Some Positive Advice Cause & Effect – Enjoy Oneself Rich & Wealthy? – Enjoy Yourself What does “enjoy yourself” really mean? Ignorance Is Bliss or Bliss Is Ignorance? Special Notes for Today: At 11:30am – Communion 1:00 p.m. – Dr. John Fanestil – Conversations on The Gathering At 8:00pm – Contemplative Encounter in Sanctuary Next Week: Read Ecclesiastes 6 Wi-Fi Password: Linder1924 Picture: William Blake (1757–1827), The Judgment of Solomon (c 1799-1800), tempera 26.6 x 38.1 cm, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England.

Pastor’s Bible Study The Book of Ecclesiastes

Rev. Craig Brown

Ecclesiastes 5:1-20 April 4, 2018

Right Religion (v.1-7) The House of God Is Encounter The House of God Is Mysterious The House of God Dislikes… …Big Dreamers …Big Talk Vows to God Keep It Better to Not Vow Don’t Live in Regret Dreams & Words = Promises (Be Careful)

On Politics (v.8-9) Observation: Injustice Reaction: Doing What They Are Told Truth: Some Things Are a ________________ ___________! Money Management (v.10-20) Proverb #1 – Loving Money, Love Abundance Biblical Economics – Supply & Demand Symptom – How are you sleeping? Self-Destructive Greed Riches Being Hoarded Bad Timing May Happen Nothing to Nothing – The Fate of Our Wealth (Eternal Life Notwithstanding!) The Worst of All – Eats in Darkness | Vexation, Sickness, Anger