Pride mixed with power results in sin. Sin ruins God’s design for the Israelites and the Promised Land. The nation David and Solomon had spent their lives building up and unifying is divided. What can we as individuals and as a church learn from this?
The Bible contains an Upper Story and Lower Story. The Upper Story tells the big picture, the grand narrative of God unfolding throughout history. The Lower Story contains the sometimes delightful; other times appalling particulars of human experience. How does God’s chosen people respond to His will and plan for them?