Download Lesson: 11.17.24 Class Notes – 1 Kings 6-8.1-21
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Sometimes it is good for us to remember that not all of our good plans will be brought to reality in our own lifetime. In 8:18 Solomon recalled that God said it was good for David to have the building of a Temple in his heart. Our dreams should exceed our grasp. Often others will get the joy of doing what we would like to have done for God.
Download Lesson: 11.10.24 Class Notes – 1 Kings 5
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Just as 30,000 men had to work together to build the Temple, God calls on every believer to be a co-builder of God’s Church. (I Cor 3:9) God will supply all that we need to co-labor with other believers out of our love for His Church.
Download Lesson: 11.3.24 Class Notes – 1 Kings 4
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Living under God’s rule brings life and blessing. We will only experience that in its fullness in the new heavens and new earth.
Download Lesson: 10.27.24 Class Notes – 1 Kings 3
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When we seek God’s will first, he always adds other blessings to us. Solomon’s primary desire for wisdom enabled God to bless him in many other ways, even in spite of his errors. “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well” (Matt. 6:33).
Download Lesson: 10.20.24 Class Notes – 1 Kings 2.13-46
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Jesus said, “All who take the sword will perish by the sword” (Matt. 26:52). The cruel lessons taught by the history of these passages bear out this truth. Joab had been loyal to David, but he had been power-hungry and ruthless. His own ugly death was reminiscent of the many killings he himself had carried out.