Rev. Paul J. Miller – Sermon Outline – October 15, 2017
Series Title: “Third Way Thinking – Seeing More to Life Than Good & Evil”
Today’s Title: “Brilliant & Flawed: Solomon”
Today’s Text: 1 Kings 3:7-15 & Ecclesiastes (various passages)
SOLOMON:
- FOR ALL OF HIS WISDOM, HE STILL HAD IDOLS – 1 Kings 3:3
- THE IDOL IN SOLOMON’S HEART WAS WOMEN – 1 Kings 11:1-6
SOME VALUABLE LESSONS FROM A VERY WISE, VERY RICH, VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND VERY FLAWED MAN…..
- TIME IS A BEAUTIFUL BURDEN – Ecclesiastes 3:10-11
- “a time for everything” – Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
- ENJOY WHAT GOD GIVES YOU – Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
- Food, drink, and a job well done
- A HEART THAT MOURNS, GROWS – Ecclesiastes 7:3-4
- Don’t avoid pain, learn from it
- GOD IS NOT FAIR, DEAL WITH IT – Ecclesiastes 7:13-14, 8:14, 9:11
- God has made (allowed for) good times and bad times -7:14
- The trap of “fairness” – 8:14
- Time happens, chance happens – 9:11
- WHAT MATTERS MOST IS TO FEAR GOD AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS - Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
- Love God, Love Others - John 15:9-12