Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem. The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the Lord. Solomon showed his love for the Lord by walking according to the instructions given him by his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places. (1 Kings 3:1-3)
In the verses following, God would grant Solomon all the wisdom he needed for life as a king. Except, he began to stray to foreign women and foreign gods! With all that wisdom . . .
We too can make some dumb decisions, even though we know better. We like to say how ridiculous the Jewish people were in their decision making, yet we do the same day after day. After all, we have eternal salvation in Christ . . . He died on the cross for us . . . yet we still sin! We say we love the Lord and we are His children, except we still choose sin.
Grace is not to be abused! We have work to do!
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