"The wisdom of God was in him to administer justice." (1 Kings 3:28)

When Solomon faced an impossible situation between two women claiming the same child, God gave him wisdom to reveal the truth and establish justice.

But Solomon points us to someone greater.

Jesus Christ is the Wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:24). He is not distant wisdom reserved for scholars, philosophers, or religious elites. He is God's wisdom made available to every person.

In a world filled with confusion, division, corruption, and competing voices, the Church desperately needs the wisdom of Christ.

In this sermon, we'll explore:

The wisdom of God in Solomon's judgment

The sword and the Word of God

How divine wisdom exposes truth

Jesus as the Wisdom of God

Why the Church must recover God's wisdom today

How wisdom leads to justice in families, churches, ministries, and society

Scriptures Covered:

1 Kings 3:16-28

1 Kings 3:28

James 3:17

Hebrews 4:12

1 Corinthians 1:24

1 Corinthians 1:30

Matthew 12:42

Colossians 2:3

Isaiah 11:2-4

So many of us live stuck between who we’ve been and who we’re trying to become—striving, fixing, improving. But the gospel tells a different story.

You’re not becoming new.

You’ve already been made new.

In this message, we unpack what it means to be a new creation in Christ, to stand in righteousness that isn’t earned, and to live from an identity that’s already been given—not achieved.

This isn’t about behavior modification.

It’s about transformation that’s already finished.

If you’ve struggled with shame, insecurity, or feeling like you’re never “enough,” this message will re-center you in what Jesus has already done.

You don’t work for identity.

You receive it.

In this message, we explore a powerful biblical principle: what happens when you finally let go and place your life in God's hands.

In Genesis 39, Potiphar entrusts everything in his house to Joseph—and everything Joseph touches is blessed. This message reveals a deeper spiritual truth: when we release control and trust God fully, His blessing begins to flow into our homes, our work, and our lives.

If you're feeling overwhelmed with anxiety, responsibility, or the pressure to hold everything together, this message will show you the freedom that comes from surrendering it all to God.

Sometimes the greatest act of faith is simply letting go.

From the wedding at Cana to the feedings of the four and five thousand, we see one thread — in His hands, “not enough” becomes overflowing abundance. Communion isn’t only remembrance; it’s a living announcement that Christ’s supply is greater than our lack.

In this message, we step into Hebrews 4 and the paradox of rest:

resting from weakness (shame, failure, striving) and resting from strength (control, identity, self-reliance).

The gospel invites us to let go, cross over, and trust the finished work of Jesus.

Key Scriptures: John 2, John 6, Hebrews 4, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Psalm 23, Isaiah 40:31

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In this message, we break down the true meaning of resting in the finished work of Jesus — and why rest does not mean inactivity. It means living a life of Spirit-led activity, responding to the gentle whisper of the Holy Spirit.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

🔥 How God uses simple, humble obedience to unlock supernatural miracles

🔥 Why the boy’s lunch and the widow’s oil reveal God’s pattern for breakthrough

🔥 The difference between flesh-driven striving and Spirit-led living

🔥 Why the promises of God rest on grace, not performance

🔥 How faith positions you for miracles, multiplication, and overflow

🔥 How to recognize the still, small voice of the Holy Spirit

God isn’t asking you to do something grand, complicated, or overwhelming.

He’s asking you to do what’s within reach.

He works miracles through what you already have in your hands.

If you’ve been praying for breakthrough…

If you’ve been waiting on God to move…

If you’ve felt stuck, pressured, or confused…

This message will breathe life back into your faith and show you how to follow the Holy Spirit with simplicity, rest, and confidence.

📖 SCRIPTURES MENTIONED

James 4:6 — “God gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:6 — “Humble yourselves… and He will exalt you.”

Romans 4 — The promises rest on grace, not works

John 6 — The boy’s lunch multiplied

2 Kings 4 — The widow’s oil filled every jar

✨ KEY TAKEAWAY

Your next miracle is attached to a simple act of obedience.

Don’t ignore the whisper.

Don’t despise the small.

Rest — and follow the Spirit.

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In a world that worships creativity, beauty, and influence, what happens when art becomes idolatry — and when empire demands worship?

In this episode, we explore the gospel as God’s greatest masterpiece — a divine work of love that outshines every song, painting, and prophecy. Through the story of Apollos in Acts 18, we contrast the culture of Apollo and Nero — symbols of artistic pride and imperial power — with the humble faithfulness of Priscilla and Aquila.

From the beauty of creation to the corruption of celebrity culture, this message reminds us that the gospel is not just above art and prophecy — it’s above every empire that demands our allegiance.

🪔 Key themes:

God as the ultimate Artist

The gospel as the true masterpiece

The idols of art, influence, and entertainment

Nero’s empire and the spirit of idolatry

The quiet power of humble gospel-bearers

✝️ Final truth:

“Every empire will fall. Every song will fade. Every prophet will grow silent. But the gospel will stand forever.”

There is an interesting contrast between David and his son Solomon and correlation between Jesus and the Church.

David is described as a man of blood, a man of war.

Solomon is described as a man of rest, a man of peace.

Jesus fought a different kind of war than David. Jesus’ war was aimed at bigger enemies than David’s, even though David took down lgiants, Jesus took down bigger giants. David’s battles were carnal, against Philistine giants, and foreign hostile countries. Jesus’ fought the enemy giants that plagued all of humanity, sin, death, and devils. 

Even though it was in David’s heart to build God a house, God tells him that his son Solomon would build the house. David had fought to many battles and shed too much blood. God wanted the builder of his house to be a man of rest, a person of peace. The name Solomon means peace and quietness. 

David fought battles and supplied great abundance in the kingdom for Solomon to receive by inheritance.

David provided for Solomon to inherit, abundance of gold, silver, bronze, iron, cedar, cypress, onyx, and precious stones. Not only does David provide abundance of material, he supplies Solomon with all of the workers and craftsman. (1 Chron 22)

Solomon’s life is based around receiving the inheritance from his father David. His life is marked by beauty, peace, & rest.

Not only does God choose a “man of rest” Solomon to build the house, the temple of God is described as a “house of rest” in 1 Chron 28.

Solomon the man of rest, declares in Psalm 127, “unless the Lord builds the house the laborers labor in vain.”

Jesus left a great inheritance for the Church. Way greater and more abundant than what David left Solomon.

The church inherited a victory, a vast abundance, and our lives are marked by receiving from Jesus’ finished victory on the cross.

“in him we have obtained an inheritance.” Ephesians 1:11

We are God’s people of rest, we are God’s temple, God’s house of rest. Are lives are marked by way more beauty, peace, and rest than Solomons.

Rest receives wisdom.

Peace receives grace.

Wisdom comes with riches, possessions, and honor. 2 Chronicles 1:12

- Acts 18:24-28

a few notes before I start.

My tone.

My foundation.

My audience.

Romans 12

14Bless (eulogeo) those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. 16Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. c Do not be conceited.

17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. 19Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” d says the Lord. 20On the contrary:

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;

if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.

In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” e

21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Bless = eulogeó: to speak well of, praise

Original Word: εὐλογέω

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: eulogeó

Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-log-eh'-o)

Definition: to speak well of, praise

Usage: (lit: I speak well of) I bless; pass: I am blessed.

Persecute = diókó: to put to flight, pursue, by impl. to persecute

Original Word: διώκω

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: diókó

Phonetic Spelling: (dee-o'-ko)

Definition: to put to flight, pursue, by implication to persecute

Usage: I pursue, hence: I persecute.

HELPS Word-studies

1377 diṓkō – properly, aggressively chase, like a hunter pursuing a catch (prize). 1377 (diṓkō) is used positively ("earnestly pursue") and negatively ("zealously persecute, hunt down"). In each case, 1377 (diṓkō) means pursue with all haste ("chasing" after), earnestly desiring to overtake (apprehend).

Curse = to doom/condemn 2671 katára (from 2596 /katá, "according to, down" and 685 /ará, "a curse") – properly, what has "to go down" (penalties received) due to condemnation, i.e. the penalty-curse that results when God Himself curses (condemns) something.

Matthew 5:43

43 “Ye have heard that it hath been said, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy.’

44 But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you,

45 that ye may be the children of your Father who is in Heaven. For He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Ephesians 4:29-32

29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another,forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

James 3

3 Not many of you should become teachers,my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2 We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.

3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. 4 Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. 5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. 10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. 11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

Two Kinds of Wisdom

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deedsdone in the humility that comes from wisdom.14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. 18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.

Isaiah 6

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 3 And they were calling to one another:

“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;

    the whole earth is full of his glory.”

4 At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.

5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King,the Lord Almighty.”

6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”

1 Corinthians 14:3-4

But he that prophesieth, speaketh unto men for edification and exhortation and comfort.

He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. 

Edify = 

Strong's Concordance

oikodomeó: to build a house

Original Word: οἰκοδομέω

Part of Speech: Verb

Transliteration: oikodomeó

Phonetic Spelling: (oy-kod-om-eh'-o)

Definition: to build a house

Usage: I erect a building, build; fig. of the building up of character: I build up, edify, encourage.

judgment prayers wrong spirit

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51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; 53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them[b]?” 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56 Then he and his disciples went to another village.

God is just in making sinners righteous 

 God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he makes sinners right in his sight when they believe in Jesus. romans 3:26