As this being my last semester at BYU-Idaho I decided to take advantage of the great religion classes and take the second half of Old Testament. Here are a few questions and my answers from what we studied this week. We studied 1 Kings.
I feel that Solomon asked for an understanding heart because the task before him seemed very daughtning and he wanted to make sure that he was doing it to the best of his ability. I know for myself I make my own judgements about people without really thinking about it I just judge them, so to have an understanding heart would help me just as a regular person I can't imagine how it would help a king. I feel that the choice would be pleasing to the Lord because he saw he true desires of Solomon's heart. Just as it states in 1 Kings 3:11 Solomon didn't asks for a longer life or riches, but he asked for a way to help his people through his judgements. More worldly people would have asked for riches or a longer life. How did Solomon demonstrate that he had received this spiritual gift at the beginning of his reign?
Solomon demonstrated that he received his spiritual gift through his judgements with the two mothers. He used wisdom to determine that the true mother would not want to hurt he child so she would give it up to save it. He understood the heart of a true mother. How could this spiritual gift help you in your life? What do 1 Corinthians 12:31 and Doctrine and Covenants 46:8, 28, 30 explain about how you could develop more gifts of the Spirit?
I feel that this gift would prevent me from making judgements on someone I don't know. I also think it would help me slow down and think about people and their situations. I feel that it is so easy for us to get mad and upset at people without really knowing the whole situation. In fact I had an experience this week dealing with just that. I had to tell a friend that I didn't know the whole situation, so I couldn't make a judgment. In 1 Corinthians 12:31 it says to covent the best gift, so strive for the best gifts. There is no reason we can't have an understanding heart. In fact you can ask the Lord for an understanding heart and he will probably help you. Again in Doctrine and Covenants it say to seek out the best gifts and to ask for them. How do 1 Kings 4:1–25 and 1 Samuel 11–20 relate to each other?
Solomon used the sons of Samuel's court as his court. 1 Samuel lays the foundation for Solomon's court.
From this section of scripture I learned a lot about my self and how I need an understanding heart. I feel like this is something that the whole world needs actually. I feel that now one understands each other, and we make judgements about situations and people with out really thinking about it. I hope that I can be more like Solomon and have an understanding heart.
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