Notes: November 15, 2008 – Ecclesiates 11 & 12

Ecclesiastes 11

  • Charity/kindness (vs 1-4)
  • Since you don’t know the complete will of God, you should work hard, but expect trouble (vs 5-8)
  • Judgment day is coming (vs 9-10)

Ecclesiastes 12

  • Remember that you have a Creator; remember your Creator (vs 1)
  • A figurative description of aging (vs 2-8)
    • winter, not springtime, of life (vs 2)
    • hands, legs, teeth, eyes (vs 3)
    • lips, mouth, voice/hearing, loss of sleep (vs 4)
    • feebleness, fear, hair loss, loss of appetite (vs 5)
    • spinal cord, brain, heart (vs 6)
    • death and decay (vs 7)
  • An example of teaching others (vs 9-12)
  • The conclusion: Fear God (Ecclesiates 12:13-14)

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