Ecclesiastes
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The Creature’s Proper Posture Before an Unchanging God
“I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should…
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Rejoicing in Creaturely Limitation
“I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.” — Ecclesiastes 3:12 God has never stood bewildered…
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The Good That Remains
“And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.” — Ecclesiastes 3:13 The goodness of God…
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The God Who Sees the Whole
“I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he…
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The Lord of Sorrow and Joy
“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.” (Ecclesiastes 3:4) Solomon has lifted our eyes above the restless movements of…
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The Hand That Wounds and Heals
“A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up.” (Ecclesiastes 3:3) Solomon has begun to look upon life not…
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Who Controls the Calendar?
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) Before the first cry of birth is heard, before the final breath…
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The Man Who Was Good in His Sight
“For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up,…
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The Inheritance That Cannot Fade
“Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.” (Ecclesiastes 2:18) Before the…
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There Was No Profit Under the Sun
“Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of…