Solomon's wives led him astray, but God held him responsible. Man up; accept responsibility for your own actions.

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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
www.rossvillechurch.com
September 7, 2014

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1 Kings 11 1 But king Solomon loved many strange
(foreign) women, together with the daughter of
Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites,
Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 2 Of the nations
concerning which the LORD said unto the children
of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall
they come in unto you: for surely they will turn
away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave
unto these in love.
Willful disobedience!
Willful disobedience!
God said don’t; Solomon did.

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3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and
three hundred concubines: and his wives turned
away his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when
Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his
heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect
(not completely) with the LORD his God, as was
the heart of David his father.
1000 women
Worshippers of false gods
He clave (was joined) unto them in love.
God said they would,
and they did.

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4b and his heart was not perfect (not completely)
with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David
his father.
We know that David sinned, but he repented.
Anything that brought distance between David
and The Lord God broke David’s heart.
His heart was completely toward
The True and Living God.
David never worshipped any other god.

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God warned the Israelites not to take
foreign women to be their wives, and told
what would happen:
Their hearts would be turned away from God.
Solomon’s wives turned his heart away from God.
So, could Solomon blame them for his troubles?
No! he chose to disobey God.
He chose to chase pagan women.

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Never blame someone else for your troubles.
We each and all do what we
choose to do.
Maybe some one talked you into it;
it’s still your choice.
Accept responsibility for your own actions,
and if you do wrong or fail to do right,
Repent!

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5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of
the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination
of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the
sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the
LORD, as did David his father.
Solomon did evil in God’s eyes.
Solomon was of two
minds; he followed after
God Almighty, but not
with his whole heart.

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James 1 8 A double minded
man is unstable in all his
ways.
Be single-minded.
Follow after The Lord God
with your whole heart.
Look not to the left
or the right.

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Solomon loved the Lord
God, but he also loved
exotic women.
Downfall
Also loved are the words of
We must love God and
God alone.

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7 Then did Solomon build an high place for
Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that
is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomi-
nation of the children of Ammon. 8 And likewise
did he for all his strange wives, which burnt
incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
Whatever these women wanted,
he provided.
People develop close relationships with pagans,
thinking that they will lead them aright.
It almost never happens that way.

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9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because
his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel,
which had appeared unto him twice, 10 And had
commanded him concerning this thing, that he
should not go after other gods: but he kept not that
which the LORD commanded.
Solomon was very strong-willed and stubborn
and disobedient to the Lord.
God became angry with him.
Not with the wives, but Solomon.

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Deuteronomy 17 (TLB) 14 "When you arrive in the
land the Lord your God will give you, and have
conquered it, and begin to think, ‘We ought to have
a king like the other nations around us’--
When God’s people begin to look around and
want to be like other people, that is the
beginning of their slide into sin.
Did Solomon know better?
God tells us to be separate from the
world; be different. 2 Cor 6:17

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15 be sure that you select as king the man the Lord your
God shall choose. He must be an Israelite, not a
foreigner. 16 Be sure that he doesn’t build up a large
stable of horses for himself, nor send his men to Egypt
to raise horses for him there, for the Lord has told you,
‘Never return to Egypt again.’ 17 He must not have too
many wives, lest his heart be turned away from the
Lord, neither shall he be excessively rich.
Too many wives = more than one.
Excessively rich = more than needed.

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18 "And when he has been
crowned and sits upon his
throne as king, then he must
copy these laws from the book
kept by the Levite-priests.
19 That copy of the laws shall
be his constant companion. He
must read from it every day of
his life so that he will learn to
respect the Lord his God by
obeying all of His Commands.
Not have it done

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20 This regular reading of God’s laws will prevent
him from feeling that he is better than his fellow
citizens. It will also prevent him from turning away
from God’s laws in the slightest respect and will
ensure his having a long, good reign. His sons will
then follow him upon the throne.
Solomon disobeyed all of these rules.
God gave him Wisdom, and he misused it.
Self-aggrandizement

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(Text) 11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon,
Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast
not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I
have commanded thee, I will surely rend (tear) the
kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
You might say, “But God promised.”
We cannot claim the Promises of God when
we refuse to obey all of His Word.

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Proverbs 30 5 Every Word of God is pure: He is a
shield unto them that put their trust in Him.
We put our trust in God by doing
what He says.
Trust and obey can’t be separated!
To trust is to obey.

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Luke 4 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is
written, That man shall not live by bread alone,
but by Every Word of God.
There is the key to receiving the
blessings of God:
Live by every Word of God.
Never live by your own thoughts and ideas.
Our understanding is foolishness with God.