>> COMING UP NEXT ON
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>> THE BIBLE TOLD ADAM AND
EVE TO BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY.
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GOD WANTED ADAM TO MULTIPLY
WITH EVE, NOT TO MULTIPLY EVES.
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>> NOW AS WE PREPARE TO TALK
ABOUT THE FALL AND THE SIN OF
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SOLOMON, I WANT TO REMIND
YOU THAT HE IS STILL IN HISTORY
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CONSIDERED A GOOD KING.
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HE HAD 25, 30 YEARS OF
FAITHFULNESS BEFORE THIS BIG
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BACKSLIDING EXPERIENCE,
AND HE DID BACKSLIDE BIG TIME.
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NOW WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING
TO SOLOMON IS PERFECTLY
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PREDICTED BY MOSES.
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TURN IN YOUR BIBLES PLEASE
TO DEUTERONOMY 17, THERE'S
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A PROPHETIC WARNING GIVEN
FOR THE VERY THINGS THAT HE FELL
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INTO, GOOD COUNSEL FOR US.
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TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING
ABOUT HOW TO AVOID BACKSLIDING.
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AND IF YOU HAVE
BACKSLIDDEN, THEN HOW TO REPENT.
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DEUTERONOMY 17:14, "WHEN YOU
COME TO THE LAND WHICH THE LORD
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YOUR GOD HAS GIVEN YOU AND YOU
POSSESS IT AND YOU DWELL IN IT
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AND YOU SAY, 'I WILL SET A KING
OVER ME LIKE THE OTHER NATIONS
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AROUND ME.'" HE
SAID, "IF YOU DO IT, MAKE
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SURE HE'S ONE OF YOUR BRETHREN.
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YOU SHALL NOT HAVE
AN ALIEN KING OVER YOU."
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THEN HE GOES ON AND SAYS,
"HE SHALL NOT MULTIPLY HORSES
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TO HIMSELF."
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NOTICE THAT,
UNDERLINE "MULTIPLY HORSES."
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"NOR CAUSE THE PEOPLE TO RETURN
TO EGYPT TO MULTIPLY HORSES.
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SPECIFICALLY HE SAYS,
"DON'T EVEN GO TO EGYPT
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TO MULTIPLY HORSES."
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BECAUSE THEY HAD THESE
FIELDS THERE BY THE RIVER,
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A LOT OF HORSES WERE
BRED AND TRAINED IN EGYPT.
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THE BEST HORSES, YOU'VE
HEARD OF ARABIAN HORSES?
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THEY REALLY CAME
FROM EGYPT TO START WITH.
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"FOR AS MUCH AS THE LORD
HAS SAID UNTO YOU, HENCEFORTH
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YOU'RE NOT TO RETURN
TO GO TO EGYPT ANYMORE.
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NEITHER SHALL HE
MULTIPLY WIVES TO HIMSELF."
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UNDERLINE THERE
"MULTIPLY WIVES."
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"THAT HIS HEART TURN NOT AWAY."
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YOU MULTIPLY WIVES, THEY
WILL TURN YOUR HEART AWAY.
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THIS IS WRITTEN BY
MOSES HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE
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SOLOMON, BUT IT IS
REALLY A HISTORY OF EXACTLY WHAT
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HAPPENED TO SOLOMON, EXACTLY.
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"NEITHER SHALL HE GREATLY
MULTIPLY TO HIMSELF SILVER
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AND GOLD FOR HIMSELF."
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THAT'S WHAT SOLOMON DID.
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KEEP INMIND, DAVID HAD LOTS OF
SILVER AND GOLD, BUT HE PUT IT
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IN THE TREASURY OF THE
LORD FOR THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD,
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HE DIDN'T PUT IT FOR HIMSELF.
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SO NOW LET'S LOOK AT HOW
THE HISTORY WAS FULFILLED.
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YOU GO TO 1 KINGS 10:28,
WE SEE HE STARTED TO TRUST
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IN EARTHLY ARMOR.
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"AND SOLOMON HAD HORSES
IMPORTED FROM EGYPT AND KAVA.
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THE KING'S MERCHANTS
BROUGHT THEM IN KAVA."
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HE BEGAN TO DO THE VERY THING
MOSES SAID DON'T DO, TRUSTING
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IN THE WEAPONS OF THE WORLD.
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NOW WE DO NEED WEAPONS,
AS CHRISTIANS, BUT WHAT KIND
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OF WEAPONS?
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THE ARMOR OF GOD?
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AND SOLOMON BEGAN TO
TRUST IN THE ARMOR OF MAN.
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AND GOD WAS TRYING TO
REMIND HIS KINGS, "I AM YOUR--"
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HE WASN'T AGAINST HAVING
HORSES, HE WASN'T AGAINST HAVING
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CHARIOTS.
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HE SAID, DON'T PUT
YOUR TRUST IN THOSE THINGS.
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THIS WAS OUR SCRIPTURE READING.
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"THUS SAYS THE LORD,
'LET NOT THE WISE MAN GLORY
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IN HIS WISDOM.
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LET NOT THE MIGHTY MAN
GLORY IN HIS MIGHT, NOR LET THE
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RICH MAN GLORY IN HIS RICHES.
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BUT LET HIM WHO GLORY
THAT GLORIES IN THIS THAT HE
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UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS ME
THAT I AM THE LORD EXERCISING
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LOVINGKINDNESS, JUDGMENT
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE EARTH.
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FOR IN THESE THINGS I
DELIGHT,' SAYS THE LORD."
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WELL, THEN IT ALSO SAID
THERE SOLOMON HAD BEEN WARNED
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BY MOSES NOT TO
MULTIPLY SILVER AND GOLD.
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YOU READ IN 2 CHRONICLES
1:15, "HE BEGAN TO TRUST
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IN EARTHLY RICHES.
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ALSO THE KING MADE GOLD AND
SILVER AS COMMON IN JERUSALEM
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AS STONES.
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AND HE MADE THE CEDARS AS
ABUNDANT AS THE SYCAMORES THAT
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ARE IN THE LOWLANDS."
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THIS REPRESENTED WEALTH.
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THE CEDAR AND THE LOGS
WERE USED FOR THE EXOTIC HOMES.
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IT ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT
DAVID SAID, "I DWELL IN
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THE HOUSE OF CEDAR."
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SOLOMON BUILT A
CEDAR HOUSE IN LEBANON.
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CEDAR WAS CONSIDERED IT WAS
THE TIMBER FOR THE FINE WOOD
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FOR THE PALACES.
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SO IT WAS SILVER AND
GOLD AND EARTHLY HOMES.
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IS YOUR--IS YOUR TRUST IN
THE BANK ACCOUNT IN THE HOUSE?
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IS THAT WHERE YOU SECURITY IS?
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WE'RE FINDING OUT IN THIS
COUNTRY THAT PEOPLE CAN LOSE
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THEIR BANK ACCOUNT
AND THEIR HOUSE OVERNIGHT.
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I WON'T GO DOWN
THAT ROAD RIGHT NOW.
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SO DID SOLOMON FALL FROM
MOSES' COUNSEL IN THAT AREA?
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EXACTLY.
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IT SAYS, "YOUR KING SHALL
NOT MULTIPLY SILVER AND GOLD,"
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AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID.
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PAUL SAYS 1 TIMOTHY 6:17,
"COMMAND THOSE WHO ARE RICH
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IN THIS PRESENT AGE NOT
TO BE HAUGHTY OR TO TRUST IN
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UNCERTAIN RICHES."
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WE'VE LEARNED HOW
UNCERTAIN THEY ARE.
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"BUT IN THE LIVING GOD
WHO GIVES US RICHLY ALL THINGS
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TO ENJOY."
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YOU KNOW GOD IS GOOD, AND
HE'S NOT AGAINST OUR HAVING SOME
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RICHES, HE JUST SAYS,
"DON'T TRUST IN THOSE THINGS."
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"THEN GOD ALSO WARNED HIM,
HE SHALL NOT MULTIPLY WIVES
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TO HIMSELF."
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NOW SOLOMON, HE HAD AN
ACHILLES' HEEL IN THIS AREA.
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BUT THAT WEAKNESS THAT HE
HAD FOR PRETTY GIRLS BECAME HIS
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DOWNFALL BECAUSE HE
BEGAN TO MULTIPLY WIVES.
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AND HE SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW,
IF I'M SUPPOSED TO BE FRUITFUL
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AND MULTIPLY, THE MORE
WIVES I HAVE, I MEAN AFTER ALL,
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YOU KNOW ONE BUCK MANY
DOES, ONE BULL MANY COWS,
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THAT MUST BE GOD'S PLAN."
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TH WERE ALL SHEPHERDS BACK
THEN, THEY STARTED THINKING
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THAT WAY.
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AND ESPECIALLY A KING, IF
YOU CAN AFFORD 'EM, WHY NOT?
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HELPS YOU MULTIPLY,
WE'RE DOING WHAT GOD SAID.
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YOU CAN RATIONALIZE
ALMOST ANYTHING, RIGHT?
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1 KINGS 11:3, "HE HAD 700 WIVES,
PRINCESSES, AND 300 CONCUBINES."
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THAT'S A GRAND
TOTAL OF HOW MUCH?
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QUICK.
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A THOUSAND?
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HOW MANY MEN WILL ADMIT YOU'RE
MARRIED AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR
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HANDS FULL MAKING ONE HAPPY?
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CAN YOU IMAGINE A THOUSAND?
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THAT'S HARD FOR US TO
COMPREHEND, FRIENDS, I KNOW.
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BUT THAT BECAME HIS DOWNFALL.
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I MEAN THESE OTHER THINGS HE
DID BEFORE WERE ALL A PROBLEM,
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BUT THIS IS WHERE IT
TELLS US IT TOOK A TURN DOWN.
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1 KINGS 11:1, "BUT KING SOLOMON
LOVED MANY FOREIGN WOMEN,
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AS WELL AS THE
DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH."
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FIRST WIFE, QUEEN NUMBER
ONE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH.
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HE NEEDED TO GIVE HER THAT
PRIORITY JUST LIKE AHASUERUS
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HAD MANY WIVES, ESTHER ENDED
UP BECOMING THE NUMBER ONE WIFE,
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THE QUEEN.
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YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE QUEEN.
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"WOMEN OF THE MOABITES WHO
WORSHIPED A DIFFERENT GOD AND
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THE AMMONITES WHO WORSHIPED A
DIFFERENT GOD AND THE EDOMITES
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WHO WORSHIPED A DIFFERENT GOD
AND THE ZIDONIANS WHO WORSHIPED
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A DIFFERENT GOD
AND THE HITTITES--"
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THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DESTROY
THAT NATION WHEN THEY CAME IN.
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"AND FROM THE NATIONS WHOM THE
LORD HAD SAID TO THE CHILDREN
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OF ISRAEL, 'YOU SHALL NOT
INTERMARRY WITH TH NOR SHALL
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THEY WITH YOU.
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SURELY THEY WILL TURN YOUR
HEART AWAY AFTER THEIR GODS.'"
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SOLOMON CLUNG TO THESE IN LOVE.
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YOU KNOW, YOU
BECOME LIKE WHO YOU LOVE.
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THAT'S A LAW OF LIFE.
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THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT
FOR US TO LOVE THE LORD.
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YOU BECOME LIKE
THE ONE YOU LOVE.
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NEHEMIAH 13:26, LISTEN
TO WHAT THIS PROPHET SAYS
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ON THE SUBJECT.
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"SPEAKING TO THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL WHEN THEY BEGAN TO
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INTERMARRY WITH THE
SURROUNDING NATIONS.
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"DID NOT SOLOMON, KING OF
ISRAEL, SIN BY THESE THINGS?
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YET AMONG THE NATIONS THERE
WAS NO KING LIKE HIM WHO WAS
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BELOVED OF HIS GOD AND GOD
MADE HIM KING OVER ALL ISRAEL.
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NEVERTHELESS EVEN HIM DID
OUTLANDISH WOMEN CAUSE TO SIN."
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I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
HE MEANS BY OUTLANDISH WOMEN,
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BUT WE KNOW THEY WERE PAGANS.
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MAYBE OUTLANDISH ALSO
MEANT THAT THEY WERE HAUGHTY
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AND PUSHY AND THEY
BEGAN TO MANIPULATE THE KING.
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YOU NOTICE IT ALSO HAPPENED,
IT SAYS, "BUT KING SOLOMON,
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WHEN HE WAS OLD--"
DID YOU CATCH THAT?
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SO IT WAS SO
WHEN SOLOMON WAS OLD?
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I'M BACK IN 1 KINGS 11.
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"WHEN HE WAS OLD, HIS
WIVES TURNED AWAY HIS HEART."
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YOU KNOW, HE'S RESOLVED.
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HE STARTED GETTING
TIRED OF ARGUING WITH THEM
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AND STANDING UP.
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AND THEY SAID, "YOU KNOW,
SOLOMON--" MAYBE THEY CALLED
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HIM SOME ENDEARING TERM.
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"YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT YOUR
TEMPLE, AND I MISS MY HOMELAND
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AND WE GREW UP
WORSHIPING THIS GOD.
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AND CAN'T I WORSHIP YOUR
GOD AND MY HOME GOD BECAUSE IT
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REALLY BOTHERS MY FAMILY THAT
I DON'T GET TO WORSHIP ASHTAROTH
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AND DAGON AND THESE
OTHER GODS OF RA AND EGYPT.
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AND CAN'T I
HAVE ONE LITTLE IDOL?
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IT'S JUST NOT FAIR."
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"ALL RIGHT, JUST MAKE
A LITTLE ONE, YOU KNOW."
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AND SO THEY MAKE A LITTLE ONE.
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"OH, SHE'S GOT ONE.
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CAN'T I HAVE ONE?"
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"ALL RIGHT, ALL
RIGHT, YOU CAN HAVE ONE."
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"AND I WANT ONE."
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AND PRETTY SOON THEY ALL
STARTED MAKING THEIR IDOLS, AND
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HE BEGAN TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.
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HE LOST HIS BACKBONE.
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HE STARTED SHIFTING HIS LOVE.
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YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS
INTERESTING THAT WHEN SOLOMON
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BEGAN HIS KINGDOM, IT
ONLY TWO TIMES SAID SOLOMON
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LOVED ANYTHING.
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YOU READ IN 1 KINGS 3, "AND
SOLOMON LOVED THE LORD WALKING
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IN THE STATUTES
OF HIS FATHER, DAVID.
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WHEN HE LOVED THE
LORD SUPREMELY, THE NATION
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WENT TOWARDS GOD."
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BUT THEN YOU GET TO CHAPTER
11 IT SAYS, "KING SOLOMON LOVED
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MANY FOREIGN WOMEN.
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HE BEGAN TO SHIFT HIS LOVE AWAY
FROM GOD AS THE PRIORITY AND
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LITTLE BY LITTLE HE STARTED
THINKING ABOUT MAKING HIS HAREM
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HAPPY INSTEAD OF MAKING
HIS HEAVENLY FATHER HAPPY
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AND THINGS BEGAN TO TURN."
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YOU KNOW MEN ARE TO BE THE
PRIEST LEADERS IN THE FAMILIES,
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AND YOU'RE TO ALSO SAY
WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE LORD.
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AND SOMETIMES YOU
GOTTA STAND UP IN YOUR FAMILY
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AND HAVE SOME BACKBONE.
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SAY, WE'RE GONNA
SEEK FIRST GOD'S KINGDOM.
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NOW DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE
THAT DURING THIS TIME, SOLOMON
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EVER SAID, "I NO
LONGER BELIEVE IN JEHOVAH."
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WHAT GOT HIM IN TROUBLE WAS
HE TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH.
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HE SAID, "I'M GONNA
KEEP WORSHIPING JEHOVAH BUT,
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YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE
LOVING AND RESPECTFUL OF OTHER
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PEOPLE'S VIEWS.
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WE NEED TO MAKE COMPROMISES.
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WE NEED TO BE TOLERANT."
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EVER HEARD THAT WORD BEFORE?
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WE NEED TO BE
LOVING AND TOLERANT.
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AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF
PEOPLE WANT TO SET UP AN IDOL
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TO THE KING OF THE GOD OF
EGYPT OR THE GOD OF THE DAGON
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OF THE PHILISTINES OF ASHTAROTH
OR ONE OF THESE OTHER NATIONS,
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YOU KNOW, THEY NEED
TO BE FREE TO DO THAT.
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SO LITTLE BY LITTLE HE BEGAN
TO COMPROMISE AND IT STARTED
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TO TAKE HIM DOWN.
00:12:02.43\00:12:05.23
NOW GOD HAD GIVEN THE
ANTIDOTE FOR THIS APOSTASY.
00:12:05.23\00:12:08.50
HE NEVER NEEDED
TO FALL IN THIS AREA.
00:12:08.50\00:12:10.83
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
AVOID BACKSLIDING?
00:12:10.83\00:12:13.76
NOT JUST IN THIS
AREA BUT ANY AREA?
00:12:13.76\00:12:15.80
WHETHER IT'S THE MULTIPLYING
HORSES TRUSTING IN EARTHLY
00:12:15.80\00:12:18.93
PROTECTION, HERE'S THE ANTIDOTE.
00:12:18.93\00:12:22.70
DEUTERONOMY 17, MOSES
SAID VERSE 19, SPEAKING OF WHEN
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A KING SAT ON THE THRONE,
"HE WAS TO READ FROM THE WORD
00:12:28.33\00:12:32.46
OF GOD DAILY.
00:12:32.46\00:12:34.93
AND IT SHALL BE WITH HIM AND
HE SHALL READ IT ALL THE DAYS OF
00:12:34.93\00:12:37.86
HIS LIFE THAT HE MIGHT LEARN
TO FEAR THE LORD HIS GOD AND BE
00:12:37.86\00:12:41.63
CAREFUL TO OBSERVE ALL THE
WORDS OF THIS LAW AND THESE
00:12:41.63\00:12:44.86
STATUTES THAT HIS HEART
MAY NOT BE LIFTED UP ABOVE HIS
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BRETHREN, THAT HE MAY NOT
TURN ASIDE FROM THE COMMANDMENT
00:12:48.33\00:12:51.40
TO DO--TO THE RIGHT
HAND OR TO THE LEFT.
00:12:51.40\00:12:54.06
THAT HE MIGHT PROLONG HIS DAYS
IN HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHILDREN
00:12:54.06\00:12:58.00
IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL."
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MOSES HAD SAID IF THE
KING WANTS TO BE BLESSED,
00:12:59.96\00:13:02.76
IF THE KING WANTS TO PROPER,
HERE'S WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO,
00:13:02.76\00:13:06.20
READ THE WORD,
NOT WEEKLY, EVERY DAY.
00:13:06.20\00:13:10.56
HE WAS TO HAVE A SCRIBE.
00:13:10.56\00:13:13.90
GOD HAD TOLD SOLOMON
WHEN HE FIRST INSTALLED HIM,
00:13:13.90\00:13:18.36
2 CHRONICLES 7:17, "AS FOR YOU,
IF YOU WALK BEFORE ME AS YOUR
00:13:18.36\00:13:23.83
FATHER DAVID WALKED AND
DO ACCORDING TO ALL THAT I'VE
00:13:23.83\00:13:27.23
COMMANDED YOU, AND IF YOU KEEP
MY STATUTES AND MY JUDGMENTS,
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THEN I," GOD SAYS YOU DO
THIS, "THEN I WILL ESTABLISH
00:13:31.13\00:13:34.50
THE THRONE OF YOUR KINGDOM
AS I COVENANTED WITH DAVID YOUR
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FATHER SAYING IT SHALL NOT
FAIL--YOU SHALL NOT FAIL TO HAVE
00:13:37.30\00:13:41.20
A MAN AS A RULER IN ISRAEL.
00:13:41.20\00:13:43.40
BUT IF YOU TURN AWAY AND
FORSAKE MY STATUTES AND MY
00:13:43.40\00:13:46.73
COMMANDMENTS THAT I'VE SET
BEFORE YOU AND YOU GO AND SERVE
00:13:46.73\00:13:49.16
OTHER GODS AND WORSHIP THEM,
THEN I WILL UPROOT THEM FROM
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MY LAND THAT I HAVE GIVEN THEM.
00:13:52.33\00:13:54.16
AND THIS HOUSE THAT I'VE
SANCTIFIED FOR MY NAME, I WILL
00:13:54.16\00:13:56.96
CAST OUT OF MY SIGHT AND
MAKE IT A PROVERB AND A BYWORD
00:13:56.96\00:14:01.56
AMONG ALL THE NATIONS."
00:14:01.56\00:14:03.10
DID THAT HAPPEN?
00:14:03.10\00:14:05.63
SOLOMON SLIPPED AWAY,
DID HE LOSE THE KINGDOM?
00:14:05.63\00:14:08.00
AFTER THE DEATH OF SOLOMON,
TEN OF THE TRIBES SLIPPED OFF
00:14:08.00\00:14:11.06
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER KINGDOM
AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NORTH
00:14:11.06\00:14:14.40
AND ISRAEL FOUGHT FOR
YEARS AMONG A KALEIDOSCOPE
00:14:14.40\00:14:18.96
OF OTHER MINOR KINGS.
00:14:18.96\00:14:21.60
YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT.
00:14:21.60\00:14:23.20
IT WASN'T JUST THE WIVES.
00:14:23.20\00:14:26.40
ECCLESIASTES 2:1, "I SAID IN
MY HEART, 'COME NOW, I WILL TEST
00:14:26.40\00:14:33.33
YOU WITH MIRTH.'"
WITH PLEASURE, JOY, PARTY.
00:14:33.33\00:14:36.96
"'THEREFORE ENJOY PLEASURE, BUT
SURELY THIS ALSO WAS A VANITY.
00:14:36.96\00:14:41.73
I SAID OF
LAUGHTER, IT IS MADNESS.
00:14:41.73\00:14:43.60
AND OF MIRTH, WHAT
DOES IT ACCOMPLISH?
00:14:43.60\00:14:46.00
I SEARCHED IN MY HEART TO
KNOW HOW TO GRATIFY MY FLESH.'"
00:14:46.00\00:14:51.30
DON'T LIVE FOR THE FLESH,
IF YOU LIVE FOR THE FLESH, YOU
00:14:51.30\00:14:53.76
CANNOT BE ALIVE IN THE SPIRIT.
00:14:53.76\00:14:55.96
SOLOMON ADMITS IT.
00:14:55.96\00:14:57.60
"'TO GRATIFY MY FLESH WITH
WINE WHILE GUIDING MY HEART WITH
00:14:57.60\00:15:00.93
WISDOM, CAN I DO BOTH?
00:15:00.93\00:15:02.73
AND HOW TO LAY HOLD ON FOLLY
TILL I MIGHT SEE WHAT WAS GOOD
00:15:02.73\00:15:05.60
FOR THE SONS OF MEN TO DO
UNTO THE HEAVEN ALL THE DAYS
00:15:05.60\00:15:08.23
OF THEIR LIFE.'" I'M
GONNA EXPERIMENT WITH
00:15:08.23\00:15:10.50
THE WORLD AND WITH THE PLEASURES
OF SIN BECAUSE I'M DOING A TEST.
00:15:10.50\00:15:13.66
MY LIFE I'M GONNA SPEND
A LITTLE TIME, DO A SURVEY
00:15:13.66\00:15:16.96
FOR A FEW YEARS.
00:15:16.96\00:15:18.50
I'M GONNA TRY A
LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
00:15:18.50\00:15:20.66
YOU CAN'T EMBRACE FIRE
AND NOT BE BURNED, AND THAT'S
00:15:20.66\00:15:24.16
WHAT HE TRIED TO DO.
00:15:24.16\00:15:27.40
"I MADE GREAT WORKS FOR MYSELF.
00:15:27.40\00:15:29.06
I BUILT MYSELF HOUSES."
00:15:29.06\00:15:30.30
I'M IN VERSE 4 ECCLESIASTES 2.
00:15:30.30\00:15:32.90
"I PLANTED MYSELF VINEYARDS.
00:15:32.90\00:15:34.76
I MADE MYSELF GARDENS AND
ORCHARDS, AND I PLANTED ALL
00:15:34.76\00:15:38.46
KINDS OF FRUIT TREES IN THEM.
00:15:38.46\00:15:39.93
I MADE MYSELF WATER POOLS
FROM WHICH TO WATER THE GROWING
00:15:39.93\00:15:42.66
TREES OF THE GROVE.
00:15:42.66\00:15:43.86
I ACQUIRED MALE AND FEMALE
SERVANTS, AND I HAD SERVANTS
00:15:43.86\00:15:47.23
BORN IN MY HOUSE.
00:15:47.23\00:15:48.30
YES, I HAD GREATER POSSESSIONS
AND HERDS AND FLOCKS THEN ALL
00:15:48.30\00:15:51.63
WHO WERE WITH ME IN
JERUSALEM BEFORE ME.
00:15:51.63\00:15:56.00
I ALSO GATHERED FOR MYSELF
SILVER AND GOLD AND THE SPECIAL
00:15:56.00\00:15:58.76
TREASURES OF THE
KINGS OF THE PROVINCES."
00:15:58.76\00:16:01.70
GOT ALL THE GOLD AND SILVER
AND THE TARIFFS THAT CAME.
00:16:01.70\00:16:04.60
"I ACQUIRED MALE
AND FEMALE SINGERS."
00:16:04.60\00:16:06.93
HE HAD HIS OWN
PRIVATE SINGERS AND ORCHESTRA.
00:16:06.93\00:16:09.53
TODAY IT'S A GOOD STEREO SYSTEM.
00:16:09.53\00:16:12.00
"AND DELIGHTS IN THE SONS
OF MEN AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
00:16:12.00\00:16:14.70
OF ALL KINDS.
00:16:14.70\00:16:17.00
SO I BECAME GREAT AND
EXCELLED MORE THAN ALL WHO WERE
00:16:17.00\00:16:20.16
BEFORE ME IN JERUSALEM.
00:16:20.16\00:16:22.80
ALSO MY WISDOM
REMAINED WITH ME."
00:16:22.80\00:16:25.16
HE SAID, "I STILL SEEM TO
HAVE MY WISDOM, BUT NOW IT HAS
00:16:25.16\00:16:27.73
BECOME AN EARTHLY
CENTRAL TYPE OF WISDOM."
00:16:27.73\00:16:31.73
HE TRIED AND SATISFY HIMSELF
WITH THE LUSTS OF THE FLESH
00:16:31.73\00:16:34.40
AND THE LUSTS OF THE
EYES AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE.
00:16:34.40\00:16:36.80
AND I WANT TO
REITERATE SOMETHING I JUST READ.
00:16:36.80\00:16:39.30
HE GOT MIXED UP IN THE MUSIC OF
THE WORLD, AND HE MENTIONS THAT
00:16:39.30\00:16:44.30
IN TWO OR THREE VERSES.
00:16:44.30\00:16:45.86
THAT BECAME A POWER
STARTED PULLING HIM DOWN.
00:16:45.86\00:16:51.93
IT GOES ON TO SAY, "WHATEVER
MY EYES DESIRED I DID NOT KEEP
00:16:51.93\00:16:55.20
FROM THEM."
00:16:55.20\00:16:56.30
LUST OF THE EYES.
00:16:56.30\00:16:57.50
"I DID NOT WITHHOLD MY HEART
FROM ANY PLEASURE, FOR MY HEART
00:16:57.50\00:17:00.66
REJOICED IN ALL MY
LABOR AND THIS WAS MY REWARD
00:17:00.66\00:17:03.80
IN ALL MY LABOR.
00:17:03.80\00:17:05.30
THEN I LOOKED AT ALL THE WORKS
THAT MY HANDS HAD DONE AND ALL
00:17:05.30\00:17:08.83
THE LABOR THAT I TOILED
AND INDEED IT WAS VANITY
00:17:08.83\00:17:12.03
AND GRASPING FOR WIND."
00:17:12.03\00:17:13.93
THERE WAS NO
PROFIT UNDER THE SUN.
00:17:13.93\00:17:17.20
"THEN I TURNED MYSELF TO
CONSIDER WISDOM AND MADNESS
00:17:17.20\00:17:19.36
AND FOLLY.
00:17:19.36\00:17:20.63
FOR WHAT CAN ONE DO
THAT EXCEEDS THE KING?"
00:17:20.63\00:17:23.46
SOLOMON SAID, "I TRIED
EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD,
00:17:23.46\00:17:25.63
ALL THE SINS OF THE WORLD."
00:17:25.63\00:17:28.56
"ONLY WHAT HE'S ALREADY DONE
THAT I SAW THAT WISDOM EXCEEDS
00:17:28.56\00:17:31.30
FOLLY AS LIGHT
EXCEEDS DARKNESS."
00:17:31.30\00:17:33.73
THE WISE MEN'S EYES ARE IN
HIS HEAD, BUT THE FOOL WALKS IN
00:17:33.73\00:17:36.33
DARKNESS.
00:17:36.33\00:17:37.56
"YET, I MYSELF PERCEIVE
THAT THE SAME EVENT HAPPENS
00:17:37.56\00:17:40.60
TO THEM ALL."
00:17:40.60\00:17:41.73
THE WISE, THE
FOOL, WE'RE ALL DYING.
00:17:41.73\00:17:44.26
NOW I'M NOT GONNA READ
ALL OF ECCLESIASTES, BUT THE
00:17:44.26\00:17:48.20
CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK I
WILL READ 'CAUSE THIS IS THE
00:17:48.20\00:17:50.03
CONCLUSION.
00:17:50.03\00:17:51.03
THIS IS THE FINAL MORAL
OF WHAT SOLOMON HAS TO SAY.
00:17:51.03\00:17:54.56
GO TO ECCLESIASTES 12.
00:17:54.56\00:17:58.03
YOU CAN READ VERSE
12, "AND FURTHER MY SON BE
00:17:58.03\00:18:01.83
ADMONISHED BY THESE OF MAKING
MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END."
00:18:01.83\00:18:07.83
AND SOLOMON DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW ABOUT THE INTERNET.
00:18:07.83\00:18:10.30
"AND MUCH STUDIES ARE
WEARINESS TO THE FLESH."
00:18:10.30\00:18:12.96
HE SAYS, YOU CAN GATHER WISDOM,
BUT THERE'S ONLY A LIMIT TO HOW
00:18:12.96\00:18:15.43
MUCH WISDOM A MAN CAN TAKE IN.
00:18:15.43\00:18:17.36
SO HE WRAPS IT ALL UP.
00:18:17.36\00:18:19.53
HE SAYS, "I WILL SUMMARIZE
FOR YOU EVERYTHING THAT I'VE
00:18:19.53\00:18:23.46
LEARNED IN TWO VERSES NOW
AS THE WISEST MAN WHOEVER LIVED
00:18:23.46\00:18:27.00
THAT TRIED
EVERYTHING YOU CAN TRY."
00:18:27.00\00:18:29.23
WHAT'S HIS CONCLUSION?
00:18:29.23\00:18:32.63
"FEAR GOD AND KEEP
HIS COMMANDMENTS FOR THIS
00:18:32.63\00:18:36.90
IS THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN.
00:18:36.90\00:18:39.40
FOR GOD WILL BRING EVERY WORK
INTO JUDGMENT WITH EVERY SECRET
00:18:39.40\00:18:42.93
THING."
00:18:42.93\00:18:44.80
SOLOMON BEGAN TO SHUTTER
ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS HE DID,
00:18:44.80\00:18:47.73
ALL THOSE SECRET
THINGS, ALL THE WASTED YEARS
00:18:47.73\00:18:49.93
AND THE FOLLY, THE COMPROMISE
WITH THE PAGAN DEITIES.
00:18:49.93\00:18:54.70
AND HE CAME TO HIS SENSES.
00:18:54.70\00:18:55.90
MATTER OF FACT ECCLESIASTES
IS SOMETHING OF A BOOK WHERE HE
00:18:55.90\00:18:58.40
REPORTS HIS REPENTANCE.
00:18:58.40\00:19:00.43
YOU KNOW I'D LIKE TO READ
FOR YOU AN INSPIRED PASSAGE FROM
00:19:00.43\00:19:03.83
THE BOOK "PROPHETS AND KINGS."
00:19:03.83\00:19:05.30
THIS IS PAGE 78.
00:19:05.30\00:19:06.83
I'D INVITE YOU TO
READ THE WHOLE CHAPTER.
00:19:06.83\00:19:08.83
IT'S ABOUT THE
REPENTANCE OF SOLOMON.
00:19:08.83\00:19:11.20
IT SAYS, "YET THE
LORD FORSOOK HIM NOT."
00:19:11.20\00:19:15.10
DON'T FORGET IT HAD
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PRAYERS
00:19:15.10\00:19:17.13
OF HIS FATHER.
00:19:17.13\00:19:18.46
DON'T STOP
PRAYING FOR YOUR KIDS.
00:19:18.46\00:19:21.03
"BY MESSAGES OF REPROOF AND
BY SEVERE JUDGMENTS, THE LORD
00:19:21.03\00:19:25.33
SOUGHT TO AROUSE THE KING TO
A REALIZATION OF THE SINFULNESS
00:19:25.33\00:19:28.33
OF HIS COURSE.
00:19:28.33\00:19:30.50
HE REMOVED HIS PROTECTING
CARE AND PERMITTED ADVERSARIES
00:19:30.50\00:19:32.83
TO HARASS HIM AND
TO WEAKEN THE KINGDOM.
00:19:32.83\00:19:35.53
THE LORD STIRRED UP AN
ADVERSARY TO SOLOMON, HADAD THE
00:19:35.53\00:19:38.16
EDOMITE, AND GOD STIRRED UP
AGAINST HIM ANOTHER ADVERSARY,
00:19:38.16\00:19:41.63
RESON, CAPTAIN OVER A BAND
WHO ARBORED OR HE HATED ISRAEL.
00:19:41.63\00:19:45.26
HE REIGNED OVER SYRIA.
00:19:45.26\00:19:47.36
AND JEROBOAM, SOLOMON'S
SERVANT, A MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR,
00:19:47.36\00:19:50.33
BETRAYED THE KING AND HE LEFT.
00:19:50.33\00:19:51.60
EVEN HE LIFTED UP HIS
HAND AGAINST THE KING."
00:19:51.60\00:19:54.60
SO WHEN BEGAN TO TURN AWAY FROM
GOD TO SAVE HIM, GOD ALLOWED
00:19:54.60\00:19:58.23
TRIALS AND ADVERSARIES TO
TRY TO GET HIM TO PRAY AGAIN,
00:19:58.23\00:20:02.23
TO SEE HIS NEED.
00:20:02.23\00:20:04.76
"AT LAST THE LORD, THROUGH
A PROPHET, DELIVERED A MESSAGE
00:20:04.76\00:20:07.90
TO SOLOMON WITH A
STARTLING MESSAGE.
00:20:07.90\00:20:10.73
FOR AS MUCH AS THIS IS DONE OF
THEE THAT YOU HAVE NOT KEPT MY
00:20:10.73\00:20:14.93
COVENANT AND MY STATUTES
THAT I'VE COMMANDED THEE,
00:20:14.93\00:20:17.76
I WILL SURELY REND THE KINGDOM
FROM THEE AND GIVE IT TO YOUR
00:20:17.76\00:20:20.73
SERVANT.
00:20:20.73\00:20:22.10
NOTWITHSTANDING IN THE THY
DAYS, I WILL NOT DO IT FOR DAVID
00:20:22.10\00:20:26.93
THY FATHER'S SAKE,
BUT I'M GONNA REND IT OUT
00:20:26.93\00:20:29.13
OF THE HAND OF THY SON."
00:20:29.13\00:20:30.06
HE SAID DID THAT.
00:20:30.06\00:20:31.96
REHOBOAM, HIS SON,
LOST 10 OUT OF 12 TRIBES.
00:20:31.96\00:20:37.16
"AWAKENED AS FROM A DREAM
BY THIS SENTENCE OF JUDGMENT."
00:20:37.16\00:20:41.60
SOLOMON, BECAUSE OF HIS BAD
BEHAVIOR, HAD LOST THE KINGDOM
00:20:41.60\00:20:44.83
THAT HIS FATHER DAVID HAD
WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD UP
00:20:44.83\00:20:47.16
AND GIVE HIM.
00:20:47.16\00:20:49.00
"AWAKENED AS FROM A DREAM
BY THE SENTENCE OF JUDGMENT.
00:20:49.00\00:20:52.13
PRONOUNCED
AGAINST HIM AND HIS HOUSE.
00:20:52.13\00:20:54.26
SOLOMON WITH QUICKENED
CONSCIENCE BEGAN TO SEE HIS
00:20:54.26\00:20:56.83
FOLLY IN ITS TRUE LIGHT.
00:20:56.83\00:20:58.90
CHASTENED IN SPIRIT WITH MIND
AND BODY AND FEEBLED, HE TURNED
00:20:58.90\00:21:03.56
WEARY AND THIRSTING FROM
EARTH'S BROKEN CISTERNS."
00:21:03.56\00:21:07.53
HE TRIED DRINKING FROM
THE PLEASURES OF THE WORLD
00:21:07.53\00:21:09.66
THAT WERE BROKEN AND DRY.
00:21:09.66\00:21:11.86
"TO DRINK ONCE MORE
FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE.
00:21:11.86\00:21:14.33
FOR HIM AT LAST THE DISCIPLINE
OF SUFFERING HAD ACCOMPLISHED
00:21:14.33\00:21:17.90
ITS WORK.
00:21:17.90\00:21:19.03
LONG HE HAD BEEN HARASSED BY
THE FEAR OF UTTER RUIN BECAUSE
00:21:19.03\00:21:22.70
OF THE INABILITY
TO TURN FROM FOLLY."
00:21:22.70\00:21:25.46
HE HAD ALL THESE PEOPLE AROUND
HIM INCLUDING HIS WIVES PUSHING
00:21:25.46\00:21:29.60
HIM OFF COURSE AND HE
DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO TURN BACK.
00:21:29.60\00:21:32.80
"GOD HAD NOT UTTERLY CAST
HIM OFF, BUT HE STOOD READY TO
00:21:32.80\00:21:35.70
DELIVER HIM FROM A BONDAGE
MORE CRUEL THAN THE GRAVE FROM
00:21:35.70\00:21:39.56
WHICH HE HAD TO
POWER TO FREE HIMSELF.
00:21:39.56\00:21:42.50
IN GRATITUDE, SOLOMON
ACKNOWLEDGED THE POWER AND THE
00:21:42.50\00:21:45.33
LOVINGKINDNESS OF ONE WHO
IS HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST."
00:21:45.33\00:21:49.26
THAT'S A QUOTE
FROM ECCLESIASTES 5:8.
00:21:49.26\00:21:51.60
"IN PENANCE, HE BEGAN TO
RETRACE HIS STEPS TOWARDS
00:21:51.60\00:21:54.83
THE EXALTED PLAIN OF PURITY
AND HOLINESS FROM WHICH HE HAD
00:21:54.83\00:21:58.20
FALLEN SO FAR.
00:21:58.20\00:21:59.16
HE COULD NEVER HOPE TO ESCAPE
THE BLASTING RESULTS OF SIN."
00:21:59.16\00:22:02.40
EVEN THOUGH YOU REPENT OF YOUR
SINS, THERE'S THE THIEF ON THE
00:22:02.40\00:22:05.93
CROSS REPENTED IN THE LAST
HOUR LIKE SOLOMON, BUT HE DIDN'T
00:22:05.93\00:22:09.20
COME OFF THE CROSS, DID HE?
00:22:09.20\00:22:12.13
SOLOMON COULDN'T REVERSE ALL OF
THE JUDGMENTS AND CONSEQUENCES.
00:22:12.13\00:22:17.33
"HE COULD NEVER FREE HIS MIND
FROM ALL THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE
00:22:17.33\00:22:19.40
SELF-INDULGENT COURSE HE
HAD BEEN PURSUING, BUT HE WOULD
00:22:19.40\00:22:23.13
ENDEAVOR EARNESTLY TO DISSUADE
OTHERS FROM FOLLOWING AFTER
00:22:23.13\00:22:26.00
FOLLY."
00:22:26.00\00:22:27.13
THAT'S WHY HE WROTE
THE BOOK ECCLESIASTES.
00:22:27.13\00:22:29.76
"HE WOULD HUMBLY CONFESS
THE ERROR OF HIS WAYS AND LIFT
00:22:29.76\00:22:32.70
HIS VOICE IN WARNING."
00:22:32.70\00:22:35.13
BOTH IN WORD AND IN WRITING.
00:22:35.13\00:22:36.33
"LEST OTHERS BE IRRETRIEVABLY
LOST BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE
00:22:36.33\00:22:39.90
FOR EVIL THAT HE
HAD SET IN OPERATION."
00:22:39.90\00:22:43.33
AND THIS IN EFFECT TALKS
ABOUT THE REPENTANCE OF SOLOMON.
00:22:43.33\00:22:46.66
THE BIBLE HAS VERY LITTLE
TO SAY ABOUT IT UNLESS YOU READ
00:22:46.66\00:22:48.90
THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES.
00:22:48.90\00:22:51.36
BUT I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE
MERCY OF GOD THAT EVEN THOUGH
00:22:51.36\00:22:54.86
HE FELL IN JUST ABOUT EVERY WAY
A PERSON CAN FALL, GOD HAD PITY
00:22:54.86\00:22:58.60
ON HIM.
00:22:58.60\00:23:00.96
WELL, WE CAN LEARN FROM
THIS STORY OF SOLOMON THAT EVEN
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THOUGH HE HAD EVERY BLESSING,
RAISED IN THE CHURCH, EDUCATED
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IN THE CHURCH BY NATHAN THE
PROPHET, BLESSED FINANCIALLY,
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BLESSED WITH
WISDOM, BLESSED WITH HEALTH.
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HE HAD ALL THESE THINGS.
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HE THEN THOUGHT THAT HE COULD
USE HIS WISDOM TO STILL TAKE
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THE PLEASURES OF THE WORLD
AND HE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP
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THINGS UNDER CONTROL.
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BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
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YOU WRESTLE WITH A BOA
CONSTRICTOR, IT'S GONNA WRAP
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ITSELF AROUND YOUR NECK.
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AND HE FINALLY REALIZED THE
DANGER OF THE COURSE HE WAS ON,
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TURNED BACK TO THE LORD.
00:23:34.43\00:23:35.90
IT WAS THE WORD OF GOD, BY
THE WAY, THAT GOT HIS ATTENTION.
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DID YOU CATCH THAT?
00:23:38.20\00:23:39.10
A MESSAGE FROM GOD'S
PROPHET THAT GOT HIS ATTENTION.
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THERE MIGHT BE SOME LISTENING
TODAY THAT HAVE NEGLECTED THE
00:23:42.40\00:23:45.20
MESSAGES FROM GOD'S PROPHET
AND ARE DRIFTING AWAY FROM
00:23:45.20\00:23:48.43
THE LORD OR BEING IN TOO MANY
RELATIONSHIPS IN THE WORLD THAT
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ARE BECOMING PRIMARY INSTEAD OF
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THAT
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NEEDS TO BE THE
FIRST THING THAT WE SEEK.
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IF WE THINK WE'RE SAFE BECAUSE
"HEY, I CAN TAMPER WITH A WORLD
00:23:59.43\00:24:02.13
BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SMART
AND I'LL KNOW HOW TO STOP,"
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SOLOMON COULDN'T STOP IT.
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SAMSON FELL.
00:24:07.86\00:24:09.30
YOU CAN'T--YOU CAN'T PLAY
WITH SIN LIKE THAT WITHOUT BEING
00:24:09.30\00:24:13.03
INJURED BY IT AND
SERIOUSLY DAMAGED.
00:24:13.03\00:24:15.76
AND THE
CONSEQUENCES NEVER CHANGED.
00:24:15.76\00:24:17.86
WHEN SOLOMON DIED,
THE KINGDOM WAS LOST.
00:24:17.86\00:24:21.23
EIGHTY PERCENT, NO,
NINETY PERCENT OF THE KINGDOM
00:24:21.23\00:24:24.03
WAS LOST.
00:24:24.03\00:24:25.33
THE TEMPLE WILL SOME DAY,
AND THE FUTURE WAS DESTROYED
00:24:25.33\00:24:28.80
AND YOU CAN TRACE ALL OF
THIS BACK TO THE COMPROMISES
00:24:28.80\00:24:31.53
THAT HE MADE.
00:24:31.53\00:24:33.13
YOU KNOW IF ANYTHING WE
CAN LEARN FROM THE STORY OF
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SOLOMON, GOD'S WORD NEVER FAILS.
00:24:35.86\00:24:40.36
YOU LOOK AT WHAT MOSES SAID,
MOSES PROMISED THE CHILDREN OF
00:24:40.36\00:24:44.83
ISRAEL ALL OF THESE
BLESSINGS IF THEY OBEYED HIM.
00:24:44.83\00:24:48.03
EVERYTHING THAT MOSES SAID
THEY'D RECEIVE, THEY RECEIVED
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DURING THIS TIME OF SOLOMON.
00:24:51.30\00:24:53.80
IT WAS ALL FULFILLED THEN.
00:24:53.80\00:24:54.56
THEY WERE ON TOP OF THE WORLD,
AND MOSES ALSO WARNED AND IF
00:24:54.56\00:24:57.70
THE KING MULTIPLIES SILVER
AND GOLD AND MULTIPLIES CHARIOTS
00:24:57.70\00:25:02.23
AND MULTIPLIES WIVES AND BEGINS
TRUSTING IN THE THINGS OF THE
00:25:02.23\00:25:05.00
WORLD, HE'S GONNA LOSE IT ALL.
00:25:05.00\00:25:08.23
IT'S A VERY SIMPLE
MESSAGE FOR YOU AND ME.
00:25:08.23\00:25:10.73
THEY WERE BLESSED
WHEN THEY OBEYED GOD.
00:25:10.73\00:25:13.26
THEY WERE CURSED
WHEN THEY TURNED AWAY.
00:25:13.26\00:25:15.40
GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU, AND
IT COMES FROM SEEKING FIRST HIS
00:25:15.40\00:25:18.90
KINGDOM, FROM
TRUSTING IN HIS WORD.
00:25:18.90\00:25:21.10
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