How This Book In The Bible Changed My Life

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Ecclesiastes may seem like the most depressing book in the Bible to most. But to me it’s the most SOBERING book in the Bible. It keeps me from being obsessed with the world and the things it offers, and to rather desire the things that will never pass away; God and His words.

Ecclesasties literally cured my depression by ironically being a more depressed read. Which helped reorient me to what matters, God's word, family, and love.

I did a Bible study on Ecclesiastes when I was laid off from my job. It was perfect timing. It changed my life for the better.

Chapter 12v13 is my all time favourite verse in the bible .. “The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”

This video made me realize how beautiful some of the books in the Bible are. Sometimes I just read and never really take in what is said. Thank you for this I now realize how powerful Ecclesiasties actually is.

Christ is Risen!

I agree Ecclesiastes saved my life, and was the stepping stone to my salvation in 2020. Glory to God for his loving mercy on me, a sinner. 🙏🏽

Ive been studying the bible for 25 years and this touched my heart.

The verse from this book that gave me the most hope was, a living dog is better than a dead lion.

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." (2 Timothy 4:7-8 NKJV)

Ecclesiastes is my FAVORITE book of the Bible!

I love Ecclesiastes! He sounds pessimistic but he gives good wisdom! What I recieved my second time is that: Live well! Eat well! We will die anyway, so enjoys the day that God gives us. And Fear God & keeps his commandment for this is the whole duty of man. Amen 🙏🏾 And you described it so well!! Thank you!! God bless you!! Let's live a life knowing that Jesus overcame death at the cross

When you mentioned how God knew we would feel this way and put Ecclesiastes in the Bible for that reason, I never thought about it that way

Totally agree. This book is underrated! Reading it helps me to avoid traps in my thinking. Yeah, this world is screwed up and ultimately we just live, die and are forgotten about. It does sound nihilistic at first, and without the eternal life we have been given in Christ it could be depressing. But to me, understanding this message frees me to just try to love God and enjoy the simple things in life, because really, that’s what we have to enjoy!

I think sometimes the most powerful thing is to be told the very thing that our soul already knows but can’t put into words or can’t explain. We are often told that life is good, enjoy it. But yet there are many things that happen in life that are incredibly disappointing, evil, unjust, and tragic. But if we are told that life is good without being able to acknowledge that there is a whole lot of bad, it can drive us crazy. Ecclesiastes gives it to us straight, no chaser. No qualification. Life is hard and then you die. But God gives us things to enjoy while we are here but in the end, those things are meaningless. In the end, God’s commandments are the only meaningful thing. Our hope is in the kingdom to come where all things are restored and justice goes forth and righteousness fills the earth. For now, we labor and toil. Just being able to hear that message and acknowledge how undesirable this world is can be incredibly helpful.

One thing that helped me in reading the book of Ecclesiastes is understanding that everything is meaningless does not mean that everything is pointless. There’s a huge difference between the two which can help clear up what the teacher is saying. Amen ❤️

I love Ecclesiastes. Read this book then read JOB. they parallel each other a lot. Both coming to the same conclusions. We are only men and we cannot know the mind of GOD so just trust him. Do your best to follow his commandments and just have faith that HE will take care of you. The faith of a child

Time ,death ,and randomness "man in his very best state, is altogether vanity"

Orlando, I have much appreciation for your honest videos. At 60 years old, you are reminding me of things I learned long ago but have lost in the chaos of life. Blessings to you.