3/15/98, PM, Pastor McDearmon

D.  His building of the temple 1 Kings 5-8, 2 Chron. 2-7
1.  The charge
   a.  The nature of early piety

• The knowledge of God
• A relational, experimental knowledge of God that motivates how we think and act
• It consists of cheerful responses to God.

   b.  The motives of early piety
Be thankful you have fathers who know God, and they care that you know God. 

• Filial considerations
• The rightness of early piety
• Because of God's omniscience
• The encouragement of the promise, "If you seek Him, He will let you find Him."  Matt. 7:7
• The fearfulnes of the warning:  "But if you forsake it, He will reject you forever."

   c.  The evidence of manly piety - To act, be courageous