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The pursuit of wealth is vain, but with contentment there is great gain.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Preaching Christ From Ecclesiastes by Sidney Greidanus; A Table in the Mist by Jeffrey Meyers; Reformed Expository Commentary: Ecclesiastes by Douglas Sean O’Donnell; Practical Religion by JC Ryle; Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller; The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs; The Weight of Glory by CS Lewis
God is holy, therefore let your worship be reverent.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Ecclesiastes Commentaries by Craig Bartholomew and Philip Graham Ryken
The futility of this world is made plain by it’s many immense problems, but Christ came to redeem the world.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Ecclesiastes Commentaries by Craig Bartholomew and Philip Graham Ryken
In view of injustice, judgment, and death, enjoy the work God has given you.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible
Wise living means receiving the seasons and times God marks out for us.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Preaching Christ From Ecclesiastes by Signey Greidanus; Preaching the Word: Ecclesiastes by Philip Graham Ryken; A Table in the Mist by Jeffrey Meyers; Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes by Zack Eswine
We must not look to God’s gifts for our ultimate significance and satisfaction, but to him.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Ecclesiastes Through New Eyes: A Table in the Mist by Jeffrey Meyers; Preaching the Word: Ecclesiastes by Philip Graham Ryken; Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes: Foundations for Expository Sermons by Sydney Greidanus; The Pundit's Folly: Chronicles of an Empty Life by Sinclair Ferguson
Life in a fallen world is fleeting, futile, and frustrating, but God is making all things new.
“So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.”
~ Time by Pink Floyd
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible
Name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins!
God’s providence ensures the fulfillment of his promises.
“Providence tells us that there’s a lot more going on than what we can see, for God is at work behind the scenes to keep things moving in the direction of his ultimate goal for us as individuals and also for this world.”
~ Carolyn Curtis James
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Reformed Expository Commentary: Ruth by Iain Duguid; The Two Horizon’s Old Testament Commentary: Ruth by James McKeown; From Famine to Fullness: The Gospel According to Ruth by Dean Ulrich; The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules by Carolyn Curtis James
God displays His loving kindness towards us by providing a Redeemer.
“E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be 'til I die.”
~ Fourth Stanza of There is a Fountain by William Cowper