ECCLESIASTES -

'CP' denotes 'Compare Passage'

A STUDY ON THE FUTILITY OF LIFE APART FROM GOD

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The name Ecclesiastes means one who addresses an assembly,
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Ecclesiastes is a series of reasonings by Solomon
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The expression vanity of vanities here means utterly useless
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Solomon next observes the futility of living strictly for pleasure
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Here Solomon declares that God's decrees are immutable	'
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Next, Solomon spoke on the cruelty of oppressors
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The aloneness of the man in Ecc 4:7-8 is in sharp contrast
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In Ecc 5:1-9 Solomon gives advice on what is expected	.'
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As we learned previously in our study on Ecc 2:24-26
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Next, in Ecc 7, Solomon gives advice for daily life
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For one so backslidden
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What Solomon says next, in Ecc 7:15-18
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In Ecc 8:2-7 Solomon counsels his readers to obey the king
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In Ecc 8:14 - 9:1 Solomon declared that God knows more
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(CP Ecc 9:2-6). In V 2 here Solomon declares that all things come alike to all
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Solomon's counsel to honour marital fidelity in Ecc 9:9
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Solomon's observations in Ecc 10 next
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Here Solomon warns young men against centring their lives '
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Next, in Ecc 12:1-7, Solomon counsels his readers	.'
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In V5 Solomon goes on to observe that old people are afraid of heights
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In V 12 Solomon observes that the thirst for knowledge
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In summary, Ecclesiastes teaches that the purpose and meaning of life
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