God Has Made Man Upright - Ecclesiastes 7:29

In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon said, “Behold, this have I found, says the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account. Which yet my soul seeks, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found”, and in chapter seven and verse twenty-nine of his book Solomon said, “God has made man upright” where we read,

Lo, this only have I found, that God has made man upright; 

but they have sought out many inventions.

The verse reads, “Lo, this only have I found, that God has made man upright;” Solomon began with the words, “lo, this only have I found” or “behold, look and consider, the following solely and alone have I, Solomon, attained, secured, encountered and discovered”, “that God” which means “that the Supreme Deity” “has made man upright” or “has fashioned, accomplished and prepared man, people both male and female, as straight, correct, right, level and pleasing”. Solomon said he discovered that the Supreme Deity Jehovah God alone has caused people to be level and correct.

 

The verse goes on to say, “but they have sought out many inventions.” Solomon continued with the words, “but they have sought out” or “however, nonetheless, notwithstanding and moreover they, people, have required, desired, requested and searched for” “many inventions” which means “a great and abundant number of contrivances and mental devices”. Solomon said people have searched for a great number of mental devices. 

When we think through the words in this verse, we learn through Solomon how he discovered that solely Jehovah God could cause a person to be straight and correct even though they search for many mental devices and ways to make themselves right. God knows we have “all sinned and come short of the glory of God”, (See Romans 3:23) and we all need God to be forgiven and cleansed from unrighteousness. (See 1 John 1:9) For this reason He sent His Son Jesus into the world to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind and raised Him from the dead after three days. When we surrender our lives to Him, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and give us His Holy Spirit who will guide us into all truth and empower us to live in a righteous manner that is pleasing to Him. (See John 3:16; 16:13)

Next time we begin a new chapter and see Solomon ask, “Who is as the wise man?”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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