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Ecclesiastes 2:9 · BSB
2:9 So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
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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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…this question for me this morning. If I only had blank, then I would be satisfied. Now, what Solomon wants to do for us this morning as we look atEcclesiastes chapter 2, verses 1 to 11, is he wants to demolish this idea that we can find satisfaction in the things of earth. And he wants to explode the idea that if we just had one…
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…other words, while you're here on the earth, what's worth doing? And he said, I denied my heart no pleasure. You can read it for yourself. It's inEcclesiastes chapter 2. I denied my heart no pleasure. If I saw something and I wanted it, I got it. If I saw a woman, he had thousands of them at his disposal. He gets…
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…There was one person in the Bible who had it all, but he was not happy at all. I want to read the last passage for us this evening, again, fromEcclesiastes chapter 2. Ecclesiastes is believed to be written by King Solomon, and we can believe that it might be his own experience. Ecclesiastes chapter 2 verse 4 to…
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…in it, he is also writing from the perspective of an old man reflecting back on choices that he's made and what he's learned. And so if we look atEcclesiastes chapter 2, he says, he explains his reasoning in building this vast army of women. He says, I said in my heart, come now, I will test you with pleasure.…
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…them as we go through, because Solomon explains it pretty well because he has tried a lot. So verses one and two, I said in my heart, this isEcclesiastes chapter 2, 1 and 2, I said in my heart, come now, I will test you with pleasure, enjoy yourself, but behold, this also was vanity, vapor. This was vapor. I…
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If you're just coming back from the break, you may recall that we have been working through the book of Ecclesiastes and we found ourselves inEcclesiastes chapter 2and there was not a time warp while you were gone. We did not manage to get all the way through the 12th chapter and now into another book, but…
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All right, very good. Please take your copy of God Word out and turn to the book of Ecclesiastes. Old Testament book ofEcclesiastes chapter 2. We've had some technical challenges as of late around here, so I imagine there'll be some fluctuation in the sound of my voice. A couple of weeks…
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…becomes pointless. That is, that there's this haunting sense that our work really doesn't have much significance at all. You see that expressed inEcclesiastes chapter 2, where the writer says in verse 17, So clearly the writer here is deeply disillusioned with his life and work because in the end it just gets…
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…I want you to look at another passage in relationship to this. Turn back in your Bible if you will to Ecclesiastes. And we're going to pick up inEcclesiastes chapter 2. Ecclesiastes chapter 2 verse 22 and 23. What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? For all his…
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…we're gonna examine the scriptures and in and in gateway fashion, we're gonna look at two passages of scripture, all right? So turn your Bibles toEcclesiastes chapter 2, Ecclesiastes chapter 2, and then I want you to put that marker that Pastor Robert always talks about in uh I want you to turn there to um to where…
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But I want you to open your Bibles toEcclesiastes chapter 2, if you would please, chapter 2, verse 10. This is a sermon about life. And since I'm crossing over, I I thought this, I kept wondering, why are…
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