Reformation Hope Church

Ecclesiastes 4 and 5 show us a nation, people, city or region left to itself in the vanity of sin and corruption will ALWAYS move on to oppression. Both chapters highlight the horrid results of oppression. However, in the midst of these two chapters, there is a pause. Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 highlights the only real solution that breaks the mold of sin- oppression- corruption: and that solution is the house of God, the Congregation of the Lord. God's people are warned in Ecclesiastes 5 to "guard their steps when they enter the house of God." The Hebrew word for guard is shamar. Just as Adam was to guard the Garden and failed, so God's people are the ONLY solution to the corruption to oppression of the world. As you will see in this message, "guard your steps as you enter the house of God" calls for a peculiar stewardship and responsibility for the Christian. The passages warns us that for failure to "guard our steps" the loss can be severe, because of the angels. The angelic host is God's police force. They are