Eccles. 9:4-6
4 But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.
- For one under the sun, how is living better than death?
- What do the dead no longer have?
- What perishes with the dead? - How does knowing that you will die change how you live?
- How might this knowledge lead to an unrighteous life?
- How might this knowledge lead to a righteous life?
- How is this knowledge futile if you do not have eternal hope in Christ? - Why is focusing your life on what happens here under the sun like chasing the wind?
- How does your hope in Christ change your focus?
- Why is it easy to let your life under the sun to receive more focus than it should?
1 comment:
There is an old saying, "Where there's life, there's hope." During Solomon's time, dogs were not viewed favorably. In fact, they were despised. So, it's better to be at least a living dog than to be a dead lion. The analogy I guess, must deal with hope. It is better to have common sense and hang on to our hope than to hold on to a false hope. Some day, I will die, but as a Christian, I have a living hope and not a dead hope. This is true because Christ is alive and was victorious over death. A hope that can be destroyed by death is a false hope.
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