Study
3 From the Book of Ecclesiastes is: Ecclesiastes 4:9 – 6:12
1- What are the
blessings of friendship described in 4:9-12? How does this apply in the
spiritual life? See, e., g., Mt. 18:19, 20; Lk. 10:1
2- What does
5:1-7 teach concerning worship, in respect to (a) the right attitude of spirit,
(b) words spoken in God’s presence, and (c) the importance of fulfilling vows?
3- What is the
teaching of 5:8-6:12 regarding money and the evils it brings?
Notes
1 - 5:1 ‘Guard
your steps’: i.,e., ‘Newer enter God’s house carelessly’.
2- 5:3 As cares
and labours cause a man to dream, so do many words in worship give rise to
folly.
3- 5:20 ‘Then
he will never brood over the fewness of his days’
4- 6:10, 11
‘Whatever happens has been determined long ago, and what man is has been
ordained of old; he cannot argue with One mightier than himself’ The meaning is
that much talking against God’s dealings is profitless.
