TODAY’S BIBLE READING CHALLENGE:
1 Kings 11:1-12:19
Acts 9:1-25
Psalm 131:1-3
Proverbs 17:4-5
1 Kings 11:1 — This is the first use of the phrase “strange women.” Solomon himself will warn us about them in Proverbs 22:14 and Proverbs 23:33.
1 Kings 11:7 — God told Moses that the Israelites were to destroy their pictures, molten images, and “quite pluck down” their high places (Numbers 33:52). Certainly not to build more!
1 Kings 11:9 — God does get angry over sin (Isaiah 12:1). Many successive kings of Israel would experience the anger of the LORD (2 Kings 17:18).
1 Kings 11:23 — Solomon would have had no adversaries. When He decided to turn his heart from the LORD; it was then that the LORD stirred up opposition.
1 Kings 11:38 — What was the conditional offer to Jeroboam? A Davidic dynasty if Jeroboam would only obey.
1 Kings 12:8 — Each generation would like to ignore the wisdom of the previous. This verse reminded me of the “Millennial Job Interview.”
1 Kings 12:16 — Sounds similar to 2 Samuel 20:1, doesn’t it?
Acts 9:3 — Even today people talk about a “Road to Damascus” moment.
Acts 9:16 — God did not call Saul to prosperity, but rather to suffer for the name of the LORD!
Psalm 131:1 — The testimony of a devoted follower who walks in the way of the LORD. He knows God will bring down the haughty (2 Samuel 22:8) and will humble the lofty (Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 5:15). He knows not to despise the day of small things (Zechariah 4:10).
Proverbs 17:4 — God talks about the poor 172 times in the Old Testament and has special concern for them. Christian ministries have been historically focused on helping the poor physically and spiritually!
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