![]() ![]() ![]() There is the announcement of a theme, a brief -introduction, a developing of the theme, and a practical application in conclusion. J Sidlow Baxter - The book of Ecclesiastes is a sermon. If you want to know what a man of great privilege, and of great learning and great wisdom can come to, read this record of a man who has put God out of count in his actual life. G Campbell Morgan - Ecclesiastes is an inspired confession of failure and pessimism, when God is excluded, when man lives under the sun, and forgets the larger part, which is always over the sun, the eternal and abiding things. Power, prestige, pleasure-nothing can fill the God-shaped void in man’s life-except God Himself But seen from His perspective, life becomes meaningful and fulfilling Skepticism and despair melt away when each day is viewed as a gift from God. Looked at “under the sun” (Pr 8:17), Life’s pursuits lead only to frustration. The key word in Ecclesiastes is vanity, the futile emptiness of trying to make sense out of life apart from God. Wilkinson and Boa write - Ecclesiastes is a profound book recording an intense search by the Preacher (traditionally understood to be Solomon) for meaning and satisfaction in life-in spite of the inequities inconsistencies, and seeming absurdities of life on earth. Commentaries, Sermons, Illustrations, Devotionals ![]()
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