Ecclesiastes 4
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Sep 11, 2026
Scott PauleyHOST
The man, the woman, and and Christ.
Scott PauleyHOST
In fact, let me take you back to an Old Testament scripture for just a moment in Ecclesiastes chapter 4 that I think articulates this truth beautifully.
Scott PauleyHOST
You see, everything you find in the Old Testament, there's some connection in the New Testament and vice versa.
Scott PauleyHOST
So let's compare scripture with scripture for a moment.
Scott PauleyHOST
Ecclesiastes 4 and verse 8 says, "...there is one alone, and there is not a second." It's a picture in this verse of someone who is dealing with loneliness by themselves.
Scott PauleyHOST
Remember what God said in Genesis 2 verse 18, it is not good that the man should be alone.
Scott PauleyHOST
Then you come to Ecclesiastes chapter 4 and verse number 9, two are better than one.
Scott PauleyHOST
I want to pause and say amen to that because they have a good reward for their labor.
KennyHOST
All right.
KennyHOST
Ecclesiastes 4, 9 and 10.
KennyHOST
Two are better than one.
KennyHOST
That is a powerful reminder that marriage is a partnership, not simply parenting together.
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You don't have to wait until you are at the limit to allow someone to help you.
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I'd like to leave you with this promise from Ecclesiastes 4.10.
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If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.
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But pity anyone who falls and has no one there to help them up.
KristenHOST
For the exact same reason that you don't tell her all of your thoughts and fears.
KristenHOST
I want both of you to remember Ecclesiastes 4, 9 through 10.
KristenHOST
Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their toil.
KristenHOST
For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow.
JavierHOST
That's a reality.
JavierHOST
but if your entire marriage is built on i stay as long as i feel good then you're building an uns on an unstable foundation because feelings aren't real but they they're they're uh not always reliable right in the sense of navigating you where you need to go sometimes loving your wife means doing the right thing when you don't feel like it sometimes it is apologizing first it means getting wise counsel it means having difficult conversation it means giving your wife grace it means asking god to help you love her again in a season where you're struggling emotionally that is covenant choosing covenant does not mean tolerating abuse let me be clear about that or ignoring serious problems or refusing to get help when it's needed it means understanding that marriage requires commitment it requires work it requires repentance it requires forgiveness and perseverance where we submit the flesh to what the calling of what the lord has placed in our life is Ecclesiastes 4 gives us a picture of a cord of three strands that isn't quickly broken.
JavierHOST
And that's a picture I want for my marriage.
JavierHOST
Me, my wife, and Christ.
Karen HodgeHOST
But these people who are praying are like, I need a little more time to pray about this.
Karen HodgeHOST
So Ecclesiastes 4, 9 through 10 says this, two are better than one because they have a good reward for their toil.
Karen HodgeHOST
For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow, but woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up.
Karen HodgeHOST
So I want you to start to look at the landscape of your life in the community God's placed you in.
Sam WestHOST
Sometimes it's one person who loves Jesus enough to tell you the truth and loves you enough to stay with that truth, even when it gets ugly.
Sam WestHOST
Ecclesiastes 4, 9 and 10 says two are better than one because if one falls, the other can help him up.
Sam WestHOST
Galatians 6, 2 tells us to carry one another through burdens.
Sam WestHOST
God never designed Christianity to be a solitary ride.
Leslie NealNARRATOR
My name is Leslie Neal, and I've called the summit home for nine years.
Leslie NealNARRATOR
Today, we will be reading from Ecclesiastes 4.
Leslie NealNARRATOR
Again, I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun.
Leslie NealNARRATOR
And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them.
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Bryan LorittsHOST
When you're checking out, you will not say, I should have spent more time at work.
Bryan LorittsHOST
So here's my sermon in a sentence.
Bryan LorittsHOST
This is the essence of Ecclesiastes 4 and 5.
Bryan LorittsHOST
Solomon hones in on work and the fruits of work, which is wealth.
HeatherHOST
We can go after big vision, we can go after big things, be a part of something that is larger than a story of our own making.
HeatherHOST
We read in Ecclesiastes 4, verse 9, two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.
HeatherHOST
If either of them falls down, one can help the other up, but pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
HeatherHOST
Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? The one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.
CherylHOST
Three are even better for a triple braided cord is not easily broken.
CherylHOST
Ecclesiastes 4.12 A while back, I saw a crow under attack by sparrows.
CherylHOST
The crow looked like a giant in comparison, like ants attacking a grasshopper.
CherylHOST
If you've ever watched birds, you've probably seen hawks, crows, and even eagles get attacked by groups of birds much smaller than themselves.
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