
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
(Ecclesiastes 8:10-17)
Central Idea: Living right seems futile when living wrong succeeds.
Purpose: To encourage believers to find contentment in God.
- Punish evil to slow the spread of evil (8:10-11).
- Fear God because He is the final judge (8:12-13).
- Enjoy what God gives despite how the world appears (8:14-15).
- Remember that God’s ways are higher than our ways (8:16-17).