REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR (6 OF 6)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
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Remember Your Creator (6 of 6)
Life Under the Sun
Jeff Schreve
Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
Well, if you have your Bible, please turn to Ecclesiastes chapter 12. We've been in a series on the Book of Ecclesiastes the last several weeks titled, "Life Under the Sun," because we said that was a phrase that Solomon, the writer of Ecclesiastes, used over and over and over again. What is life like keeping God out, keeping heaven out? What is life like under the sun? Where can I find satisfaction for my soul? And he doesn't find it. He says, "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher. "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity." He talks about vanity in chapter 1, verse 2, and he talks about vanity in chapter 12, verse 8. "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher. "...All is vanity." Hey, keeping God out, keeping heaven out, you're never going to find satisfaction in life. It's just going to be empty and it's going to be meaningless.
Now, it's very interesting about Solomon, the writer, because he wrote this toward the end of his life. And Solomon, although he had tremendous wisdom and understanding that God gave him, smarter and wiser than any other person that has ever lived because God gave him breath of mind like the sand of the seashore, he had a great start and a terrible finish. He had what we would call half a heart for God, whereas his father David had a whole heart for God. David was called "a man after God's own heart." And although Solomon started out so well for the LORD, the Scripture tells us in First Kings chapter 11, that his many wives, 700 wives, 300 girlfriends, his many, many, many wives turned his heart away from the LORD, and he went after false gods. It is very sad, but Solomon ended up doing what so many do - he forgot the LORD! He forgot, as the people forgot in First Kings 18, "The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God." There is no other.
Now, there's a danger for you and for me, for all of us, as we forget the Lord. We for ...
Life Under the Sun
Jeff Schreve
Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
Well, if you have your Bible, please turn to Ecclesiastes chapter 12. We've been in a series on the Book of Ecclesiastes the last several weeks titled, "Life Under the Sun," because we said that was a phrase that Solomon, the writer of Ecclesiastes, used over and over and over again. What is life like keeping God out, keeping heaven out? What is life like under the sun? Where can I find satisfaction for my soul? And he doesn't find it. He says, "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher. "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity." He talks about vanity in chapter 1, verse 2, and he talks about vanity in chapter 12, verse 8. "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher. "...All is vanity." Hey, keeping God out, keeping heaven out, you're never going to find satisfaction in life. It's just going to be empty and it's going to be meaningless.
Now, it's very interesting about Solomon, the writer, because he wrote this toward the end of his life. And Solomon, although he had tremendous wisdom and understanding that God gave him, smarter and wiser than any other person that has ever lived because God gave him breath of mind like the sand of the seashore, he had a great start and a terrible finish. He had what we would call half a heart for God, whereas his father David had a whole heart for God. David was called "a man after God's own heart." And although Solomon started out so well for the LORD, the Scripture tells us in First Kings chapter 11, that his many wives, 700 wives, 300 girlfriends, his many, many, many wives turned his heart away from the LORD, and he went after false gods. It is very sad, but Solomon ended up doing what so many do - he forgot the LORD! He forgot, as the people forgot in First Kings 18, "The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God." There is no other.
Now, there's a danger for you and for me, for all of us, as we forget the Lord. We for ...
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