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Wisdom and Folly: Lessons from Ecclesiastes

Explore teachings on wisdom, folly, and life choices from Ecclesiastes for personal growth and spiritual reflection.

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Wisdom and Folly: Lessons from Ecclesiastes

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  1. He is the Professor We are the Students

  2. Ecclesiastes 9:17 “The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.”

  3. Proverbs 13:20 “He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.”

  4. The Search for Meaning Part X I. The Heart of the Fool (vv. 1-3) II. Fools In High Positions (vv. 4-7) III. Bitten By a Snake (vv. 8-11) IV. The Words of a Fool (vv. 12-14) V. The Work of a Fool (vv. 15-19) VI. The Revilings of Fools (vv. 20)

  5. Ecclesiastes 10:1 “Dead flies give perfume a bad smell.” “Dead flies putrefy the perfumer’s ointment.” “Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor.”

  6. “The heart of the wise inclines to the right.” “The heart of the fool to the left.” -Ecclesiastes 10:2

  7. Matthew 25:31-33 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.”

  8. Left or Right? Resistant Distrusting Self-Focused Distracted Critical of Christians Submitted Faithful Serving Focused Encouraging Christians

  9. “Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense.” -Ecclesiastes 10:3

  10. The Search for Meaning Part X I. The Heart of the Fool (vv. 1-3) II. Fools In High Positions (vv. 4-7) III. Bitten By a Snake (vv. 8-11) IV. The Words of a Fool (vv. 12-14) V. The Work of a Fool (vv. 15-19) VI. The Revilings of Fools (vv. 20)

  11. Ecclesiastes 10:4 • “If a ruler’s anger rises against you…” • “If the spirit of the ruler rises against thee…” “Calmness can lay great errors to rest.”

  12. Haman

  13. Abraham

  14. Ecclesiastes 10:7 “I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.”

  15. The Search for Meaning Part X I. The Heart of the Fool (vv. 1-3) II. Fools In High Positions (vv. 4-7) III. Bitten By a Snake (vv. 8-11) IV. The Words of a Fool (vv. 12-14) V. The Work of a Fool (vv. 15-19) VI. The Revilings of Fools (vv. 20)

  16. You Will Reap What You Sow “Whoever digs a pit may fall into it.” -Ecclesiastes 10:8

  17. You Will Reap What You Sow “Whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.” -Ecclesiastes 10:8

  18. “Whoso pulls down the wall of temperance, a serpent will bite him. Trembling hands, broken constitutions, ruined reputations, vanished ambitions, wasted lives, poverty, shame, enfeebled will, and death—these are the serpents that bite, in many cases, the transgressor.” -Alexander Maclaren

  19. Social Connection with Fools Leads to Sin • “Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them.” (v.9) • “Whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.” (v.9)

  20. Social Connection with Fools Leads to Sin • Internet and electronic friendships with boys and girls. • Social and dance groups with boys and girls. • Boys hanging out and turning to chemical addictions. • Girls hanging out and promoting negative values.

  21. Ecclesiastes 10:10 “If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then he must put to more strength; but wisdom is profitable to direct.”

  22. Ecclesiastes 10:11 • If a snake bites before it is charmed (subdued) there is no profit (help or benefit) to the charmer (the person playing with danger) • Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment (Satan is deadly) and a babbler is no better (listening to a fool is just as deadly, leading to hell)

  23. The Search for Meaning Part X I. The Heart of the Fool (vv. 1-3) II. Fools In High Positions (vv. 4-7) III. Bitten By a Snake (vv. 8-11) IV. The Words of a Fool (vv. 12-14) V. The Work of a Fool (vv. 15-19) VI. The Revilings of Fools (vv. 20)

  24. Ecclesiastes 10:12 “Words from a wise man's mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips.”

  25. Ecclesiastes 10:13 “At the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness.”

  26. Solomon warns us to recognize the speech of fools and to not listen to the speech of fools and to not join hands with such ones as they travel the path toward wicked madness.

  27. The Search for Meaning Part X I. The Heart of the Fool (vv. 1-3) II. Fools In High Positions (vv. 4-7) III. Bitten By a Snake (vv. 8-11) IV. The Words of a Fool (vv. 12-14) V. The Work of a Fool (vv. 15-19) VI. The Revilings of Fools (vv. 20)

  28. Ecclesiastes 10:15 “A fool’s work wearies him.”

  29. Ecclesiastes 10:15 “He does not know the way to town.”

  30. Biblical Priorities • Serving the Lord Jesus • Serving other people • Serving our personal needs

  31. J esus O thers Y ourself

  32. Ecclesiastes 10:18 “If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks.”

  33. Jesus Others Yourself Eat Drink Be Merry

  34. The Search for Meaning Part X I. The Heart of the Fool (vv. 1-3) II. Fools In High Positions (vv. 4-7) III. Bitten By a Snake (vv. 8-11) IV. The Words of a Fool (vv. 12-14) V. The Work of a Fool (vv. 15-19) VI. The Revilings of Fools (vv. 20)

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