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Ecclesiastes 7:1 · BSB
7:1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
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…presence of God. Do you remember? It says to be absent from the body is to be what? Present with the Lord. In fact, the words of the preacher inEcclesiastes 7, verse 1, though it's cynical, and pessimistic is still nevertheless true for the believer. Listen to this. This might be a good verse to put on your…
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…In many ways, Paul spent his life contemplating death. He saw death not as an end, but as the beginning of the life that his soul truly longed for.Ecclesiastes 7:1says this a good name is better than precious ointment and the day of death than the day of birth. I think this is a very curious statement. It's…
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…life are not our comforts or our pleasures or our blessings, but our trials are the great teachers in this life. So now take a look at your text.Ecclesiastes chapter 7, verses 1 through 2. Solomon makes a statement about what is good. Or in Hebrew, tov. How many of you have gone to Ibex? You learned how to say bokeh tov every…
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…reference in the Bible. Old to the day of one's birth. And of course, the day of one's birth is linked to the word birthday. I'm not versus fine inEcclesiastes, chapter 7, verse 1and it says, a good name is better than precious ointment on the day of death than the day of one's birth. And I was thinking, well, in relation to…
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…Bible that is fascinating and yet frustrating. And one of the places where it most bugs my happiness is this verse. Let me read it to you. This isEcclesiastes chapter 7, verse 1. The day of death is better than the day of birth. Happy Christmas. Nice cheery note to land on tonight. Come to church, they said. It will be…
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…The key, the key to what Solomon is teaching here is the word better. Better. And it's found 11 times in these 10 verses. It's found 11 times inEcclesiastes chapter 7, verses 1 through 10. Now, he's not teaching here about things that are right or wrong. That's not what he's doing. He is not teaching about things that are right and…
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