DON'T FORGET WISDOM (8 OF 9)
by Will McGee
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9
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Don't Forget Wisdom (8 of 9)
Series: Beyond the Sun
Will McGee
Ecclesiastes 9
INTRODUCTION
Two more weeks in our study of Ecclesiastes... This is a strange book.
- It's strange because it has these moments that on the surface, they seem rather pessimistic... Hopeless about life. ''Life is meaningless.'' Solomon says over and over again.''
- But the more we read/dig... The more we listen... We realize that Solomon is not a pessimist about life... He is a realist.
- He is a man who has experienced every pleasure and every accomplishment that one can experience in a lifetime... But here he is in his old age... Looking back on all the years.
- He says, ''None of the things I experienced really provided fullness, or lasting satisfaction to my life.'' Good for a moment. But when that moment passed, I still felt an craving in my soul for something more.
The thing that is so beautiful about this book is how honest it is about life.
- Solomon says... You're pursuing work to fill that longing in your soul? Not gonna work.
- Money, power, sexuality, moralism, etc... Not gonna work.
This morning, in ch. 9, he will continue with his brutal honesty about the realities of life.
- He is going to address the thing that makes life on this earth... So scary.... The unpredictability of it all. Why do bad things happen... How do live in a world filled with injustices.
This morning, we are going to study chapter 9v7-the end of the chapter (But we will also keep our eyes on ch. 11, as it reinforces some of what The Wise King says here.
You've probably been asked before... ''Do you want the good news first or the bad news first?''
- Well this morning... I am going to go out of order in this chapter, because I want to give you the bad news first. So... Let's start in v.11
Ecclesiastes 9 - Random injustices/unpredictability of life.
[11] Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread ...
Series: Beyond the Sun
Will McGee
Ecclesiastes 9
INTRODUCTION
Two more weeks in our study of Ecclesiastes... This is a strange book.
- It's strange because it has these moments that on the surface, they seem rather pessimistic... Hopeless about life. ''Life is meaningless.'' Solomon says over and over again.''
- But the more we read/dig... The more we listen... We realize that Solomon is not a pessimist about life... He is a realist.
- He is a man who has experienced every pleasure and every accomplishment that one can experience in a lifetime... But here he is in his old age... Looking back on all the years.
- He says, ''None of the things I experienced really provided fullness, or lasting satisfaction to my life.'' Good for a moment. But when that moment passed, I still felt an craving in my soul for something more.
The thing that is so beautiful about this book is how honest it is about life.
- Solomon says... You're pursuing work to fill that longing in your soul? Not gonna work.
- Money, power, sexuality, moralism, etc... Not gonna work.
This morning, in ch. 9, he will continue with his brutal honesty about the realities of life.
- He is going to address the thing that makes life on this earth... So scary.... The unpredictability of it all. Why do bad things happen... How do live in a world filled with injustices.
This morning, we are going to study chapter 9v7-the end of the chapter (But we will also keep our eyes on ch. 11, as it reinforces some of what The Wise King says here.
You've probably been asked before... ''Do you want the good news first or the bad news first?''
- Well this morning... I am going to go out of order in this chapter, because I want to give you the bad news first. So... Let's start in v.11
Ecclesiastes 9 - Random injustices/unpredictability of life.
[11] Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread ...
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