Jun 28, 2026 · 55 min · 10 segments
Material possessions can never make us happy. King Solomon's story begins fairly well but then his identity trap ensnares him, and everything starts to fall apart. In this message, Pastor Philip…
Philip MillerHost
Tim StaffordGuest
We looked at how Joseph sought significance through people, how Jacob looked for significance through power, how Zacchaeus looked for significance through possessions, and then we moved to security, how Esther looked looked for security through people, and Gideon looked for security through power, and Naaman looked for security through possessions.
And then we've looked now in the last few weeks here at how the Samaritan woman sought satisfaction through people, how Naomi looked for satisfaction through power, and now today we're going to look at the ninth and final identity trap, which is how Solomon aimed for satisfaction through possessions.
King Solomon was one of the three great kings that ruled over Israel as a united kingdom.
The first was King Saul, then followed by King David, and then his son Solomon became the third.
We're going to learn a little bit of the backstory behind the civil war that erupted following Solomon's reign.
And Solomon's story is captured for us largely in the first 12 chapters of a book called First Kings.
And then all of a sudden, there's a turn, and Solomon kind of goes off the deep end.
And then at the end of Solomon's life when he kind of looks back on all the mistakes he made, Solomon has some pretty good wisdom, some clarity, some hard-earned lessons of life that he wants to share with us.
And you know they say it's good to learn from your own mistakes but it's even better to learn from the mistakes of others, right? And Solomon made some doozies and So we have a lot we can learn from him.
We're going to look at Solomon's ascent, Solomon's demise, and Solomon's wisdom this morning, okay? Solomon's ascent, his demise, and his wisdom.
We looked at how Joseph sought significance through people, how Jacob looked for significance through power, how Zacchaeus looked for significance through possessions, and then we moved to security, how Esther looked looked for security through people, and Gideon looked for security through power, and Naaman looked for security through possessions.
And then we've looked now in the last few weeks here at how the Samaritan woman sought satisfaction through people, how Naomi looked for satisfaction through power, and now today we're going to look at the ninth and final identity trap, which is how Solomon aimed for satisfaction through possessions.
King Solomon was one of the three great kings that ruled over Israel as a united kingdom.
The first was King Saul, then followed by King David, and then his son Solomon became the third.
We're going to learn a little bit of the backstory behind the civil war that erupted following Solomon's reign.
And Solomon's story is captured for us largely in the first 12 chapters of a book called First Kings.
And then all of a sudden, there's a turn, and Solomon kind of goes off the deep end.
And then at the end of Solomon's life when he kind of looks back on all the mistakes he made, Solomon has some pretty good wisdom, some clarity, some hard-earned lessons of life that he wants to share with us.
And you know they say it's good to learn from your own mistakes but it's even better to learn from the mistakes of others, right? And Solomon made some doozies and So we have a lot we can learn from him.
We're going to look at Solomon's ascent, Solomon's demise, and Solomon's wisdom this morning, okay? Solomon's ascent, his demise, and his wisdom.
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