Ecclesiastes 7:15-29
We should fear God and be humble because there’s so much we don’t understand about this world.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible
Your Better Life Now
Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:14
Since all our times are appointed by God, we ought to live wisely by looking for the good in affliction and adversity.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Preaching Christ From Ecclesiastes by Sidney Greidanus; Reformed Expository Series: Ecclesiastes by Douglas Sean O’Donnell; A Table in the Mist by Jeffrey Meyers; The Crook in the Lot by Thomas Boston
Wealth and Contentment
Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:9
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
Holy God, Humble Worship
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
God is holy, therefore let your worship be reverent.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Ecclesiastes Commentaries by Craig Bartholomew and Philip Graham Ryken
More Hebel
Ecclesiastes 4:1-16
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
Injustice, Death, & Life Under the Sun
Ecclesiastes 3:16-22
In view of injustice, judgment, and death, enjoy the work God has given you.
RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible
Timing Is Everything
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
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
Searching For Significance
Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26
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 Is Hebel
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
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
Call His Name Jesus
Matthew 1:21
Name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins!
