I believe that there are some very important lessons that we can learn from these verses; lessons which are very good for all men to learn, if they are ever to come to know God and the meaning of life. Certainly we must acknowledge that all that Solomon has said here is true; but we must use it to draw the right conclusions about the differences between men and beasts. We must not rest in existential conclusions alone, or we will not glorify our God who has made us to differ from the beasts. And so, I believe that it is only right, in our study this afternoon, that we will add to Solomon’s conclusions, more spiritual light which we will find in the rest of Scripture. And this I will present to you, so that you will understand the truth about the eternal destiny of man. 1st of all - We will examine the fact that both man and the animals die, and because of that, man has no advantage over the animals. And then 2nd – We will look at whether the spirit of a man (a human being) goes upward to heaven, or downward to the earth, and why. I want to show you, in each of these points, that the only thing that causes us to differ from any other person, or even from the animals themselves, is the grace of God which we find in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...