker:of David, your father, I will not do it. During your lifetime,
Speaker:I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
Speaker:Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him
Speaker:one tribe. For the sake of David, my servant, and for the sake of
Speaker:Jerusalem, which I have chosen.
Speaker:However, continues. Solomon now has
Speaker:adversaries. Thank you so much, Curt. In First Kings
:14, then the Lord raised up against Solomon.
:Adversaries. I'm so sorry. I didn't put adversaries. But it's in there.
:You're more than welcome to look in your Bible. Always test the person who's bringing
:the word. First Kings 11:23.
:And God raised up against Solomon another adversary.
:And then Jeroboam. Jeroboam. Am I saying it?
:Jeroboam. Jeroboam
:rebels against Solomon. In 1st Kings 26,
:also Jeroboam, son of Nebat, rebelled
:against the king. He was one of Solomon's officials
:and number three. Then Solomon's death. First Kings 11:42,
:43. Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all
:Israel. 40 years. Then he rested with
:his ancestors and was buried in the city of
:David, his father. And
:Rehoboam, I think
:his son succeeded him as king.
:You all. King Solomon. He wrote three books of the Bible.
:Proverbs, Ecclesiastics and Songs of Solomon.
:Proverbs. Interesting enough. The purpose of it is to
:teach people how to attain wisdom, discipline and a
:prudent life. To apply divine wisdom to
:daily life. Moral instructions.
:Ecclesiastics was written to spare future
:generations the bitterness of learning through their
:own experience that life is meaningless apart
:from God. Songs of Solomon to
:tell of a love between a bridegroom and his bride.
:Now, y' all, he had experience,
:I'm just saying, to affirm
:the sanctity of marriage and.
:And to picture God's love for his people.
:King Solomon, yes, he was the wisest man. He did have
:a. However. But he also wrote
:books because he learned. Life sometimes
:is about learning. And I have a saying.
:It's not from the Bible, it's from Vonda. When you know better, you
:should do better. Now, I used to say, when you know better, you do
:better. And then I started living
:and I said, you should. Well,
:King Solomon did. And what he wanted us
:to know was you don't have to live off of your own
:experiences. You can live off of others experience. Experience. If you read
:Ecclesiastics, he says over and over and over, and this is meaningless.
:And if you try to do this and you try to do this and you
:try to do that, it's meaningless, it means nothing. The whole book,
:he's pretty much saying, if you don't have God,
:meaningless.
:Lessons from the life of King Solomon. Here we are. Here we are,
:people. King Solomon lived.
:He died. He was rich. He had many
:things. What can we learn
:from this young man?
:Number one. Solomon asked for something
:that would serve others and not himself.
:We need the Holy Spirit less of me and more of you.
:Sometimes people say things as a cliche. When you say this, mean
:it. The goal
:is to be like Jesus Christ. The
:goal is to be like Jesus Christ.
:The goal is to be like
:Jesus Christ. Now, I like Vonda. I think I should.
:But the goal is not for me to be like Vonda.
:The goal is for Vonda to be transformed
:into Jesus Christ.
:But I am only a child and I do not know
:how to carry out my duties. So give your
:servant a discerning heart, to govern your people and to
:distinguish between right and wrong. I have two things
:I want to say about that.
:I am so Sorry to have to tell you all this.
:You don't know everything.
:What you know is small
:compared to God the Father, God the Son and
:God the Holy Spirit. This
:young man was talking about, help me to be able to serve the people.
:But can I tell you that your duties
:are everyday living. We
:don't know how to love people. You think you
:do. That's fine. Then you get
:tested and you find out
:I didn't know. You don't know
:how to be kind. All of these things, they don't come
:naturally to us. We are human beings
:now. Thank God. We are more important than dogs.
:So sorry. I know you got a dog. We are
:more important than cats. But we don't
:know anything. And we do not know between
:right and wrong unless
:we have a standard. Because I need you
:to know you're right and you're wrong. If it does not
:compare to this, it's not right and it's not wrong.
:You do not know. Again,
:I'm sorry to tell you, but you don't.
:And I'm talking to Vonda. There are times
:where I feel like I have done the right thing. Especially
:because I need to tell them how I feel. And they need to know
:because I'm right. And the Lord says, no, you're not. Sit down.
:And then there are tons of things that happen to me and Micah.
:They're not good, they are bad. And let me tell you why they're bad.
:Because I'm crying over it. And they are bad. And the Lord says, no, no,
:baby girl, that was good for you.
:We do not know right from
:wrong unless you have a standard. And
:the standard is not you. As handsome as you
:are, it's not you. I say that because I know
:your wife and I, you know, you forget I hooked y' all up. Do you
:remember that? Okay. Anyway.
:Anyway. We don't know. We need the
:Holy Spirit. Oh, I see the people that tells me. I gotta go.
:Lesson 2. Obedience is better than sacrifice.
:I don't really have to go into that. I did a little bit during first
:service, but because I see them, that lets me know I gotta go. You just
:gonna have to trust me.
:Thank you. They said, trust him.
:Lesson 3. Your actions affect generations.
:I'm just going to read the word. I'm not going to give you my opinion.
:I'm going to read the word. Nevertheless, for
:the sake of David, your father, I will not do
:it. During your lifetime, I will tear it out of the hand of
:your son, yet I will not tear the whole kingdom
:from him. But will give him one
:tribe. For the sake of David, my
:servant, and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have
:chosen parents. And that's everybody in here who plans to
:have kids. What you do affects generations.
:It's just not about you.
:You need to know that.
:Fourth one, however,
:blind sides. All of us have
:blind sides.
:Hence the word blind,
:the side away from which one is looking.
:Here's the thing. The Lord will
:reveal it to you. He can reveal it to you
:through his word. He can also reveal it to you through other
:people. So we should be very
:cautious who we allow in our circles.
:Number one, it's got to be people who love you. And
:people who love you will actually show you your blind side.
:Hence the word blind side.
:You see, if before I came to the the Lord, I cursed a lot,
:okay? And now I'm with the Lord, and words come
:out every now and then. That ain't blind to me. I know.
:I'm talking about things that you don't even know
:are inside of you. Hence the word blind
:side. So I want to encourage you
:all two things. One,
:I said, be careful who you put around you. Right?
:People who love you will actually show you your blind side.
:Now, I need you to know this. Hear me. It's going to hurt
:when you hear it, because you didn't know
:it was there.
:But if they love you, receive
:what they have to say. Bring it before the Lord.
:There are people who relationships have ended because a
:blind side was revealed. Now listen,
:this is true for me. If I feel like someone has hurt me, I
:will slowly back away from them. Just
:slowly back away. And I actually did that a couple of
:weeks ago. The Lord shows showed me because someone who loved me
:showed me my blind side. And it hit me hard
:because I knew my intentions. I didn't think that was actually
:happening. No, Lord, that's not me. And the Lord said,
:yes, it is. It's a
:blind side. And so do you know what I
:did? I surrendered
:and said, I hear you, Jesus. And then
:I went to that person and I said, I'm
:sorry
:because I slowly came away.
:Because you loved me.
:I want to encourage you.
:If that has happened to you. Reconcile.
:The Lord can reconcile relationships
:because this is who God is. I read something
:and I thought, God, I so love you.
:In Psalms 103, 13, it says,
:As a father has compassion on his children,
:so the Lord has compassion.
:I'm so sorry. Because I got teary. I can't see the words.
:Let me go ahead and put on my glasses.
:So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
:For he knows how we
:are formed. He
:remembers that we are dust.
:And I thought, God, thank you so much.
:You see, when the blind side was revealed to me, it hurt me.
:And then it hurt me because I thought, oh, God,
:I'm just trying to do the best I can.
:But he said, vonda, I love you.
:I saw called the blind side. That doesn't change
:my love for you. I
:revealed it to you so you could surrender it to me.
:You see, less of him or me. Thank you, Lord.
:Less of me and more of him. And
:that night when I cried, because I cried, I cried. Like
:I cried, it hurt. I heard the
:Holy Spirit say, vonda, this
:is you becoming more like me.
:You see, we don't show up like Jesus, like the
:Amazon package. He works it
:out of us.
:This was not the pastor and I talking. I
:thought it was so interesting how he had exactly
:what the Lord wanted to end today with at the
:beginning. Stand to your feet. Trust in the Lord
:with all your heart. Lean not on
:your own understanding. In all
:your ways, submit to Him. Him and he will
:make your paths straight. We
:need the Holy Spirit.
:If you don't know the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal savior
:today, I got good news for you. You got
:access to Him. If you are going to pray this
:morning, would you go ahead and head up for me or come
:down for me?
:If you have already
:given your life to the Lord, your name is written in the Lamb's book of
:life. But you
:need more of him and less
:of you. You're welcome to the altar as well.
:The altar is here for you because you have
:access to God for whatever.
:So I just want to encourage you as we worship,
:trust in Him. Not the outcome,
:but trust in Him.
