And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind. – Eccl. 1:17 I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself.” But behold, this also was vanity. – Eccl. 2:1 Having introduced himself and given an overview…
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Eccl. 1:1 The book of Ecclesiastes cannot be properly understood apart from the OT account of the life of Solomon which itself cannot be fully appreciated apart from the wider OT story of kingship within Israel. As we come to the first verse…
Eccl. 1:1-2 – The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. Eccl. 12:13 – The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. The book of Ecclesiastes is without a doubt one of the more…
14 It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have…
5 Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment…
3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into…
“The Doctrines of the Reformation – Scripture Alone” For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. – Romans 15:4 Having considered some of the historical developments which contributed to the coming of the Reformation we want to take the rest…
“Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. Rev. 1:17b-18 As we have observed previously, these letters are written to the Church at all times and in all places, and we must therefore ask what we at…
14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. 15 “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my…
In His incarnation, Christ came into our world in fulfillment of the OT hopes that God would raise up a prophet like Moses, a King like David, and better priest than the Levites who had to offer sacrifices on their own behalf before they could intercede for others. In His Temptation, Jesus demonstrated that He…