- Allowing Death, Sorrow, and Adversity to Teach Us (Part 1 of 3)
by Ps Linus Chua
Solomon teaches that “it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting,” because death causes the living to “lay it to his heart.” The wise seriously consider mortality and the realities of life, while fools distract themselves with laughter and amusement. Likewise, “it is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.”
- Pursuing Wealth Vs Enjoying God’s Gifts (Part 3 of 3)
by Ps Linus Chua
Solomon teaches that riches and wealth do not satisfy because they cannot satisfy. Wealth is uncertain and cannot be carried beyond death, and the pursuit of it only increases vanity and anxiety. Instead, life is to be enjoyed as a gift from God, who gives food, drink, work, and the ability to rejoice in them. “Full and ultimate satisfaction is to be found only in the Son of God.”
- Pursuing Wealth Vs Enjoying God’s Gifts (Part 2 of 3)
by Ps Linus Chua
Solomon teaches that it is “good and comely… to enjoy the good of all his labour… which God giveth him: for it is his portion.” Yet he also observes a man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honour, “yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof… this is vanity.” True joy is not found in wealth itself, but in God who gives both the gift and the ability to enjoy it.
- Pursuing Wealth Vs Enjoying God’s Gifts (Part 1 of 3)
by Ps Linus Chua
“He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver… this is also vanity.” Solomon shows that the increase of wealth does not bring satisfaction, for the more a man has, the more he desires, the more burdens he bears, and the less rest he enjoys, for “the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.”
- Careful to Hear, Slow to Speak, Quick to Obey (Part 3 of 3)
by Ps Linus Chua
“When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it… better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.” Solomon teaches that careless words and unfulfilled promises bring sin and judgment. True worship requires sincerity, obedience, and the fear of God, for “in the multitude of words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.”
