What A Difference Doctrine Makes

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Titus 2:1-2
October 18, 2026

What A Difference Doctrine Makes

Dave Royes

Titus 2:1-2: But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.

Sermon Outline:

1. The strategy for sound doctrine

2. The biography of a senior saint

The Sluggard’s Story

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Proverbs 22
October 11, 2026

The Sluggard's Story

Dave Royes

Proverbs 22:13: The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”

Sermon Outline:

1. There are narratives within us

2. God’s call is upon us

3. There is a Father who keeps us

Trustworthy Words for Empty Talk

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Titus 1:9-16
October 4, 2026

Trustworthy Words for Empty Talk

Dave Royes

Titus 1:9-16: He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound[a] doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth. To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

Sermon Outline:

1. The disruptive influence of false teachers

2. The important work of spiritual leaders

3. The true cleansing for Christ followers

Ordered by Elders

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Titus 1:5-9
September 27, 2026

Ordered by Elders

Dave Royes

Titus 1:5-9: This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you — if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

Sermon Outline:

1. The vision for discipleship we must gain

2. The focus on character we must keep

3. The ordinary means we must use

Saved and Sent to Serve

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Titus 1:1-4
September 20, 2026

Saved and Sent to Serve

Dave Royes

Titus 1:1-4: Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;

To Titus, my true child in a common faith:

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Sermon Outline

1. There is a mission to strive for

2. There is a hope we stand in

3. There is a family at peace

The End of The Matter

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 12:8-14
September 13, 2026

The End of The Matter

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 12:8-14: Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care. The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.

The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd. My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Sermon Outline

1. The gift Ecclesiastes is

2. The effect Ecclesiastes has

3. The call Ecclesiastes makes

Preparing Now for Old Age

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:8
September 6, 2026

Preparing Now for Old Age

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:8: Cast your bread upon the waters,
    for you will find it after many days.
Give a portion to seven, or even to eight,
    for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
If the clouds are full of rain,
    they empty themselves on the earth,
and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,
    in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
He who observes the wind will not sow,
    and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.

Sermon Outline

1. Train your heart in rejoicing

2. Walk with God by remembering

3. See your death as returning

Proactive People (Because of God’s Providence)

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:1-6
August 30, 2026

Proactive People (Because of God's Providence)

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 11:1-6: Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth. If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Sermon Outline

1. Introduction

• You never know

• A marvelous truth in a tiny text

• Main point: The fear of God causes us to translate the effort we expend to secure our lives into serving God

2. The call to be courageous

• Cast your bread

• Upon the waters

• Persistent investment in the face of the unknown

3. The paralysis that afflicts us

• A fixation on anticipating disaster

• Fearing the end of provision

4. The God who makes us

• God knew you before you were born

• God decreed that you would be born

• The God who redeemed you can be trusted

5. Applications

John 3:3-8: Jesus answered [Nicodemus], “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.

A Portrait of Folly for Loving Wisdom

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:20
August 23, 2026

A Portrait of Folly for Loving Wisdom

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:20: I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me. There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it. But there was found in it a poor, wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man. But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench;
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

A wise man's heart inclines him to the right,
but a fool's heart to the left.

Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,
and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place,
for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler: folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place. I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.

He who digs a pit will fall into it,
and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

He who quarries stones is hurt by them,
and he who splits logs is endangered by them.

If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge,
he must use more strength,
but wisdom helps one to succeed.

If the serpent bites before it is charmed,
there is no advantage to the charmer.

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor,
but the lips of a fool consume him.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,
and the end of his talk is evil madness.

A fool multiplies words,
though no man knows what is to be,
and who can tell him what will be after him?

The toil of a fool wearies him,
for he does not know the way to the city.

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
and your princes feast in the morning!

Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,
and your princes feast at the proper time,
for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Through sloth the roof sinks in,
and through indolence the house leaks.

Bread is made for laughter,
and wine gladdens life,
and money answers everything.

Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king,
nor in your bedroom curse the rich,

for a bird of the air will carry your voice,
or some winged creature tell the matter.

Sermon Outline

1. The fool has a problem with hearing

2. The fool has an unguarded heart

3. The fool does not know prudence

4. The wise discern God’s will

Godliness Going to the Grave

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:1-12
August 16, 2026

Godliness Going to the Grave

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 9:1-12: But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. It is the same for all, since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath. This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head.

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain[b] life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all. For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

Sermon Outline

1. There is an appointment that you must keep

2. There is a joyful way to live

3. There is a person that we must follow

The Shining Face of the Wise

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 8:1-17
August 9, 2026

The Shining Face of the Wise

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 8:1-17: Who is like the wise?
And who knows the interpretation of a thing?
A man's wisdom makes his face shine,
and the hardness of his face is changed.

I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him. Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases. For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, “What are you doing?” Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way. For there is a time and a way for everything, although man's trouble lies heavy on him. For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how it will be? No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it. All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.

Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of the holy place and were praised[e] in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity. Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him. But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. 15 And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one's eyes see sleep, then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out.

Sermon Outline

1. Power is in the hand of God

2. Injustice is in the court of God

3. Joy is in the grace of God

Wisdom for Talkative Sinners

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
August 2, 2026

Wisdom for Talkative Sinners

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 7:21-22: Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.

Sermon Outline

1. The mechanics of the human heart

2. The speech of sinful hearts

3. The preoccupation of a godly heart

Making Room for God’s Providence

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Speaker: Matt Carter
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:8-9
July 26, 2026

Making Room for God's Providence

Matt Carter

Ecclesiastes 7:8-9: Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,
for anger lodges in the heart of fools.

Sermon Outline

Main point: Thanksgiving awaits the person who humbly watches for the rolling out of God’s providence.

1. Godly waiting bears the reward of thanksgiving.

2. A warning to the provoked spirit… The victim narrative is foolishness.

Fearing God in Crooked Days

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:13-18
July 19, 2026

Fearing God in Crooked Days

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 7:13-18: Consider the work of God:
    who can make straight what he has made crooked?

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.

In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing. Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time? It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.

Sermon Outline

1. God controls what is crooked

2. God decrees every day

3. God preserves his people

Listening for Your Long-Term Joy

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:5-6
July 12, 2026

Listening for Your Long-Term Joy

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 7:5-6: It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
    than to hear the song of fools.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot,
    so is the laughter of the fools;
    this also is vanity

Sermon Outline

1. The way that wisdom comes

2. The strategy of fools

3. Where wisdom leads

A Pocketful of Paradoxes

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Speaker: Mark Estes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:2-4
July 5, 2026

A Pocketful of Paradoxes

Mark Estes

Ecclesiastes 7:2-4: It is better to go to the house of mourning
    than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
    and the living will lay it to heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter,
    for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
    but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Sermon Outline

1. Ecclesiastes = a commentary on Genesis 3

• Description of life in broken world

• Without a right view of God, life is vanity

• Ecclesiastes = one big paradox

  • Seemingly negative message drives us to Christ

• Chapter 7 = a pocketful of paradoxes

2. We learn a lot about life by thinking about death

• “It will do us more good to go to a funeral than a festival.” — Matthew Henry

  • Doesn’t mean parties are bad

    • Banqueting table = picture of divine blessing

  • But having fun doesn’t have profound impact

  • In contrast, funerals force us to examine our lives

• Our culture reacts to death with fear, resignation, and contempt

  • We avoid talking about it

• Funerals help us consider

  • Brevity of life (Ps. 90)

  • Final evaluation of our lives (2 Cor. 5:10, Matt. 5:36-37, Ecc. 12:14)

• Mourners will be comforted (Matt. 4)

  • Suffering purifies us

  • Thus, sorrow is better than laughter (vs. 3)

3. Thinking about death helps us prepare to die

• Too many people are not prepared to die

  • Thanatophobia (“death anxiety”)

• Good way to prepare: grieve w/those who are grieving

  • These experiences change us

  • Only Christians can genuinely cry and smile at the same time

4. Ecclesiastes offers divine wisdom

• Jesus took his own advice

  • Went to house of mourning (Jn. 11)

  • Why did Jesus weep?

    • Because grief paves the way for joy

• Lazarus’ resurrection = an appetizer

  • Jesus stopped funerals, but not his own

  • Ultimate paradox = paradox of the cross

5. Applications

• Go to funerals

• Suffering Christians, stay faithful

  • Those who weep now will laugh (Lk. 6:21)

How to Live in the Fear of God

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:29
June 28, 2026

How to Live in the Fear of God

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:29: Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he. The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?

A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death than the day of birth.
It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will lay it to heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter,
for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
than to hear the song of fools.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot,
so is the laughter of the fools;
this also is vanity.
Surely oppression drives the wise into madness,
and a bribe corrupts the heart.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,
for anger lodges in the heart of fools.
Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
an advantage to those who see the sun.
For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Consider the work of God:
who can make straight what he has made crooked?

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.

In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing. Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time? It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.

Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.

All this I have tested by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me. That which has been is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?

I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness. And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her. Behold, this is what I found, says the Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things — which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found. See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.

Sermon Outline

1. Find a friend in sorrow

2. Be careful with your interpretations

3. Cherish God's providence more than your wisdom

4. Seek out forgiveness for sin

Troubled Waters Under the Sun

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 6:1-9
June 21, 2026

Troubled Waters Under the Sun

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 6:1-9: There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil. If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he. For it comes in vanity and goes in darkness, and in darkness its name is covered. Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he. Even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy no good — do not all go to the one place?

All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied. For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Sermon Outline

1. Introduction

• Thomas Watson on discontentment

• Main point: Contentment is Christ is safety for our souls

2. The prevalence of discontentment observed

• Contentment has more to do with God than our possessions

3. The pain of discontentment illustrated

• The blessing of children

• The blessing of age

• The blessing of wisdom

4. The pleasure of being at peace today

• A contrast

• A higher joy

5. Application

Philippians 4:4-7, 12-13: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

"Satan takes great advantage of discontent; he loves to fish in these troubled waters. Discontent doth both eclipse reason and weaken faith; and it is Satan's policy; he doth usually break over the hedge where it is weakest; discontent makes a breach in the soul, and usually at this breath the devil enters by a temptation, and storms the soul. How easily can the devil by his logic dispute Christian into sin[.]"
— Thomas Watson, The Art of Divine Contentment

When Riches Hurt

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:8-20
June 14, 2026

When Riches Hurt

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 5:8-20: If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them. But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt, and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand. As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand. This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind? Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness and anger.

Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil — this is the gift of God. For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart.

Sermon Outline

1. Money is an oppressive god

2. Money cannot truly be gained

3. Money is a gift that points to true joy

Wisdom Goes to Church

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Speaker: Dave Royes
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
June 7, 2026

Wisdom Goes to Church

Dave Royes

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7: Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.

When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. Let not your mouth lead you into sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; but God is the one you must fear.

Sermon Outline

1. A call to a presence and posture in worship

2. A caution against being a church of fools

3. A contrast with a life of vanity