{"id":14490,"date":"2019-10-30T21:42:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T02:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=14490"},"modified":"2021-01-11T10:25:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:25:07","slug":"the-end-of-the-matter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/why-did-god-create-man-a-study-of-ecclesiastes\/the-end-of-the-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of the Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t

The End of the Matter<\/h1>\n

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 in your darkest hours.<\/p>\n

Review<\/h3>\n
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  1. Look back through your marked-up book of Ecclesiastes. (You did do your first assignment, didn’t you?) Is Ecclesiastes a totally depressing book?<\/li>\n
  2. Many people view being a Christian as being a boring and depressing lifestyle. After all, you can’t drink, you don’t attend wild parties, and you have all sorts of restrictions on your life. What do these people fail to understand about serving God?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEcclesiastes\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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 in your darkest hours. Review…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13496,"menu_order":14,"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-14490","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"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":14490,"position":0},"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. 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