As much as the people of God would like to live forever under a godly king who brought earthly peace and prosperity to the nation, such life was still corrupted with sin and death. The life that the church had enjoyed under King David and now under Solomon was only a taste of something far […]
Have you ever sat down and compared the lifestyle of the “workaholic” over against the “lazy person” over against the “easy-going” or relaxed person who will work but not too hard? In the verses of ECCLESIASTES which we are looking at today, that is what Solomon does. He is still looking at work from the […]
To get us back to where we are today, let’s review. (1) The whole book of ECCLESIASTES has as its purpose to evaluate all labor in life apart from God in order to lead us to labor for God alone. (2) We finished the INTRODUCTION (chapter 1) and also Solomon’s PERSONAL EXPERIENCES (chapters 2-3) along […]
Today we will try to finish Ecclesiastes 3:1-15, the second of the three parts in which Solomon responds to his own search for meaning by saying that there is meaning but that it is found only in God. You will remember that we already went through the main idea of these fifteen verses, spending two […]
I know this letter will be long enough just covering today’s material and so I’ll get right down into the heart of today’s Bible study: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. Since I already introduced the idea of the section in the last letter, I’ll assume this letter is a continuation of that one and not introduce the idea […]
I would suspect that you have at one time or other heard the parable of the weaver. As he wove his rug, he weaved into it many colors, some ugly and dark, even using blacks and grays, some colors bright and startling, some soft and soothing. To the person observing his work for only a […]
Sometimes we mothers (I speak of myself mainly) weary of the constant task of raising our children. It seems all day long we have to be organizing our tasks and theirs, getting after them to do their tasks, and disciplining them when they fail to do their tasks or else do them grudgingly. So when […]
We have finished Chapter 1 of ECCLESIASTES, which is Solomon’s introduction to the book, giving both his main theme and his reasons for writing the book. We now enter chapters 2-3 of ECCLESIASTES. In these two chapters Solomon summarizes for us his own personal search for meaning in life apart from God, giving the double […]
Today we should finish our study of Solomon’s introduction to his sermon by finishing Chapter 1. As you recall from last time, Chapter 1:2-11introduced the theme of the book, “All labor is useless apart from God.” Now in verses 12-18, the end, he explains how it is that he came to preach this sermon. This […]
Chapter 1 of ECCLESIASTES forms the introduction to the book. This introduction has two main parts. We will study the first part of this introduction, verses 1-11 today. Next time, we will study the second half of the chapter, from verse 12 to the end. Solomon’s introduction, as I said, has two parts. In Chapter […]