Ps Eric - From Philosophical to Practical (continued) | GLE

3rd Carrot: Labor & Success

• 2 Chronicles 8:4-6 (NKJV)

• 1 Kings 5:13-18 (NKJV)

• 1 Kings 12:4 (NKJV)

4th Carrot: Lust

• Ecclesiastes 2:9-11 (NKJV)

• 1 Kings 11:1-9 (NKJV)

The Quest (Summary):

1. Comedy, love to laugh

2. Alcohol

3. Real Estate = 14 Years to Build...Vacation Homes, Properties

4. Gardens, Gardening

5. Leisure/Servants = 35,000 Employees

6. Animals Imported

7. Wealth = 25 Tons of Gold

8. Music, Musical Instruments

9. Harem/Sex

10. Famous

11. Job (King)

• Mark 8:35-37 (NKJV)

• Ecclesiastes 2:12-17 (NKJV)

Voltaire: "I hate life and yet I am afraid to die!"

• 1 Peter 3:10-12 (NKJV)

• Psalm 34:12 (NKJV)

• Ecclesiastes 2:18-26

• Luke 12:13-21 (NKJV)

• Psalm 16:11 (NKJV)

1.) Monotony of Life (1:4-11)

2.) Vanity of Wisdom (1:12-18)

3.) Vanity of Pleasure & Wealth (2:1-11)

4.) Certainty of Death (2:12-23)

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october 12, 2025