Queen's Road Cell

  For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2  a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3  a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4  a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5  a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6  a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7  a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8  a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. 1. What is the poem in verses 1-8 about?  What is Qoheleth’s view of time? Does the poem seem positive or negative? If we live long enough, we will experience many things in life. There is an observation that life is complex. Different things happen ...

 4. Why is it crucial that God "saved" and "called" us not because of anything we have done? (1:9). 1:9 tells us 3 more things about our salvation and calling: It leads to "holly calling". The "call" of God to salvation is at the same time a call to holiness, not a call to complacency. The truly called will strive for true holiness. It is "because of his own purpose and grace".Titus 3:5 says, "he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy", and Eph 2:8-9 says, "F or by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9  not a result of works, so that no one may boast.". We do not merit salvation. It is all of grace. Even the faith needed to save is a gift, not earned. Because "no one may boast", no one will get glory except the gracious One who saves. It is "given us in Christ Jesus before the ages began...