AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH (2 OF 9)
by Will McGee
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:1-7
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Amusing Ourselves to Death (2 of 9)
Series: Beyond the Sun
Will McGee
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
Ecclesiastes 2....
Last week... We began studying this book of Ecclesiastes...
Recap: The Qoheleth/Preacher/Teacher (Solomon)... Conducts an experiment.... He sets out to test everything ''Under the sun.'' (apart from God).
- To find out if anything satisfies the deep cravings of his soul.
- He is going to test everything that you and I pursue, and he's going to come back and tell us if it has any meaning.
Last week, Solomon tested wisdom. He went philosophical on us.
Thesis: Our life is a vapor... We live short, inconsequential lives on this tiny planet...
- Carl Sagan called it a ''pale blue dot...'' In the expanse of the universe.
- We are inconsequential in the scope of things... Even if we accomplish great things... It really doesn't change anything in the universe.
- Your life is a vapor... Meaningless...
- Most of us, probably.... Aren't going to leave any real lasting legacy other than a few friends/family that love us... But when they die... All memories of us from the planet are gone.
That was chapter one... So, from the beginning... Nobody wants to invite him over to hang out.
- In chapter two... He gets a little bit more fun... He tests pleasure...
- He is going to systematically one-by-one purse after every single earthly pleasure that any of us have ever desire to seek after... He is going to seek these things with all of his gusto... He will then tell us what he found in all of the pleasure-seeking.
Here is what we know about Solomon... He is the wealthiest man in world at the time.
1 Kings 10 - Tells us that all the kings were basically jealous of his wealth. They came from afar to be associated with him.
He is the most powerful man in Israel. He is the wisest man in Israel.
- But he is curious. He wants to know if any of the pleasures under the sun can satisfy the deep longings of the soul. So he tests it ...
Series: Beyond the Sun
Will McGee
Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
Ecclesiastes 2....
Last week... We began studying this book of Ecclesiastes...
Recap: The Qoheleth/Preacher/Teacher (Solomon)... Conducts an experiment.... He sets out to test everything ''Under the sun.'' (apart from God).
- To find out if anything satisfies the deep cravings of his soul.
- He is going to test everything that you and I pursue, and he's going to come back and tell us if it has any meaning.
Last week, Solomon tested wisdom. He went philosophical on us.
Thesis: Our life is a vapor... We live short, inconsequential lives on this tiny planet...
- Carl Sagan called it a ''pale blue dot...'' In the expanse of the universe.
- We are inconsequential in the scope of things... Even if we accomplish great things... It really doesn't change anything in the universe.
- Your life is a vapor... Meaningless...
- Most of us, probably.... Aren't going to leave any real lasting legacy other than a few friends/family that love us... But when they die... All memories of us from the planet are gone.
That was chapter one... So, from the beginning... Nobody wants to invite him over to hang out.
- In chapter two... He gets a little bit more fun... He tests pleasure...
- He is going to systematically one-by-one purse after every single earthly pleasure that any of us have ever desire to seek after... He is going to seek these things with all of his gusto... He will then tell us what he found in all of the pleasure-seeking.
Here is what we know about Solomon... He is the wealthiest man in world at the time.
1 Kings 10 - Tells us that all the kings were basically jealous of his wealth. They came from afar to be associated with him.
He is the most powerful man in Israel. He is the wisest man in Israel.
- But he is curious. He wants to know if any of the pleasures under the sun can satisfy the deep longings of the soul. So he tests it ...
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