Temple Temptation 1 Kings 9:6-8
“But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’” 1 Kings 9:6-8 Solomon spent seven years and many millions of dollars to build the house of the Lord. He dedicated it with a great feast and prayed one of the most famous prayers in all of Scripture. Yet despite all the money and all the fanfare, God’s response was exactly what you’d expect. The Lord was not impressed with all of Solomon’s accomplishments or his wealth, nor was He wowed by Solomon’s s...