Better Things for a Better Testimony: Ecclesiastes 7 by Dr. Rod Mattoon

Scripture

• Ecclesiastes 7

About this sermon

Another principle that will help you to have a good name and benefit your life is correction from a wise man. Solomon shows the Value of the Correction of the Wise vs. the Compliments of Fools. Correction or rebuke is painful for sure. It stings and wounds. Correction usually is not on our list of “Things To Do Today.” We would much rather hear compliments and praise. If you have a godly mother or father, if you have ever worked for anyone, if you have ever been in sports, you most likely know what it is like to be corrected. I know, I have had my share through my lifetime. Yet, the correction I have received has helped me to do better, to do what was right, to be more effective, and to avoid future mistakes. As distasteful as correction is, it is more beneficial than the praise, pleasant words, or songs of a fool. When constructive correction is done with a loving spirit, at the right time, with a genuine concern for you, it goes a long way in helping you to be a better man or woman, boy or girl. In this portion of Scripture, Solomon also shows the Value of Completion vs. Commencement. He compares commencement with completion and maintains that completion or finishing is better for you. We begin to give principles on the topic “How to Finish What God Has Started in You.” This 33-minute message was preached on Wednesday night, May 26, 2021, at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.

Topics

• Encouragement