Politics – Wonder Lake Bible Church

Political power is short lived and corruption is rampant, but God will have the final word. In part 5 of Ecclesiastes: Two Ways of Living, Pastor Dan Cox reads from Ecclesiastes 3-5, 7-10.

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Study Notes

The human justice system is not always just (Ecclesiastes 3:16)
Powerful oppressors crush helpless victims (Ecclesiastes 4:1-3; 5:8-9)
Political power is fleeting (Ecclesiastes 4:13-16)
Extortion and bribery perverts justice and corrupts hearts (Ecclesiastes 7:7)
Wicked people are sometimes honored and praised (Ecclesiastes 8:9-10)
Unpunished crime fosters more crime (Ecclesiastes 8:11)
Good people are sometimes treated as evil, and wicked people as good (Ecclesiastes 8:14)
Sometimes the wrong people are in places of authority (Ecclesiastes 10:5-7)
Bad leaders destroy a nation, but good leaders build it up (Ecclesiastes 10:16-17)

God will ultimately judge every person for their deeds (Ecclesiastes 3:17)
While we must obey bad rulers, we should seek to influence them for good (Ecclesiastes 8:2-6)
Those who fear the Lord will ultimately be better off than the wicked (Ecclesiastes 8:12-13)