{"id":2684,"date":"2013-11-30T11:20:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T11:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2013-11-30T11:20:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T11:20:58","slug":"solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=2684","title":{"rendered":"Solomon And The Queen of Sheba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solomon And The Queen of Sheba<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Kings 10:1-10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Or, Christ and His Servants, 1Ki 10:1-10<\/p>\n

A greater than Solomon is here (Mat 12:42). We have perhaps a picture here of the glory that shall yet characterise the \u201cGreater Solomon\u201d and His servants in the age to come (Isaiah 60:1-6). What brought the Queen of Sheba to behold the wisdom and glory of Solomon has brought many a humbler one to behold the greater glory of Jesus, viz., \u201cthe hearing of faith.\u201d We might consider-<\/p>\n

I. What She Heard. \u201cShe heard of his fame.\u201d<\/p>\n

1. THE FAME OF HIS RICHES. \u201cSilver was nothing accounted in his days\u201d (1Ki 10:21). But what are the riches of Christ? (Eph 3:8; Col 2:9).<\/p>\n

2. THE FAME OF HIS WISDOM. This was the wisdom that cometh from above (1Ki 3:12). Many seek after wisdom (1Ki 10:24) who reject Christ, the wisdom of God (1Co 1:24-30; Jam 1:5).<\/p>\n

3. THE FAME OF HIS POWER. Concerning the Name of the Lord. If Solomon\u2019s intimacy with God made him great, what must we say of Him who was \u201cGod manifest in the flesh?\u201d (Php 2:9).<\/p>\n

II. What She Did. She did not make light of it, like those in Mat 22:5. Nor postpone it like Felix (Act 24:25).<\/p>\n

1. SHE CAME TO HIM. This was much better than merely thinking about him. When the prodigal came to himself he came to his Father (Joh 6:37).<\/p>\n

2. SHE COMMUNED WITH HIM. \u201cShe told him all that was in her heart\u201d (1Ki 10:2), and the king hid nothing from her (1Ki 10:3). A full confession brings fullness of blessing (Psa 32:5-7). Oh, the joy of telling Jesus! Cast thy burden on the Lord (Mat 14:12).<\/p>\n

III. What She Saw.<\/p>\n

1. SHE SAW HIS WISDOM. Having come to Christ, the wisdom of God in the scheme of redemption has greatly amazed us (Eph 1:4-8).<\/p>\n

2. SHE SAW HIS HOUSE. The Church of Christ as an house fitly framed together is the next marvel (Eph 2:19-22).<\/p>\n

3. SHE SAW HIS TABLE. The great and liberal provision God has made in Christ for His own (2Co 9:8).<\/p>\n

4. SHE SAW HIS ASCENT. (Probably the arched viaduct that led from his house to the Temple.) The ascent of the \u201cGreater than Solomon\u201d was much more glorious (Act 1:9).<\/p>\n

5. SHE SAW HIS SERVANTS. (a) Their position\u2013 \u201cSitting\u201d (Luke 10:39). (b) Their privilege- \u201cContinually with thee hearing thy wisdom\u201d (1Ki 10:8; Joh 6:45). (c) Their pleasure-\u201dHappy are these, thy servants\u201d (1Ki 10:8; Psa 100:2; Rom 5:11).<\/p>\n

IV. What Followed. The results were manifest-<\/p>\n

1. SHE WAS HUMBLED. \u201cThere was no more spirit, in her.\u201d Seeing the Lord means a downfall (Act 9:4; Rev 1:17).<\/p>\n

2. SHE CONFESSED. \u201cIt was a true report.\u201d Those who come to Jesus will be forced to acknowledge the truth of the Gospel.<\/p>\n

3. SHE PRAISED. \u201cBlessed be the Lord.\u201d This is the result of a satisfied soul (Psa 103:1-5).<\/p>\n

4. SHE GAVE. \u201cShe gave the king gold\u201d (1Ki 10:10) \u201cYield yourselves unto God\u201d (Rom 12:1-2).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Solomon And The Queen of Sheba 1 Kings 10:1-10 Or, Christ and His Servants, 1Ki 10:1-10 A greater than Solomon is here (Mat 12:42). We have perhaps a picture here of the glory that shall yet characterise the \u201cGreater Solomon\u201d and His servants in the age to come (Isaiah 60:1-6). What brought the Queen of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,101,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-james-smith","category-heaven","category-pictures-and-types"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2685,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions\/2685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}