北京市基督教海淀教堂
Beijing Haidian Christian Church
Bringing our children into
God’s blessing
Pastor Rachel He
1 King 3：5-14； 9：1-7
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First :
The blessing of Solomon’s early reign
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• 1 King 3: 10-14
"Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself,
nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in
administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a
wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like
you, nor will there ever be. Moreover, I will give you what you have not
asked for-both riches and honor-so that in your lifetime you will have
no equal among kings" .
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• 1）His rule 1 king 4:20-21, 24-25; 4:21
“Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the river to the land
of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.”
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• 2）His wealth 1 king 4:22-23, 26-28
Solomon was the richest man who ever lived.
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• 3） His wisdom 1 king 4:29-34
“God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of
understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore. Solomon's
wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the men of the East, and greater
than all the wisdom of Egypt. ……And his fame spread to all the
surrounding nations. He spoke three thousand proverbs and his songs
numbered a thousand and five. ……Men of all nations came to listen to
Solomon's wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of
his wisdom.”
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God’s covenant with Abraham
Gen. 12:1-3; 17:6-7
God’s covenant with David
2 Samuel 7:12-16
I will make you into a great nation and I will I will raise up your offspring to succeed
bless you; I will make your name great, All you and I will establish his kingdom
peoples on earth will be blessed through you,
I will make you very fruitful, I will make Your son will be the one who builds
nations of you, and kings will come from you house for God, I will establish the throne
of his kingdom forever.
I will establish my covenant as an everlasting You house and your kingdom will endure
covenant between me and you and your forever; your throne will be established
descendants after you for the generations to forever
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come
Second:
The kingdom was divided because Solomon
was unfaithful
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1 king 11:1-9
•
“King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women,…… They were from
nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry
with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods." He had
seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives
led him astray.
• As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his
heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father
had been. He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech the
detestable god of the Ammonites.
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• So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord ; he did not follow the
Lord completely, as David his father had done. 9The Lord became
angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the
Lord.”
• The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had
turned away from the Lord.”
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• 1 king 9:4-5; 11:11
God said to Solomon “I will establish your royal throne ever Israel
forever, as I promised David your father If you or your sons turn
away from me, then I will cut off Israel from the land, but for the
sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime, I will
still give Rehoboam (Solomon’s son) one tribe for the sake of David
my servant”.
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• Application Points
1)
2)
Temptation
Family
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• Hebrew 11:24-26
“By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the
son of Pharaoh's daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the
people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short
time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater
value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead
to his reward.”
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• Romans 13:14
“clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about
how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.”
• Galatians 5:16
“So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of
the sinful nature.”
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• Deuteronomy 6:4-7
“ Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon
your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when
you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie
down and when you get up.”
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• Ephesians 6:1-4
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'Honor
your father and mother'--which is the first commandment with a
promise-- 'that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long
life on the earth.' Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead,
bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”
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• 2 Timothy 1:5
"I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your
grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded,
now lives in you also. "
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Praying
Listening
Praising
Bringing our children into God’s blessing
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• Proverbs 22:6
“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old
he will not turn from it.”
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