How does Jesus compare to King Solomon from the Old Testament?

Listen to Adrian Rogers.

Now these Pharisees were taken with bigness.

They were taken with religion, pop, circumstance, glory, and power.

But the Lord Jesus said, now wait a minute, there's one much greater than Solomon that is right here with you.

And in their blindness and in their arrogance, they missed him.

I wonder what they thought when this peasant prophet said to them,

a greater than Solomon is right here with you.

Welcome to Love Worth Finding, featuring the timeless teaching of

pastor and author Adrian Rogers.

In the Old Testament, King Solomon was the apex of all greatness,

wealth, and wonder. By all appearances of class and status, Jesus, a carpenter's son, did not compare to Solomon, son of King David.

But the truth is, our great Savior is infinitely greater than Solomon. By what standard? In what ways does he exceed

this great king? If you have your Bible turn to Matthew chapter 12 as Adrian

Rogers shares more about our great savior.

Would you turn to Matthew chapter 12 and we're going to look in just a moment at verse 42 and why you're turning let me tell you this

Criticism is one of the easiest things there is to do

It doesn't take much size to criticize.

But if you were to criticize the Lord Jesus,

how pitiful would be your criticism. Now the text that I'm about to read to you was a text that

was given to the Pharisees who were masters of criticism. They criticized Jesus, they castigated Jesus, they interrogated Jesus,

they interrogated Jesus, but they were so blind, they were oblivious to the obvious.

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