It Is Not Well

That's Life - Message 16 - It Is Not Well - Eccl. 8:2-17

Outline

I. Questioning Authority – vs. 2-7
A. Obedience – Matt. 22:21; Psa. 103:20-21; Rom. 13:1-5; 1 Pet. 2:13; Acts 5:29
B. Readiness to Serve – 1 Kings 10:8
C. Time & Judgment – discernment
D. God’s Timing and Purpose May Remain Unknown

II. The Wind of Uncertainty – vs. 8-9
A. A Time to Die – Eccl. 3:1-2
B. Only One has Power over Life and Death – John 10:18
C. Put it Off, it still Comes – Heb. 9:27
D. Men Live as if they will Never Die

III. Prolonged Wickedness – vs. 10-13
A. Buried and Forgotten – no matter fame or fortune
B. Emboldened by Mercy? – 1 Pet. 3:20; 1 Tim. 1:13-16
C. Fear God – whatever goes ill, it is still well
D. Don’t Fear God – whatever goes good, it is not well – Matt. 16:26; 1 Tim. 4:8; 2 Tim. 4:7-8

IV. Incomprehensible Providence – vs. 14-17
A. Who Can Understand?
B. Enjoyment Commended – 1 Thess. 4:11; Prov. 15:15; Acts 2:46
C. Unsearchable doesn’t mean Don’t Search – Rom. 11:33; Psa. 46:10

“When reason fails with all her powers,
Then faith prevails and love adores.” – Watts