Solomon builds the Temple in Jerusalem to provide a place for Israelites to worship God corporately. God promises to dwell among his people if they obey his commands. Solomon praises God for fulfilling his promise to David to have his son build a temple. Solomon recognizes the Temple is not enough to contain God but asks that God hear the prayers of his people offered there. Godly leaders set an example by confessing sins and repenting as a community during corporate worship.

1. 1 KINGS 6 AND 8 CBT LESSON 21
A King Builds aTemple for God’s Name-A Godly Leader
Prioritizes Worship

2. 1 KINGS 6:1 (P. 579)
GODLY LEADERS SEEK GOD’S PRESENCE
Solomon Builds theTemple
1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people
of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year
of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which
is the second month, he began to build the house of the
Lord.

3. 1 KINGS 6:10-13 (P. 579)
GODLY LEADERS SEEK GOD’S PRESENCE
10 He built the structure against the whole house, five
cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of
cedar. 11 Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon, 12
“Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk
in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my
commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my
word with you, which I spoke to David your father. 13 And I
will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake
my people Israel.”

4. 1 KINGS 8:15-17 (P. 586)
GODLY LEADERS PRAISE GOD USING
THEIR GIFTS
15 And he said,“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who
with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth
to David my father, saying, 16 ‘Since the day that I brought
my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the
tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name
might be there. But I chose David to be over my people
Israel.’ 17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to
build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

5. 1 KINGS 8:18-20 (P. 586)
GODLY LEADERS PRAISE GOD USING
THEIR GIFTS
18 But the Lord said to David my father,‘Whereas it was in
your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it
was in your heart. 19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the
house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the
house for my name.’ 20 Now the Lord has fulfilled his
promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David
my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord
promised, and I have built the house for the name of the
Lord, the God of Israel.

6. 1 KINGS 8:27-29 (P. 587)
GODLY LEADERS PRAISE GOD USING
THEIR GIFTS
27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven
and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less
this house that I have built! 28Yet have regard to the prayer
of your servant and to his plea, O Lord my God, listening to
the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before
you this day, 29 that your eyes may be open night and day
toward this house, the place of which you have said,‘My
name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that
your servant offers toward this place.

7. 1 KINGS 8:30-32 (P. 587)
GODLY LEADERS SETTHE EXAMPLE OF
CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE
30 And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people
Israel, when they pray toward this place.And listen in heaven
your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive. 31 “If a man
sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and
comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house,
32 then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants,
condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own
head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him
according to his righteousness.

8. 1 KINGS 8:46-48 (P. 587)
GODLY LEADERS SETTHE EXAMPLE OF
CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE
46 “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—
and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that
they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or
near, 47 yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have
been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of
their captors, saying,‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and
wickedly,’ 48 if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul
in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to
you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that
you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name,

9. 1 KINGS 8:49-50 (P. 588)
GODLY LEADERS SETTHE EXAMPLE OF
CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE
49 then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer
and their plea, and maintain their cause 50 and forgive
your people who have sinned against you, and all their
transgressions that they have committed against you, and
grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried
them captive, that they may have compassion on them

10. 1 KINGS 6 AND 8 CBT LESSON 21
A King Builds aTemple for God’s Name-A Godly Leader
Prioritizes Worship

11. The Chief End of Man:
Glorify God and enjoy Him
forever.
~Westminster Catechism
2Timothy 3:16
All scripture is breathed out
by God and profitable for
teaching, reproof, correction
and training in
righteousness.

12. Exile & Restoration
of Jerusalem
586–430 BC
Divided Kingdom
931–586 BC
Moses & the Exodus
1526–1406 BC
Abraham to the
Sojourn in Egypt
2200–1526 BC
The Conquest
& the Judges
1406–1051 BC
United Kingdom
1051–931 BC
Church /
Missions Age
AD 30 – Today
Intertestamental
Period
430 BC–4 BC
Life of Jesus
4 BC–AD 30
Creation Eternity
Special thanks to the nerdy brain of Sco4 Earnest
Bible Timeline

13. 14 ERA BOOKMARK
Crea?on Patriarch Exodus Conquest Sin-Cycle Kingdom
Divided
Kingdom
Cap?vity Return Silent Gospel Church Missions
New
Beginnings

14. LESSON OBJECTIVE
Humans were create to know and worship God,
so a Godly leader must prioritize leading others
to know and worship Him.
Worship: Worship is to honor with
extravagant love and extreme submission.

15. WHAT GOD’S WISDOM
LOOKS LIKE
• Precious metals:
20 tons of gold.
• Labor: Tens of
thousands of
workers.
• NRG: 352
million
• Solomon’sTemple:
150 Billion
• Cowboy Stadium:
1.2 Billion

16. Do you have a plan to do give…God glory and enjoy
Him forever? He does.
Alignment Assignment Execution

17. –Excerpt From: David Mathis.“Habits of Grace.”
Apple Books.
“We were made for more than private devo?ons. As nice as it can be
to tuck ourselves away in some nook and cranny, all by our lonesome,
and read the Scriptures we want to read, pray the prayers we prefer,
play the songs we like, memorize the verses we pick, and fast from
food when it’s convenient—as important as it is to pursue a regular
rhythm of “private worship” in these personal disciplines—this is not
the pinnacle of our Chris?an lives.
We were made to worship Jesus together. Among the mul?tude.
With the great horde. Swallowed up in the magnificent mass of the
redeemed. God didn’t fashion us to enjoy him finally as solitary
individuals, but as happy members of a countlessly large family.”
Private vs. Corporate Worship

18. 1 KINGS 6:1 (P. 579)
GODLY LEADERS SEEK GOD’S PRESENCE
Solomon Builds theTemple
1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people
of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year
of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which
is the second month, he began to build the house of the
Lord.

19. 1 KINGS 6:10-13 (P. 579)
GODLY LEADERS SEEK GOD’S PRESENCE
10 He built the structure against the whole house, five
cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of
cedar. 11 Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon, 12
“Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk
in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my
commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my
word with you, which I spoke to David your father. 13 And I
will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake
my people Israel.”

20. Scheduled
Pause Points
inside the Church
should lead to
Scheduled
Pause Points
outside the Church
Priority is key

21. Where does corporate worship fall on your list of
priorities?
What are your priorities telling those that God
has charged you to influence?
66%

22. 1 KINGS 8:15-17 (P. 586)
GODLY LEADERS PRAISE GOD USING
THEIR GIFTS
15 And he said,“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who
with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth
to David my father, saying, 16 ‘Since the day that I brought
my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the
tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name
might be there. But I chose David to be over my people
Israel.’ 17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to
build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

23. 1 KINGS 8:18-20 (P. 586)
GODLY LEADERS PRAISE GOD USING
THEIR GIFTS
18 But the Lord said to David my father,‘Whereas it was in
your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it
was in your heart. 19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the
house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the
house for my name.’ 20 Now the Lord has fulfilled his
promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David
my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord
promised, and I have built the house for the name of the
Lord, the God of Israel.

24. 1 KINGS 8:27-29 (P. 587)
GODLY LEADERS PRAISE GOD USING
THEIR GIFTS
27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven
and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less
this house that I have built! 28Yet have regard to the prayer
of your servant and to his plea, O Lord my God, listening to
the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before
you this day, 29 that your eyes may be open night and day
toward this house, the place of which you have said,‘My
name shall be there,’ that you may listen to the prayer that
your servant offers toward this place.

25. What Spiritual Gifts do you have?
How are you using your Spiritual Gifts to Worship
the Lord corporately?
1 Corinthians 12:7: To each is given
the manifestation of the Spirit for the
common good.
https://www.lifeway.com/en/articles/women-leadership-spiritual-gifts-growth-service

26. 1 KINGS 8:30-32 (P. 587)
GODLY LEADERS SETTHE EXAMPLE OF
CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE
30 And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people
Israel, when they pray toward this place.And listen in heaven
your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive. 31 “If a man
sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and
comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house,
32 then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants,
condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own
head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him
according to his righteousness.

27. 1 KINGS 8:46-48 (P. 587)
GODLY LEADERS SETTHE EXAMPLE OF
CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE
46 “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—
and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that
they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or
near, 47 yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have
been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of
their captors, saying,‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and
wickedly,’ 48 if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul
in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to
you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that
you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name,

28. 1 KINGS 8:49-50 (P. 588)
GODLY LEADERS SETTHE EXAMPLE OF
CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE
49 then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer
and their plea, and maintain their cause 50 and forgive
your people who have sinned against you, and all their
transgressions that they have committed against you, and
grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried
them captive, that they may have compassion on them

29. Does your participation in corporate worship
bear the fruit of confession and repentance?

30. LESSON OBJECTIVE
Humans were create to know and worship God,
so a Godly leader must prioritize leading others to
know and worship Him.