'Hate' scrutinised

1 Kings 11:1-10

1. Why was Solomon unwise?

King Solomon loved many foreign women, whom the LORD had said to the children of Israel, “You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.”

Solomon clung to these in love. He did not heed God's word.

For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God. Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD.

So the LORD became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the LORD God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep what the LORD had commanded.

Matthew 6:19-24

2. Why can we have only one first love?

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.