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When Your Calendar Says December Pix from: http://classroomclipart.com/clipart-view/Clipart/Calendar/december_calendar_712_jpg.htm Ecclesiastes 傳道書 9

How do you feel when you see December on your Calendar? What are some thoughts/emotions? Pix from: http://classroomclipart.com/clipart-view/Clipart/Calendar/december_calendar_712_jpg.htm

Ecclesiastes 傳道書 9:11-12 11 我又轉念：見日光之下，快跑的未必能贏；力戰的未必得勝；智慧的未必得糧食；明哲的未必得資財；靈巧的未必得喜悅。所臨到眾人的是在乎當時的機會。 12 原來人也不知道自己的定期。魚被惡網圈住，鳥被網羅捉住，禍患忽然臨到的時候，世人陷在其中也是如此。 11 I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. 12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them.

Ecclesiastes 傳道書 9:13-16 13 我見日光之下有一樣智慧，據我看乃是廣大， 14 就是有一小城，其中的人數稀少，有大君王來攻擊，修築營壘，將城圍困。 15 城中有一個貧窮的智慧人，他用智慧救了那城，卻沒有人記念那窮人。 16 我就說，智慧勝過勇力；然而那貧窮人的智慧被人藐視，他的話也無人聽從。  13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. 15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man. 16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded.

When Your Calendar Says December 1. Let Us Give Thanks 感恩

Ecclesiastes 傳道書 9 2凡臨到眾人的事都是一樣：義人和惡人都遭遇一樣的事；好人，潔淨人和不潔淨人，獻祭的與不獻祭的，也是一樣。好人如何，罪人也如何；起誓的如何，怕起誓的也如何。 3 在日光之下所行的一切事上有一件禍患，就是眾人所遭遇的都是一樣，並且世人的心充滿了惡；活著的時候心裡狂妄，後來就歸死人那裡去了. 2 It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who is afraid to swear. 3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.

When Your Calendar Says December 1. Let Us Give Thanks 感恩

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When Your Calendar Says December 1. Let Us Give Thanks 感恩

When Your Calendar Says December 1. Let Us Give Thanks 感恩 2. Let Us Have Hope 盼望

Ecclesiastes 傳道書 9 4 與一切活人相連的，那人還有指望，因為活著的狗比死了的獅子更強。 5 活著的人知道必死；死了的人毫無所知，也不再得賞賜；他們的名無人記念。 6 他們的愛，他們的恨，他們的嫉妒，早都消滅了。在日光之下所行的一切事上，他們永不再有分了。 4 For whoever is joined with all the living, there is Hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten. 6 Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.

When Your Calendar Says December 1. Let Us Give Thanks 感恩 2. Let Us Have Hope 盼望 3. Let Us Seize the Opportunity 把握時機

Ecclesiastes 傳道書 9 10 凡你手所當做的事要盡力去做；因為在你所必去的陰間沒有工作，沒有謀算，沒有知識，也沒有智慧。 11 我又轉念：見日光之下，快跑的未必能贏；力戰的未必得勝；智慧的未必得糧食；明哲的未必得資財；靈巧的未必得喜悅。所臨到眾人的是在乎當時的機會。 12 原來人也不知道自己的定期。魚被惡網圈住，鳥被網羅捉住，禍患忽然臨到的時候，世人陷在其中也是如此。 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. 11 I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance (時間&際遇)  happen to them all. 12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them.

When Your Calendar Says December 1. Let Us Give Thanks 感恩 2. Let Us Have Hope 盼望 3. Let Us Seize the Opportunity 把握時機 4. Let Us Turn to God

到底智慧重不重要？ Is Wisdom useful? Ecclesiastes 傳道書 9:13-16 13 我見日光之下有一樣智慧，據我看乃是廣大， 14 就是有一小城，其中的人數稀少，有大君王來攻擊，修築營壘，將城圍困。 15 城中有一個貧窮的智慧人，他用智慧救了那城，卻沒有人記念那窮人。 16 我就說，智慧勝過勇力；然而那貧窮人的智慧被人藐視，他的話也無人聽從。 13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. 15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man. 16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded. 到底智慧重不重要？ Is Wisdom useful?

日光之下 under the sun = in our daily lives “apart from God” / worldly 1) General Wisdom = how to handle things in this world, know what to do at what time 日光之下 under the sun = in our daily lives “apart from God” / worldly 若在沒有神的世界裡

到底智慧重不重要？ Is Wisdom useful? Ecclesiastes 傳道書 9:13-16 13 我見日光之下有一樣智慧，據我看乃是廣大， 14 就是有一小城，其中的人數稀少，有大君王來攻擊，修築營壘，將城圍困。 15 城中有一個貧窮的智慧人，他用智慧救了那城，卻沒有人記念那窮人。 16 我就說，智慧勝過勇力；然而那貧窮人的智慧被人藐視，他的話也無人聽從。 13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:14 There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it. 15 Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man. 16 So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded. 到底智慧重不重要？ Is Wisdom useful?

日光之下 under the sun = in our daily lives “apart from God” / worldly 1) General Wisdom = how to handle things in this world, know what to do at what time 日光之下 under the sun = in our daily lives “apart from God” / worldly 若在沒有神的世界裡   2) Wisdom to know there’s something more important: Above the Sun  God 日光之上的上帝

傳道書12章 Ecclesiastes 12 1你趁著年幼、衰敗的日子尚未 來到，就是你所說，我毫無喜樂的那些年日未曾臨近之先， 當記念造你的主。 2不要等到日頭、光明、月亮、星宿變 為黑暗，雨後雲彩反回. 1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”;2 before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain…   13 這些事都已聽見了，總意就是：敬畏　神，謹守他的誡命，這是人所當盡的本分。 14 因為人所做的事，連一切隱藏的事，無論是善是惡，　神都必審問。  13 The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. 14 For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.

When Your Calendar Says December 1. Let Us Give Thanks 感恩 2. Let Us Have Hope 盼望 3. Let Us Seize the Opportunity 把握時機 4. Let Us Turn to God

The END

Gen 21:33 亞伯拉罕在別是巴栽上一棵垂絲柳樹，又在那 裡求告耶和華─永生　神的名。Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God. Isaiah 40:8草必枯乾, 花必凋殘, 惟有我們　神的話必永遠 立定。The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 59:21 耶和華說:「至於我與他們所立的約乃是這樣：我加給你的靈，傳給你的話，必不離你的口，也不離你後裔與你後裔之後裔的口，從今直到永遠；這是耶和華說的」“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the LORD, “from now and forever.”

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虛空 Vanity : hebel – Not emptiness 不是只有虛空的意思 Vapor / Breath / Smoke 蒸汽、氣息、煙 =抓不著、短暫的、不容易明白的 Temporary, hard to grasp , hard to understand

Ecclesiastes 傳道書 1:3 3 人一切的勞碌，就是他在日光之下的勞碌，有甚麼益處呢？ 3 What profit has a man from all his labor in which he toils under the sun?

Profit vs. Vanity 益處 虛空 Ecclesiastes 傳道書 1:3 3 人一切的勞碌，就是他在日光之下的勞碌，有甚麼益處呢？ 3 What profit has a man from all his labor in which he toils under the sun? (NKJV) Profit vs. Vanity 益處 虛空

Profit vs. Vanity 益處 虛空 Ecclesiastes 傳道書 1:3 3 人一切的勞碌，就是他在日光之下的勞碌，有甚麼益處呢？ 3 What profit has a man from all his labor in which he toils under the sun? (NKJV) Profit vs. Vanity 益處 虛空

Everything Is Meaningless? Things are Meaningful and New, 凡事都是虛空？ Things are Meaningful and New, If we are abide in God. 生命有意義、更新的， 當我們在神的裡面  

3 人一切的勞碌，就是他在日光之下的勞碌，有甚麼益處呢？ 3 What profit has a man from all his labor in which he toils under the sun?   5 日頭出來，日頭落下，急歸所出之地。 5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it arose. Sun 4x 9 已有的事後必再有；已行的事後必再行。日光之下並無新事。 10 豈有一件事人能指著說這是新的？哪知，在我們以前（已發生）的世代早已有了。 9 That which has been is that which will be, and that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which one might say, “See this, it is new”? Already it has existed for ages which were before us. (NASB)