I, the Preacher, was King

Last week we looked at the subject of labor and the great vanity that is in our labor, if all of our works are only going to be established for the generation that we live in. We saw that they soon pass away, or else that someone else will inherit them. They may not know how to use them wisely or profitably and so all of what we have worked for is lost. But thankfully, we also saw that when we work as unto the Lord and as we are diligent in His service; that all of our labor is profitable. In this 2nd section of the 1st Chapter we find the Preacher taking on the subject of the boasted pride of man. He looks first at things which men boast in that are new. Then he turns to the subject of earthly and natural wisdom. And so this is what we will think about for a few minutes together this afternoon.