1. Dichotomy: “a division into two parts”
δίχα (dikha): “in two” or “asunder” or “apart”

2. Dichotomy: “a division into two parts”
δίχα (dikha): “in two” or “asunder” or “apart”

3. Life’s too short to do what you hate…

4. Life’s too short to do what you hate…
If you put it in your mouth, you gotta sweat it off (or wear it!)

5. Life’s too short to do what you hate…
If you put it in your mouth, you gotta sweat it off (or wear it!)

6. Solomon’s Dichotomies:

7. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
7“Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. 9So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”
~I Kings 3

8. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
7“Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 8Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number. 9So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”
~I Kings 3

9. Solomon’s Dichotomies:

10. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
4As 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. 5He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.
~I Kings 11

11. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
6So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not follow the Lord completely, as David his father had done. 7on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. 8He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.
~I Kings 11

12. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
29May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. 30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.
~I Kings 8

13. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
29May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. 30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.
~I Kings 8

14. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. 9They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck. 10My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them. 11If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;
~Proverbs 1

15. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
12let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; 13we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder; 14cast lots with us; we will all share the loot”—15my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; 16for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood.
~Proverbs 1

16. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
1My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, 2turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—3indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, 4and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, 5then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
~Proverbs 2

17. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
2“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” 3What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun?
~Ecclesiastes 1

18. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
2“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” 3What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun?
~Ecclesiastes 1

19. Solomon’s Dichotomies:
11No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them.
~Ecclesiastes 1

20. Reflections on Solomon’s Life:

21. Reflections on Solomon’s Life:
~Wisdom (by itself) is not enough.

22. Reflections on Solomon’s Life:
~Wisdom (by itself) is not enough.
(Don’t use your gift in a way that causes you to forget the Giver…)

23. Reflections on Solomon’s Life:
~Wisdom (by itself) is not enough.
Wisdom only becomes “enough” when you add it to Worship.

24. Reflections on Solomon’s Life:
~Wisdom (by itself) is not enough.
Wisdom only becomes “enough” when you add it to Worship.
~Our children inherit our character (not our “gifting.”)

25. Reflections on Solomon’s Life:
~Wisdom (by itself) is not enough.
Wisdom only becomes “enough” when you add it to Worship.
~Our children inherit our character (not our “gifting.”)
~The real gift of wisdom came at the very end of
Solomon’s journey…

26. 13The end of the matter; all has been heard
13The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. 14For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
~Ecclesiastes 12

27. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
~James 1