Sermon Notes

Living a Life of No Regrets
"Lessons from Kind Solomon:
Guard Your Wandering Heart!"
Pastor Dave Scherrer
June 24, 2007

I Chronicles 28:9

"And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever."

I Kings 11:4

As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been. He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech the detestable god of the Ammonites. So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done.

Ecclesiastes 12:1, 6-7, 13-14

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them. Remember him--before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, or the wheel broken at the well, and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

NOTES:

Solomon

The Final King of the United Nation of Israel

Poet, Preacher and Builder of the Temple

The Temple – the House of God

1 Samuel 10-11

Solomon’s Fall

His many wives

(1 Kings 11:1-4)

His extravagant and successful life – Peace in Israel

(1 Kings 10:21-25)

His deep regret

(1 Kings 9:3-9, 11: 9-12, Eccl. 12)

“Living a Life of No Regrets” – Guard your wandering heart

You are the Temple of the Living God

(1 Cor. 6:19)

Invest in that which truly matters – The Eternal

(Matt. 6:19-24)

Is Heaven your Treasure? – Search your heart

( Col. 3:2-3, Psalms 119:34-37)