Is Ecc 9:5-6 about soul sleep?
The key to understanding the passage you quoted from Ecc 9:5-6 is the small phrase “UNDER THE SUN.” That phrase occurs 29 times in 27 verses in Ecclesiastes. And it only appears in Ecclesiastes. Jehovah’s Witnesses like to use Ecclesiastes as a proof text concerning soul sleep [that is that once you are dead you […]
Philippians 1:21-30 For the Gospel
Paul lived for the sake of the gospel and he expected those he led to the Lord to do the same thing. Everything Paul did in his life was for the sake of the gospel. And from his life we should draw the example of how we should live our lives for the sake of […]
Matt 27:5-10 The Death of Judas Iscariot
Matt 27:5-10 The Death of Judas Iscariot CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The study of the death of Judas Iscariot provides some interesting insight into the Bible. The natural assumption is that if Judas Iscariot wasn’t saved, as we studied last week, then he must have gone to hell when he died. In a matter of […]
Matthew 14:1-12 Death of John the Baptist
Matt 14:1-12 The Death of John the Baptist CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this lesson we learn about the death of John the Baptist. We see by whom, why and how John the Baptist was martyred. We will also see that his death foreshadows the death of the two witnesses in Rev 11, thus giving us […]
Matthew 9:18-38 The Shepherd of the Sheep
Matt 9:18-38 The Shepherd of the Sheep CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We always have to remember in studying the book of Matthew that we are literally reading about Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, revealing himself to Israel. Though we can often glean some spiritual truths, we have to be certain to learn the doctrinal application of the […]