Solomon closes the book of Ecclesiastes with these words. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter.

Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Each of us have been given only one life.

What will we do with it? Life. It's not a game. And in this journey through the book of Ecclesiastes, Scott Pauley will guide us to better understand the true meaning of life.

This week, we come to the final studies in this book of life, the book of Ecclesiastes,

and to the final chapter that Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, wrote.

And it's really interesting, but like a funnel moving from the very broad view of this

world and life, all the way down to a very narrow emphasis, to a point. Solomon brings us from

his own perspective and everybody else's perspective about life to the reality of eternity and frankly to what

God says about life. And in the end, isn't that really the only thing that matters? In fact,

I think you could summarize the entire last section of the book of Ecclesiastes under this header,

the bottom line. Let's get to the

bottom line. We're bottom line people. So get straight to the point. What's the point? The point is

that life separated from the divine design and the divine purpose is empty. It's folly and it's futile. It is all in the words of

scripture, vanity and vexation of spirit. And this is a lesson for every young person,

for every middle-aged person, for every old person. And while it is a lesson for us all,

it is a lesson that the earlier in life you learn it,

the better off your entire life is going to be.

Today we come really to two words.

I hope you'll mark these two words in your Bible.

I hope you'll mark these two words in your thinking today.

They are interesting words because they really give two sides of the same coin.

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