DP & Nostradamus-Fatima-Bailey-Branham-Ford - Short vers
1 kings 3b tale of two women
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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
www.rossvillechurch.com
25 May 2014
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God told Solomon in
a dream to “ask what
you will.”
Good understanding
to rule and to discern
good and evil.
God was pleased with his desire and granted
it, plus both riches and honor.
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1 Kings 3:14 And if thou wilt walk in My Ways, to keep
my Statutes and My Commandments, as thy father
David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Prerequisite: walk in My Ways.
Matthew 4 4 But Jesus answered and said, It is
written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
Every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God. Live by
A few examples:
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1 Corinthians 6 18 Flee fornication. …
Ephesians 5 18a And be not drunk …
Ephesians 5 18b ... be filled with the Spirit;
Sing and play good godly music Ephesians 5 NIV
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Be thankful for everything all the time. Ephesians 5: 20 NIV
Psalm 150 1-2 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in
His sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His
Power. Praise him for His Mighty Acts: praise Him
according to His Excellent Greatness.
Thanksgiving and praise unto God
are always acceptable.
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15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a
dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before
the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, and offered
up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and
made a feast to all his servants.
He began immediately to worship God’s Way.
He left the high place, returned to Jerusalem, and
made offerings before the Ark of the Covenant.
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16 Then came there two women, that were harlots,
unto the king, and stood before him. 17 And the one
woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in
one house; and I was delivered of a child with her
in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day
after that I was delivered, that this woman was
delivered also: and we were together; there was no
stranger with us in the house, save we two in the
house.
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19 And this woman's child died in the night;
because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at
midnight, and took my son from beside me, while
thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and
laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I
rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold,
it was dead: but when I had considered it in the
morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did
bear.
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22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is
my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No;
but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son.
Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the
king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and
thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but
thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
She said, she said.
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24 And the king said, Bring
me a sword. And they
brought a sword before the
king. 25 And the king said,
Divide the living child in
two, and give half to the
one, and half to the other.
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1 Kings 3 26 Then spake
the woman whose the
living child was unto the
king, for her bowels
yearned upon her son,
and she said, O my lord,
give her the living child,
and in no wise slay it.
But the other said, Let it
be neither mine nor thine,
but divide it.
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27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the
living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the
mother thereof.
Would that have worked in every
situation, with all women?
No! Both may have been
tenderhearted.
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28 And all Israel heard of the
judgment which the king had
judged; and they feared the
king: for they saw that the
Wisdom of God was in him,
to do judgment.
God knew the hearts of both women,
and God told Solomon what to do.
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Psalm 143 10 Teach me to do Thy Will; for Thou
art my God: Thy Spirit is good; lead me into the
land of uprightness.
John 14 15 If ye love Me, keep My Command-
ments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He shall
give you another Comforter, that He may abide
with you forever; 17 Even the Spirit of Truth; whom
the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not,
neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He
dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
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Even Jesus was led by God’s Holy Spirit.
Matthew 4 1 Then was Jesus
led up of the Spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted of
the devil.
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Romans 8 14 For as many as
are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God.
Just like Solomon, we are faced with many
unknowable situations, but God knows.
God will show us His Way
in every circumstance.