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传道书［第6章］
Book of Ecclesiastes 6

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传道书［第6章|Book of Ecclesiastes 6

【在虚空的人生中抓住神】

主讲: 区箴唤实习传道 + 陈炎明牧师

15/02/2022

引言：

传道书有大部分的篇幅都是在讲述人生的虚空，作者所罗门透过不同层面的例子来帮助读者去看明白人生到底是怎样地虚空，尤其是一些可能我们人觉得还很有追求价值的东西，但在本质上却是虚空的事物。作者所罗门盼望我们都能够一一地来看明白，好让我们能够在虚空的人生中懂得抓住不虚空、并且真实永存的神。进入传道书第6章，所罗门就是在贯穿这个主题去写作，也在这里提到一些新的人生例子，去帮助读者去认定我们都要在虚空的人生中抓住神。

一、有福难享的虚空 (V1-6)

1. 物质丰富却无法享福 (V1-2)

有财有势却因劳碌，甚至是因此而搞坏了身体，导致就无法享受神的这些祝福，这不但是人生的虚空，也是一大祸患。

2. 多子多寿却无法享福 (V3-6)

人长寿多子，但是却因某些原因，可能是家庭关系的问题，可能是健康的等等的问题而无法享福，甚至到了离世的时候后事也没有得到好好地处理。这样的人在他活着的年日，其实还不如那些流产掉的胎儿，因为这些胎儿都完全经过人生的愁苦。

这是所罗门当时还没看见耶稣赐下救恩的一份感叹，如果没有永生，人活在地上真的是无比地虚空。但如果有永恒，今天我们所经历的一切，就有不一样的意义了。当我们能够与神同行，在一切患难中经历神的荣耀，并建造起我们永恒的产业，那就有极大的价值了。

二、比别人强的虚空 (V7-9)

人忙来忙去就是为了生活的需要，满足了生活的需要就想要享受人生，但是人在不断追求的过程中，却会发现自己心灵的空虚还是无法满足。如果说智慧人比愚昧人更能够看清这点，然而他们还是要和愚昧人一起面对这样的空虚，实际上他们也没有比愚昧人强。穷人因为缺乏，也相对容易看明白人生的虚空，但因为他们的缺乏，他们也并不比别人强。无论如何，得到还是比想要要好的，但是得到了想要的东西，不久后又会感受到心灵的空虚。这其实也还是虚空和捕风！可见人多么需要神来满足心灵里面的那种空虚！

三、在虚空中抓住神 (V10-12)

人虽然比动物尊贵，不过是无法跟比自己力量更大、权柄更大的神去相争的。当我们认识到人生的虚空，我们是可以讲论出很多的大道理，但是却对人无益，也无助于人去解决人生的问题。人的一生是短暂的，就像影子一样经过了就没有了。人活着的时候的工作，财富和还有当时的各种计划，当他死了过后，他也不知道这些东西接下来会是怎样了。这里再次地让我们看到人一定要在虚空的人生中抓住神，好让我们能够跳脱今生的虚空，活出永恒的盼望。

总结：

人生有福难享，还有人可能因为自己的状况比别人优越就觉得自己比别人强，其实这些都还是在人生无法跳脱出来的虚空当中。如果我们的生命中没有神，其实我们再追求人生许多的东西，我们里面的空虚还是没有办法得着满足的。

但是当我们在虚空的人生中认定神，抓住神，在我们人生的道路上与神同行，虽然说我们的人生还是会面对各样的考验，但是我们必会经历神同在的荣耀，并且日后我们还要得着永恒的奖赏。那我们的人生就不再虚空，而是充满盼望了的。

Ecclesiastes 6: Grabbing hold of God in a life of vanity
GK611 Morning Devotion
15/2/2022
Speaker: IP Moses Ou + Rev David Tan

Introduction：

Ecclesiastes devotes most of its pages to the vanity of life, and Solomon uses examples from different dimensions to help readers understand how vain life really is, especially things that we may find valuable to pursue, but are essentially vain. Solomon wants us to see them all, so that we can grasp the God who is not in vain, but real and everlasting, in the midst of the vanity of life. This is the theme that runs through Ecclesiastes 6, where Solomon mentions some new life examples to help the reader identify that we are all to hold on to God in the midst of a life of vanity.

1. Unable to Enjoy the Blessings in Vanity (V1-6)

(1) Unable to enjoy material abundance (v1-2)

To be rich and powerful but toil, or even to impair your health as a result, so that you cannot enjoy these blessings of God, is not only a vanity in life, but also a great disaster.

(2) Unable to enjoy children and the days

A person lives long and has many children, but for some reason, perhaps because of family relationship problems, health problems, etc., he is unable to enjoy his blessings, and even when he passes away, his affairs are not properly taken care of. Such a person is not as good as the stillborn child that was aborted during the years he lived, for this stillborn child has gone through the full sorrow of life.

This was one of Solomon's laments before he saw Jesus' gift of salvation, that without eternal life, man's life on earth would be truly in vain. But if there were eternity, what we experience today would have a different meaning. When we can walk with God, experience His glory in all our troubles, and build up our eternal estate, then it is of great value.

2. The Vanity of being better than others (V7-9)

People are busy going about for the needs of life, and when they have satisfied the needs of life they want to enjoy life, but in the process of their constant pursuit, they find that the vanity of their hearts is still unsatisfied. If the wise are more able to see this than the foolish, yet they still have to face such vanity together with the foolish, and in fact they are no better than the foolish. The poor, because of their lack, also see the vanity of life easily, but because of their lack, they are no better than others. In any case, it is still better to get than to want, but after getting what you want, you will soon feel the vanity of your mind again. This is actually still vanity and grasping for the wind too! You can see how much man needs God to satisfy that emptiness in his heart!

3. Grasping God in the Vanity (V10-12)

Although man is more exalted than animals, he cannot compete with God, who is more powerful and authoritative than himself. When we realize the vanity of life, we can preach a lot of doctrines, but they do not help man to solve the problems of life. The life of a person is short, like a shadow that passes by and is gone. The work, wealth, and plans of a man while he is alive, he will not know what will happen to them when he dies. Here again we see that man must hold on to God in the midst of the vanity of life, so that we may escape the vanity of this life and live in the hope of eternity.

Conclusion：

There are blessings in life that unable to enjoy, and others may think they are better than others because their situation is superior to others, but in fact, these are still in the vanity of life that we cannot escape from. If we do not have God in our lives, we will not be able to satisfy the vanity in our lives if we pursue many things in life.

But when we identify God in the vanity of our life, grasp Him, and walk with Him on the path of our life, although we will still face various trials in our life, we will experience the glory of God's presence, and we will receive eternal rewards in the future. Then our life will no longer be in vain, but full of hope.