Ecclesiastes 9

Because there is no more opportunity in death.

According to Ecclesiastes 9, no man is permitted to work in death in the grave.

In the grave we don't repent.

In the grave we don't give our lives to Jesus.

Dead parents cannot bless.

Ecclesiastes 9 verse 10.

Whatsoever your hand findeth to do, do it with all your might.

for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going spiritual blessings are of more value than the material blessings mark chapter 8 verse 36 to 37 For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Acts chapter 2, verse 37 to 39.

The living die.

And according to Solomon, know nothing, Ecclesiastes 9, verse 5.

Paul wrote to the Corinthians and said, "'Behold, I show you a mystery.

We shall not all sleep.'" He wrote to the Thessalonians and said, "'But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.'" That's why the Bible says that this king died and slept with his fathers.

For there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest.

Ecclesiastes 9.10. Have you ever read a newspaper column and wondered how the writer comes up with something new to write about every day? I have.

As a member of the group of volunteers who write daily devotionals for our church website, I have learned one strategy that helps.

When I get an idea for a story, I start writing immediately.

The dead don't communicate with the living.

Solomon wrote that the living know that they shall die, but the dead know not anything, Ecclesiastes 9, 5.

But even when the Fox sisters, who birthed modern spiritualism, exposed it as a fraud, spiritualism became even more popular.

Don't believe the lie.

And so we need to be about the business of doing our work.

Just like Ecclesiastes 9 tells us, you know, now's the time to do our work.

Yeah.

Because when we're dead, we're not going to be able to.

We do it just as a way of honoring the authority of God's Word.

This is what Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 9 and verse 7.

This is the Word of the Lord.

Go eat your bread with pleasure.

Ah, but finding joy, you must start by accepting the realities, the burdens of life.

And here Ecclesiastes reminds us again of the brevity of life.

In fact, this is what he says in Ecclesiastes 9 and verse 2.

Everything is the same for everyone.

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Until next time, whatever your hand finds to do, remember Ecclesiastes 9.10. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.

And 1 Corinthians 10.31. Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

We've looked here at Genesis 2, verse 7.

Now let's take a look at Ecclesiastes 9, verses 5 and 6.

It's page 453 in your Red Pew Bible.

Ecclesiastes 9, verses 5 and 6.

Ecclesiastes was written by a guy by the name of King Solomon.

There were a couple other people that contributed, but Solomon was the main author here.

Considered to be one of the wisest people who ever lived, and this is what he had to say about what happens after you die.

Ecclesiastes 9, beginning with verse 5.