Friendship Community Baptist Church
Kings and Their Ways: Solomon
Pastor Steve Barrick continues to examine the kings of Israel by turning to the wisdom and corruption of King Solomon.
Locations & Times
Friendship Community Baptist
37 Jewell Rd, Dunkirk, MD 20754, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
Solomon: Wisdom, Glory, Folly
1 Kings 1-11
Main Point
Solomon excelled in wisdom, glory, and folly
Young Solomon’s Wisdom
Waits to be anointed king (Ch.1)
Hears and does the instruction of his father (Ch.2)
Multiplies wisdom (Ch.3)
Mature Solomon’s Glory
Builds a “house for the Name” (Chs.5-7)
Brings the ark to the house (Ch.8a)
Asks God to dwell in temple (Ch.8b)
God agrees (Ch.9)
Queen of Sheba visits (Ch.10)
Old Solomon’s Folly
Loved many foreign women (Ch.11a)
Was not “wholly true” to the LORD
Did evil in the sight of the LORD
Kingdom divided after his death (Ch.11b)
Application
Seek wisdom, apply wisdom, but understand wisdom is not enough.
Trust the ultimate “New Adam” who was and will be a faithful King.
1 Kings 1-11
Main Point
Solomon excelled in wisdom, glory, and folly
Young Solomon’s Wisdom
Waits to be anointed king (Ch.1)
Hears and does the instruction of his father (Ch.2)
Multiplies wisdom (Ch.3)
Mature Solomon’s Glory
Builds a “house for the Name” (Chs.5-7)
Brings the ark to the house (Ch.8a)
Asks God to dwell in temple (Ch.8b)
God agrees (Ch.9)
Queen of Sheba visits (Ch.10)
Old Solomon’s Folly
Loved many foreign women (Ch.11a)
Was not “wholly true” to the LORD
Did evil in the sight of the LORD
Kingdom divided after his death (Ch.11b)
Application
Seek wisdom, apply wisdom, but understand wisdom is not enough.
Trust the ultimate “New Adam” who was and will be a faithful King.