Q24. Weaknesses

[Pastor Ralph]

Q24. Of the list of 7 of Solomon’s weaknesses, which two or three do you think are most damaging. Why does persistent sin ruin such an accumulation of good works that Solomon did?

[Krissi]

Of the seven sins listed, the first and seventh (which, in my mind, are the same) are the worst -- Solomon substituted things/other-gods for the True God. Had Solomon kept God first and front in his mind, as did his father, the rest of his flaws would have been mitigated, or partially mitigated. We sin less, and less severely, when our eyes are focused on God.

His lousy stewardship of public money -- which caused the eventual breakup of the nation -- was Solomon's second greatest weakness. Public finances, once squandered, do not mend themselves well. Some benefit ... others lose out and the generational impact of favoritism/disfavoritism persists. The children of Solomon were surely well-educated and provisioned, but when they grew into adults, they probably had an outsized sense of entitlement that effected all around them. Unequal benefit and unfair tax burdens breed resentment in society which are like seeds of that society's dissolution. This is happening in the West today.

[Clelie]

Salomon’s weakness  concerning his **** for women has been the fatal step towards his downfall .Downfall which has led him to sin against  the living God by involving in pagan worship to please his many foreign women. 

He also laid heavy tax burdens on his districts even though he received tributes from foreign countries and that  caused discontentment and resentment from his people. He accumulated excessive wealth that he doesn’t how to use it or needs it. 
 

Salomon is not a husband neither a father to the many women he acquired and their children he got from them. 

[Nicolaas A.P. Mostert]

Q24.

Of the list of 7 of Solomon's weaknesses, which two or three do you think are most damaging.

Solomon worships on the High Places.

Fatherhood.

Idolatry.

Why does persistent sin ruin such an accumulation of good works that Solomon did?

GOD hate sin.

 

[hanks]

Q24. 
Of the list of 7 of Solomon's weaknesses, which two or three do you think are most damaging. Why does persistent sin ruin such an accumulation of good works that Solomon did? 
One of the most damaging weaknesses was his marriage to so many women from pagan countries. It is through these marriages that his wives, who were allowed to continue worshipping their false gods, had temples and altars for these pagan gods built. This led to the introduction of idolatry in Israel. This also led to another weakness - his extravagant living. Solomon lived lavishly, and expensively, burdening his people with high taxes. He used a lot of state wealth to entertain and please his many wives and concubines. We see this in the construction of his palace which took 13 years, whereas God’s temple took only 7 years in comparison. His sinful life starts with his marriage to pagan wives, in disobedience to God’s command; then he builds shrines for the wives’ pagan gods; then he starts worshipping these gods as well. This is a slippery slope of sin, which can only lead to ruin and destruction - we know where this ends. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 6:23). 
 

[Niyonka16]

Q24. Of the list of 7 of Solomon's weaknesses, which two or three do you think are most damaging?

ANSWER: The roots of Solomon’s fatal flaw: the temptation to love power, privilege, and women more than he loves God.

Why does persistent sin ruin such an accumulation of good works that Solomon did?

ANSWER: The consequence of Solomon's sin was that God divided the kingdom. He was unwise with his own. His personal life was a train wreck of bad decisions and unbridled passions. His everyday life was a muddle of problems that grew along with his poor choices.

[Irmela]

Q24. Of the list of 7 of Solomon's weaknesses, which two or three do you think are most damaging? Why does persistent sin ruin such an accumulation of good works that Solomon did?

Solomon took foreign wives of the nations God had warned them against.  This led into further sin.  Solomon sacrificed on the high places.  He worshiped the gods of his many wives, thus falling into idolatry.  High taxes were exacted from the people, but favouritism was shown to his own tribe.  Much personal wealth was accumulated.  

[Janzie]

On 3/18/2024 at 7:39 PM, Pastor Ralph said:

Q24. Of the list of 7 of Solomon’s weaknesses, which two or three do you think are most damaging. Why does persistent sin ruin such an accumulation of good works that Solomon did?

Solomon did evil in the eyes of the Lord - Worshiping in the high places;

Solomon's 700 wives and 300 concubines are excessive. I conclude that Solomon's womanizing and sexual desire constitute a weakness that leads to his fatal flaw  Solomon does a poor job as a father.  Solomon's sons have no father to care for them personally and guide them to manhood, nor do his wives have a husband who really loves them.

He became an idolater, worshiping the gods of his wives and he set up pagan worship centers for his foreign wives.

Because unless there is true repentance, you just go down hill.  Sin begets more sin and whatever you did good in the past doesn't count unless you truly turn back to God.  

[Jonathan Edwards]

The foreign wives and concubines.   It was strictly against the HOLY BIBLE to do this.   Pagan temples were eventually built; absolutely disgusting pagan rituals were conducted:  infant sacrifices were made to pagan deities.

Giving up of lands in the tribe of Asher.  This also was against the Torah.  Forced labor of Gentiles living within the environs of Israel was prohibited (Deuteronomy 20:10-18:  Canaanites needed to be removed from Israelite lands. DEUTERONOMY 17: 14-20: Solomon disregarded the injunctions:  he amassed horses, acquiring more wives and compromising treatises with Egypt

Solomon fell due to disobedience to God's laws. Solomon fell into a serious state of presumption.  Very similar to King Ahab: despite the pleas of the Prophet Isaiah, Ahab persisted In idol worship.