It All Boils Down To This

IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO THIS

Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

In the book of Ecclesiastes Solomon wrote that life can seem to be nothing more than an exercise in futility. We are born and we die and there are many things that transpire in between these two events. Some seem to face more hardships than others and while some seem to have an easier road, life is hard. He tells us that there is nothing new under the sun, meaning that whatever circumstance comes our way even though it may be new to us it is not something new. People have suffered tragedies and good fortunes down through the ages and if it hasn’t happened yet rest assured. it will.

But as Solomon comes to the close of the book in the next to last verse he tells us that in the end this is what we need to know and do. Fear God and keep his commandments as this is the whole of what we should do. We know that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Also we should strive to keep His commandments, but this is something that we are unable to do or else Jesus would not have come and been crucified. We understand that we can’t keep the commandments but it should be our hearts desire and we should strive to keep His commandments everyday. If we will do this we will be doing God’s will. Also we will find that life is not vanity. Knowing that if we have accepted Christ as our Saviour we have a better life awaiting us in Heaven.

It all boils down to this, are you doing the whole duty of man?

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