c. Wisdom is used in the exploration of sensuous pleasure. Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 TEXT 2:1-11 1 I said to myself, Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself. And behold, it too was futility. 2 I said of laughter, It is madness, and of pleasure, What does it accomplish? 3 I explor... [ Continue Reading ]
2. Conclusions Ecclesiastes 2:12-26 a. Value of this wisdom and pleasure stop at the grave. Ecclesiastes 2:12-17 TEXT 2:12-17 12 So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly, for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done? 13 And I saw that wisdom... [ Continue Reading ]
b. The legacy of one's labor is often lost to fools when one dies. Ecclesiastes 2:18-23 TEXT 2:18-23 18 Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me. 19 And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool?... [ Continue Reading ]
c. Labor is good only when it is acknowledged as from the hand of God. Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 TEXT 2:24-26 24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen, that it is from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat and who can hav... [ Continue Reading ]