ECCLESIASTES SERIES
Ecclesiastes 3:9-22
GOD AT WORK
(#4 of 11 outlines on Ecclesiastes)
God is always at work.
You may want to give several examples such as the creation, the weather,
nature, intervention in people's lives, and salvation.
Solomon is generally
giving us a secular view in this book.
He is talking about things "under the sun". But in these
verses, Solomon does show us that he is aware that God is at work.
GOD'S GIFTS - Vss. 9-13
1. Labor - Vss. 9-10
2. Beauty - Vs. 11
3. Eternity (meaning of
the word "world") in our hearts - Vs. 11
4. Enjoyment - Vss.
12-13
GOD'S GREATNESS - Vs. 14
GOD'S GOVERNMENT
(Justice) - Vss 15-22
1. God will judge - Vss.
15-17, Revelation 20:11-15, Romans 14:10-12, 2 Corinthians 5:10
2. Man is like the
animals because he will die, be buried and turn to dust. Vss. 18-20
3. Man's spirit will go
upward to God. God will decide his fate. - Vs. 21, Luke