Review of Solomon's Poetry Books

1. Lesson 

•  We’ve been looking at some of the books of the Bible that Solomon wrote:
• Song of Solomon 
• Proverbs
• Ecclesiastes

• Let’s see what you can remember from it:
  <use pix to associate each book>
   
• Song of Solomon 

• Who were the 2 main characters?
  The Shulamite girl and the shepherd/King Solomon

• How did the Shulamite see herself?
  Dark skinned, unwanted by her own family

• How did Solomon see the Shulamite girl?
  Fair, beautiful, flawless in every way >> God sees us the same way

• How did the Shulamite girl see Solomon?
  Attractive and full of love >> Picture of Jesus

• Key lesson: In Song of Solomon, we are reminded that God sees us as beautiful; We see Jesus as beautiful!

• Proverbs

• What’s a proverb?
  Wise sayings about life

• Who wrote Proverbs?
  Solomon: the wisest man in the world

• What is the main theme from the book of Proverbs?
  Wisdom: to learn to become wise, make right choices, live life of peace/prosperity, avoid bad mistakes etc 

• Who is our Wisdom?
  Jesus is our Wisdom

• Who teaches us to live wisely?
  The Holy Spirit

• Key lesson: In Proverbs, we are reminded to Choose Wisdom, Choose Jesus! 

• Revise Proverbs 3:5-6 ⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; ⁶ in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

 

• Ecclesiastes

• What does Ecclesiastes mean?
  Teacher/Preacher

• What’s the main word found in Ecclesiastes?
  “Meaningless” — at the end of his life, Solomon found the pursuit of pleasure, wisdom, work and wealth all meaningless 

• Solomon’s life didn’t end well because he started to worship other gods, introduced by his many wives. How many wives/concubines did he have? 1,000!! (700 wives — wives of royal birth — and 300 concubines) 

• Solomon said there was “nothing new under the sun”. Who then should we look to for meaning in life?
  The SON: Jesus — who came to make all things, including us, NEW!

• Revise John 6:29: Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
• Key lesson: In Ecclesiastes, we are reminded that for true meaning in life, Don’t look under the sun. Look to the SON!

• REVIEW:
  Flash the 3 photos one by one (in random order). Each time, kids should say out the key lesson of that book. Repeat until most kids get it.
• Song of Solomon: God sees us as beautiful; we see Jesus as beautiful!
• Proverbs: Choose Wisdom, Choose Jesus!
• Ecclesiastes:  Don’t look under the sun. Look to the SON!