TURNING THE CORNER (3 OF 9)
by Will McGee
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
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Turning the Corner (3 of 9)
Series: Beyond the Sun
Will McGee
Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
INTRODUCTION
Ecclesiastes 2. (470)
Recap: This is our third week studying the Book of Ecclesiastes. It's not what we're used to hearing when we come to church. Often, many people use religion as way to escape the harsh realities of life. Come to a service... Hear some uplifting songs... Hear an inspiring message. Go on their way. But Ecclesiastes doesn't let us get off that easy.
Because King Solomon is brave enough to talk about life as it truly is...He won't let us settle with sidestepping the hard questions of life. But rather he faces them head on...
In this book, Solomon is testing (experiment) everything under the sun (meaning without regard to God or any afterlife) to find out what the meaning/purpose of life truly is.. He is searching for ''the Good life.'' Is there anything in this world that satisfies the deep longings of the soul?
So far, he has tested Knowledge... Philosophy.
He says that the more he considered the meaning of life... the more he realized that life is basically meaningless... He says our lives are, ''Like a vapor.''
We live a few years on this earth... We accomplish some things... We accumulate some stuff... But then we die, and very few people remember us. Those that do will eventually die themselves... And the world continues to spin... People continue to go about their lives forgetting that you ever existed.
But Solomon says our lives are like a vapor... Our lives will likely end rather uneventfully.
We all like to think that our lives are unique... Special...
Because our Kindergarten teacher told us that ''No two snowflakes are alike.''
But if you zoom out the camera just a little bit... All snowflakes are exactly alike. No snowflake actually stands out.
When Jonas hits... And there are 30 inches of snow covering NYC... An individual snowflake is insignificant. They all blend together.
But then he moved on to tes ...
Series: Beyond the Sun
Will McGee
Ecclesiastes 2:12-26
INTRODUCTION
Ecclesiastes 2. (470)
Recap: This is our third week studying the Book of Ecclesiastes. It's not what we're used to hearing when we come to church. Often, many people use religion as way to escape the harsh realities of life. Come to a service... Hear some uplifting songs... Hear an inspiring message. Go on their way. But Ecclesiastes doesn't let us get off that easy.
Because King Solomon is brave enough to talk about life as it truly is...He won't let us settle with sidestepping the hard questions of life. But rather he faces them head on...
In this book, Solomon is testing (experiment) everything under the sun (meaning without regard to God or any afterlife) to find out what the meaning/purpose of life truly is.. He is searching for ''the Good life.'' Is there anything in this world that satisfies the deep longings of the soul?
So far, he has tested Knowledge... Philosophy.
He says that the more he considered the meaning of life... the more he realized that life is basically meaningless... He says our lives are, ''Like a vapor.''
We live a few years on this earth... We accomplish some things... We accumulate some stuff... But then we die, and very few people remember us. Those that do will eventually die themselves... And the world continues to spin... People continue to go about their lives forgetting that you ever existed.
But Solomon says our lives are like a vapor... Our lives will likely end rather uneventfully.
We all like to think that our lives are unique... Special...
Because our Kindergarten teacher told us that ''No two snowflakes are alike.''
But if you zoom out the camera just a little bit... All snowflakes are exactly alike. No snowflake actually stands out.
When Jonas hits... And there are 30 inches of snow covering NYC... An individual snowflake is insignificant. They all blend together.
But then he moved on to tes ...
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