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Ecclesiastes 1:18 · BSB
1:18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
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…just one of those nights where, you know, look at Ecclesiastes. Hold your place right there in 2 Samuel 15, and maybe even through this. Look atEcclesiastes chapter 1. And you're thinking, oh, let's just be strong and go on. Hey, hey, look at some scriptures here now. Look at these things. Look at Ecclesiastes…
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…wisdom of God, found in the Word of God, will cost you your comforts. Your comforts. Maybe one you don't want to hear this morning. But it says inEcclesiastes chapter 1and verse 18, for in much wisdom is much grief. And he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. One of the things that you're gonna have to…
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…Even wisdom, even wisdom turns out to be hevil. Even wisdom turns out to be he. So seek the God who makes us wise. Please open your Bibles toEcclesiastes chapter 1. Let me just briefly set the stage for our reading. The author introduced the main character last week, a guy named Cohelv, king of Jerusalem. And…
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…but they are not enough. And only the misery of learning that will drive you to him. Solomon wants to take you on a tour, and it starts here inEcclesiastes chapter 1. And as we read it, would you stand with me as we honor God's word? Ecclesiastes chapter 1, verses 1 to 11. The words of the preacher, the son of…
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…So fear God in hope of his redemption. Understanding life appears beyond our grasp. So fear God in hope of redemption. Please open your Bibles toEcclesiastes chapter 1. This sermon today is an introduction to the book. Um, our pattern as you know is to to start a book and then go through passage by passage…
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This evening in our sermon and song service, the theme I have chosen is entitled Under the Sun. So, in your Bibles, I would encourage you to turn toEcclesiastes chapter 1. We're going to have uh several readings from Ecclesiastes chapter 1. And um friends, I would submit to you in this sermon and song we're we're…
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…world is under a curse. It's cursed. Say, what are you talking about? Are we like watching a pirate movie or something? No, this is a real curse.Ecclesiastes chapter 1. He said, I carefully explored this. Even though the actions of godly... Did I say chapter 1? Chapter 9, verse 1. The actions of godly and wise…
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…so I would ask that you continually keep that in your mind as we go through the whole book. Ecclesiastes but for now let me read to you our textEcclesiastes chapter 112 through 18 and it reads in this way I the preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem and I applied my heart to seek and to search out by…
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…when you try to hold it. So for this morning, we ask Solomon's question in modern language. Is the grass really greener on the other side?Ecclesiastes chapter 1. I want us to go there if you're not already there. Ecclesiastes chapter 1 and we're going to look at verses 8 through 14. in regards to the eye…
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…wisdom is a person. Okay. And so he's seeking wisdom apart from a person. Okay. That's good. Do you notice that throughout this passage here inEcclesiastes chapter 1that he's applying his own heart to wisdom and so who is the beneficiary? Solomon is the beneficiary. Right? It's all self-serving. It's all about…
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…hands around it, it slips through our fingers. It's exactly where Ecclesiastes begins. Would you take your Bible with me and turn to the book ofEcclesiastes chapter 1. Turn to the middle of your Bible. You'll see Psalms. Keep going. You'll see Proverbs. And then you'll find Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes is all about…
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…In this text, we can't read all of this text today. We'd be here tomorrow. So I want to encourage you all to make sure this week that you readEcclesiastes chapter 1. Verse 12 through all of chapter 2, 26 verses in chapter 2. So this week your homework is to make sure that you read this. I'm going to touch on…
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…wrote it so that our dissatisfaction would look beyond life under the sun for something more. So, with that introduction, let's take a dive intoEcclesiastes chapter 1. And I'm going to pray and ask for God's help, and then we'll look at it together. Please pray with me. Oh, Lord, we thank you for your word in all…
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…Word, and I believe Ecclesiastes is exactly what we need to hear. So would you speak, Lord? Speak. We long to hear from you. In Jesus' name, amen.Ecclesiastes, chapter 1. We're going to pick it up in verse 1. It says, **"The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem."** Right at the beginning of the…
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…on his word and His ways so that it drives your actions. So where do we start? Well, let's start at the beginning. Let's go all the way back toEcclesiastes chapter 1. I don't know if you remember if you were here when we started on this series called Finding Sofia. I can remember the first time we were at Life…
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…because the eye is something that's never satisfied. You know, you think about the door that you open, you know, think about what Solomon says inEcclesiastes chapter 1and verse 8. It says, all things are full of labor, man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing nor the ear filled with hearing. In…
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It's good to worship with you, and it's a joy and an honor to be able to preach God's word to you this morning. Please turn with me in your Bibles toEcclesiastes chapter 1. We're beginning a new sermon series today in the book of Ecclesiastes, which is part of the Old Testament's wisdom literature along with Proverbs…
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…consider donating to this work in the San Francisco Bay Area online at ChristChurchEastBay.org. Today's scripture readings are from the book ofEcclesiastes, chapter 1, verses 1 through 18, chapter 3, verses 10 and 11, and chapter 12, verses 13 and 14, as printed in the liturgy. A reading from the book of Ecclesiastes. The words of…
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…You need to read Ecclesiastes, because it is the book that God has given us to answer that question. What's this all about? And when you open it,Ecclesiastes chapter 1, you find that Solomon, the author of the book, the man who had experienced everything there is to experience in life, concludes that if this world…
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If you have a bible, turn toEcclesiastes chapter 1. It's also there in your worship guide. Last Sunday, we began our sermon series on Ecclesiastes. And if you remember, I lit a candle here and I…
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