Ecclesiastes 9:10-10:10
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Ecclesiastes 9:10-10:10
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Ecclesiastes 9:1-14
Wise old Solomon has some thoughts about our ultimate destination, death. And he approaches it from the standpoint of an earthly man who is living his life carelessly, without God.
Ecclesiastes 7:1-8:17
Here, Solomon, perhaps the wisest man who lived in his day, compares the earthly "do-gooder" who is working his own way to heaven, versus the one who trusts Christ the King of Kings.
Ecclesiastes 5:7-6:12
Solomon, the richest man of his day, had the opportunity to try everything, to see if any of it brought lasting happiness. He found that even fame and fortune does not give man lasting joy.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-5:6
Solomon experiments to find what is truly meaningful. He has discovered that selfishness does not do it; two are better than one.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-4:9
Solomon takes a look at the false view of fatalism, "whatever will be will be." He also notes the meaninglessness of living for pleasure alone, and the philosophy of grabbing all the gusto you can before you die.
Ecclesiastes 2:11-3:1
Solomon investigated the value of work, and living wisely. He discovered that all the good works that men can do, amounts to a dead end street.
Ecclesiastes 1:15-2:10
Old Solomon was quite a student, and spent much time discovering that education, in and of itself, will always come up short, and pleasure also will not satisfy the human heart.
Ecclesiastes 1:5-14
Wise old Solomon concludes that life, lived only for humanism or earthly benefit, winds up in the blind alley of disillusion.
Ecclesiastes 1:1-5
Solomon, looking at the world through the eyes of the natural man, comes to the conclusion that all is meaningless; that life, without God, is unfulfilling and vain.
Philippians 4:13-23
Doing all things through Christ who strengthens us. Living out the Christ-life as God gives us the power. Paul reminds the believers that giving forth is a win-win virtue. It rewards the giver as well as the receiver.