I saw under the sun, v.16.Solomon desired that they might see: The place of judgment, that wickedness was there.  The most notable case of this in the Bible is the trial of Jesus.  His betrayer declared that he was innocent, Matt 27:4.  The governor’s wife declared him to be just,...

The work that God maketh: The work that God maketh is made beautiful in his time Ecc 3:11 God hath made everything beautiful in his time.  The original creation was very good, Gen 1:31.  And there are many beautiful sights in creation today even after the fall.  The Rockies, Grand...

In Ecc 3:1-8 Solomon wrote about seasons and times under the heaven.  In Ecc 3:1, he said, “To everything there is a season”.  There are four seasons of the year on the calendar.  And then we have the seasons of life, hurricane season, mating seasons, hunting seasons, sports seasons, and...

Solomon determined in his lifetime to “see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life”, Ecc 2:3.  He experimented with everything a man can do. He tried pleasure, Ecc 2:1-2 Mirth is social merriment; hilarity; high...

In Ecc 1:12-18 we read about three things things you cannot do under the sun.  Solomon discovered these by seeking and searching out “by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven”.  He gave his heart to know wisdom.  His heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.  He...

In Ecc 1:4-11, Solomon wrote about life lessons that he learned from living, observing, experiencing, and studying history.  His conclusions are profound. Lessons from Life – Ecc 1:4.  Life is always followed by death under the sun.  “Passeth away” is the expression we use today.  We say, “he passed away”,...

Our text for this study is Ecc 1:3, “What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun”?   We are embarking on a study of some key passages in the Book of Ecclesiastes, of which this is the first. Ecclesiastes was written by Solomon,...

We have been studying the fruit of the Spirit in Gal 5:22-23.  Today, we are going to discuss faith, meekness, and temperance.  Remember that these are not independent of each other.  We’re not talking about fruits, plural, but rather a singular fruit of the Spirit manifested in nine different qualities....

The fruit of the Spirit manifests itself in 9 spiritual qualities.  Today we are going to study long-suffering, gentleness, and goodness. Long-suffering.  This is the ability to suffer through something for a long time.  It’s one of God’s characteristics, Ex 34:6.  It’s this quality that allows him to lead you...

The fruit of the Spirit is a singular fruit.  Its various qualities are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith meekness, temperance.  All of these manifest themselves in you in the same proportion. All of these are qualities of God’s character. God is love, 1 Jn 4:8.  Jesus said, “These...