“Adonai, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below. You keep covenant with your servants and show them grace, provided they live in your presence with all their heart.”– 1 Kings 8:23 There is one key principle found in Solomon’s Temple dedication prayer that goes squarely against […]
1K8-16: You Don’t Have to Understand God to Follow Him
“But can God actually live on the earth? Why, heaven itself, even the heaven of heavens, cannot contain you; so how much less this house I have built?”-1 Kings 8:27 In verse 27, Solomon expresses a truth modern believers take for granted but still wrestle with. He says the Lord dwells in the Temple up […]
1K8-15: The Warning Most Believers Don’t Wanna Hear
“Adonai, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below. You keep covenant with your servants and show them grace, provided they live in your presence with all their heart.” – 1 Kings 8:23 There’s another point I gotta make about Solomon’s opening statement when he dedicated the […]
1K8-14: How Christianity WRONGLY Turned ‘Obey God’ Into ‘Follow Your Heart’
Let’s examine Solomon’s opening words at the Temple dedication. “Adonai, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below. You keep covenant with your servants and show them grace, provided they live in your presence with all their heart.” – 1 Kings 8:23 When we reprint this theological […]
1K8-13: You May Never See What Your Faithfulness Produces
“Then the king turned around and blessed the whole community of Israel. The whole community of Israel stood.” as he said: ‘Blessed be Adonai, the God of Israel, who spoke to my father David with his mouth and fulfilled his promise with his hand.‘” -1 Kings 8:14 In verse 14, a prophetic picture is painted […]
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