Under The Sun (Ecclesiastes)

Ecclesiastes 11-12

August 12, 2021 • Jim Gallagher

REFERENCED VERSES: Proverbs 9:10; John 4:35-38 1 Corinthians 3:6-8; Psalm 139:7-10 Hebrews 6:10; Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

Ecclesiastes 8-10

August 5, 2021 • Jim Gallagher

Ecclesiastes 6-7

July 29, 2021 • Jim Gallagher

Solomon states we are made in God's image - a triune being similar to a triune God. As such, we must prepare to leave this life, but more importantly, we must prepare to crossover to the next. REFERENCED VERSES: Ecclesiastes 12:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Matthew 10:28, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12 Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:16-17, Genesis 5:3 Ephesians 2:1, 2 Timothy 1:10 John 5:24, Romans 6:4, Galatians 5:16-17

Ecclesiastes 4-5

July 15, 2021 • Jim Gallagher

REFERENCED VERSES: 1 Peter 4:12-13; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Philippians 3:10 James 1:2-3; Romans 5:3-4; Matthew 22:36-38; Matthew 6:33; James 4:13-15; Isaiah 40:29-31; Proverbs 3:9

Ecclesiastes 3

July 8, 2021 • Jim Gallagher

Ever wonder why some things happen? There’s a biblical reason for it! REFERENCED VERSES: Ecclesiastes 3:1; Psalms 115:3; Job 42:2 Romans 8:28; Matthew 10:29; Romans 8:28-29 Galatians 6:7; Ecclesiastes 3:17; Hebrews 9:27 Psalm 9:8; Genesis 1:26-27

Ecclesiestes 2

July 1, 2021 • Jim Gallagher

Solomon reached several conclusions before the end of this book. Here we begin to examine them in detail and in respect to our own lives. Would you sell your soul for a dime? REFERENCED VERSES Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Luke 12:15; Mark 8:36-37; Luke 12:16-21; Matthew 6:20; Matthew 16:24-25; Galatians 5:24; Hebrews 12:1 Psalms 73:1-5; Psalms 73:13; Psalms 73:16-17; Galatians 6:9; Romans 12:21 Saint Augustine: “Right is right when no one is around. Wrong is still wrong even if everyone is doing it”

Ecclesiastes 1

June 24, 2021 • Jim Gallagher

This wisdom teacher reveals what he has discovered about the meaninglessness of every human endeavor without God at the center of one's life. The book begins with trying to find meaning without God, only to finish with the realization that without God there IS no meaning to life. REFERENCED VERSES: Ecclesiastes 1:1; Ecclesiastes 12:3-4; Ecclesiastes 1:2; Genesis 1:26; John 10:10 Ephesians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Isaiah 43:7 Matthew 6:33; Matthew 5:16; 2 Corinthians 5:17 Revelation 21:5; Luke 3:4-6; 1 Samual 10:6