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It is still true as the preacher says in Ecclesiastes that childhood and youth are vanity. It is likewise true that God from the beginning to the end of the world through His spirit causes young men to see visions, and old men to dream dreams. The tendency for young people is to do things only so th
.is vain, the thing for the believer to do, is to give up his labor and retreat into monastic seclusion. Though all man's labor under the sun is vanity, man must labor, he must travail. It is calling, duty. Says the preacher, whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no wor
The whole book of Ecclesiastes addresses the issue of vanity and the ever-changing fad-chasing pleasure seeking world in which we live. The mountains of waste we generate and the vast swirling Pacific toilet that never flushes are a monument to the vanity of life under Satan’s dominion. The monument
Previous article in this series: December 15, 2010, p. 129. The opening words of the "Preacher" are in many respects very striking. His identity, which as we have seen is that of Solomon, is stated as "the son of David, king in Jerusalem." But that identity is initially set in the background. He st
Perhaps none among mortals, apart from the secondary authors of Scripture themselves, portrayed so graphically the vanity of the world as did John Bunyan in his Pilgrim's Progress. To him, as to the saint he describes, the world is a veritable vanity fair. To him, as it was to the psalmist who penne
It is true of all that man finds his purpose, meaning, comfort, and enjoyment in. A vain life, dear young people, is a miserable wretched life. Believe that! There is nothing so miserable and wretched as a life that is vain. In the last few verses of chapter 11 in Ecclesiastes, the writer says conc
He sees that his life is that of a stranger on the earth, with no abiding place here. Thus David saw things m their proper perspective in his trials and sorrows. Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Our days are but a handbreadth. They are thus made by the Lord! He has measured them off
Oh, how we need this prayer as this year of vanity comes to a close and we enter the new year of vanity! We must be able to look beyond the vanities of this world. This world is passing away with its vanities. As we continue our pilgrim way in the new year, let us be found to be people of prayer --
The sayings of this book can easily be understood if it is borne in mind that the life the author has before his eye is a life divorced from God. As was said, the preacher appraises, evaluates, from a spiritual- ethical slant, every phase and department of life. As he passes from phase to phase, hi
Let us state the matter otherwise. Assuredly, the only cure, if there is any, but there is none for the men of man's world, I say, the only cure for oppression, the only cure for wickedness in the place of judgment, and iniquity in the place of righteousness, the only cure for war between the nation