Study 3: Chasing After Power

How Do We Chase After Power?

1. What emotions do you experience when you feel that something is beyond your power?
2. Does the “power of God" have any practical value in your daily life? Describe where you see his power and how it affects your power

Ecclesiastes 8:2-17 – How Shall We Live Under Authority?

1. In this study the Teacher outlines some positive benefits of relating to both human and divine authority
2. Why does the Teacher encourage obedience to authority?
3. What is significant about the fact that human authority is limited (v. 8)?
4. What struggles do you have in living under authority?
5. How has a sense of authority brought positive benefits to your life?
6. What struggles do you have in positively exercising authority?
7. What unjust uses of authority are described (v. 9-11, 14)?
8. How does God’s authority, alluded to in verses 15-17, contrast with human limitations in verses 7-8?
9. How is allowing God to have authority in our lives more beneficial than operating under out own sense of authority?