Solomon: Israel’s Wisest King (34): Solomon’s Heathen Women (I Kings 11:1-4) by Rev. Angus Stewart
I. Who?
II. Why?
Philip Ryken on Solomon’s marriages: “Our own sins may seem equally small and even easier to justify. ‘Maybe I didn’t need to buy that,’ we might say, ‘but it really wasn’t all that expensive.’ ‘These pictures do not show enough skin to count as pornography.’ ‘I know I’m getting emotionally attached, but it’s appropriate to have a good working relationship with my co-worker.’ ‘I don’t care if he’s not a Christian; he’s a nice person and besides, maybe I’ll get a chance to share the gospel.’ Before we know it, we get pulled into self-indulgent spending, or a habit of sexual sin, or an adulterous affair, or a match that was never made in heaven. Long before most people ever fall into disgrace, they sow the seeds of their own destruction by making lots of little spiritual compromises” (King Solomon: The Temptations of Money, Sex, and Power, p. 181).