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.
Download Lesson: 10.13.24 Class Notes – 1 Kings 2.1-12
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Whether it is the Davidic king or we as a disciple of Jesus, true stability only comes through obedience to the Lord’s commands. What is true on the personal level holds also for the people of God as a corporate body. Kingdom stability is not anchored in our experiences or profession, nor in our education or pedigree, nor in our ministerial achievement, but only in obedience to the clear word we have long possessed.