“The only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes.” – Ecclesiastes 7:29
In many ways the book of Ecclesiastes echoes its companion book of Job. Both are “philosophical” asking the hardest questions about life. But this verse shows a difference in the approach of each. In his anguish, Job sometimes questioned the character of God himself, demanding a personal explanation.
At no point did the Teacher of Ecclesiastes “blame” God for the unfairness and meaninglessness he saw around him. “God made mankind upright,” he concludes, “but men have gone in search of many schemes.”
Love Fellow-Believers
1 John 4:16
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
1 John4:19-21
We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
1 John 5:1-2
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.
2 John 5-6
And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
Prayers
“And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires.” 1 Kings 8:59
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.” Ephesians 6:11
[Message No: 7456]
In many ways the book of Ecclesiastes echoes its companion book of Job. Both are “philosophical” asking the hardest questions about life. But this verse shows a difference in the approach of each. In his anguish, Job sometimes questioned the character of God himself, demanding a personal explanation.
At no point did the Teacher of Ecclesiastes “blame” God for the unfairness and meaninglessness he saw around him. “God made mankind upright,” he concludes, “but men have gone in search of many schemes.”
Love Fellow-Believers
1 John 4:16
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
1 John4:19-21
We love because he first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
1 John 5:1-2
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.
2 John 5-6
And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
Prayers
“And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires.” 1 Kings 8:59
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.” Ephesians 6:11
[Message No: 7456]
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