Originally posted by humanimal
How can you tell the difference?
Ecc 7:15
All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.
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Hi,
it hard to follow a train of thought pertaing to [your] reading of this inspiration?
But lets look at the 'rightous' professed man? There is ONLY one way to be Rightous & that is found in Rom. 8:1 "There is [no condenmation] to them that are [IN CHRIST JESUS], who walk NOT AFTER flesh, but [after the SPIRIT]." (Converted in other Words! 2 Cor. 3:3)
And the BOTTOM line in Eccl. is in the closing words of his inspired BOOK!
And about the perishing in rightousness? If you look at Israel of old, you will see NO PROBLEM understanding this verse! Read Matt. 23!
And it is ONLY Eccl. that [plainly] tells us the end result of 'selfrightousness' 'c'hristians. (there is NO SUCH person who is rightous in, & of themselves. It is impossible! OK?)
But for the proof of this lets read Rev. 3:16-17 about the ones that are re/created with true Agape love at their starting point, (the earnest, downpayment of the Spirit) these that [lost the MATURITY of their character growth].
Christ says: "So then because thou art [lukewarm], (sickening love) and neither cold or hot, [I WILL SPEW (spit!) thee out of my mouth]. (Now for the description of rightous over much?)
Because [thou sayest], [I am RICH, AND INCREASED WITH GOODS, AND HAVE THE *NEED OF NOTHING;] ... (hold it here for a moment? THINK! They say? and Christ does not dis/agree with their knowledge! Or DOCTRINE, or the teaching of the Truth that they have! What is then their problem as seen in your quoted verse of Eccl.//? notice..) ... [AND KNOWEST NOT] that thou ART WRETCHED, AND MISERABLE, AND **BLIND, (of this next TRUTH!) [AND NAKED]." What did Rom. 8:1 say? Whose RIGHTOUSNESS ONLY SAVES ANY PERSON?!
So 'if' one can see this my friend, all these were about like ones getting to heaven by counting rosery beads
. Works of [SELF RIGHTOUSNESS] or as the WORDS of Pastor Ecclesiastes was 'Inspired' to preach!!
And the evil man prolonging his life in evil doings?? You have already a clear grasp on this! Moderation. Even he might just as well use these smarts, (see Hosea 4:6 read it slowly) for it won't be long before he is 'eternally removed'?! Obadiah 16.
Yet the verse refers to the ones like of Heb. 6:4-6, that have 'drunk upon my holy mountain' & the Rev. 3:16-17'ers. ---P/N/B/