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Ecclesiastes 4:2 · BSB
4:2 So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
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…of a triune relational God who encourages community. He says, get together with other people and celebrate all that I'm doing. We read this inEcclesiastes chapter 4, 9 through 12. Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But…
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…be by yourself. He didn't call you to do things on your own. I'm going to share a scripture and we'll wrap this up for today. Let me read to you inEcclesiastes, chapter 4, ecclesiastes 4. So here in the Old Testament, starting in verse 9. So this is something you see a lot, or you hear sometimes at a wedding…
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…need them in your life right now look some of y'all looking at your neighbor's shoes right now let me see what they look like watch I'm almost doneEcclesiastes chapter 4says this two are better than one they have good reward for their labor when one is down the other is there to pick his brother up you know you got…
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…this year. That is where favvency comes from. When spiritual things don't excite you. There will not be favathvency. There will not be favvency.Ecclesiastes chapter 4. Strengthen your what? Strengthen the supernatural relationships God is giving you. Strengthen them. Ecclesia chapter 4, verse 9 to 10. I read two…
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…the multiplicity of leaders as they're working together and pulling the weight together there is wisdom in the plurality of leaders Solomon says inEcclesiastes chapter 4in describing the benefit of multiplicity he says there two are better than one because they have a good reward for their toil for if they fall one…
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…perspective about it, because why in the world would we do something? Just because we do it, because the Bible, encourages it. So we'll be inEcclesiastes, chapter 4, talking about connected and protected. To intro this, I'll just tell you the image that God gave me about three and a half weeks ago. There have…
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…perfectly clear, like being born and dying. Clearly being born is good and dying is bad. Actually could be ambiguous. Because if you look later atEcclesiastes chapter 4, it says this, And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive. But better than both is he who has…
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We started a series last Sunday called the threefold cord of God. Amen. And I'm going to invite you now to join me inEcclesiastes chapter 4and verse 12. This is one of our foundation verses for this series. Ecclesiastes chapter 4 verse 12. It says, though one may be overpowered by…
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…more and more ravenous as we chase the senses that thrill us, but never cure what ails us. And it's with these things in mind that we return toEcclesiastes chapter 4to learn from Solomon about the rat race. Now, as you turn there to chapter 4, consider that phrase, rat race. And if you saw our social media…
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…first verses here Ephesians. Excuse me, did I say Ephesians 4? Let me go back. Ecclesiastes. Does anybody know where that is? Oh yeah, I rememberEcclesiastes, chapter 4. All right, verse 9. Ecclesiastes 4.9. Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor, for if they fall, the one will lift…
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…us to come home. It's for us to be part of community. It's for us to be part of something that's bigger than we are. If you could turn with me toEcclesiastes chapter 4, that's gonna be our text that we're gonna launch from this morning. And I'm gonna read verses 9 through 12. It says, Two are better than one…
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Good morning, Emmanuel. Let me invite you to take your Bibles and open to Ecclesiastes in chapter 4.Ecclesiastes chapter 4is our text for this morning. You can open your Bibles right to the middle, find Psalms Proverbs, and turn right a couple pages. Stumble upon this…
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…always lesser than doing it. With the way God intended you to do things, including how you serve him. And so, I want you to turn there. Quickly,Ecclesiastes. Chapter 4. And I want you to see how Two Is Better Than One. The serious servant of God will cherish and value, Christian partnership. Cliches 4:9. Two are…
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…that's there, and you're like, I'm not really happy with all the stuff that's there, but I gotta cover it. And that's kind of how I'm feeling aboutEcclesiastes chapter 4. I'm looking there, I'm seeing some stuff I don't really like, but I gotta cover it. I have to do this. Well, if we're allowing the God's word to…
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…Old Testament. It's only ever for equal companions in some kind of uh cooperative endeavor. One of my favorite texts where this word is used is inEcclesiastes chapter 4. This famous two is better than one text. Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their toil. For that they fall, one will lift…
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…of sharing all of those with you, let me just show you this, you something, from The Book of Ecclesiastes, also wisdom literature in the Bible andEcclesiastes chapter 4starting at verse 8. It says this, there was a man, all alone yet neither Sun nor brother. There was no end to his toil. It is eyes, were not…
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…wants for you. And for me, this side of Heaven, as much as possible in a sinful world, Like this gift that a healthy relationship is is found inEcclesiastes, chapter 4. And I want to share this verse because at the end of it is an important piece to what a healthy and strong relationship requires. How many of you…
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…in community. It is God's way of equipping you to manage the life that you have been called to live and to excel. Now, look at what Says here, inEcclesiastes chapter 4, two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. Let's pause here…
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…bonded together, growing together, bearing fruit together. And there's a lot of strength in that. I got punched in the face. The Bible tells us inEcclesiastes chapter 4that a threefold cord is not easily broken. What about a 200-fold cord? If we were all unified together. And when I think of unity, I think of…
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…author of Watership Down he was once asked what's the secret of a happy and buoyant life he simply said I had a friend I had a friend Solomon inEcclesiastes chapter 4says two are better than one and he gives us all sorts of reasons why that is so it's a lovely little cameo picture of friendship he says two are…
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