{"id":13496,"date":"2003-10-18T22:05:14","date_gmt":"2003-10-19T03:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=13496"},"modified":"2024-11-17T13:11:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T19:11:46","slug":"why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did God Create Man? A Study of Ecclesiastes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>Why Did God Create Man?<\/h1>\n<h2>A Study of Ecclesiastes<\/h2>\nby Jeffrey W. Hamilton<br \/>\n1992\n<div id=\"attachment_11139\" style=\"width: 502px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/adam_in_the_garden_of_eden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"640\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam in the Garden of Eden Genesis 2:7-8<\/p><\/div>\n\t<h2>Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/about-our-study-of-ecclesiastes\/\">About Our Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/the-question\/\">The Question<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/pleasures\/\">Pleasures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/education\/\">Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/time\/\">Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/justice\/\">Justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/jobs-and-fame\/\">Jobs and Fame<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/vows\/\">Vows<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/wealth\/\">Wealth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/wisdom-part-1\/\">Wisdom (Part 1)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/authority\/\">Authority<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/death\/\">Death<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/wisdom-part-2\/\">Wisdom (Part 2)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/the-answer\/\">The Answer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/the-end-of-the-matter\/\">The End of the Matter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBible Studies\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Did God Create Man? A Study of Ecclesiastes by Jeffrey W. Hamilton 1992 Contents About Our Study The Question Pleasures Education Time Justice Jobs and Fame Vows Wealth Wisdom (Part 1) Authority Death Wisdom (Part 2) The Answer The End of the Matter Bible Studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":459,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13496","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14490,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/the-end-of-the-matter\/","url_meta":{"origin":13496,"position":0},"title":"The End of the Matter","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The End of the Matter I hope you found this study as enjoyable as I did presenting it to you. Don't let it end here. Take what you have learned and apply it throughout your life. May you always find joy in your service to the King of Kings, even\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14385,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/about-our-study-of-ecclesiastes\/","url_meta":{"origin":13496,"position":1},"title":"About Our Study of Ecclesiastes","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"About This Study Many students of the Bible find the book of Ecclesiastes to be depressing. The book is full of things that the author declares to be vanity. By the time you get done reading Ecclesiastes, you walk away thinking that there is nothing in this world worth doing.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14487,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/the-answer\/","url_meta":{"origin":13496,"position":2},"title":"The Answer","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Answer Reading Assignment:\u00a0Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:14 Did you understand what you read? When is the best time to begin serving God? Why? Solomon describes growing old in Ecclessiastes 12:2-5. List each description and its meaning. So what makes life meaningful? Lesson Enjoy your youth while you have it. 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Read More A Study of Genesis A good study for new Christians or for someone unfamiliar with\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Paul and Silas with the Jailer Acts 16:29-30","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/paul_in_jai_at_philippi-251x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14395,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/education\/","url_meta":{"origin":13496,"position":5},"title":"Education (Ecclesiastes)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Education Reading Assignment:\u00a0Ecclesiastes 2:12-26 Did you understand what you read? Why would Solomon consider foolishness? Give some examples of people who act as if foolishness is the purpose of life. How is wisdom better than foolishness? 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