1 Kings 9-10 | Who are You Trying to Impress?

Pastor Gerrit walks through 1 Kings 9 and 10, tracing the warning signs that begin to appear in Solomon's reign as wealth and fame quietly pull his heart away from God. God appears to Solomon a second time and makes a conditional promise: obedience brings blessing, but turning to false gods will bring real consequences for the nation. Solomon accomplishes staggering things, yet the same wisdom that built the temple gets used to accumulate gold, horses, and wives in direct violation of what God commanded. The richest, wisest man who ever lived eventually called it all vanity.