What Money Cannot Buy

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

Religion & Spirituality, Education

5 • 725 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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(Ecclesiastes 5:9-17) Our true riches are what we have in the Lord Jesus Christ. The stock market of today ebbs and flows, but heaven's economy is as stable as God's character. Money cannot provide you joy, peace, or even purpose, but He can. (09160250703) Keep Studying Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. 👉 Take the next step on your journey with Jesus —start today at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides thousands of Bible studies and resources for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/ Thank You! All new and returning donors will receive FREE access to two of Scott's audiobooks (read by him). You may make a one-time gift or set up a fully customizable recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Solomon closes the book of Ecclesiastes with these words. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter.
0:15.0	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
0:24.8	we do with it? Life. It's not a game. And in this journey through the book of Ecclesiastes,
0:31.1	Scott Pauley will guide us to better understand the true meaning of life.
0:47.6	When I was a very young man, I remember hearing one of my favorite Bible preachers.
0:50.0	Dr. Adrian Rogers say these words.
0:58.8	To find out how rich you are, add up everything that money cannot buy and death cannot take away.
1:00.0	Now listen to that again.
1:07.2	If you want to find out how rich you really are, add up everything money cannot buy and death cannot take away.
1:08.5	Why is that? Because the true riches, to borrow a phrase from our New Testament,
1:14.1	are not material things. It's not money in the bank. It's not houses and cars and land. No,
1:20.8	the true riches are what we have in the Lord Jesus Christ. What thieves cannot steal, what
1:27.0	cannot rust, what cannot break down, what cannot
1:31.3	be left behind when we leave this world. And if anybody knew that, it was Solomon. Solomon, the
1:38.1	wisest man that ever lived, was also at his time, the richest man that ever lived. And though he had
1:43.7	everything, he came to realize
1:45.8	there were some things that money cannot buy. We return today to Ecclesiastes 5, beginning
1:51.9	in verse number 9, down to verse number 17, he discusses that which money, gold, and silver
2:00.5	could not purchase.
2:02.2	Let's read just a little bit, beginning in verse 9.
2:04.7	Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all.
2:08.6	A king himself is served by the field.
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