Ecclesiastes 8:14-17

1. Even Though Things Don’t Seem To Be Fair (v.14)

2. Because God Has Given Life To Be Enjoyed (v.15)

3. Because The Secret Things Belong To Him And He Is Good (vv.16-17)

John 10:17-18

17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”

1. He Is Able

2. In The Church

3. In Christ Jesus

4. Throughout All Generations

5. Forever And Ever

APPLICATIONS

What is the chief end of man? Man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.

1. Is your life’s business to esteem God, having high thoughts of Him? – When you inwardly have strong affections toward God, constantly thinking what He would have you do and how He would have you live, then you are glorifying God. When you would constantly be meditating upon the being of God however feeble your thoughts may be then you are glorifying God. When you are outwardly acknowledging what God has revealed to be true and are living in light of that, then you are glorifying God.

2. Do you have confidence in God when you go to Him in prayer? – He is the one who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, and hence all our confidence ought to be in God alone.

Exodus 20:1-2

​1 And God spoke all these words, saying,

Why Does This Matter?

1. This matters because we have to know the character of God

2. This matters because of the relationship between the Law and the Gospel

3. This also matters because of our understanding of Justification and Sanctification

Principles For Right Understanding And Use Of The Ten Commandments by Ernest C. Reisinger

1. The commandments must be understood according to the explanation that the prophets, Christ, and the apostles gave of them.

2. The commandments are spiritual; therefore, they go to the heart and require internal obedience. They require more than outward conformity; they require inward affection. They forbid not only the acts of sin, but the desire and inclination to sin. The Tenth Commandment shows this.

3. There is a positive and a negative side to each of the commandments. Where a sin is forbidden, a duty is commanded; where a duty is commanded, a sin is implied.

4. Where a sin is forbidden, what leads to that sin is also forbidden.

5. Our understanding of the commandments which deal with relationships between people must be governed by the commandments which deal with our relationship to God. If there seems to be a conflict, our duty to God personally must take precedence.

6. It is essential to remember that the purpose of the commandments is our good as well as God's glory.

7. Whatever is forbidden or commanded we are bound to try to prevent or see performed by others, according to our position in society and our relationship to them.

8. What is forbidden is not to be done at any time, while what is required is always our duty, and especially so at particular times.

9. The beginning and the end, as well as the sum of all the commandments, is love, which is the fulfilment of the law.

God, the supreme Lord and King of all the world, has ordained civil magistrates to be under him, over the people, for his own glory and the public good; and to this end has armed them with the power of the sword, for defence and encouragement of them that do good, and for the punishment of evil doers.1

1 Rom. 13:1–4

Ecclesiastes 8:10-13

1. The Wicked Get Away With Evil (v.10)

2. Evil Advances Because Justice Is Not Executed Swiftly (v.11)

3. The Wicked Live For A Long Time (v.12)

4. It Will Not Be Well With The Wicked (v.13)

Ephesians 3:14-19

1. The Right Attitude And Motive Of Prayer (vv. 14-15)

2. Prayer For Divine Inner Strength (v. 16)

3. Prayer For Divine Indwelling Love (vv. 17-18)

4. Prayer For Divine Fullness (v. 19)

1. The Biblical Basis for Scriptural Singing

2. Why does the Bible place so much emphasis on singing?

3. Reasons Why We Sing

4. How to sing to the Lord.

5. Defects in worship

6. Evaluating your worship

Ecclesiastes 8:1-9

1. How wisdom looks? (V.1)

2. What wisdom does? (VV. 2-9)

Psalms 51:10-12

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,