Homiletics Study
- Children of the Promise
Lesson 29 Passage:
1 Kings 11
Content (List of Topics or Events)
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Solomon loved foreign women to his downfall (1 Kings 11:1-13)
a. Solomon Intermarries with foreign women and loves (1-3)
b. Solomon was not fully devoted to God and was led astray
by foreign wives (4)
c. Solomon followed foreign gods and did evil in God’s
eyes (5-8)
d. God became angry and tells Solomon of His judgment;
tearing the kingdom away save one tribe (9-13)
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Lord raises adversaries to Solomon (1 Kings 11:14-25)
a. Hadad the Edomite raised up (15-17)
b. Pharaoh pleased with Hadad and gives sister of his wife
(18-20)
c. Hadad learns of David’s death request to go back to his
country (21-22)
d. God raises another adversary Rezon in Damascus (23-25)
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Jeroboam raised up to take control of 10 tribes (1 Kings 11:26-43)
a. Jeroboam put in charge of the labor force of the tribes of
Joseph (26-28)
b. Jeroboam told by Ahiah the prophet what the Lord says
about splitting Kingdom of Israel (29-35)
c. Because of David a remnant to be in Solomon’s sons leadership
(36)
d. Jeroboam charge to obey God (37-39)
e. Jeroboam flies Solomon (40)
f. Solomon concludes his reign and Rehoboam succeeds as
King (41-43)
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Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)
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Solomon loved foreign women to his downfall
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1 Kings 11:1-13
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Lord raises adversaries to Solomon
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1 Kings 11:14-25
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Jeroboam raised up to take control of 10 tribes
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1 Kings 11:26-43
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Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than
10 words)
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God raises adversaries splits kingdom in response to
Solomon’s sin
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Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)
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CTATL that sin has consequences. It is good to live in harmony with God and
His will for our lives.
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Specific Application Questions
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1
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How does sin impact your relationship with God? Be specific. What life choices should you make?
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2
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What consequences have you seen in response to your sin? What life choices should you make?
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3
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Who are your adversaries trying to take control of your
life journey? What life choices should you make?
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Principles to Remember
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1
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God life guidelines keep us close to him.
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2
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Adversaries will come
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3
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Our legacy is in jeopardy with our life choices
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Characteristic of God
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Way, Truth and Life
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Theme
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Our life choices have consequences.
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God’s
Word - What’s happening?
God’s
Heart – What does God care about?
Today’s
World – How does this connect to what is happening in my world today?