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31 Master Secrets From the life of King Solomon

Secret # 31
“Solomon Was Honest About the Limitations of His Wealth”

Ecclesiastes 2:8 (ESV)
I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines, the delight of the sons of man.

Ecclesiastes 2:17(ESV)
So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Proverbs 3:9–10 (ESV)
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine.

Malachi 3:10 (ESV)
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Statement
It’s time for another reformation in the body of Christ
There must be a paradigm shift in our thinking, resulting in a difference in our doing, in order to usher in the next great move of God!

Several areas:
1. Honor

2. Covenant

3. Identity

4. Sonship

Tweet:
· Sonship is the new wineskin for transformational ministry…

Tweet:
· While revival may bring re-newed life, true reformation will bring a real-new paradigm for fruitfulness & productivity in Kingdom work

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Matthew 13:11–13 (ESV)
11And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 13This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

Matthew 13:14–15 (ESV)
14Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “ ‘ “You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.” 15For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’

1) The Natural Revelation [Interpretation]
(Initial, universal, natural, essential) “logos” (universal word of God)

2) The Spiritual Revelation [Interpretation]
(Secondary, spiritual, special, seasonal, specific, personal) “rhema” (specific Word)

3) The Prophetic Revelation [Interpretation]
(Distant, overall, long-range, historical, prophetic) “eschatological” (end-time Word)

The Natural Interpretation – 6 scenes in the story…
A. The Demand

B. The Departure

C. The Decline

Luke 15:15–16 (ESV)
15So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
Jewish boy – didn’t have anything to do with pigs (tending them)
Longing to eat what they were eating

D. The Despair

E. The Discovery

Luke 15:17 (ESV)
17“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!

F. The Decision

Luke 15:18 (ESV)
18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

Isaiah 53:6 (ESV)
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Luke 15:22–24 (ESV)
22 But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. 23 And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

John 6:37 (ESV)
37All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

1. The Orphan Spirit Seeks to Influence All Sons & Daughters

Luke 15:11 (ESV)
11And he said, “There was a man who had two sons.

5 Kinds of Fathers
1. Performance oriented Father
2. Passive Father
3. Absentee Father
4. Authoritarian Father
5. Abusive Father

Matthew 27:46 (ESV)
46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

John 14:18 (NIV)
18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

Luke 15:22–24 (NIV)
22“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

The Father did several things
1. Quick bring the best robe

Luke 15:20 (NIV)
20So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

Isaiah 61:10 (NIV)
10I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Clothed with the robe of righteousness of God in Christ Jesus

2. Put a ring on his finger

3. Put shoes on his feet

4. Killed the fatted calf – we’re going to have a party…

Luke 15:23 (ESV)
23And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.