From a sermon series on 1 Kings by See Huang Lim, a missionary at IBF. Today’s sermon is about taking on big new challenges. Today’s Scripture is about David’s advice to his son Solomon as Solomon takes on a huge new responsibility: becoming the next king of Israel. May David’s words be useful to us in our own challenges today. We will only a short passage in 1 Kings 2, only the first 4 verses. [Read 1 Kings 2:1-4] Background We don’t know how old Solomon was when he became king of Israel. How many people here are 30 years old or younger? Please raise your hand. Some scholars suggest
1 Kings 1 sermon, “Pride and Humility”
From a sermon series on 1 Kings by See Huang Lim, a missionary at IBF. Intro Today we are entering a new series of sermons on 1 Kings, a historical book in the Old Testament. As a young Christian, I used to dislike the Old Testament. It has stories that are weird, more dramatic and shocking than your 7:00pm TV drama. Sometimes I don’t know what God wants me to learn from those stories. Yes, it’s not easy to study the Old Testament, but it is part of our Bible and is very interesting. I hope together we can learn some good things from the book of 1 Kings. Today