The whole duty of man

Wisdom: All is vanity said the preacher. Fear God, and keep his commandments for this is the whole duty of man.

Looking at the words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem in Ecclesiastes.

This blog looks at "wisdom" in regards to the duty of man. I will explain how and why it came about. In modern times people self worship themselves. Many people believe in evolution. Now, I know it is said we are under the NT. The new testament/updated covenant is what some like to refer to it as. But that does not give us the right to sin or to now have and worship self/idols. The one who sins is of the devil as it is written. Under the NT we have grace extended which is good. In God's commandments it tells us not to make graven images and this is a whole study in of it's self. On top of this people get enslaved to things that take their focus off of God and puts it on the carnal things of the world/flesh. King Sole-man had great wisdom. He was wise and realized great things and understood God's true ways. In pondering all of this I came to do some biblical reading and pondering and I will start with the end bit of conclusion for now rather then the whole nine yards as a whole.  So I take a look for starters at the end of the book of Ecclesiastes 12. Vanity is vanity said he preacher. Somehow wisdom when it comes to God and his word whereby idol worship, self worship, vanity, idolatry, adultery, sin, deception of life and the reason God created life is all summed up in Christs parables/teachings, and  King Solomon was a wise King that had great wisdom which reflected life in God in profound ways.  Ecclesiastes is a huge book and the writer/King of Israel did talk about vanity, idol worship and wasted life. It is profound. So I start backwards in a small way in this video message whereby it gives the conclusion of King Solomon's long biblical passage.  You know the door is narrow that leads to life and broad is the way that leads to destruction. Many people are entangled in a waste of life that takes their focus of God. Just what the devil wants. We wants God blessings but we just cannot listen. We know in modern times people have many idols and many have fallen away.  The King kept saying "all is vanity and vexation of spirit." It is an irritant and perhaps a stress/an annoyance to the spirit of man that God gave him to live as the world does/a waste. Not just sinful but toxic to his spirit. Some believers vex the spirit of God and we need to be careful not to do this. A man/woman must be reborn of the spirit of God or in no likewise way will they enter the Kingdom of Heaven/God.  

 

In continuation of this blog:

King Solomon's wisdom touched upon having too many things that don't produce spiritual fruits/or serve the real God. We know what they did in Moses's day as they created that golden calf which of course they were worshipping. In that light what are modern forms of Idolatry and is this real. Of course it is real that we fornicate and fall into sin, and there are times people don't realize what they have been led to do against the most high.  Here is a great article on Got-Questions HERE

I realize that all people don't worship images but some still do and they bow down to Statutes which can bring God to be angry.  Perhaps if it is a memorial site  as you know WAR with soldiers names perhaps than it "may" be acceptable/understandable but than again Christ told us let the dead bury the dead. Why? Because he overcame death and he wants us to tend to the living and focus on preaching the gospel. That is sort of the same thing King Solomon referenced and talked about. Worshipping an image is forbidden. So many people worship self. That is what that article on Got Questions is talking about. In this blog I got into Ecclesiastes whereby it get into "wisdom" that this great King Solomon had. What was being talked about is a lot of such things as idol worship either directly or indirectly or man waste of life on carnal things. In short form the bible tells us "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath" and the question is do we do this and do we worship them. The answer is yes as there are people that worship "mother earth" and such. I could understand nature and the fascination with science but there are people that bow down to statutes of religious figures and worship them. There are people that have all sorts of relics and use them in their worship. When anything overwhelms us and take the focus of the living God that is "just" what Satin, fallen Angels and demons desire. That leads to spiritual fornication.   The serpent is cunning. I don't read anywhere in the bible where the "son" of the living God tells us or instructs us to do such a thing. Matter a fact in various places of the scriptures/bible it is written that such a thing is an abomination. The messiah/The Christ told people to go in their room and pray in private and God will see and reward them. He did not tell them to kneel down in front of a statue/image and worship it. People are concerned with things whereby they will not be ready for life after this one.

Polytheism is the worship of or belief in multiple deities.   Christians should not be doing this. God is a Jealous God and he does exist. If you unbelievers could understand that the Jesus Christ of the bible is real you would not do this. There are people that say they are believers but don't obey or even know what is in the bible. God/Christ is real and he is whom he said he was. See, all is vanity said the preacher (In vain do they worship me keeping doctrines and commandments of men.)  That does not lead to heaven but away from the Kingdom of God.


The bible tells us to store up treasures for heaven and have our garments be clean.  Christ does not favour workers of iniquity. Do unto others! God seeks those who will worship him in spirit & truth. 

See the queen went to hear the  wisdom of Solomon.

Matthew 12:38-42

42 "The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here."  

Fear God, and keep his commandments for this is the whole duty of man.