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Ecclesiastes
1.2-3: What is the point of life?
Ch 1-2: Life without God is meaningless.
Ch 3:1-15: God is Sovereign
1.2-3: What is the point of life?
3.11 - God has put ‘eternity’ into the heart of man
Ch 3:1-15: God is Sovereign
3.14 - God has set life to so that man will (and can) trust in Him.
3.11 - God has put ‘eternity’ into the heart of man
Ch 3:16-4:16 - Issues with God’s Sovereignty
3.14 - God has set life to so that man will (and can) trust in Him.
Ch 3:16-4:16: Issues with God’s Sovereignty
1 - Wickedness exists
2 - Death exists
2 - Death exists
3 - Suffering (from oppression) exists
3 - Suffering (from oppression) exists
Ch 5: Reactions vs Responses to God’s Sovereignty
4 - Rivalry/envy and selfish ambition exists
4 - Rivalry/envy and selfish ambition exists
5 - Loneliness exists
Don’t Trust your mouth or your money .
Don’t gripe, don’t complain, don’t make deals.
5 - Loneliness exists
Don’t gripe, don’t complain, don’t make deals.
6 - Popularity exists
6 - Popularity exists
Be careful as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than offer the sacrifice of fools.
Thus, FEAR GOD.
STOP and PRAY
- Hitting the SNOOZE.
Prosperity does not always lead to peace
An ‘evil - adverse/adversity, affliction, bad, calamity - that is a big deal among men
God has given these so that a man ‘lacks nothing of all he desires.’
Riches
Wealth
Honor
BUT God doesn’t allow him to eat from them - to be satisfied by them.
Problem: Prosperity is not always a good thing.
It does not always lead to more prosperity or peace or satisfaction.
It can lead to laziness and self-reliance.
King David, JUDGES,
But - why then does God allow us to be prosperous?
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Ecc 6:3
SIGNS OF PROSPERITY
fathers a hundred children: progeny is a mark of prosperity
lives man years: long life
PROBLEMS
not satisfied with ‘good things’ - the things of God
does not have a burial
either does not have a proper burial - showing his final sorry state of life
OR does not have a burial - another exaggeration of living a LONG LIFE w/o being satisfied.
Better to not have ever been born, than to be so close to not needing God - to being able to rely solely on self (and thus achieve god-status) but to not attain it.
Good things - that life has meaning.
That time was well spent.
- - the Parable of the Talents.
Prosperity does not satisfy
Wise Man vs Foolish Man -
Wise in this context means wealthy, a fool refers to one who is not wealthy, but wishes to be.
The fool wants what the wealthy man has, b/c he thinks it is working for the wealthy man.
How to ‘walk before the living’ - how to put on a show.
Jennifer making her own clothes growing up.
- Enjoy what you have not what you do not have.
Do not chase prosperity - BE CONTENT
Man cannot dispute with God, the Creator of man.
God is sovereign.
Do not trust in prosperity - TRUST IN THE LORD!
Christmas Wish-Lists
Adversity builds character
4 Ways Adversity Develops Character:
Death reveals and reminds the wise of the brevity of life.
Sorrow and mourning lead to reflection.
Righteous indignation comes when the wise are confronted with the sin of fools.
Patience is only developed when we must ENDURE hard things.
Weight lifting - Resistance Training.
(IF TIME PERMITS)
Wisdom Is An Advantage
Vs 11 - Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good.
The Fear of the Lord is a GOOD THING!
Why?
It leads us to TRUST IN THE LORD!
Protection from SIN.
: DAVID AND UZZAH and the ark.
DAVID AND UZZAH and the ark.
What Now?
Remember WHO is in control.
Observe God’s work: What He does cannot be changed by anyone else.
Be THANKFUL for times of prosperit
We can enjoy the times of prosperity when they are not what we trust in for our salvation.
Remember that prosperity is not necessarily a blessing nor is adversity necessarily a consequence.
Who Are You TRUSTING?
Do not PURSUE PROSPERITY.
Pursue faithful obedience to God.
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