Sermon Tone Analysis
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INTERPRETATION
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Ecclesiastes 1;12-18
Investigation of the Text (Study the text)
Interrelation of the Text (Structure the text)
(ESV)
12 I the Preacher
the Preacher
have been king over Israel
12 I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven.
It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
14 I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
15 What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I said in my heart, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly.
I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
have been king
over Israel in Jerusalem.
in Jerusalem.
And I applied
13 And I applied my heart
my heart
to seek and to search out
by wisdom
to seek and to search
out by wisdom
all that is done under heaven.
It is an unhappy business
all that is done under heaven.
that God has given to the children of man
It is an unhappy business
is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
I said in my heart, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly.
I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.”
(, ESV)
that God has given
to be busy with.
to the children of man
14 I have seen everything
that is done under the sun,
to be busy with.
I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
I said in my heart, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly.
I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.”
(, ESV)
and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
15 What is crooked cannot be made straight,
and what is lacking cannot be counted.
16 I
said in my heart,
“I have acquired great wisdom,
surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
17 And I applied my heart
to know wisdom
and to know madness and folly.
I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
INCOMPLETION (Human need in text)
People think wisdom gives their life meaning.
IMPRESSION (Big exegetical idea)
Subject (What is author talking about?)
wisdom
Specifics (What is author saying about subject?)
subject?)
subject?)
is an applied discipline
under heaven
unhappy buisness
not the answer
related to madness and folly
grievous, brings sorrow
Impression (One sentence summary of text)
The search for wisdom, as the meaning of life, proved to bring sorrow.
IMPLICATION (Big homiletical idea)
Indication (Primary idea of the text)
Worldly wisdom does not result in a meaningful life
Interrogation (Probing journalistic questions)
Why?
Integration (Plural noun keyword)
these observations
Implication (One sentence summary of message)
Believers will discover that “wisdom” is not the “source of meaning”; this is based on these observations:
search for wisdom is an unhappy buisness
“wisdom” does not cure the evils of society
absolute wisdom is the answer
wisdom is related to madness/folly
increases wisdom increases sorrow
INTENTION (Specific goal of message)
I want my hearers to understand that wisdom without God is not the answer that people are looking for.
therefore?
INDENTATION (Message design or structure)
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