Backwards Living--Lesson 10--Time & Chance are a Cruel Master--Ecclesiastes 9

Discussion Questions:

1.  How has time and chance messed with you?  Why do you suppose God has us living in a world where time and chance have the control they do?

2.  How can you tell the difference between God’s testing you versus punishing you?  What is the benefit of each of these?

3.  Why is death such a certainty living under the sun?  How can one use the certainty of death to their advantage?  What kinds of lessons or aids do you receive from knowing that death is imminent?

4.  How does one live with hope in a world of certain and awaiting death?  How can Solomon go so easily from talking about the certainty of death to telling us to enjoy the pleasures of this life that the LORD gives us?

5.  Why do you think Luke tells the story of the birth of Jesus with every character praising God, worshiping God, and rejoicing?  How can we adopt more of this attitude in our own daily living?