Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:2 / David VanAcker

6:10 Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he. 11 The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? 12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun? 7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.

In this next section, the Preacher provides us with a batch of wise sayings. Like the proverbs in the book of Proverbs, they are usually not promises to be trusted in, but descriptions of the way things ordinarily work. They are things that are generally true in this world.

The big ideas of this passage are that God made the world to function in a certain way and, therefore, as we learn that way and conform to it, things tend to go better for us. Even as when we are ignorant of God’s ways and/or out of conformity to them, things tend to go worse. And the main takeaway is to order our lives according to God’s design and wisdom for His glory and our good.

Service Order

Memory Verse

Colossians 3:16-17 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. ¹⁷And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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Prayer
9:45-10:00am
Worship Service
10:30am-Noon

Berea

There is no Berea or Sunday School the next two weeks, May 25th and June 1st. We will resume on June 8th.