Ecclesiastes 8:9,10 Wicked or...........

Good morning all! God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

Back to Ecclesiastes. When I left off, verses 7 & 8 we were talking about the war against death, of which we cannot win. Man is wicked and will not or cannot be rescued except by one means - Jesus! Let's go on to verses 9 & 10.

Ecclesiastes 8:9,10 "All this have I seen, and applied my work unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. (10) And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity."

Think about everything that goes on here on earth. People have power over one another and some use this to hurt others. Wicked, but powerful people, get buried with honor. They attend the church, a church of social standing, and once they die we forget their wickedness and all their evil deeds.

The wicked may go to the church or temple for show, we see them, know they are wicked, but how soon we forget. Just because you go to church does not make you a Christian; just like standing in a garage does not make you a car or standing in the middle of Cowboys football field does not make you a professional football player.

We don't judge, but we are to test the fruits of their labor. Did they produce figs or did they wither and produce only twigs? Where are you today? Standing in the church, arms upraised, reciting the correct words for all to hear? OR, are you standing in the Spirit, head lowered, praising and praying for God to hear? Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny