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  MV Radio dot US welcome. To love letters.
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  through Welcome to love letters from God.
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  Today we're going to start looking at the life of Solomon.
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  We have in the past read through the Psalms and some of the life
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  of David, and we've also looked at Proverbs.
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  But what we're going to do now is look at the guy that wrote
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  those proverbs, or anyway wrote most of them.
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  And we're going to also look at the book of Ecclesiastes, which
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  Solomon wrote toward the end of his life.
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  So if you would, we want to turn to the Book of First Kings to
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  begin with today, chapter three. In First Kings.
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  Now Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he
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  married Pharaoh's daughter. Then he brought her to the city
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  of David until he had finished building his own house and the
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  House of the Lord and the wall all around Jerusalem.
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  Meanwhile, the people sacrificed at the high places because there
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  was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days.
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  And Solomon loved the Lord walking in the statutes of his
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  father David, except that he sacrificed and he burned incense
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  at these high places. Now the king went to Gibeon to
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  sacrifice there, for that was the great high place.
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  Solomon offered 1000 burnt offerings on that altar.
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  And Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night.
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  And God said, Ask what I shall give you.
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  And Solomon said, You have shown great mercy to your servant
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  David, my father, because he walked before you in truth, in
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  righteousness, and in uprighteousness of heart with
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  you. You have continued this great
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  kindness for him, and you have given him a son to sit on his
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  throne as it is this day. Now, O Lord, my God, you have
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  made your servant King instead of my father David.
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  But I'm a little child. I do not know how to go out or
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  how to come in, And your servant is in the midst of your people,
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  whom you have chosen are great people, too numerous to be
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  numbered or counted. Therefore give to Your servant
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  an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may be
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  discerned between good and evil. For who is able to judge this
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  great people of yours? That speech pleased the Lord,
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  that Solomon had asked this thing.
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  And then God said to him, Because you have asked this
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  thing and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have
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  asked for riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your
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  enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to
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  discern justice. Behold, I've done according to
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  your words. See, I have given you a wise and
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  an understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like
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  you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.
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  And I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches
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  and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among the
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  kings all of your days. So if you walk in my ways to
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  keep my statutes and my commandments as your father
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  David walked, then I will lengthen your days.
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  Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream, and he came
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  to Jerusalem. He stood for the ark of the
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  Covenant of the Lord. He offered up burnt offerings.
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  He offered peace offerings. He made a feast for all of his
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  servants. Now two women who were harlots
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  came to the king, and they stood before him.
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  And one woman said, Oh my Lord, this woman and I dwell in the
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  same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house.
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  Then it happened the third day after I had given birth, that
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  this woman also gave birth and we were together.
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  No one was with us in the house except the two of us in the
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  house. And this woman's son died in the
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  night because she lay on him. So she arose in the middle of
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  the night and took my son from my side, while your maid servant
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  slept, laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my
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  bosom. And when I arose in the morning
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  to nurse my son, there he was dead.
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  But when I had examined him in the morning, indeed he was not
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  my son whom I had borne. Then the other woman said no,
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  but the living 1 is my son, and the dead 1 is your son.
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  And the first woman said no, but the dead 1 is your son, and the
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  living 1 is my son. Thus they spoke before the king.
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  And the king said, the one says this is my son who lives, and
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  your son is the dead 1. And the other says, no, but your
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  son is the dead 1, and my son is a living one.
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  And then the king said, bring me a sword.
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  So they brought a sword before the king.
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  And the king said, divide the living child in two, give half
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  to 1 and half to the other. And then the woman whose son was
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  living spoke to the king, for she yearned with compassion for
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  her son. And she said, Oh my Lord, give
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  her the living child, and by no means kill him.
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  The other one said, Let it be neither mine nor yours, but go
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  ahead and divide him. So the king answered and said,
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  Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him.
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  She is his mother. And all Israel heard of the
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  judgement which the king had rendered, and they feared the
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  king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to
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  administer justice. So here we have Solomon.
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  Now Solomon is the king. He has been granted wisdom, and
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  he was given that wisdom so that he could make good decisions.
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  He did make a good decision with respect to that little baby, but
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  throughout his life he had other decisions to make and they
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  weren't always right. He made a lot of bad decisions
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  using the wisdom that God had given him, and he writes in the
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  book of Ecclesiastes what those decisions did.
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  So turn over to the book of Ecclesiastes and now and we're
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  going to read chapter 1, the words of the preacher, the son
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  of David, king in Jerusalem. This is Solomon again.
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  Vanity of vanities, says the preacher.
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  Vanity of vanities. All is vanity.
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  What profit has a man from all of his labor in which he toils
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  under the sun? One generation passes away and
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  another generation comes, but the earth abides forever.
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  The sun also rises, and the sun goes down and hasten to the
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  place where it arose. The wind goes toward the South,
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  and it turns around to the north, and the wind whirls about
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  continually and comes again on its circuit.
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  All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full to the
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  place from which the rivers come, and there they return
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  again. All things are full of labour.
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  Man cannot express it. The eye is not satisfied with
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  seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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  That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what
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  will be done. And there's nothing new under
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  the sun. Is there anything of which it
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  may be said, See, this is new, It's already been in ancient
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  times before us. There is no remembrance of
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  former things, nor will there be any remembrance of things that
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  are to come but those who will come after.
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  The preacher was king over all Israel in Jerusalem.
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  And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning
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  all that is done under the heavens, this burdensome task
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  God has given to the sons of man by which they may be exercised.
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  I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and
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  indeed all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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  What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking
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  cannot be numbered. I communed with my heart,
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  saying, Look, I have attained greatness and I've gained more
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  wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem.
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  My heart has understood great wisdom and knowledge, and I set
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  my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly.
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  I perceive that this also is grasping for the wind, for in
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  much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge
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  increases sorrow. So that's chapter one of the
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  book of Ecclesiastes. We're going to continue reading
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  Ecclesiastes in the weeks to come.
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  But what we want to note in all of this is that God gave one man
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  here by the name of Solomon Wisdom.
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  He became the greatest man in the whole world, but he didn't
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  use it right. And if you don't use what God
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  gives you in the right way, you thank him for it.
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  And you, you, you don't thank him for it, and you abuse that
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  wisdom, nothing's gonna work. Your life becomes a mess.
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  It's just full of emptiness. So let's use the wisdom, use the
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  abilities God gives us in the right way and in His love letter
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  that He has given to us here He will be emphasizing That's
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  really where the answer is. Read your Bible, folks, and in
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  reading your Bibles, apply its teaching to your lives and let
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  that be a daily occurrence for you as you allow that wisdom to
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  be a part of your life. Shall we pray?
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  Our Father in Heaven, we are thankful that you were there.
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  We are thankful for all of the blessings that you give us.
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  We're thankful for the minds you give us and the ability to
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  choose. We ask for your help in choosing
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  what is right. We pray that as we continue
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  looking into that love letter you've given us, that that
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  wisdom will become a part of our lives, so we will make good
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  decisions and in the process become the kind of people you
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  want. We pray this in the name of your
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  Son, Jesus Christ, who came here and died and made everything
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  available. We pray it in his name, Amen.
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