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A SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS

A SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS. SOLOMON IN ECCLESIASTES. WHAT ABOUT SOLOMON?. LARGE PORTION OF PROVERBS SONG OF SOLOMON PSALMS 72 AND 127 “BELOVED OF THE LORD” LARGE KINGDOM 1 KINGS 4:21; 1 KINGS 9 : 66-68 COMMERCAIL POWER EXTENDED PEACE PROLIFIC BUILDER. SOLOMON CONTINUED. LITERARY MAN

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A SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS

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  1. A SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS SOLOMON IN ECCLESIASTES

  2. WHAT ABOUT SOLOMON? • LARGE PORTION OF PROVERBS • SONG OF SOLOMON • PSALMS 72 AND 127 • “BELOVED OF THE LORD” • LARGE KINGDOM1 KINGS 4:21; 1 KINGS 9 : 66-68 • COMMERCAIL POWER • EXTENDED PEACE • PROLIFIC BUILDER

  3. SOLOMON CONTINUED.. • LITERARY MAN • A NATURALIST • PENNED 3000 PROVERBS, WE HAVE 800.COMPOSED 1005 SONGS, ETC • GREAT WISDOM A GIFT FROM GOD • LEARNED FROM OTHERS • 40 YEARS1 KINGS 11:42

  4. SOLOMON CONTINUED… • 700 WIVES, 300 CONCUBINES • MANY WERE FOREIGN WOMEN • TURNED ASIDE HIS HEART1 KINGS11: 1-8 • LAVISH LUXURY A BURDEN

  5. THE PERSPECTIVE.. • NOT AT A GOOD POINT IN HIS LIFE • HIS WISDOM DIDN’T MEAN PERFECTION • HE WAS OBVIOUSLY INFLUENCED BY OTHERS

  6. WHERE CAN I FIND HAPPINESS? • WORLDLY WISDOM? ECCL.1:12,13,16; 1 KINGS 4: 32-34 • MATERIAL WEALTH? 1 KINGS10:14-23; ECCL 6:1-2 • WORLDLY PLEASURE? ECCL2:1-11 • POSITION AND POWER? 2 CHRON 9:26; 1 KINGS 10:16-18 2 CHRONICLES 9: 1-9

  7. CONCLUSION… • ECCLESIATES 12:13 • MATTHEW 6: 19-21

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