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Pericope:  1 Kings 2:1-4 - When the time drew near for David to

die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son.

2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be

strong, act like a man, 3 and observe what the Lord your God

requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep his decrees and

commands, his laws and regulations, as written in the Law of

Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do and

wherever you go 4 and that the Lord may keep his promise to me:

‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk

faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail

to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

Sermon Text: 2 Kings 2: 2 “I am about to go the way of all the

earth,” he said. “So be strong, act like a man

Sermon Title: ManPower

Gen. 1: 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and

increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish

in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature

that moves on the ground.”

And Gen. 2:20-25 - 20 So the man gave names to all the

livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for

Adam[a] no suitable helper was found. 21 So the Lord God

caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was

sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[b] and then closed up the

place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the

rib[c] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh;

she shall be called ‘woman,’

for she was taken out of man.”

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united

to his wife, and they become one flesh. 25 Adam and his wife

were both naked, and they felt no shame.

2 Kings 2:1-4 - When the time drew near for David to die, he

gave a charge to Solomon his son. 2 “I am about to go the way of

all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, act like a man, 3 and

observe what the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to

him, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and

regulations, as written in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you

may prosper in all you do and wherever you go 4 and that

the Lord may keep his promise to me: ‘If your descendants watch

how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their

heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the

throne of Israel.’

Point 1: Legacy of the Seed vs. 3-4 - 3 and observe what

the Lord your God requires: Walk in obedience to him, and keep

his decrees and commands, his laws and regulations, as written

in the Law of Moses. Do this so that you may prosper in all you do

and wherever you go 4 and that the Lord may keep his promise to

me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk

faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail

to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

A. Walk in it

B. Prosper in it

C. Never fail in it (descendants)

2 Samuel 7: 12…when your days are over and you rest with

your fathers I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, who will

come from your own body and I will establish his Kingdom.

1Kings 9:5NLT Then I will establish the throne of your dynasty

over Israel forever. For I made this promise to your father David

one of your descendants will always sit on the throne of Israel.

Psalms 127: 3-5 put it this way children are an inheritance of

the Lord… happy is the man whose quiver is full of them.

Point 2: Leadership  – Vs. 6 – 9 -  6 Deal with him according to

your wisdom, … 8 “And remember, … 9 But now, do not consider

him innocent.

Gen 38:9-10 - 9 But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so

whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on

the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother. 10 What

he did was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death

also.

Point 3: Leaning  1 Kings 3:7, 12-13 - 7 “Now, Lord my God, you

have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am

only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties. 12 I

will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning

heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will

there ever be. 13 Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked

for—both wealth and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have

no equal among kings.

Life Application:

1. Men have you ever had impartation into your life?

2. What will you exchange into another man’s life

3. Join the Men of Valor and show yourself a man.