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Saturday, April 13, 2019

Children of the Promise - 1 Kings 7-8

Homiletics                                             Study - Children of the Promise
Lesson     27                                          Passage: 1 Kings 7-8

Content (List of Topics or Events)

Solomon builds palace and temple in 13 years and furnishes them (1 Kings 7)
a. Palace design and construction (1-12)
b. Hurum the craftsman in bronze important in construction (13-14)
c. Hurum cast bronze pillars (15-22)
d. Hurum made sea of cast metal (23-26)
e. Hurum build ten movable stands in bronze (27-37)
f. Hurum made ten bronze basins and other implements for temple (38-47)
g. Solomon also made furnishing for temple (48-51)
Solomon has Ark brought to Temple (1 Kings 8:1-13)
a. Solomon summons all of Israel to temple  (1-2)
b. Priest bring the Ark to Temple into the inner sanctuary(3-6)
c. Description of the Ark (7-9)
d. When the priests with drew the from the Holy Place a cloud filled the temple (10-11)
e. Solomon describes God in the cloud (12)

Solomon blesses people, praises God and challenges (1 Kings 6:15-66)
a. Solomon declares God’s promise to David 15-21)
b. Solomon declares God’s attributes (22-30)
c. God’s characteristic described for wrongs, forgiveness, use of afflictions, treatment of the foreigner, war, sin and forgiveness (31-51)
d. Solomon’s plea for Israel (52-53)
e. Solomon praises God and challenges Israel to be faithful (54-61)
f. Solomon sacrifices and is blessed by people (62-66)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

Solomon builds palace and temple in 13 years and furnishes them
1 Kings 7
Solomon has Ark brought to Temple
1 Kings 8:1-13
Solomon blesses people, praises God and challenges
1 Kings 8:14-66

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words)

Palace and Temple furnished as Ark placed and God praised

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

CTATL that God’s place is with us and want to be the center of our lives.

Specific Application Questions

1
What great things are you building for the Lord?
2
How would you describe your interaction with God? Is there something that needs to change?
3
What characteristics of God do you know and how has He been faithful to you?

Principles to Remember

1
God is the master craftsman molding us into His handiwork
2
God want to be in the center of our lives.
3
God forgives graciously
Characteristic of God
God want us as His own
Theme
Centrality of God in history.

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?

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