The Biggest Story: "Solomon and the Gift of Wisdom"

Sep 8, 2024    Brad Wingler

I. Solomon’s Start


Spurgeon on Solomon - “If we were called on to select a man who, as to his life as a whole, perpetrated the greatest folly, we should mention Solomon. Yet he was the wisest of men. Yes, the cream of wisdom, when curdled, makes the worst of folly.”


II. Solomon’s Wisdom (1 Kings 3:9-15)

Proverbs 9:10; Psalm 104:24; Ephesians 1:17; Colossians 1:9; James 1:5


III. Solomon’s Wisdom on Display 
(1 Kings 3:16-28)


IV. A Warning from Solomon
 (1 Kings 11)

1 Kings 11:3–4; 1 Kings 11:6–8; Deuteronomy 7:3


Application

1. Love God

Matthew 22:37–38


2. Seek Him above this world


3. Stay consistent in Him

Colossians 1:21–23; Luke 11:31; Colossians 2:1–3