Falls Baptist Church
Ecclessiastes 15
  • I'll Live In Glory
  • Glory To His Name
  • Just Over In The Gloryland

      • Psalm 138:1–6ESV

  • Psalm 138:1–6 CSB
    1 I will give you thanks with all my heart; I will sing your praise before the heavenly beings. 2 I will bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your constant love and truth. You have exalted your name and your promise above everything else. 3 On the day I called, you answered me; you increased strength within me. 4 All the kings on earth will give you thanks, Lord, when they hear what you have promised. 5 They will sing of the Lord’s ways, for the Lord’s glory is great. 6 Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the humble; but he knows the haughty from a distance.
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    Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 CSB
    1 There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven: 2 a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot; 3 a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build; 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance; 5 a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing; 6 a time to search and a time to count as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away; 7 a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak; 8 a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
    1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 CSB
    16 Rejoice always, 17 pray constantly, 18 give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

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    A Command or A Expression

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    True Thanksgiving is the voluntary expression of heartfelt gratitude for a benefit recieved.
    It’s effectiveness depends on its sincerity
    Making Kids say thank you
    It’s intensity depends on the value which is places upon the benefit received.
    Who is more likely to be more thankful for a meal this thanksgiving.
    Thanksgiving is in no way a payment for the benefit received; it is rather a gracious acknowledgement of having recieved a benefit
    As Christians Our Thanksgiving should be expressed towards our God
    It’s effectiveness depends on its sincerity
    It’s intensity depends on the value which is places upon the benefit received.
    Psalm 136:1–9 CSB
    1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His faithful love endures forever. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His faithful love endures forever. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His faithful love endures forever. 4 He alone does great wonders. His faithful love endures forever. 5 He made the heavens skillfully. His faithful love endures forever. 6 He spread the land on the waters. His faithful love endures forever. 7 He made the great lights: His faithful love endures forever. 8 the sun to rule by day, His faithful love endures forever. 9 the moon and stars to rule by night. His faithful love endures forever.
    NT:
    1) Thanksgiving Without Ceasing
    2) Thanksgiving For All Things
    Ephesians 5:18–21 CSB
    18 And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit: 19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.
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    1 Corinthians 15:57 CSB
    57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
    2 Corinthians 2:14 CSB
    14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ’s triumphal procession and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place.
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    2 Corinthians 9:11–12 CSB
    11 You will be enriched in every way for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving to God through us. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
    2 Corinthians 9:15 CSB
    15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
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      • Ecclesiastes 3:1–8ESV

      • 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18ESV

      • Psalm 136:1–9ESV

      • Ephesians 5:18–21ESV

      • 1 Corinthians 15:57ESV

      • 2 Corinthians 2:14ESV

      • 2 Corinthians 9:12ESV

      • 2 Corinthians 9:15ESV

  • Ecclesiastes 8:9–13 CSB
    9 All this I have seen, applying my mind to all the work that is done under the sun, at a time when one person has authority over another to his harm. 10 In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did those things. This too is futile. 11 Because the sentence against an evil act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit evil. 12 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before him. 13 However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.

    Hypocritical Religion

    Ecclesiastes 8:10 CSB
    10 In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did those things. This too is futile.

    Delayed Judgement Encourages Evil

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    Ecclesiastes 8:11 CSB
    11 Because the sentence against an evil act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit evil.
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    God’s Justice Will Ultimately Be Carried Out

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    Ecclesiastes 8:12–13 CSB
    12 Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before him. 13 However, it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not lengthen their days like a shadow, for they are not reverent before God.
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    Who Are The God Fearing? Who are the wicked?

    Romans 3:9–12 CSB
    9 What then? Are we any better off? Not at all! For we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin, 10 as it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one. 11 There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. 12 All have turned away; all alike have become worthless. There is no one who does what is good, not even one.
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    Revelation 19:1–2 CSB
    1 After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God, 2 because his judgments are true and righteous, because he has judged the notorious prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality; and he has avenged the blood of his servants that was on her hands.
    Revelation 21:8 CSB
    8 But the cowards, faithless, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
    James 2:10 CSB
    10 For whoever keeps the entire law, and yet stumbles at one point, is guilty of breaking it all.
    James 2:10 CSB
    10 For whoever keeps the entire law, and yet stumbles at one point, is guilty of breaking it all.
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    Why Does God Delay The Judgement Of The Wicked?

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    2 Peter 3:3–4 CSB
    3 Above all, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days scoffing and following their own evil desires, 4 saying, “Where is his ‘coming’ that he promised? Ever since our ancestors fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.”
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    2 Peter 3:8–9 CSB
    8 Dear friends, don’t overlook this one fact: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 9 The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
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    Fear of God, fear of his holiness should drive us towards Christ

      • Ecclesiastes 8:9–13ESV

      • Ecclesiastes 8:10ESV

      • Ecclesiastes 8:11ESV

      • Ecclesiastes 8:12–13ESV

      • Romans 3:9–12ESV

      • Revelation 19:1–2ESV

      • Revelation 21:8ESV

      • James 2:10ESV

      • 2 Peter 3:3–4ESV

      • 2 Peter 3:8–9ESV

  • There Was Jesus
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