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Ecclesiastes: Volume 1

This verse-by-verse study of Ecclesiastes is the biography of a believer seeking happiness apart from a relationship with God. As the king of Israel, Solomon experimented with every possible form of happiness in this life, including education, psychology, success, marriage, sex and intimate relationships, family, reputation, time orientation, giving, and fatalism. Yet all of his human efforts left Solomon with only one conclusion, "All is vanity." Solomon also struggled to deal with the injustices of life, until he began to see the hand of God in all things. After many years on a frantic search for happiness, Solomon realized that all mankind has a deep desire for that which is eternal, given by God, and only a living relationship with Him can fulfill it. In his old age, Solomon finally found meaning and purpose and true happiness, in his spiritual life with The Lord Jesus Christ. All classes are in MP3 format. (PowerPoint presentations are not available with this series.)

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0840-001 Solomon lost his momentum through cosmic involvement and became demonized on a frantic search for happiness. Ecc 1:1-2; 12:9-10  Dec 31, 1995
0840-002 The dramatic autobiography of a philosopher while he was away from reversionism. Ecc 1:1-2; 1Ki 3:5-15; 4:21-34; Gen 1:31; Rom 8:20-21  Jan 03, 1996
0840-003 A believer seeking happiness while out of fellowship and in reversionism. Ecc 1:1-2; Gen 1:31; Rom 8:20-21; 1Ti 6:17  Jan 04, 1996
0840-004 The reason why life does not have tremendous purpose and meaning for most people. Ecc 1:1-4; Isa 55:2; Pro 23:4-5; Mat 16:26; Rom 6:21  Jan 05, 1996
0840-005 Chasing the wind through Anthropocentric Academic Speculation. Ecc 1:1-14; 7:29; 12:12; 2Jo 9  Jan 07, 1996
0840-006 Solomon's conclusion after his course in psychology and psychiatry, "It's all a bunch of hot air"! Ecc 1:12-18; Hos 12:1; Pro 15:14  Jan 09, 1996
0840-007 The frantic search for happiness. "IF IT FEELS GOOD, DO IT!" Ecc 1:9,18; 2:1; Pro 5:1-23; 23:27; Rom 3:4; SOS 4:12  Jan 10, 1996
0840-008 "All is vanity and chasing after wind and there is no profit under the sun." Ecc 1:18; 2:1-11; Joh 8:31-32; 1Ki 11:1-3; 1Co 7:28  Jan 11, 1996
0840-009 Solomon's third experiment for happiness, "All in the Family" experiment. Ecc 1:16-2:22; 1Ki 11:3; 1Sa 16:7b;Psa 62:9;Eze 18:20  Jan 14, 1996
0840-010 There is nothing inherent in humanity that makes it possible for us to extract enjoyment & purpose from life. Ecc 2:21-26; 1Co 4:7  Jan 14, 1996
0840-011 Enjoyment is God's personal gift to humans and the ability to find satisfaction in life comes from the hand of God. Ecc 2:12-26  Jan 16, 1996
0840-012 How to attain the fantastic point of having God's perfect happiness in every possible circumstance! Ecc 2:24-25; Phi 4:11-13  Jan 17, 1996
0840-013 Experiment #4. The Philosophy of Time Orientation. Ecc 3:1-9; Isa 43:7; Rom 14:5; Jam 4:14; Lam 3:22-23; Job 23:12; Psa 56:4; 102:23  Jan 18, 1996
0840-014 Solomon gets philosophical and enters into fatalism: the belief that all things are determined to happen and we can't change it! Ecc 3:1-8; Jer 1:10; 2Ch 14:7; Mat 24:6  Jan 21, 1996
0840-015 "What kind of God is it that would allow this to happen, resulting in this tragic set of affairs?" Ecc 3:9; Luk 19:17  Jan 21, 1996
0840-016 If you look at life and do not see the hand of God in all things, you will not understand why certain things happen. Ecc 3:9-11; 5:10; 7:27-28; Psa 127:3  Jan 23, 1996
0840-017 There is a deep desire or a yearning for that which is eternal placed in the hearts of all mankind by God. Ecc 3:11; Psa 42:1-2;63:1; 2Pe 3:9; 2Pe 3:9; 1Ti 2:4; Pro 13:12  Jan 24, 1996
0840-018 Having the desire for that which is eternal means that every member of the human race has a divine destiny desired by God. Ecc 3:11; 2Pe 3:9; 1Ti 2:4; Pro 2:13-18  Jan 25, 1996
0840-019 The desire for that which is eternal within the hearts of man can be fulfilled by eating from the tree of life. Ecc 3:11;Gen 2:7-9;3:22-24;Rev 2:7;22:2,14; Pro 3:18;13:12  Jan 26, 1996
0840-020 Even perfect environment is not the source of happiness or having that desire for that which is eternal fulfilled in the heart of man. Ecc 3:11;Pro 2:4; Job 28:20-21 Psa 25:14  Jan 28, 1996
0840-021 If God did not put a desire for that which is eternal in our hearts, we would never have such a desire. Rom 3:10-18; Psa 14:1-3; 2Co 6:1-2; Joh 1:12; Eph 2:8; Rom 3:9  Jan 28, 1996
0840-022 We will not & can not choose God in the spiritual realm without the desire for that which is eternal. Rom 5:12-21; Psa 51:58; Isa 48:8; Eph 2:3,8; Rom 3:10-18  Jan 30, 1996
0840-023 The ultimate objective in the death of Jesus Christ is the glorification of God plus the victory in the A.C. 1Co 2:14; Eph 2:4-10; 3:8-10; Luk 15:7,10; Gal 6:14-16  Jan 31, 1996
0840-024 There is nothing better than to possess inner happiness and to manufacture divine good in one's lifetime. Ecc 3:12; Gal 6:10; Jam 1:17; Psa 128:1-2; 1:1; Jam 1:12;Job 5:17  Feb 01, 1996
0840-025 The solution to every problem you would ever face was provided billions and billions of years ago! Ecc 3:11-14;5:12;1Ti 5:8;Mat 7:11;Isa 65:24; 1Ti 6:17  Feb 02, 1996
0840-026 We are imperfect people, living in an imperfect world & yet there is such a thing as a perfect solution! Ecc 3:11-14 Luk 11:9-13; Mat 7:11; Heb 10:35-39; Exo 14:10-14; Luk 12:6-7  Feb 04, 1996
0840-027 You can't add to God's plan but God can add to your life in a thousand ways! Ecc 3:14;2Co 4:18;Eph 1:3-4; Eph 2:9; Gal 2:16; Rom 11:6; 9:16; 2Th 1:12; 1Pe 5:12; 2Ti 2:1  Feb 04, 1996
0840-028 Standing in awe of God. Ecc 3:14-15; Psa 8:3-4; 33:8; 119:161; Act 2:42-43; Heb 12:26-28  Feb 06, 1996
0840-029 God seeks those who have been driven away! Ecc 3:14-15; Mat 6:8; Hos 14:1-4; Gal 6:1,3; 1Co 10:12; Jer 3:6-22;31:34; Heb 8:12;10:17; Mic 8:18  Feb 07, 1996
0840-030 Suffering makes us sad but injustice makes us mad! Ecc 3:16-22; Psa 73:2-22;1Co 4:5;Joh 5:28-29; Dan 12:2; Act 24:15; 1Ki 11:4; 1Jo 3:12,15; Gal 6:7  Feb 08, 1996
0840-031 The mental attitude needed to handle the injustices and unfairness that life is filled with! Ecc 3:16-22; Psa 55:22; Joh 16:33; 1Pe 2:18-19;3:14-16; Rom 12:14-21  Feb 09, 1996
0840-032 A Godly philosophy to follow with regard to disadvantages or personal drawbacks. Gal 6:7; Ecc 3:16-22; Jam 3:1; Luk 12:48; 2Co 3:2-3; Gen 50:20  Feb 11, 1996
0840-033 Advice from Solomon to those climbing up the ladder of success, "Stop lying to yourself & let me tell you how it really is!" Ecc 4:1-8; Job 3:16;Pro 15:16-17; Pro 16:8; 17:1; 19:22  Feb 11, 1996
0840-034 The high tech mentality that creates such a low degree of involvement in one another's lives. Ecc 4:1-2; Eze 18:4; Gen 2:15-16; 1Jo 2:15-16 Psa 101:1-7  Feb 13, 1996
0840-035 We have become a nation of lonely strangers! Ecc 4:8-10; Gen 2:18; Pro 17:17; Job 6:14; Gal 6:2; 1Co 12:13-26  Feb 14, 1996
0840-036 True companionship is very profitable for one another and rewarded by the grace of God. Ecc 4:9-16; Mar 6:7; Act 13:2; Rev 11:3  Feb 15, 1996
0840-037 For too long worship has been covered over with the veneer of ritual, tradition and complicated ways of reaching God! Ecc 5:1-7;Heb 4:12-13;Joh 6:63 1Th 2:18; Mat 15:9  Feb 18, 1996
0840-038 When you make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it, for He takes no delight in fools! Ecc 5:1-7; Psa 46:10; 1Th 2:13; Num 30:2; 2Co 8:1-5; Deu 23:21-23  Feb 18, 1996
0840-039 Be careful about relieving all commitments so that you can be so-called "free"! Ecc 5:1-7; Psa 78:8; Psa 32:1-5; Mat 6:7; Joh 16:8; 1Th 1:5; Gal 5:13; 1Pe 2:16  Feb 20, 1996
0840-040 The fact of the matter is that most people have no respect for God! Ecc 5:4-10; 1Ki 10:1-23; Psa 47:2; Psa 76:7; 90:11; 119:120; Isa 8:13; Luk 11:31; Pro 10:22  Feb 21, 1996
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