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Ecclesiastes 2:1 · BSB
2:1 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
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…is this is not a new problem I mean obviously it wasn't new with Jesus he's talking about addressing people that try to gain the whole world but inEcclesiastes chapter 2 verses 1 through 11which is attributed to Solomon who was at the time known as the world's wisest and wealthiest person this passage Ecclesiastes chapter 2 verses 1…
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…to be back anyway. So this is what I encourage you to do. Go and take your Bibles and open up in the Old Testament to the book of Ecclesiastes. Um,Ecclesiastes chapter 2. Turn to Ecclesiastes 2. You got a smartphone, you can open that app to Ecclesiastes as well. Also, do this take out these Bible study outlines…
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…Why? Because I hid God's word in my heart, and I took it out when the time came to fight against sin. We can I can do I can do this all day. Okay,Ecclesiastes chapter 2. Solomon is is testing the pleasures of his heart, then he fills himself up. He's got the most power, the most money, the most authority, he's got…
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Well, if you have your Bibles, turn toEcclesiastes chapter 2. I'm going to read two sections. Uh, one from chapter 2, one from chapter 4. If you're using the Bible in the seat rack, that's page 456. If you're…
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So, if you have a Bible, you can turn toEcclesiastes chapter 2. If you don't have a Bible and you want to use the one here uh in the seat racks, uh if you don't own one, take it home. We believe that the Bible…
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Would you now take your Bibles and open them to Ecclesiastes.Ecclesiastes chapter 2. We're going to look at just three verses today, 24 through 26. And we are returning there after a few Sundays away from this book. So just to…
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…And like, what difference is it going to make when I go on sabbatical and stop working? And then I flipped over the next day to the next chapter ofEcclesiastes chapter 2and I read this. He writes, but when I turned my attention to everything that my hands had done and to how hard I had worked for it, note this, it…
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Let us take our Bibles now and open up to the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes.Ecclesiastes chapter 2. Today we'll look at verses 1 through 11. Just a word of introduction while you're finding that. We started Ecclesiastes just a few weeks ago and…
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…do with the farm. But not for eternity is he. Solomon centuries earlier wrestled with the same reality. Listen to these words from King Solomon inEcclesiastes chapter 2, we read in verse 18. Yeah, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun. Why? Because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after…
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…help solve the issue. Today we're going to talk about the mirage of more. Here's where we find ourselves. If you'll take your Bibles and turn toEcclesiastes chapter 2. We're going to look at verse 1. We're going to look down at verses 10, 11. We're going to bounce around through this book a little bit and find…
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…Not the ones we can't figure out. The ones we can figure out but can't fix. So, this is where the teacher, the writer of Ecclesiastes, picks up inEcclesiastes chapter 2. So, if you would take your Bibles and turn with me to Ecclesiastes chapter 2. We're going to read from verses 12 down through verse 17. These are…
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All right, good morning, church. Would you turn with me toEcclesiastes chapter 2. ! That is page 518 in the Pew Bible. Ecclesiastes chapter 2, page 518. ! So last week we saw that the book of Ecclesiastes begins with the…
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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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…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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…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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…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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…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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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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