Solomon appeared at first to be just like his father David - loving the Lord, humble before the Lord. But later something happened, and Solomon following the flesh found himself being bitten by the very thing he liked.
Solomon's weakness was that he loved women of all types. In 1 Kings 11 it says he loved women from tribes the Lord commanded be destroyed and that Israel not intermarry with them. Among those that Solomon was attracted to were Edomite women. These women drew Solomon's heart away from serving God and he instead served the god's of his wives.
Then God showed his anger against Solomon and sent an adversary to torment him. The man is identified in 1 Kings 14:14 "And the Lord raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite."
Being friends, even lovers, with an Edomite did nothing to stop this enemy of Israel from attacking. Being friends, even lovers of the world will not stop the king of this world, Satan, from attacking you to make you weak and ineffective for God.
Our lesson? Don't think giving into worldly attitudes buys you any goodwill from a system diametrically opposed to God and you as a child of God.
Pastor Tom
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