Ecclesiastes 1:1-11: Letter 5 – What Profit Has Labor Without God?

Chapter 1 of ECCLESIASTES forms the introduction to the book.  This introduction has two main parts.  We will study the first part of this introduction, verses 1-11 today.  Next time, we will study the second half of the chapter, from verse 12 to the end. Solomon’s introduction, as I said, has two parts.  In Chapter 1:1-11, he tells us who he, the author, is, and then gives us the basic theme of his sermon “What profit hath a man of all his labour…?”  In Chapter 1:12-18, he then gives us the...