Have you ever wondered what the ultimate meaning of life is or how you continue to feel empty when you think you should be satisfied?
In our achievement-obsessed world, it’s easy to get swept up into chasing after more but we find ourselves asking what are the things that truly bring joy that lasts?
King Solomon was off to a good start, with many successes and achievements but found himself at the end of his life discovering the vapor it had all become. He writes his life story to give us a lesson that stands the test of time in the Book of Ecclesiastes.
Join Pastor Ron Cathcart as we embark on a journey into Ecclesiastes inside the Bible to discover the timeless wisdom of Solomon’s reflections on all of life’s meaning and its powerful message to all of us!
IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE A MEANINGLESS LIFE?
We can spend our whole life chasing after things that all come to an end and we cannot take with us. Solomon gets to the end of his life, surveys everything he has achieved, and discovers it is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 1:14 - I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
“Meaningless! Meaningless! Says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” Ecclesiastes 1:2
See Ecclesiastes 1: 1-14
Wisdom is meaningless - Eccelsiates 1:17-18, Ecclesiastes 2:14
Pleasure is meaningless - Ecclesiastes 2:1
Work is meaningless - Ecclesiastes 2:4, 2:17-18
4. Wealth is meaningless- Ecclesiastes 2:8, 5:10
5. (Pursuit of!) Women are meaningless - Ecclesiastes 2:8
LIFE HAPPENS FAST
Life moves pretty fast and if you don’t stop looking around once in a while, we might ask how we got here so quickly.
See Ecclesiastes 1:4
THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN
The story of human nature is the same from generation to generation. We need bigger, faster, better, shinier, newer. Human behavior remains the same.
See Ecclesiastes 1:9
NO ONE WILL REMEMBER YOU
Don’t come to the end of your life with a memoir of meaningless. Do everything with an eternal perspective and bless other people with it. See Ecclesiastes 1:11
What is the answer? Do everything for the glory of God and with an eternal perspective.
See Ecclesiastes 12:13, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Matthew 6:20-21, 1 Timothy 6:17-19,
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Resources mentioned during the sermon:
● For more studies on Solomon's life, see 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles
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