MODERN PROBLEMS (3 OF 6)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:1-16
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Modern Problems (3 of 6)
Life Under the Sun
Jeff Schreve
Ecclesiastes 4:1-16
A photographer got a call from his editor. There was a big forest fire, and his editor wanted him to get some pictures of the fire. And he said to him, "Hey, you need to make your way to the local airport. I'll have a plane, a small plane there waiting for you, and he's going to fly you out, and you need to get some pictures of this fire." So, the guy gets all his stuff and said, "Okay." He drives. It takes me about 45 minutes to get to the local airstrip. He gets there and, sure enough, there's a little Cessna and it's all fired up. And so, he jumps in with all his equipment, and he tells the pilot, "Let's go. We got to go. We're running out of daylight." And so, the pilot takes off. And once they get up in the air, he says, "Now, I need you to pass by the north side of the fire and make about three or four low passes." And the guy said, "Well, why do you want me to do that?" He said, "Well, because I'm a photographer. I take pictures. That's what I do. I'm a photographer. I take pictures." And he said, "So, you're not the flight instructor?" Needless to say, they both had a problem there.
We're in a series on the Book of Ecclesiastes. It's called Life Under the Sun. The phrase is used 29 times in the Book of Ecclesiastes. And the writer of the book, Solomon, the king of Israel, the son of David, is looking at life, and he's looking at life strictly from a humanistic, secular perspective. He has glimpses where he sees God, but God is not the over-arching focus at all of what he's looking at. He's basically saying, "What is life like under the sun? If I keep God out, if I keep heaven out, what can I find in life that will satisfy me, that will make sense?" And he says the answer is nothing! "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "vanity of vanities, all is vanity." It's empty. It's meaningless. It's futile. To try and understand life wit ...
Life Under the Sun
Jeff Schreve
Ecclesiastes 4:1-16
A photographer got a call from his editor. There was a big forest fire, and his editor wanted him to get some pictures of the fire. And he said to him, "Hey, you need to make your way to the local airport. I'll have a plane, a small plane there waiting for you, and he's going to fly you out, and you need to get some pictures of this fire." So, the guy gets all his stuff and said, "Okay." He drives. It takes me about 45 minutes to get to the local airstrip. He gets there and, sure enough, there's a little Cessna and it's all fired up. And so, he jumps in with all his equipment, and he tells the pilot, "Let's go. We got to go. We're running out of daylight." And so, the pilot takes off. And once they get up in the air, he says, "Now, I need you to pass by the north side of the fire and make about three or four low passes." And the guy said, "Well, why do you want me to do that?" He said, "Well, because I'm a photographer. I take pictures. That's what I do. I'm a photographer. I take pictures." And he said, "So, you're not the flight instructor?" Needless to say, they both had a problem there.
We're in a series on the Book of Ecclesiastes. It's called Life Under the Sun. The phrase is used 29 times in the Book of Ecclesiastes. And the writer of the book, Solomon, the king of Israel, the son of David, is looking at life, and he's looking at life strictly from a humanistic, secular perspective. He has glimpses where he sees God, but God is not the over-arching focus at all of what he's looking at. He's basically saying, "What is life like under the sun? If I keep God out, if I keep heaven out, what can I find in life that will satisfy me, that will make sense?" And he says the answer is nothing! "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "vanity of vanities, all is vanity." It's empty. It's meaningless. It's futile. To try and understand life wit ...
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