HEAD 1 + Title: A Word FROM the Wise is Sufficient!

Text: Ecclesiastes

Tracing: Preached September 6, 1992 PM at SDCC.

Topic: Life-choices

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HEAD 1 + INTRO

Socrates said, "Know Thyself" and "The unexamined life is not worth

living". Such statements have been honored as wisdom for generations -- one

should choose one's course in life carefully and know why we make the choices we

do instead of living life blindly, caught in a routine.

But such wisdom was not a new thing -- a man far wiser than Plato or

Socrates wrote an entire book with similar thoughts years before -- the book of

Ecclesiastes, written by Solomon.

Recount Solomon's "Pilgrimage".

HEAD 1 + BODY

HEAD 2 + The Questions posed: How will you spend your days? 2:3 In what will you

seek fulfillment?

Education and learning 1:12-18

Entertainment and Pleasure 2:1-3

Accomplishments, Accumulation of Wealth 2:4-11

Commitment to One's Work 2:17-23

HEAD 2 + The Realities faced

HEAD 3 + Death comes to all equally 2:14-15 and time erases the impact of even

great men 2:16

HEAD 3 + Our work goes to benefit our successors, sometimes fools 2:17-21 4:7-8

HEAD 3 + The ability to enjoy one's own blessings is a rare trait 4:7-8 5:10 6:3-6

It is a tragedy to work and work, never enjoying our rewards and

ultimately passing them to others -- but it is a fact that most find it

impossible to stop and enjoy them ourselves.

HEAD 2 + The Conclusions drawn

HEAD 3 + Savor Life 2:24 3:12-13 4:18-20 5:18-20 9:7-10

This is good -- it makes life better -- but it is still no ULTIMATE

ANSWER!

HEAD 3 + Fear and Obey God, Preparing for Eternity 12:13

If this life is all we have to look forward to, there can be no

meaning!

HEAD 4 + Sowing Seeds for the Future 11:1-6

HEAD 4 + Serving God with our Good Years 11:7 - 12:7

HEAD 1 + CONCLUSION

How will you spend your days? In what will you seek fulfillment? Seeking

things you may never live to enjoy or serving God, enjoying what He give,

preparing for eternity by cultivating a relationship with Him?

HEAD 1 + COMMENTS

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Prepared by Scott L. Purcell

Minister of Stokelan Drive Christian Church

1501 Stokelan Drive

Malden, MO 63863

(314) 276-2343

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