1 Kings 11

Today we are reading 1 Kings 11. In this chapter we read about how Solomon’s foreign wives turned his heart away from God. “Now King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not wholly follow the Lord, as David his father had done. Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.” ‭‭1 Kings‬ ‭11:1-8‬ ‭ESV‬‬ It is tragic that such a gifted and blessed man is turned away from God. We are all vulnerable to the devil’s schemes and we have to be careful to not fall into his traps. How have you been tempted to turn your heart from God? How have you been successful in resisting the temptation? It is important for us to surround ourselves with good Christian people so that we are not led astray by our friends who reject Jesus. Pastor Tim

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