Friday, March 24, 2017
Ecclesiastes 7:27 says, Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account. Solomon said he decided to attempt to count his sins one by one. We should never undertake such a task. We might think we could count the sins of others, but seldom do we attempt to count our own sins, and it would be pointless to do so. One sin is enough to separate us from God, and when Christ died on the cross, He died for all our sins for all time. We would be better off focusing on the blessings of God than the sins of the past. If we find ourselves in a position to be tempted by the same sin again, we might remember in order to learn from it, but otherwise, we need to simply forget it because God has washed us clean by the blood of Christ. God doesn't remember our sins, so neither should we. Verse twenty eight says, Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. Solomon said he could find one good man among a thousand, but he could not find one good woman. We must not take this as a judgment of man versus woman. Solomon was speaking of his own experience with those he knew. We, as followers of Christ, know that we cannot find one good man or good woman no matter how many we look to, based on there own merit. Hopefully, we will be able to find many among God's people, those who have accepted Christ as their Savior, but even then, it is not due to their own goodness. Many times today, if it were not for the women, nothing would get done for God's kingdom. Verse twenty nine says, Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. God made man upright, but we weren't satisfied to be what He made us to be. Mankind has through history sought to be more like God than to simply obey and serve Him.
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