Notes: November 14, 2008 – Ecclesiastes 8 to 10

Ecclesiastes 8

  • Does your face shine? (vs 1)
  • Do you honor your political leaders? (vs 2-4; 1 Peter 2:17; Daniel 4:37)
  • Do you know that you will die? (vs 5-8)
  • Are you bossy, or a bully? (vs 9)
  • Do you not see that, in the end, evil shall be punished? (vs 10-13)
  • Do you wonder why some things happen contrary to what you expect? (vs 14-17)

Ecclesiastes 9

  • Does anyone know his earthly future? (vs 1-3)
  • Life and death stir up many questions (vs 4-6)
  • Enjoy the life that God has given you (vs 7-10)
  • Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, things don’t work out (vs 11)
  • The snares and pitfalls of life (vs 12-13)
  • The forgotten (and unappreciated) wise man (vs 14-18)

Ecclesiastes 10

  • Don’t destroy your reputation in a moment of foolishness (vs 1-3)
  • Learn how to behave before your king (vs 4, 20)
  • The world is often upside down (vs 5-7)
  • You reap what you sow (vs 8-10)
  • Words of wisdom; words of folly (vs 11-15)
  • Your choice of king (vs 16-17)
  • Idleness, ease and money (vs 18-19)

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