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Solemn Solomon

Reflections

LET’S

REVIEW…

ECCLESIASTES 1

THE VANITY OF LIFE!

ECCLESIASTES 2

RUNNING AWAY FROM

THE VANITY OF LIFE!SEARCHING FOR

MEANING!

ECCLESIASTES 3CHANGING

YOUR PERSPECTIVE…Upward, Inward,

Forward

ECCLESIASTES 4-5

THE INSTABILITY OF A WORLDLY-MINDED BELIEVER!

When a believer is double-minded...

his whole life will be unstable!

Ecclesiastes 6-7

Recipe for Misery!

“Happiness will never come to those who fail

to appreciate what they already

have.”

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Solomon Reflections

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Solemn Reflections

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Solemn Solomon

Reflections

ECCLESIASTES 8: Reflections on Wisdom and Authority

Musing on Wisdom, 1

Submission to authority, 2-6

I Chronicles 27:32-33

“Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a man of

understanding, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni

tutored the kings’ sons. Ahithophel was counselor

to the king; and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.”

Proverbs 27:5-6,

“Better is open rebuke than love that is concealed.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend,

but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.”

Romans 13:3,

“Do you want to have no fear of authority?

Do what is good and you will have praise

from the same.”

ECCLESIASTES 8: Reflections on Wisdom and Authority

Musing on Wisdom, 1

Submission to authority, 2-6

Limitations on authority, 7-9

General principles of authority, 10-13

Resignation to injustice, 14-15

Submission to God’s authority, 16-17

Ecclesiastes 9: Reflections on life and death and wisdom

The uncertainty of life, 9:1.

The certainty of life, 9:2-4

The certainty of death, 9:5-11

The uncertainty of death, 12

Ecclesiastes 9: Reflections on life and death and wisdom

The uncertainty of life, 1.

The certainty of life, 2-4

The certainty of death, 5-11

The uncertainty of death, 12

Final thoughts on wisdom, 13-18

The words of the wise heard in quietness

are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner

destroys much good.

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