Anthony Gammage – Ecclesiastes 12:9-14
Sermon Quotes
Ecclesiastes 12:8
[8] Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity. And if you remember, that is the same way he began the book:
Ecclesiastes 1:2
[2] Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:9–14
[9] Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care. [10] The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.[11] The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd. [12] My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh. [13] The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. [14] For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
John 5:39–40
[39] You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, [40] yet you refuse to come to me
“The fear of the Lord is that affectionate reverence, by which the child of God bends himself humbly and carefully to his Father’s law.”
-Charles Bridges
Hebrews 1:3
[3] He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Ecclesiastes 4:1
[1] Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.