Under The Sun - Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
October 5, 2024 Pastor: Terry Embke Series: Book of Ecclesiastes
Topic: Fear of God and His eternal perspective Passage: Ecclesiastes 1:1–11
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Ecclesiastes 1:1-11...“The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, ‘See, this is new’? It has been already in the ages before us. There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who
come after.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14...“The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil”
Sermon In A Sentence: In vain will we search for any meaning in life if our search fails to include the fear of God and His eternal perspective.
Without The Fear of God And His Eternal Perspective:
-Our work has the meaning of a puff of smoke (v.2-3)
“Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath” [heybel] “…surely all mankind is a mere breath!” [heybel]...Psalm 39:5,11
“Man is like a breath [hebel]; his days are like a passing shadow.”...Psalm 144:4
1 Kings 4:29-31...“And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore, so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was wiser than all other men…”
Without The Fear of God And His Eternal Perspective:
-Our work has the meaning of a puff of smoke (v.2-3)
-Our times quickly fade from memory (v.4-7)
Psalm 90:10...“The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.”
Without The Fear of God And His Eternal Perspective:
-Our work has the meaning of a puff of smoke (v.2-3)
-Our times quickly fade from memory (v.4-7)
-Our human desires are never satisfied (v.8)
-Our pursuit of the novel will disappoint us (v.9-10)
-Our legacy will soon be forgotten (v.11)
“Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph”...Exodus 1:8
“There arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD or the work that He had done for Israel”...Judges 2:10
Sermon In A Sentence: In vain will we search for any meaning in life if our search fails to include the fear of God and His eternal perspective.
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