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00:05 #S081 - “Somethings Just Don't Mix” (Part 1)
00:20 Deuteronomy chapter 17 and verse 17 and quick question 00:23 How many of us want God to be the governor of our homes? 00:28 Somewhat just the Lord to bless my money. 00:30 I don't want him to just bless my work. 00:32 I don't want him to just bless you, my class. 00:35 I want God to govern my house. 00:38 And if that's you, 00:40 there is something that the Lord is going to say to us today. 00:43 Deuteronomy Chapter 17 and verse 00:46 17, when you get there, just say, Pastor, I'm here. 00:49 So the context is in the book of the law, 00:53 God gives some instruction to Moses that is to be passed 00:57 down to the kings of Israel, and this is what he says. 01:01 Now put your finger in 01:02 first kings 11, which is where we'll land. 01:04 But listen to what God says. 01:06 Neither shall He. 01:08 The King multiply what 01:12 wives for 01:13 himself, bless his heart, turn away, nor 01:17 shall he greatly multiply silver and white 01:21 and gold for who? 01:24 For himself. 01:25 Now go over with me to First Kings, Chapter 11, 01:29 First Kings, Chapter 11. 01:31 And we're going to begin together in verse then 01:32 1/1 Kings chapter 11 and verse one. 01:36 Moses told them, gave them this instruction 01:40 that Kings should not multiply wise, 01:43 nor silver or gold unto themselves. 01:45 And let's see what happens 01:47 when we go against God's express command for us kings. 11. 01:51 When you get there, let me hear you 01:52 say, Pastor, I'm there for his kings. 01:54 11 In verse one, the Bible says, 01:58 But King Solomon loved many foreign women 02:03 as well as the daughter of Pharaoh women of the more bites, 02:08 the Ammonites, the Edomites, sit down ins and Hittites 02:13 from the nations of whom the Lord had said 02:14 to the children of Israel, 02:16 You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. 02:21 Surely they will turn your hearts after their gods. 02:24 But the Bible, says Solomon, clung to these in love, 02:29 and he had 700 02:33 wives, princesses 02:37 and 300 concubines. 02:41 But note this because we get impressed by the number. 02:45 The issue is the result, 02:47 the Bible says, and his wives 02:50 turned away his heart 02:53 for it was so when Solomon was what? 02:57 Oh, that. 02:58 His wives turn his heart out to other gods. 03:00 And his heart was not loyal to the Lord, His God, 03:04 as was the heart of His Father, David. 03:06 For Solomon went after Esther, 03:08 the goddess of the Sedona hands, and after Mitchell come 03:12 the abomination of the Ammonites. 03:14 Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, 03:16 and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father, David. 03:20 Then Solomon built a high place, 40 marched the 03:25 abomination of Moab on the hill that is east of Jerusalem. 03:30 And for Monique, the abomination of the people of Ammon, 03:34 and he did likewise. 03:36 Check this out for how many of his wives 03:40 for he had 700 wives. 03:43 So now you got 700 altars to foreign gods 03:47 throughout Jerusalem. 03:49 Are you all catching this church? 03:51 And he did likewise for all of his foreign wives 03:54 who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. 03:59 So the Lord became angry with Solomon 04:02 because his heart had turned from the Lord God of Israel, 04:05 who had appeared to him 04:06 twice and had commanded him concerning this thing 04:10 that he should not go after of the gods. 04:13 But he did not keep what the Lord 04:16 had commanded today thinks for just a little while. 04:19 I'm going to talk to you under the subject 04:21 some things just don't mix. 04:24 Some things just don't mix. 04:26 Let us look to the Lord in prayer. 04:30 I don't want to bite those who are coming in, if you will. 04:31 Come on in quickly 04:32 and be settled as we look to the Lord in prayer, 04:36 Father in Heaven, 04:38 Lord, our prayer today 04:41 is that you would apply anointing 04:44 to each syllable that leaves my lips. 04:46 Today I am praying that the spirit would be so dense 04:52 that it would muscle out or rivaling 04:55 distracting principalities. 04:58 So Lord, I'm asking that the Spirit of God 05:01 that it would not just settle upon the service, the song, 05:05 the liturgy, but Lord, may it settle in our hearts. 05:08 Would you please hide me in the shadows of the cross that 05:10 Jesus alone might be seen, that Christ alone would be heard? 05:16 And at the end of our time together, may we give Jesus only 05:18 total praise. 05:20 Bless us, citizen, we ask in the wonderful name of Jesus, 05:24 let them who love him, say together, amen. 05:26 And a man. 05:27 You may be seated in the house of the Lord 05:32 again, talking to 05:33 you under the subject. 05:39 Some things just don't mix. 05:45 Those who are coming in come quickly and 05:48 be seated. 05:52 Some things just don't mix, you know? 05:58 Church I grew up in Florida 06:02 where we have hurricanes, 06:06 but I live here now in Huntsville, 06:09 where we are faced with the threat of tornadoes. 06:13 And there are times where I find myself in debates 06:16 with people about which is worse, a hurricane or a tornado. 06:22 And Earl, I tell people all the time, 06:24 I would gladly deal with a hurricane because, 06:27 you know, for at least a week that a hurricane is coming. 06:32 But sometimes it is the suddenness of a tornado that 06:35 at times it makes me nervous. 06:38 But what most storms have in common 06:41 is something with the cause of their origin. 06:45 What causes these storms is an instability in the environment 06:51 where you have elements that at times are in conflict. 06:55 You see tornadoes seem to happen in abundance 06:59 in the spring where you have the warm air 07:04 or from above that mixes with the cold air from beneath. 07:08 And when these hot and cold elements mix, it creates 07:12 an instability that is dangerous to everyone in their path. 07:17 And in summer, when all the elements are hot, 07:21 there is no instability in the winter, 07:24 when all the elements are cold, there is no instability. 07:30 But it is when you have hot and cold trying to mix. 07:34 It creates a volatile city that can be destructive 07:38 and understand that these weather systems 07:42 are a model for a spiritual and romantic truth. 07:45 Because the truth is, you can have peace in a home 07:49 where both parties are spiritually cold 07:52 because they have a symmetry that binds them as one. 07:56 And in a home where both parties are spiritually hot, 08:00 they can reinforce and anchor one another. 08:04 But in a house where one is hot and the other is cold, 08:09 it creates an instability that leads to the ruin 08:12 of the relationship. 08:14 And the only way for there to be peace 08:18 is that the one who is cold has to become hot, 08:22 or in many instances, the one that is hot 08:25 takes on the cold of their past partner 08:28 so that the relationship can abide. 08:31 And what I want to say quickly is that if you want a heart 08:34 for God, you need someone who brings elements rigorously 08:40 that complements your eyes and not conflicting elements 08:44 that brings instability to the relationship. 08:47 And at times what we say is that that person is unstable. 08:53 But because your romantic elements conflict, 08:56 you together become unstable. 09:00 And what I'm saying to somebody today 09:02 is that God has called us to not be unequally yoked. 09:06 And what the word is going to teach us 09:09 is that certain things just don't mix. 09:12 Are you with me today? 09:14 And so go with me into the Scriptures. 09:15 I want you to read something in First Kings Chapter ten, 09:20 and I want you to look at verse 14, First Kings, Chapter ten. 09:23 And we're going to bounce back and forth. 09:25 And I'm going to come back in a moment to Solomon Wives. 09:29 But I need you to provide I need to provide some context 09:32 first. 09:33 King, chapter ten and verse 14, when you get there, see Men 09:37 First Kings, Chapter ten, members 14. 09:40 The Bible says The Weight of gold 09:43 that came to Solomon yearly was 666 Talents of Gold. 09:48 Are you with me? 09:49 Church Then the Bible says in verse 16, 09:52 and King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold. 09:57 600 shekels of gold went into each shield. 10:01 He also made 300 shields of hammered gold. 10:04 Three miners of gold went into each sea shield and 10:07 the king put them in the house of the fathers of Lebanon. 10:11 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, 10:15 and he overlaid it with pure gold. 10:18 And verse 21 says, All King Solomon's drinking 10:21 vessels were white, and the vessels of the house 10:26 of the fathers of Lebanon were pure gold. 10:29 Not one was silver for this was counted as nothing 10:33 in the days of Solomon. 10:34 Look at verse 27. 10:36 The Bible says that the king made silver as common 10:40 in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees 10:46 as abundant as sycamores, which are in the low land. 10:50 Now, France, 10:51 I need you to be clear that this text today is powerful 10:56 and it is filled with simple truths for love and for life. 11:00 But the first thing it teaches is that it is possible 11:05 to have too much of a good thing. 11:07 Let me say it again that it is possible 11:10 to have too much of a good thing. 11:13 Now, friends, what I need you to get 11:16 is that one of the problems with Solomon 11:19 is he forgot who made him successful. 11:24 In other words, 11:26 it's clear that his wives actually corrupted him. 11:30 But it is actually the practices that we just studied 11:35 that pry the heart of Solomon Open 11:40 so that the wives were able to plant their poison. 11:43 Now, we read at the beginning that 100 years earlier 11:47 through Moses, God gave some prohibitions 11:51 to those who would be king in Israel. 11:53 He gave them to restrictions. 11:56 The Kings were not to multiply foreign wives unto them selves, 12:01 for they would draw their hearts away from God. 12:04 And number two, 12:05 they were not to accumulate too much gold unto themselves. 12:09 And the reason God said this is that corruption 12:14 would often flow out of man's excesses. 12:18 And notice that Solomon, not only does he omit this command, 12:23 not only does he ignore this command, 12:26 he trespasses this command with impunity. 12:30 Now, I need you to get what happens to Solomon over time. 12:35 You need to know that Solomon lived a life 12:39 unlike anybody that ever walked the face of the earth. 12:43 You realize that Solomon was so tough that other heads of state 12:48 would come not just to watch his operation, 12:52 but to sit at his feet and listen to his wisdom. 12:55 Do you realize that 12:56 Solomon was so cold that he actually had his own 13:00 theme music that they hired female singers 13:06 to sing his praises when he walked down the hallway? 13:09 In fact, the word says that annually 13:12 he would bring over 600 talents of gold 13:15 into the land of Israel, that he had a throne made of ivory, 13:19 and he ultimately overlaid it with gold, 13:23 that every cup he drank from was made of gold, 13:26 and every fork he put in his mouth was made of gold. 13:31 In fact, the word says that Solomon 13:33 had so much gold that silver lost its value 13:39 because of the amount of gold that was accessible in Israel. 13:43 And notice that it was the hand of God 13:46 that willed these favors into being. 13:48 For Solomon. 13:49 But the problem with Solomon 13:51 is he stopped being a conduit of blessing 13:56 and he became constipated with blessing. 13:59 In other words, church, these blessings were to flow 14:02 through Solomon's house to meet the needs of the masses 14:07 and to help poor nations around Israel. 14:11 But the problem is the blessings of God 14:14 got stuck in Solomon's intestines and he got to a place 14:18 where his success separated him from his community. 14:22 You see, understand that Solomon Bobby 14:26 had this way, that they would engage with heads of state. 14:29 But whenever powerful people come together, 14:33 you need to recognize that it is an exercise in display. 14:37 Whenever kings get together, there is this one upsmanship 14:41 that takes place 14:42 where they've got 14:43 to outdo each other every time there is a visit. 14:48 And that's why the Bible says that the stuff that happened in 14:50 Solomon's house never happened in any other kingdom. 14:55 And when God blessed Israel with wealth instead of 14:58 sending it to the poor, he hoarded it into his house 15:03 so that he could impress the father and 1% 15:07 and understand that not only did Solomon receive wealth 15:12 through his good deeds and his trades, Alan 15:14 White says that over time, Solomon begins to be exacting 15:20 and he begins to tax the masses just to supplement 15:25 his own personal appearance and see, understand. 15:28 The problem with Solomon is that he forgot that his platform 15:33 was to be a display case for the glory of God. 15:38 But when you read Solemn its narrative, what becomes clear 15:42 is that after a while, Solomon becomes less concerned 15:44 with the glory of God, and he becomes more concerned 15:49 with the glory and fame of His own name. 15:52 In other words, his fall does not begin. 15:54 When he gets married, 15:56 his fall starts because he can't manage his success. 16:01 And see, the thing that you need to know is that God 16:06 lent Solomon his wisdom so that he was able to prosper, 16:10 that God sent him untold riches and fame. 16:14 And see, I need somebody to know something about God 16:17 that God doesn't mind sharing with you the bounty, 16:21 that God doesn't mind sharing with you the wealth, 16:25 that God doesn't mind sharing with you, influence. 16:27 The only thing God won't share is His glory 16:32 and see, understand. 16:33 I need somebody to get it that when you apply your heart 16:37 to God and commit your way unto Him, I believe young people 16:43 that God will give you everything under the sun. 16:46 In fact, the Bible says no. 16:48 Good thing will he withhold from those who back up, rightly. 16:53 And what I want to do is I need to call this community 16:57 of education nation into consistent account 17:00 because I still believe that God 17:03 is in the blessing business. 17:06 I still believe that God 17:08 wants us to be the head and not the tail. 17:12 I believe He wants us to be above and not beneath. 17:16 I believe he wants us to be lenders and not borrowers. 17:20 Does anybody still believe that he will do exceedingly 17:23 and abundantly above all that you can ask? 17:26 I think, and Solomon is the point of reference 17:30 that he'll do it. 17:31 However, when God blesses you with success, 17:36 you've got to make your success his platform. 17:39 Y'all not here today. 17:40 You got to make your access his display table. 17:44 And the word to somebody 17:45 today is never forget who made you successful. 17:50 CC I need to start with the hope 17:52 because some of us are acting brand new. 17:54 The word says that every good and perfect gift 17:58 it comes from above 18:00 and it comes down from the father of lights. 18:04 Do you realize that Solomon was not born with this wisdom? 18:08 It was not a genetic trait 18:10 that was passed down from his father. 18:13 It was something that was gifted to him by God, 18:16 so that he might tell God's story. 18:19 I need you to get that Solomon studied. 18:22 And yes, Solomon Redd and Solomon worked hard. 18:26 But how many of us know that without the blessing of God, 18:30 that Solomon could not have received anything that He had? 18:35 And see, there are some that wrestle with this idea, 18:38 because what we do is we draw a straight line 18:42 between our efforts and our success, 18:45 not realizing that it is God that works 18:47 through your efforts to bring you success. 18:51 In other words, there are some of us 18:53 that are crazy enough to think that it is our hard work 18:57 that opened up the doors that have been opened. 19:01 Some of us are arrogant enough to believe that it is the degree 19:03 that qualified us. 19:05 Some of us believe Aaron Lee that it is your network 19:09 or your life partners that elevated you. 19:12 Some of us actually believe 19:13 that it is your intellect that separated you. 19:17 But how many of us know that even when you work hard, God 19:20 gets the glory 19:22 because it is God 19:24 that gives 19:25 you the ability to work with the church 19:26 that today the word says it in him. 19:29 I live and move and have my being. 19:32 It's not the degree that sets you apart 19:35 because it is God that gave your mind 19:38 the ability to understand concept and principle. 19:42 It is not your threat that got you elevated, 19:46 but the Bible says promotion does not come from the East 19:48 or the West, but promotion comes from God. 19:52 Is there anybody that knows that God is speaking 19:54 your name and wrongs where you are not present, 19:59 that God opens up doors that no man is able to shut? 20:03 And do I have eight folk that can say, like David, that 20:05 if it had not been for the Lord on my side, 20:12 I wouldn't be where I am and I wouldn't have what I have. 20:16 Can somebody testify? 20:18 I wasn't smart enough to pass the class. 20:21 I didn't have enough money to get in school. 20:24 I didn't have enough resources to wash my clothes. 20:28 I didn't have nobody to recommend me to the job. 20:31 But somewhere along the line God just blessed it 20:35 and God just kissed him and God just blew on it 20:40 and God just enlarged my territory. 20:44 And it is the Lord that did it and it's the Lord 20:49 that brought it to pass. 20:50 Ah, you hear me today, Church? 20:52 Not now. 20:53 Solomon's first problem is he forgot he made him successful. 20:58 But Solomon's great sin is that he forgot 21:01 why God made him successful. 21:04 So I need somebody to be clear that one of the problems 21:08 with Solomon is he forgot the why of his success 21:12 so that God would actually, through trade and treaties 21:16 and failure, He would send boatloads of gold 21:19 and silver Doc Johnson into the land of Israel. 21:22 But guess what? 21:23 This access was not to stay in his vault. 21:28 It was literally he was supposed to be a conduit 21:32 through which the needy and the under all resource 21:36 were to be helped in Israel and throughout the foreign nations. 21:41 And see the problem with Solomon is that instead of blessing 21:44 others, he literally hoarded everything for himself 21:49 and said, The reason I need somebody to get this 21:51 and hear me church We think that the sin of Solomon 21:56 is how many people he slept with, 21:59 but the sin of Solomon is the number of people 22:02 he could have helped. 22:02 But he didn't. 22:05 Okay, see, for us, every trespass is all about 22:09 where to smoke and what to drink and what you do wrong. 22:13 But how many of us know that in the judgment 22:15 we will be held accountable 22:16 for sins of omission and commission, 22:20 the things that we could have done, but we did not do 22:23 because we were distracted. 22:24 I hear me today. 22:25 Church In other words, how many folk went hungry 22:30 while Solomon was drinking from coal gold glasses? 22:34 How many folks stay naked because he was overlaying 22:37 his eye, his throne in gold? 22:41 How many nations suffered under pestilence 22:45 while he was entertaining the wealthiest 1%? 22:49 And what of the things I'm saying is that the greatest 22:51 sin is not what you smoke or drink, 22:55 but you'll be held accountable 22:56 for those that you could have helped. 23:00 But you hoarded your excess unto yourself. 23:04 In fact, friends of mine, when we talk about the judgment, 23:07 we list all the sins but the wrong one. 23:09 When you look at Matthew Chapter 25, 23:11 when Jesus tells the parable 23:13 of the sheep and the goats, he gives a list of qualifications. 23:18 He says, When I was hungry, did you feed me when I was naked? 23:23 Did you call me when I was thirsty? 23:26 Did you give me drink when I was in prison? 23:28 Did you come visit me and other words, Jesus 23:31 is evaluating not just your good are bad habits, 23:34 but what did you do 23:35 with the excess he placed under your stewardship 23:39 and I see the question for the church 23:40 and y'all going to get mad, but I'm going to stand here. 23:44 And the strength of the Lord today, how many folk 23:46 could be helped with the access that we waste? 23:52 How many folk could be fed with no Starbucks money? 23:55 Y'all, y'all gonna get quite as good a day. 23:57 Oh, how much could the Kingdom of God grow 24:01 if we weren't stockpiling Jordans? 24:02 One, two, three, 13 and 37? 24:06 How much could we grow the work of God 24:10 if we were not taking over by a consumption addiction 24:15 and hoarding it so that we can display and impress people 24:19 that we don't even like 24:22 with money that we don't even how y'all hear 24:25 what I'm saying today? 24:25 Church And see, see what I went to 24:28 Paul's to say, friends, is that when God makes you successful 24:31 don't forget your roots. 24:35 Now when you see old folks say that I thought 24:37 that meant just don't forget where you come from. 24:39 That's not what it meant. 24:40 It actually talks 24:42 about the responsibility that comes with being success. 24:44 Mom, do you realize that 24:46 when a tree grows roots down into the ground, 24:50 the roots are not just to stabilize 24:53 the tree. 24:56 In other words, roots don't just assist the tree. 25:01 But as the tree comes from the soil, when it develops 25:04 roots, the roots actually stabilize the soil. 25:08 The roots nurture the soil. 25:10 The roots aerate the soil. 25:12 The roots actually 25:13 stabilize the soil so that when a tree grows up, 25:17 it doesn't just take from the soil. 25:20 It has a responsibility to bless the soil. 25:23 And what I'm saying to this community 25:25 is that as you come from the soil, you've got to put down 25:28 some roots and bless the soil that you came from. 25:33 Are you out here in the world today? CHURCH 25:36 So much out to see this year and First Kings Chapter 11. 25:39 In verse four, 25:40 the Bible says for it was so when Solomon was oh, 25:43 that his wives turn his hearts after other God gods, 25:48 and his heart was not loyal to the Lord as His God, 25:52 as the heart of His Father, David was. 25:55 You see, the second thing that this text 25:56 teaches us, my friends, is that all wisdom 25:59 doesn't come with age. 26:05 Now, I want to be clear 26:07 that this actually applies 26:08 to both old folks and young folk in the room, 26:11 because remember, in proper Chapter nine, Solomon himself 26:15 wrote a statement that said, The fear of the Lord 26:22 is the beginning of wisdom. 26:25 And if I'm reading the Bible correctly, 26:28 then wisdom is not just the product of tenure. 26:32 It is not just the product of time. 26:35 It is not just the result of the accumulation of days. 26:38 Wisdom has one source. 26:40 The Lord Jesus Christ. 26:43 And it's funny 26:45 because Solomon's life has a very strange arc to it, 26:50 so that his wisdom and his walk with God, it peaks in his youth 26:55 and it declines as he gets older. 26:59 And you would think the opposite would be true, that his wisdom 27:01 and spirituality are with struggle as he is young 27:05 and it would peak as he gets all. 27:07 But the opposite is the case. 27:08 And young folk 27:10 when it teaches, is that you're never too young to get wisdom. 27:14 See, the Bible says if any man like wisdom, let him ask of God 27:18 who gifts to all men freely. 27:19 And he abrathed not, are you hereing me today church? 27:22 Thank you for joining us for the Breath of life. 27:25 Television Ministries Broadcast with Pastor Debleaire Snell. 27:29 We hope and pray 27:30 that you have been blessed by this powerful message. 27:34 Join us next week for part two of “Somethings Just Don't Mix”. 27:40 You don't want to miss 27:41 it. |
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