(TEXT: 1 Kings 9:11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
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The third error that King Solomon committed was given the lands of God to the gentile. And part of which was the chosen headquarters for our Lord Jesus Christ. How can you give the properties that belongs to God to a total stranger as a king? This is a one time big error made by the “most wise king in the Bible;” and that is why this kind of error can not be overlook by God. Even though this area bordered the kingdom of Tyre, Solomon should not have done this. No part of Immanuel’s land must be conveyed to a foreigner, that they may have dominion over the people of the Lord (Lev 25:23; Deu 17:15).
In addition, 1 Kings 9:12-13 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
I know some people might say, but that is probably the only way Solomon could have repay Hiram. Well, the man God has made the king of His people should have be able to choose somewhere else and not the destination for our Lord Jesus Christ. And even with that, giving “twenty cities to a foreigner,” it is not a good record for a king like Solomon. I mean, “twenty cities;” not even rooms, apartments or twenty houses; but twenty cities. And do you know the craziest and the most painful thing; was that this man called all these cities given to him “worthless.” “Cabul,” in a sense means, “worthless.” The were not at all worthless to the Lord, because Galilee would be the area where the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, would make His headquarters. This shows that Solomon did not realize their significance either. Not one part of our life or living as a believer must be given over to Satan.
Finally, as believers we should know that Satan will always come for our inheritance, and we must do well to protect it with all our strength. King Solomon couldn’t protect God’s properties that he was placed in charge of. We should always refuse Satan from getting access to our properties.
1 Kings 21:1-2 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
The same pressure that applied by Ahab against Naboth to sell his Vineyard will applied to us by the forces of darkness to compromise our convictions. As this battle was to death for Naboth eventually, (1Kings 21:7-13). However, we have but one of two choices: 1, we can refuse Satan any part in that which God has given us; or 2. We can sell out to “Ahab – the world. The first one will bring physical death but spiritual life. The second one will bring physical life but spiritual death. Satan professes to have better vineyard. He lies. If he has better vineyard, why does he want yours?
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