NO TREATIES PERMITTED

NO TREATIES PERMITTED

1 Kings 3:1 (NKJV)“Now Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter; then he brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall all around Jerusalem.” We are a...
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NOT ALL SUCCESS IS SUCCESS

1 Kings 2:40 (NKJV)“So Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to seek his slaves. And Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.” The world is crazy about success, and today, even the Church of God has caught the bug for success and adjusted...
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RESPONDING TO BOUNDARIES

1 Kings 2:37 (NKJV)“For it shall be, on the day you go out and cross the Brook Kidron, know for certain you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.” Life is full of boundaries. Everyone has boundaries. We live and function within boundaries. Some...
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NEVER RELEASE THE HORN!

1 Kings 2:30 (NKJV)“So Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said to him, ‘Thus says the king, Come out!’ And he said, ‘No, but I will die here.’ And Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, ‘Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.’” In our last...
NO TREATIES PERMITTED

UNLIMITED MERCY

1 Kings 2:29 (NKJV)”And King Solomon was told, ‘Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the LORD; there he is, by the altar.’ Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, ‘Go, strike him down.’” Many of the illustrations and formations in the Old Testament were a...