WITHOUT GOD PLEASURE DOESN'T PLEASE (2 OF 5)
by Tony Thomas
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2
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Without God Pleasure Doesn't Please (2 of 5)
Series: Without God
Tony Thomas
Ecclesiastes 2
Wilt Chamberlain was the best NBA basketball player who ever lived! He's wasn't my favorite; he was just the best. Consider this: he retired as the NBA's all-time scorer and rebounder, he scored 100 points in a single game, he averaged 50.4 points per game in 1962, he was selected the league MVP four times, and he led the league in rebounding eleven out of fourteen years. He also won a world championship in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
But when he died the headlines read: ''Wilt Chamberlain - the 20,000 woman man - is dead!'' Here's how the article in USA Today began:
''Chamberlain claimed in his book that he slept with over 20,000 women. But, he only fell in love with five women, but not enough to make a commitment.''
Chamberlain lived by a simple philosophy: what's in it for me? Don't be too critical. He wasn't the first man to be driven by gratification. Solomon took a similar approach to life. Fortunately, he wised-up before he died and he left us a journal of his pursuits. If we're wise we'll learn from his story and make a deposit on humanity instead of making a selfish withdrawal.
We're in a series called, ''Without God,'' and our textbook is Solomon's journal called Ecclesiastes. The key phrase is, ''Under the sun,'' and it means, ''Without God.'' Solomon tried everything this world has to offer without God. But he concluded that life is nothing more than a ''...chase after the wind'' (vs. 12).
I introduced the series last week by saying that the pursuit of information doesn't make you smart. We saw in chapter one that knowledge is desirable and it ought to be pursued; education without God is futile and we ought to beware of it; and Godly wisdom stands in contrast to our culture - so let's practice it.
Today Solomon says that without God, pleasure doesn't please. Ecclesiastes 2:1, ''I thought in my heart, 'Come now, I will test you with ...
Series: Without God
Tony Thomas
Ecclesiastes 2
Wilt Chamberlain was the best NBA basketball player who ever lived! He's wasn't my favorite; he was just the best. Consider this: he retired as the NBA's all-time scorer and rebounder, he scored 100 points in a single game, he averaged 50.4 points per game in 1962, he was selected the league MVP four times, and he led the league in rebounding eleven out of fourteen years. He also won a world championship in Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
But when he died the headlines read: ''Wilt Chamberlain - the 20,000 woman man - is dead!'' Here's how the article in USA Today began:
''Chamberlain claimed in his book that he slept with over 20,000 women. But, he only fell in love with five women, but not enough to make a commitment.''
Chamberlain lived by a simple philosophy: what's in it for me? Don't be too critical. He wasn't the first man to be driven by gratification. Solomon took a similar approach to life. Fortunately, he wised-up before he died and he left us a journal of his pursuits. If we're wise we'll learn from his story and make a deposit on humanity instead of making a selfish withdrawal.
We're in a series called, ''Without God,'' and our textbook is Solomon's journal called Ecclesiastes. The key phrase is, ''Under the sun,'' and it means, ''Without God.'' Solomon tried everything this world has to offer without God. But he concluded that life is nothing more than a ''...chase after the wind'' (vs. 12).
I introduced the series last week by saying that the pursuit of information doesn't make you smart. We saw in chapter one that knowledge is desirable and it ought to be pursued; education without God is futile and we ought to beware of it; and Godly wisdom stands in contrast to our culture - so let's practice it.
Today Solomon says that without God, pleasure doesn't please. Ecclesiastes 2:1, ''I thought in my heart, 'Come now, I will test you with ...
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