Although the context of chapter 8 is wisdom in relation to politics; everyone, even the king, must understand that they are not sovereign over the day of their death. That is what this passage is talking about. A person may have authority over a good many things and people in this world, and yet "no one has power in the day of death". No one, that is, but God. And so I would like to approach these verses from both our standpoint, and God's. 1st of all – I would like us to see that even though we cannot retain our spirit, that God has perfect control over it. 2nd – I would like us to see that with each of us death is a warfare, but with God there is victory over it. And 3rd – I would like us to see that one man ruling over another man may do so to his own hurt, and the way to prevent this.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
