Solomon
in his younger years was appeared to by the Lord. In that visitation
God asked Solomon, What would you have me do for you? Solomon asked the
Lord to bless him with wisdom and understanding to lead Israel. The Lord
was very pleased with what Solomon asked and God gifted Solomon with a
gift of incomparable wisdom and understanding. Still yet possessing all
that wisdom and all that understanding, Solomon, yes King Solomon sinned
against God more than any other king in Israel.
What are some things we can learn from this. Wisdom and understanding in themselves cannot remove the sin nature or the wickedness and hardness that are in men's heart's, nor remove the powers of darkness that fill the world....... Adams one sin cursed us all with this cloak called the sinful flesh which is the inbuilt in us desire to sin, to do opposite of what holiness would do. Wisdom itself cannot remove the sin nature, neither can understanding do it alone. It takes the power of Jesus Christ and only by the bodies resurrection by Jesus Christ will be it's solution forever.
As Eve turned Adams heart from God, so it is written that the non covenant gentile women, that God forbid Israels men to mingle with, Solomon began to associate himself with them. At first he did so distantly, but we all know how that can go. Satan the tempter hissed and Solomon looked, and then he looked again and he began to hang around those forbidden fruit filled trees, and the bible says they eventually like Eve did, turned Solomon's heart from the Lord and the precious commandments.
But Solomon's sins did not stop there. Then He took the wealth that God blessed him with and that he built the GREAT TEMPLE FOR the Lord with, and he took those piles of wealth and riches and went from there to the land of these gentile women and made for their false gods and idols BEAUTIFUL TEMPLES FOR THEIR WORSHIP. This was abomination. In all we know and with all the understanding we attain to, we all, the smart and the simple, all of us must learn to resist the tempter.....And we should all see by now how we all need the blood of our Savior from His Cross.....We need a Savior. His Name Is Jesus Christ.....deno.
What are some things we can learn from this. Wisdom and understanding in themselves cannot remove the sin nature or the wickedness and hardness that are in men's heart's, nor remove the powers of darkness that fill the world....... Adams one sin cursed us all with this cloak called the sinful flesh which is the inbuilt in us desire to sin, to do opposite of what holiness would do. Wisdom itself cannot remove the sin nature, neither can understanding do it alone. It takes the power of Jesus Christ and only by the bodies resurrection by Jesus Christ will be it's solution forever.
As Eve turned Adams heart from God, so it is written that the non covenant gentile women, that God forbid Israels men to mingle with, Solomon began to associate himself with them. At first he did so distantly, but we all know how that can go. Satan the tempter hissed and Solomon looked, and then he looked again and he began to hang around those forbidden fruit filled trees, and the bible says they eventually like Eve did, turned Solomon's heart from the Lord and the precious commandments.
But Solomon's sins did not stop there. Then He took the wealth that God blessed him with and that he built the GREAT TEMPLE FOR the Lord with, and he took those piles of wealth and riches and went from there to the land of these gentile women and made for their false gods and idols BEAUTIFUL TEMPLES FOR THEIR WORSHIP. This was abomination. In all we know and with all the understanding we attain to, we all, the smart and the simple, all of us must learn to resist the tempter.....And we should all see by now how we all need the blood of our Savior from His Cross.....We need a Savior. His Name Is Jesus Christ.....deno.
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