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ECCLESIASTES – LESSON TEN

I. WISDOM’S ACTION IN THE MIDST OF THE UNKNOWN – HOW A YOUNG MAN SHOULD LIVE LIFE (Chapters 11-12)

A. One should act with wisdom, knowing not what all lies in the future (11:1-8).

1. Diversification is wise – one knows not  the evil that lies in the future

           (v. 1-2)

2. Sow seed and reap – instead  of focusing on the indiscernible (v. 3-6).

3. Rejoice in the light of good days, but remember the days of darkness      (v. 7-8)

B. Wisdom for youth (11:9-12:8)

1. Rejoice in the fleeting days of youth – yet know that God will bring you

           into judgment for  your ways (11:9-10)

2. Remember thy Creator in the days of your youth (12:1)

 a. Before the evil days of old age afflictions and death set in and you

                       say you have no pleasure in them (12:2-8)

                  C. The experienced preacher’s final conclusion: Fear God and keep His

                        commandments for this is the whole of man (12:9-13).

 

                    

QUESTIONS:

1. Solomon is teaching that when you “cast thy bread upon the waters,” you are practicing:

 (a). Benevolence

 (b). Commerce

 (c). Diversification   

2. What does observing the wind and clouds paralyze us from doing?

3. What should we be doing even though we do not know everything?   

4. If we live long enough, what should we do about all our days?

5. A young man should _________________________ in the days of his youth.   

6. A young man should neve be warned of the judgement, (T)  (F)

7. How can the young man remove sorrow from his heart?  

8.  A young man should remember WHO in his youth?

     WHY?

9. What are the “evil days”?

10. How does Solomon illustrate that death is a “separation”?  

11. What is the character of “acceptable words” ?

12. While young people can spend their lives studying books, what is the wisest fact they can ever learn?  

      Why is this fact supreme?