{"id":65855,"date":"2024-01-13T16:52:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T22:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=65855"},"modified":"2024-01-13T16:58:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T22:58:57","slug":"what-life-isnt-about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/searching-for-my-friend\/what-life-isnt-about\/","title":{"rendered":"What Life Isn\u2019t About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>What Life Isn&#8217;t About<\/h1>\n<p>by Jeffrey W. Hamilton<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fun and pleasure &#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:1<\/li>\n<li>Making things\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:11<\/li>\n<li>Education\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:14-17<\/li>\n<li>Accumulating wealth\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:18-21<\/li>\n<li>Working hard\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:22-23<\/li>\n<li>Sinning\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:26<\/li>\n<li>Living for the moment\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 3:18-19<\/li>\n<li>Being the best\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:4<\/li>\n<li>Being lazy\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:5<\/li>\n<li>Being independent\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:7-8<\/li>\n<li>Being powerful and famous\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:13-16<\/li>\n<li>Your dreams\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 5:7<\/li>\n<li>Wealth\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 5:10<\/li>\n<li>Not enjoying what you have\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 6:1-2<\/li>\n<li>Not being satisfied with what you have\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 6:3-4<\/li>\n<li>Desire\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 6:9<\/li>\n<li>Discovering something new\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 6:10-11<\/li>\n<li>Having a complete plan for your life\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 6:12<\/li>\n<li>Being foolish\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 7:6<\/li>\n<li>Perfectionism or moral degradation\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 7:15-17<\/li>\n<li>Wickedness &#8211; Ecclesiastes 8:10<\/li>\n<li>Expecting life to be just or fair\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 8:14<\/li>\n<li>Long life without sorrow\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 11:8<\/li>\n<li>Staying young\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 11:10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/searching-for-my-friend\/progression\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/searching-for-my-friend\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSearching for My Friend\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/searching-for-my-friend\/what-makes-life-better\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Life Isn&#8217;t About by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Fun and pleasure &#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:1 Making things\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:11 Education\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:14-17 Accumulating wealth\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:18-21 Working hard\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 Sinning\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 2:26 Living for the moment\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 3:18-19 Being the best\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:4 Being lazy\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:5 Being independent\u00a0&#8211; Ecclesiastes 4:7-8 Being powerful and famous\u00a0&#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":25976,"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-65855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22530,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/survey-of-the-bible\/survey-of-the-bible-ecclesiastes\/","url_meta":{"origin":65855,"position":0},"title":"Survey of the Bible: Ecclesiastes","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 18, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Survey of the Bible: Ecclesiastes Text: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0About the book \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The name of the book means \u201cpreacher\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It comes from a Hebrew term, qoheleth, which is only found in Ecclesiastes - Ecclesiastes 1:1-2, 12; 7:27; 12:8-10 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It means one who addresses an assembly \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Septuagint translated it to\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65860,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/searching-for-my-friend\/what-makes-life-better\/","url_meta":{"origin":65855,"position":1},"title":"What Makes Life Better","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"What Makes Life Better by Jeffrey W. 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