3. Seeking Answers…Finding More Questions Part 1: Life Without God? Seeking Answers A Study in Ecclesiastes Lesson 1, December 4, 2011

4. Today’s Scripture For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. -- 1 Corinthians 1:19-21

5. Thought for Today Too soon old, Too late smart. -- Unknown

6. All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance. -- T. S. Eliot -- ??????

7. Housekeeping Matters Lesson Material is Available on the Website Sign on at www.thebibleway.com/ecclesiastes and enter the password: ecclesiastes121www.thebibleway.com/ecclesiastes Download lessons, reference materials The bibliography in PDF format will provide downloads of reference material that is in the public domain and links to bookstores for other copyrighted materials We will try to have lesson presentations on the site 4-5 days after the class.

8. Observation Experience

9. Resources – Himself Sensory Observations Personal Experiences Recall/Journals Experiment Intellect/Reason Pre-conceived Notions Others Family/Friends Teachers/Authority Books/Magazines Media Internet God’s Word Facts Seeking Answers

10. 1 2 3 4 5 Why are some things in my existence living while others are not? Genesis 1:1; 1:10; 1:20; 1:26) Why does the sun, like my campfire, heat my skin without touching my skin? (Genesis 1:14-19) Have all the things I see always been here? (Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-5) What is everything I see made of? (Hebrews 11:3) Where does the sun go when it goes out of sight over there and later returns to view over there? (Ecclesiastes 1:5) LND Picks Igor’s Top Five Questions 0 Am I alone? (Genesis 2:18)