{"id":1301,"date":"2025-04-27T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/345-max-wickham-exhortation-distractions\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:49:08","slug":"345-max-wickham-exhortation-distractions","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/345-max-wickham-exhortation-distractions\/","title":{"rendered":"345: Max Wickham – Exhortation: Distractions"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is an exhortation given on at the San Diego Ecclesia by Brother Max Wickham on the topic of Distractions. <\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Delphian
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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian, thank you for <\/p>\n

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\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntalk a week to help us get the
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\nbeforehand as a personalized <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation to you on why we
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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nHey everyone, it’s Jason
\nHensley. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week we are going to be
\nlistening to an exhortation <\/p>\n

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\ngiven at the San Diego Ecclesia
\nby brother Max Wickham. <\/p>\n

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\nThis exhortation is about
\ndistractions, and it was <\/p>\n

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\nactually recommended to us by
\none of our younger listeners, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich I thought was pretty cool
\nbecause it’s awesome to have <\/p>\n

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\nyoung people like that listening
\nto Bible talks, thinking about <\/p>\n

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\nthe Bible.
\nAnd thus I really wanted to post<\/p>\n

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\nit on here, thinking about the
\nvalue that this listener <\/p>\n

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\nreceived from it.
\nAnd I also found it to be really<\/p>\n

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\nhelpful.
\nThe big focus, as you can <\/p>\n

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\nimagine, in this exhortation is
\nour ability to get distracted by<\/p>\n

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\nso many things.
\nAnd it’s just a reminder to <\/p>\n

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\nreally focus on what really
\nmatters. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think, honestly, that’s
\nsomething we all need pretty <\/p>\n

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\nfrequently.
\nWe need to be reminded of what <\/p>\n

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\nmatters in life and what we need
\nto set our mind on. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I hope that this exhortation
\nencourages you to do so, helps <\/p>\n

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\nyou to lay aside every weight
\nand to ultimately seek first <\/p>\n

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\nthat Kingdom.
\nSo this is Brother Max Wickham <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation given at the San
\nDiego Ecclesia on distractions. <\/p>\n

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\nSeveral weeks ago a brother came
\nup to me after a meeting and <\/p>\n

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\nsaid, I thought you were
\nsupposed to speak today. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I said, yes, I was.
\nI said. <\/p>\n

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\nBut Brother Kent needed to
\nswitch because he was going to <\/p>\n

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\nbe out of town later this month.
\nAnd so you caught a break today <\/p>\n

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\nbecause that was a great
\nexhortation that he gave us. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it was now this morning
\nthere will be no respite because<\/p>\n

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\nthis is the day I switched into
\nyou. <\/p>\n

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\nBut when I saw the reading for
\ntoday in Proverbs, I was happy <\/p>\n

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\ntwice.
\nOnce because it was Proverbs and<\/p>\n

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\nthe second time because of the
\nchapters, chapters 8 and 9, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich have much about wisdom and
\nI just had to smile. <\/p>\n

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\nI was sitting at my desk when I
\nstarted studying in my study and<\/p>\n

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\nI looked on the wall and I only
\nhave one Bible related verse on <\/p>\n

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\nmy wall.
\nIt’s a plaque about that square <\/p>\n

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\nand above it in script it says
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not a quote from Proverbs
\nbut what it says from Matthew 7 <\/p>\n

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\nis ask and it will be given.
\nSeek and you will find. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s interesting, that plaque, I
\nfound it in one of those shops <\/p>\n

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\nthat are sort of something
\nbetween an antique shop and a <\/p>\n

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\ngarage sale.
\nThe ones that have individual <\/p>\n

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\nlittle booze and one of them has
\nrecords and another one has <\/p>\n

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\nChina.
\nAnother one has maybe biblical <\/p>\n

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\nthings, but not usually.
\nAnd I saw this little thing some<\/p>\n

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\nyears ago and I thought, you
\nknow, that would be good. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ll put that on my wall right
\nin front of my desk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that will be a constant
\nreminder to me to seek God’s <\/p>\n

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\nwisdom and to think about the
\nthings of God. <\/p>\n

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\nBut sadly, over the years I got
\nused to that plaque on the wall <\/p>\n

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\nand I realized how seldom I
\nactually think about it or even <\/p>\n

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\nnotice it.
\nIt is just like some of the <\/p>\n

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\npictures on the wall in my
\nstudy. <\/p>\n

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\nThe other bad thing about my
\nstudy is it happens to be my <\/p>\n

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\nmusic room and my audio room.
\nSo although I spend really quite<\/p>\n

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\na lot of time in my study, I’m
\nafraid that the bulk of my time <\/p>\n

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\nis probably around my music, not
\naround the things of wisdom and <\/p>\n

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\nthe things of God.
\nAlthough I do find one way to <\/p>\n

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\ncombine that effectively and
\nthat’s that. <\/p>\n

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\nI have found that if I put
\nMozart on, I can study very <\/p>\n

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\neffectively to Mozart.
\nSo in a way that is the <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation.
\nWe are tempted by the things <\/p>\n

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\nthat distract us and certainly
\nas we read today. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd thank you for doing that
\nsplit reading, Brother Phil. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was the case with Solomon.
\nSolomon had he had every talent,<\/p>\n

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\nhe had every gift that would
\nmake him the greatest Bible <\/p>\n

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\nstudent and the greatest man.
\nAnd yet when we read in the <\/p>\n

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\nkings there what he did, how he
\nactually ended up on his knees <\/p>\n

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\nbefore these idols, worshipping
\nthem with his wives, I find that<\/p>\n

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\nfrankly terrifying.
\nHow? <\/p>\n

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\nHow could a man that was so in
\ntouch with God, that was beloved<\/p>\n

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\nof God, that knew, knew better?
\nHow could that happen? <\/p>\n

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\nHe was the man that said, in our
\nreading today, wisdom is better <\/p>\n

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\nthan Ruby’s, and all the things
\nthat may be desired cannot be, <\/p>\n

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\ncannot be compared to it.
\nSo there is a great deal about <\/p>\n

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\nwisdom in these couple of
\nchapters and in Proverbs in <\/p>\n

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\ngeneral.
\nBut Solomon also wrote a good <\/p>\n

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\ndeal about Wisdom and
\nEcclesiastes. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there was a verse in an
\nEcclesiastes too, that just <\/p>\n

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\nreally puzzled me as I was
\ngetting up this exhortation. <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesiastes, too, is a
\ndocumentation of all of the way <\/p>\n

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\nthat he lived his life, all of
\nhis excesses, his thousand <\/p>\n

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\nwomen, the way he stockpiled
\ngold, the way he multiplied <\/p>\n

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\nhorses, all of his construction
\nprojects, the gardens, the <\/p>\n

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\nbuildings, everything to the
\nextreme. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know that it took the vast
\nmajority of his time. <\/p>\n

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\nNow he did write the Proverbs
\nand he did write Ecclesiastes. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was still in touch with God
\nat that point. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the verse that got me was
\nverse 9 of chapter 2. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says basically I did it all.
\nI had it all. <\/p>\n

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\nI denied myself nothing.
\nI did whatever I wanted and as <\/p>\n

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\nmuch of it as I wanted.
\nAnd he said, you know what? <\/p>\n

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\nI was still as wise as ever, and
\nI thought, really, how could <\/p>\n

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\nthat be?
\nHow could one live most of their<\/p>\n

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\nlife, which he did in a life of
\nselfishness, in a life of <\/p>\n

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\nexcess, and still have all the
\nwisdom that God gave him in the <\/p>\n

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\nbeginning?
\nHow? <\/p>\n

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\nHow is that possible?
\nI think I understand it better, <\/p>\n

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\nhaving gone back to Ecclesiastes
\nagain and read what he says <\/p>\n

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\nthere about wisdom and what he
\nsays about his lifestyle and <\/p>\n

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\nwhat he gives by way of advice.
\nThe thing is, Solomon never <\/p>\n

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\nrecommends doing what he did.
\nHe says I’ll tell you what I <\/p>\n

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\ndid.
\nI’ll tell you how I live my <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nI’ll tell you how it turned out <\/p>\n

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\nand how did it turn out.
\nHe said it was all nothing. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was all vanity.
\nHe basically says, I did it, I <\/p>\n

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\nlived it, I had it all, I tried
\nit all, it was nothing. <\/p>\n

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\nBut he says at the end of
\nEcclesiastes in that verse <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s quite familiar, he says
\nthat don’t, don’t do as I did, <\/p>\n

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\ndo as I’m telling you.
\nHe says the conclusion of the <\/p>\n

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\nmatter is this fear God and keep
\nhis commandments. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the whole duty of man, He
\nsaid. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what it’s all about, is
\nabout God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd hopefully, you know, we read
\nthat that reading that piece of <\/p>\n

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\nit in First Kings 11 and that
\nlittle piece where Phil stopped <\/p>\n

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\nis about where God takes away
\nhis peace that he had had all of<\/p>\n

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\nhis reign.
\nAnd he starts giving him <\/p>\n

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\naffliction.
\nHe starts giving him enemies. <\/p>\n

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\nHe gives him trouble.
\nHe tells him I’m going to take <\/p>\n

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\nthe Kingdom away from you, but
\nI’m going to wait till your son,<\/p>\n

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\nhopefully.
\nEcclesiastes was written after <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon came to his senses,
\nHopefully. <\/p>\n

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\nThe thing that’s so interesting
\nabout Solomon is that in many <\/p>\n

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\nways he’s an excellent picture
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat ways?
\nHe’s David’s son. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was king in Jerusalem.
\nHe sat on David’s throne. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was given wisdom by God.
\nHe was full of the spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was loved by his Father.
\nHe was the King who ruled in <\/p>\n

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\npeace as the Lord Jesus will.
\nHe was instrumental in building <\/p>\n

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\nthe temple in Jerusalem.
\nSo many pictures of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet with all of that wisdom,
\nhow did he go so wrong? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I guess more importantly for
\nus, what can we learn from it as<\/p>\n

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\nfar as what did he do wrong and
\nhow did it go wrong? <\/p>\n

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\nThe easy answer is in First
\nKings 11. <\/p>\n

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\nThere he went wrong when he
\njoined his wives in their <\/p>\n

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\nidolatry, where he substituted
\nthe love of God into the love of<\/p>\n

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\nhis wives.
\nIt says he clung to those in <\/p>\n

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\nlove.
\nHe left the love of the Lord his<\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nBut that’s an easy answer and <\/p>\n

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\nit’s a right answer.
\nBut obviously if he had 1000 <\/p>\n

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\nwives, he didn’t marry those
\nwives when he was old. <\/p>\n

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\nHe married those wives and his
\nconcubines probably all the way <\/p>\n

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\nthrough his reign.
\nHe started early. <\/p>\n

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\nHe started early, and he went
\nthrough everything that God <\/p>\n

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\ncommanded that king should not
\ndo. <\/p>\n

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\nHe ticked them off and he did
\nevery one of them. <\/p>\n

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\nDon’t multiply horses.
\nWell, he did. <\/p>\n

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\nDon’t stack up gold, he did.
\nDon’t multiply wives, he did. <\/p>\n

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\nDon’t marry foreign women.
\nWell, that’s all he had with <\/p>\n

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\nforeign women, it appears.
\nSo Solomon, in his wisdom, <\/p>\n

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\nsomehow he felt like he could do
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\nHe could ignore what God said
\nand live the way he wanted to <\/p>\n

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\nlive and explore the things he
\nwas curious about and it would <\/p>\n

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\nbe OK.
\nHe must have some way <\/p>\n

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\nrationalize that in his head,
\nand that’s very scary because <\/p>\n

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\nthat is a comment on how
\ndeceitful the mind of God can <\/p>\n

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\nbe, even for somebody that was
\nas wise as Solomon. <\/p>\n

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\nDistractions.
\nThat’s really what I’d like to <\/p>\n

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\ntalk about because that’s what
\nhis wives were. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, anything can be a
\ndistraction. <\/p>\n

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\nOne of these things can be a
\nhuge distraction. <\/p>\n

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\nEven though this isn’t very
\nhuge, this is a smartphone, it’s<\/p>\n

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\na tiny 1.
\nAnd I can tell you truthfully, <\/p>\n

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\nthis phone is 0 distraction to
\nme with my eyesight and the size<\/p>\n

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\nof this screen, I can guarantee
\nyou I spend almost zero time on <\/p>\n

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\nthis phone.
\nThat’s a fact. <\/p>\n

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\nI use it as a phone and that’s
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd a lot of people complain,
\nwell, your phone’s never on. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that that’s true.
\nI turn it on if I want to call <\/p>\n

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\nsomebody.
\nBut I think for the average <\/p>\n

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\nperson, a smartphone, that’s a
\nhuge distraction. <\/p>\n

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\nThey are set up to be a
\ndistraction. <\/p>\n

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\nThey discover your interests and
\nthey pamper to them. <\/p>\n

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\nThey will feed you more of what
\nyou are consuming in ways that <\/p>\n

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\nare set up to be attractive to
\nyou and to keep you going on it.<\/p>\n

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\nI’ve been in quite a few doctors
\noffices recently waiting and <\/p>\n

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\nwhile Linda’s been getting her
\neye treatments and that and I <\/p>\n

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\nlook around the.
\nI look around those offices and <\/p>\n

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\ndo a little survey.
\nYou know how many people are on <\/p>\n

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\ntheir phones while they’re
\nsitting there? <\/p>\n

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\n9 out of 10 and whether if
\nthey’re a pair, you know, like a<\/p>\n

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\nhusband and wife or a mom and a
\nson or a dad and A and a son or <\/p>\n

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\ndaughter, it doesn’t matter.
\nThey’re both on their phones. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re not talking to each
\nother. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it’s a very, it’s a unique
\ndistraction to our age, but it’s<\/p>\n

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\nvery powerful.
\nBut as the apostle Paul <\/p>\n

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\nobserves, probably the most
\nforceful, the most attractive <\/p>\n

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\ndistraction in our lives can be
\nour mate. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, Paul says a single
\nperson, they can pretty much be <\/p>\n

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\ndevoted to the Lord if they want
\nto be like Paul was and <\/p>\n

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\ncertainly as the Lord Jesus was,
\nhe says. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the married person, they’re
\nconcerned about pleasing their <\/p>\n

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\nmaid.
\nIt’s a natural thing. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that is what set Solomon up
\nfor for failure. <\/p>\n

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\nHe had all of these wives and he
\nbecame very much in love with <\/p>\n

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\nthem and he pleased them.
\nThey wanted an idol on a hill. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, I’ll build you one.
\nYou want a high place to to <\/p>\n

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\nhonor your God, I’ll go there
\nwith you and we’ll set one up <\/p>\n

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\nand worship it together.
\nHe pleased his wives rather than<\/p>\n

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\nhis God.
\nSo it’s it’s something to keep <\/p>\n

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\nin mind.
\nIt’s something to keep in mind <\/p>\n

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\nas far as how we influence our
\nmate, because we do so we ought <\/p>\n

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\nto try to influence them for
\ngood. <\/p>\n

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\nDistractions certainly do vary.
\nI, I have been very proud, you <\/p>\n

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\nknow, of my little smartphone.
\nThat is no problem to me. <\/p>\n

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\nNow if you want to talk to me
\nabout my laptop, that can be a <\/p>\n

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\nproblem.
\nThe advantage of a laptop is, at<\/p>\n

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\nleast in my case, is I never
\nunplug it from my desk. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I do use it for Bible study
\nas well as looking at audio <\/p>\n

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\ngear.
\nSo like a smartphone, it can be <\/p>\n

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\nused for good purposes, but at
\nleast I can’t carry it with me, <\/p>\n

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\nnot if I’ve got it at my desk
\nplugged in. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it is a distraction to be
\nsure. <\/p>\n

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\nIn conclusion, Solomon was a
\ntype of Christ in many ways, but<\/p>\n

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\nnot in the most important ways.
\nAnd Luke, when Jesus was asked <\/p>\n

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\nwhat are the important
\ncommandments? <\/p>\n

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\nThe most important he says you,
\nyou need to love the Lord your <\/p>\n

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\nGod with all your heart.
\nWell, Solomon was a dismal <\/p>\n

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\nfailure in that and your
\nneighbor as yourself. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think there is very little
\nevidence that Solomon was <\/p>\n

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\nfocused on the needs of others.
\nI think about the fact that <\/p>\n

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\nafter his son took over and he
\nsent the tax collector out to <\/p>\n

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\ncollect taxes, they killed him.
\nHis own people killed him. <\/p>\n

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\nThe queen of Sheba may have
\nthought that she saw something <\/p>\n

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\nvery wonderful.
\nI’m not. <\/p>\n

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\nI know she saw something very
\ngrand when she came, but it was <\/p>\n

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\ntough on the folks that were
\npaying for it. <\/p>\n

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\nVery tough.
\nIt tells us in Isaiah about the <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus, that he would have a
\nspirit of wisdom, a spirit of <\/p>\n

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\nunderstanding, a spirit of the
\nknowledge and the fear of the <\/p>\n

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\nLord.
\nAnd I love the verse out of <\/p>\n

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\nColossians that says that in
\nChrist are hidden all the <\/p>\n

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\ntreasures of wisdom and
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd about Jesus, as a child, he
\ngrew and waxed strong in spirit <\/p>\n

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\nand he was filled with wisdom
\nand the grace of God was upon <\/p>\n

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\nhim.
\nSo Jesus had even more wisdom <\/p>\n

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\nthan Solomon, but he acted upon
\nhis wisdom and he lived his <\/p>\n

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\nwisdom.
\nAnd so instead of Solomon who <\/p>\n

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\nsays don’t do as I did, do like
\nI’m telling you, the Lord says <\/p>\n

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\nfollow me.
\nHe was wise enough to live what <\/p>\n

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\nhe knew.
\nWe will be distracted. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know we will.
\nYou know, you are whatever it is<\/p>\n

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\nyou’re interested in are your
\ndistractions. <\/p>\n

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\nBut we need to keep our heart
\nfor God. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s where Solomon went down.
\nHe still had a relationship with<\/p>\n

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\nGod until he gave away his
\nheart. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we need to guard our heart
\nand keep it for the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nWe come to the emblems before us
\nand we see unselfishness, We see<\/p>\n

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\nservice, we see the love of God,
\nthe love of Jesus, brethren, the<\/p>\n

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\nlove of us.
\nLove the Lord with all your <\/p>\n

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\nheart, your soul, your strength
\nand mind, and your neighbor as <\/p>\n

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\nyourself.
\nThat was Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nNo distractions, only
\ndedication, self sacrifice and <\/p>\n

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\nlove.
\nAnd that’s what we remember this<\/p>\n

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345: Max Wickham – Exhortation: Distractions<\/a><\/blockquote>