3/22/98, AM, Pastor McDearmon

Wisdom is the ability to deal with real life by making oral judgments with discernment.  much of what the preacher reveals is about wisdom, and how, for a while, he thought wisdom was equivalent to much book learning.

II.  Reign of Solomon
D.  His building of the temple
   1.  David's charge to Solomon
   2.  David's provisions for the temple
      a.  Survey various elements of David's provision

• Means of securing materials for its construction
• By charging the leaders of Israel to construct it
• The Levites that were to serve there were organized
• The other leaders were organized
• Final charge about the temple

     b.  The final charge to Solomon
     c.  his offerings of gold and silver
     d.  The nation's offering
     e.  David's prayer of thanksgiving

Some practical matters:

1. David demonstrated a next-generation concern for the work of God.  We ought to be concerned about 3 specifics
1. Second-generation leadership
2. Second-generation membership - conversions among the young in our midst
3. The viability of this area
2.  David expressed the primary elements of a sanctified masculinity.
3. David provided his son a sense of direction and destiny for life.

-  We see in Solomon's temple a picture of Jesus Christ.  We have New Testament warrant for seeing in Solomon's temple a picture of Christ.  He is the chief cornerstone.
-  We see in Solomon's temple a picture of teh church of Christ.  The church, thus, is the locale of God's presence.  David looked for skilled men out of reverence for God's house, to work on the temple.