All the rivers run into the sea; yet
the sea is not full; Ecclesiastes 1:7
--Where is
meaning?--
--Not in wisdom (Chapter 1)--
And I gave my heart to know wisdom,
and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth
sorrow. Ecclesiastes 1:17,18
--Not in withdrawl (Chapter 2)--
Yea, I hated all my labour which I had
taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after
me. Ecclesiastes 2:18
--Not in your fellow man (Chapter
3)--
I said in mine heart concerning the
estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see
that they themselves are beasts. Ecclesiastes
3:18
--Not in the world around us (Chapter
4)--
So I returned, and considered all the
oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were
oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there
was power; but they had no comforter. Ecclesiastes
4:1
--Not in wealth (Chapter 5)--
He that loveth silver shall not be
satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with
increase: Ecclesiastes 5:5
--Not in works (Chapter 6)--
All the labour of man is for his
mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. Ecclesiastes
6:7
--Not in flattery or gifts (Chapter
7)--
....and a gift destroyeth the
heart. Ecclesiastes 7:7
--Not in knowing all that shall be
(Chapter 8)--
For he knoweth not that which shall
be: for who can tell him when it shall be? Ecclesiastes
8:7
--Not in accomplishments (Chapter
9)--
Now there was found in it a poor wise
man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same
poor man. Ecclesiastes 9:15
--Not in folly (Chapter 10)--
Dead flies cause the ointment of the
apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is
in reputation for wisdom and honour. Ecclesiastes
10:1
--Not in a long life (Chapter
11)--
But if a man live many years, and
rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall
be many. All that cometh is vanity. Ecclesiastes
11:8
So what is the ADVICE?
-- Remember now thy Creator in the days of
thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou
shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; Ecclisiastes
12:1
CONCLUSION: --
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole
matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecclesiates 12:13 12:13