传道书［第7章］
Book of Ecclesiastes 7
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传道书［第7章|Book of Ecclesiastes 7【面对虚空人生的智慧】
16/02/2022
引言：
这一章经文向我们提出一些实际生活智慧，去弥补虚空的悲哀、去面对虚空的人生!
一、对比选择有益的（V1-6）
1.丧礼胜过喜宴 (V1-4)
智慧人劝人多往‘遭丧的家去’，少往‘宴乐的家去’。因为，参加丧礼与哀哭的人同哭，能从死者的生平得着警愓；丧礼中的‘忧愁’可以使人：思考人生的结局、思想自己要有怎样的人生，为生命带来转机，所以‘面带愁容，终必使心喜乐’！
而参加宴乐不过吃吃喝喝，所得的是虚空的快乐，对灵魂一无益处！欢笑使人满足于现状，失去儆醒的心。懂得为生命‘忧伤’的人，最终必结出‘喜乐’的‘生命果子’！
2. 终局胜过起头 (V5-8)
一个愚昧人很常作事情在开始时会花很多心机，然而结尾却是草草收场。一个智慧人却会看重事情的结局。如果我们不看透人生，不重视事情的终局―就是心存永恒，那么无论喜乐或忧愁，人生都没有多大的意义，最终就是虚空！
二、知道人是有限的（V9-14）
1. 人不知什么是好（V10）
无论是过去的、现在的，甚至将来的日子，我们都不知道什么是好；
2. 人不知神的作为（V13）
无论我们怎样察看世情的弯曲，想知道神的作为，但原来曲直都出于神；
3. 人不知身后的事（V14）
死亡对我们来说是奥秘，无人能知道自己何时离世；就算知道，我们也不知身后的事。
神使人生祸福并列，为使人因对未来一无所知，无法把握而敬畏倚靠神，这是神的美意。
三、敬畏神不自逞智慧（V15-22）
在这里，智慧人提醒我们：当面对不公义，我们不要行义过分，同时也不要行恶过分；否则就是愚昧人，自取败亡。
不要行义过份的关键是‘不要过于自逞智慧’！在有关自己的义行上，不要自以为有智慧、不要自以为义。因为世上本来就没有一个义人。不要行恶过分，并非暗示人可以‘稍为’行恶；而是要我们明白智慧人也会犯罪，但不要为人愚昧。这是对犯罪之人的警告，不要行恶不知悔改！
行义的智慧是：敬畏神不要自逞智慧！主用什么尺来量我，我也要用同样的尺量人。
四、寻求智慧远离愚昧（V23-29）
在这段经文中，智慧人说：我曾用智慧试验这一切事，我说：要得智慧，智慧却离我远。（V23） 智慧人直认自已比众人有智慧，但仍然觉得智慧难懂难掌握！智慧仍是遙不可及！ 跟着他又说：我转念，一心要知道，要考察，要寻求智慧和万事的理由；又要知道邪恶为愚昧，愚昧为狂妄。
智慧人告诉我们愚昧常常会令人活在危险中，正如箴言所说：亲近淫妇，就是愚昩人。
人惟独敬畏神，才会有真智慧，成为正直人；如果人亲近淫妇，身陷愚昧，那当有的正直就没有了！真智慧就是：知道远离愚昧的恶事！
总结：智慧来自敬畏神
我们单凭自己的智慧，最终都无法知道神的作为，也无法参透人里面的事情。真智慧是来自敬畏神! 属神的智慧能使我们活出永恒不虚空的人生！
Ecclesiastes 7: Wisdom In The Face Of The Void Life GK611 Morning Devotion
16/02/2022
Speaker: IP Daniel Kew
Introduction:
This chapter of scripture suggests to us some practical life wisdom to make up for the sorrow of emptiness and to face the life of emptiness!
1. Comparison and Selection of Beneficial (V1-6)
(1) Mourning is better than feasting (V1-4)
The wise man urges people to go more to the house of mourning and less to the house of feasting. Through participation in mourning, the 'sorrow' in mourning can give a sense of alertness and make people think about the end of life and what kind of life they want to have, so that they can turn their lives around, therefore, ‘For by a sad countenance the heart is made better’! But to attend a banquet is just to eat and drink, and what you get is empty pleasure, which is not good for your soul! Laughter makes a man content with the present, and he loses his watchful heart. He who knows how to 'grieve' for life will eventually bear ‘joy’ the 'fruit of life'!
(2) The end is better than the beginning (V5-8)
It is common for a foolish person to start something with a lot of effort, but end it in a haphazard way. A wise man will look at the end of things. If we do not see through life and do not pay attention to the end of things - that is, if we have an heart with eternity - then whether we are happy or sad, life has little meaning and is ultimately empty!
2. Knowing that Man is Finite (V9-14)
(1) Man does not know what is good (V10)
That we do not know what is good, whether in the past, in the present, or even in the days to come.
(2) Man does not know the works of God (V13)
No matter how much we look at the crookedness of the world and want to know the works of God, it turns out that the crookedness is from God.
(3) Man does not know what is after him (V14)
Death is a mystery to us, and no one knows when he will pass away; even if he does, we do not know what will happen afterwards.
It is God's good pleasure to make life a juxtaposition of woes and blessings, so that man may fear and rely on God because he is ignorant of the future and cannot grasp it.
3. Fear God and Does Not Pretend to be Wise (V15-22)
Here, the wise man reminds us.When faced with injustice, we should not go too far in doing righteousness, and at the same time not go too far in doing evil; otherwise we are fools and bring about our own destruction.
The key to not going too far in righteousness is 'not to be too wise'! Do not think that you are wise or righteous in your own righteous acts. For there is no righteous person in the world. Do not go too far in your evil deeds, not to imply that one can do evil 'a little', but to understand that wise men also sin, but do not be foolish for man. This is a warning to those who sin, not to do evil without repentance!
The wisdom to do righteousness is: 'Fear God and do not try to be wise'! With what measure the Lord measures me, I will measure men by the same measure.
4. Seek Wisdom Away From Foolishness (V23-29)
In this passage, the wise man says: All this I have proved by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise”; but it was far from me. (V23)
The wise man admits that he is wiser than all men, but he still finds wisdom difficult to understand and difficult to grasp! Wisdom is still out of reach!
Then he says, "I turn my mind to know, and to examine, and to seek wisdom and reason for all things; and to know that evil is foolishness, and foolishness is arrogance. The wise man tells us that foolishness often leads to living in danger, as Proverbs says, "If a man approaches an adulteress, he is a foolish man.
Only if a man fears God, he will have true wisdom and become a righteous man. If a man is close to an adulteress and falls into foolishness, his righteousness will be gone! True wisdom is: knowing to stay away from the evil of foolishness!
Conclusion: Wisdom comes from the fear of God
We cannot ultimately know the works of God or penetrate what is in man by our own wisdom alone.True wisdom comes from the fear of God! Godly wisdom enables us to live an eternal, life that is not in vain!
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