Berean Bible Church

How God Sees People

Lesson XVI

Why Solomon Failed

March 18,2007

Texts Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 14:14 ; Colossians 3:23

“backsliding is seldom a blow-out, it is usually a slow leak”

I The first indication that something was wrong in Solomon’s life

1 Kings 3:3 He loved the Lord only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places

Psalm 12:2 double heart

1 Kings 17:22,23 feared the Lord and

Judges 17: 1-3 wholly dedicated to the Lord to make an image

Ezekiel 8:16 in the temple worshipping the sun

James 1:8 double minded man

Matthew 6:24 ye cannot

II Solomon had the Torah and the instructions for Kings

Deuteronomy 17:14-20 The instructions are in two parts, first the negative, then

the positive.

The Negatives

1 Deuteronomy 17:16 not to multiply horses from Egypt. 1 Kings 10:28-29

2 Deuteronomy 17:17 not to multiply wives cf 1 Kings 11: 3

3 Deuteronomy 17:17 not to multiply silver and gold cf 1 Kings 10:14; 27

The Positives

1 Deuteronomy 17:18 write his own copy of the law, the Torah

2 Deuteronomy 17:19 to read it daily all his life

3 Deuteronomy 17:19 to learn to fear the Lord. Proverbs 1:17, 9:10

4 Deuteronomy 17:19 to learn to do the will of God ,to keep the law Psalm 119:11

5 Deuteronomy 17:20 to be kept from pride cf. Proverbs 6:16,17

6 Deuteronomy 17:20 to keep him in the center of the road

III The Conclusion

If the first five books of the Bible would do those things for a King, what can the whole Bible do for us? The study of the Word will , if we let it, keep is stable.

2 Peter 3:16 if unlearned are unstable, learned should be stable!

Hebrews 13:7-9 what does it mean that Jesus is the same yesterday and today ??