THE WAY OF THE WISE (9 OF 11)
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 10
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The Way of the Wise (9 of 11)
Series: Ecclesiastes
Robert Dawson
Ecclesiastes 10
Charles Spurgeon: The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is the knowledge of your own ignorance.
In life there are two ways we can go; the way of the wise and the way of fools. Solomon spent a lifetime dealing with wisdom. As one writer said, 'He accepted it, nurtured it, studied it, brooded over it and eventually betrayed it to his own hurt.'
Part of being wise is recognizing foolishness, what is worthless, empty and vain and avoiding it. Solomon saw foolishness everywhere. In the three OT books he authored he used the word fool, fools, foolish and folly 128 times. In the chapter we are going to look at tonight he uses it 9xs.
The Bible is warning us about the great gulf that exists between wisdom and folly and its dangers. To help us avoid folly Solomon shows us the importance of small things, choosing the right path and the importance of wise leadership.
Going back to the last verse of chapter 9 and coupling that with the first verse of chapter 10 we find that small things really are important.
Ecclesiastes 9.18-10.1 - Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good. Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.
Sometimes we think that the little things in life really don't matter and are inconsequential but the truth is they are not. The little things of life, the seemingly insignificant things of life can have a huge impact. A small thing has the potential and ability to ruin a good thing.
1. One sinner can destroy much good (one person can ruin everything)
2. Small dead flies ruining a perfume. Apparently the flies were attracted to the sweet smelling aroma of the perfume and got trapped in the oil and died. Their decaying bodies ruined the whole vat. Rather than sweet smelling oil it was the putrid stench of decay.
Solomon takes this truth about small things from a neg ...
Series: Ecclesiastes
Robert Dawson
Ecclesiastes 10
Charles Spurgeon: The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is the knowledge of your own ignorance.
In life there are two ways we can go; the way of the wise and the way of fools. Solomon spent a lifetime dealing with wisdom. As one writer said, 'He accepted it, nurtured it, studied it, brooded over it and eventually betrayed it to his own hurt.'
Part of being wise is recognizing foolishness, what is worthless, empty and vain and avoiding it. Solomon saw foolishness everywhere. In the three OT books he authored he used the word fool, fools, foolish and folly 128 times. In the chapter we are going to look at tonight he uses it 9xs.
The Bible is warning us about the great gulf that exists between wisdom and folly and its dangers. To help us avoid folly Solomon shows us the importance of small things, choosing the right path and the importance of wise leadership.
Going back to the last verse of chapter 9 and coupling that with the first verse of chapter 10 we find that small things really are important.
Ecclesiastes 9.18-10.1 - Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good. Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.
Sometimes we think that the little things in life really don't matter and are inconsequential but the truth is they are not. The little things of life, the seemingly insignificant things of life can have a huge impact. A small thing has the potential and ability to ruin a good thing.
1. One sinner can destroy much good (one person can ruin everything)
2. Small dead flies ruining a perfume. Apparently the flies were attracted to the sweet smelling aroma of the perfume and got trapped in the oil and died. Their decaying bodies ruined the whole vat. Rather than sweet smelling oil it was the putrid stench of decay.
Solomon takes this truth about small things from a neg ...
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