Stay Close to Your Guide: The Wisdom and Warning of King Solomon

This sermon explores the life of King Solomon as the final message in a series about "turning 41" - moving beyond periods of testing (represented by the number 40 in Scripture) into new seasons. While Solomon was blessed with unprecedented wisdom and riches, his 40-year reign reveals a slow spiritual erosion through compromise, particularly through marriages to foreign women who turned his heart from God. The sermon emphasizes that past spiritual victories don't guarantee present faithfulness, and that true wisdom means fearing God and keeping His commandments daily. The message concludes by pointing to Jesus Christ as the greater Solomon - a perfect guide who never fails and offers abundant life to all who stay close to Him.