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Ecclesiastes 2:13 · BSB
2:13 And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
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…relish them, and enjoy them, which is what God calls us to do. So I just want to walk through a couple of texts with you. If you'll turn over toEcclesiastes chapter 2, the first of this refrain, Solomon shouts out in Ecclesiastes in chapter 2, in verse 24. Verse 24 There is nothing better for a person than that…
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…that's called hedonism. That is us only listening to our body, to our flesh. It is not us chasing down God's better plan for us. But in the book ofEcclesiastes, chapter 2, we see the richest wise man on the planet who was good with the ladies, and he says all that my eyes desire. I did not deny them. I did not refuse…
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Good morning. Hey, so good to have you here. If you have your Bible, we're going to be inEcclesiastes chapter 2. We're going to be landing at the tail end of some of the discoveries that Solomon has been making. We're still on a journey. As Ross said, we'll…
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…what's coming, when we will really live forever and ever and ever, is so much better. And you say, can we believe that? Yeah, we can believe that.Ecclesiastes chapter 2, King Solomon gets everything he wants. In fact, it says there, he kept nothing from his, his possession that his eyes desired. He got it all.…
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…wake up from your drunken stupor as is right and do not go on sinning that's something that the preacher in Ecclesiastes never approves earlier inEcclesiastes chapter 2he said that he tried wine he tried getting getting into alcohol as a way of fulfilling his life and he said it was all vanity he knows that…
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…say. But when Rehoboam sees this he's doing exactly what his father Solomon was worried about. Turn to Ecclesiastes for a moment. Look over inEcclesiastes chapter 2Ecclesiastes chapter 2 we see over here that Solomon was concerned about his kids that were going to follow him. And that's one of those things I…
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…are able, please stand. And for the reading of God's Word, we'd like to stand to honor God as we read His Word. And I will read it out loud for us.Ecclesiastes chapter 2, verses 12 to 26. So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. Then I…
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…repeat their folly. And this is an example of that. Solomon also tries work. Maybe he can find his meaning in his work. And in verses 24 to 26 ofEcclesiastes chapter 2, we read these words. A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the…
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…that God has given to me. I mean, do you really own something if you have, if you just have it for a few minutes? This is what Solomon says inEcclesiastes chapter 2. Your whole life, you're gonna toil and work and accrue money, and then you're gonna die, and you're gonna give it to someone who's probably gonna…
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…my work is a waste of time because it comes from God so we've got another short section to read before we turn to prayer and it's in EcclesiastesEcclesiastes chapter 2, a lot of Ecclesiastes speaks about work, this amazing book, Ecclesiastes chapter 2 from verse 17 to verse 26, so I hated life because what is done…
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…the Psalms, Job, and where we find ourselves today in Ecclesiastes. We began this study just 2 weeks ago, and we're gonna be picking up inEcclesiastes chapter 2, beginning in verse 18. It's printed in your worship guide and kind of broken down into the different sections that we'll be making our way through…
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…you possibly can, and it still won't be enough. A person will still be deeply, deeply dissatisfied. He even quotes from the Old Testament book ofEcclesiastes chapter 2, which we just read out. A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in all of their toil, because that's it.…
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…walking in the wisdom of God, not share some examples of that as we go on brains gone. Let's look. And we just go to do troll. Go with me to theEcclesiastes chapter 2. And I'm going pretty slow right now. Forgive me. I am not the the ER is about tree is 26 and Ecclesiastes chapter 2. For God, give it to a man…
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…and expand our worries. All you need to do is really consider the life of King Solomon, the king we learn about so much in the Old Testament. InEcclesiastes chapter 2, Solomon evaluates his life with this statement. He says, I collected great sums of silver and gold. The treasures of many kings and provinces. I…
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…power profession, and position. I'm not going to say that fast because Papa please just preached this sermon. Okay. Now you'll remember, itEcclesiastes chapter 2. I'm going to walk you through the whole chapter. So if you brought your Bible, use it, here we go. I said to myself, this is Solomon. Come now. I…
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Now let's turn in our Bibles toEcclesiastes chapter 2and we're going to read from verse 12 to verse 26. And today we're going to think about how the teacher of Ecclesiastes helps us to begin to topple…
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…your future with Jesus. And hope knowing that the world that we live in is full of light and life. That we receive good gifts from God every day.Ecclesiastes chapter 2, the teacher there puts it like this. A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. So as we…
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…that. I hope that's not a surprise. But we will all die. And when we do, what's the point of it all? What was it that Margo just read for us inEcclesiastes chapter 2just now? At the end of that passage said this, Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was…
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…food, and good rest day after day after day. It's almost as if that's part of the fabric that He wove into the existence of our lives. Listen toEcclesiastes, chapter 2. Even the very cynical and depressed author of Ecclesiastes wrote these words, There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and…
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…goes after his wandering people. He normally doesn't let them win the lottery so they see what riches are like and then bring them back. You haveEcclesiastes chapter 2that maps out that I'm not saying God never does that. He does do that in Ecclesiastes chapter 2. Solomon writes about it so that you will learn…
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