Will Pleasure Satisfy?
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Will Pleasure Satisfy?
Will Pleasure Satisfy?
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Ecclesiastes 2:1-3
Introduction:
Last week I introduced our series with a quote from a show I had watched that described our culture today:
“Vanity Fair is a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having”
This series of messages is designed for you to consider what life is like without God.
“A life without God is meaningless”
This morning as we look at the question, “will pleasure satisfy?” can be answered by looking at the pleasures of life with God or without Him? True pleasure can only be satisfying with God
The Test o
To Test Life with Pleasure, vs. 1-2
Prove thee with mirth
Prove- like putting something to the fire in order to test its genuiness
Mirth- sensory joy- something or someone that provides a source of sensory pleasure of happiness
Enjoy Pleasure
Enjoy- seeing or understanding
Pleasure- giving pleasure of satisfaction
The result
Vanity- meaningless
Laughter is mad or foolish
Pleasure- what use is it?
The Pleasures Sought, vs. 3-11
Wine
This is the fermentation of grape juice
Yet he used wisdom- in other words he did not give himself over to drunkeness and addiction
Folly
The idea is foolish and senseless behavior
The purpose to find meaning
The days of men are short
Phrases used today
Eat, drink and be merry
YOLO- you only live once
Fame and fortune, vs. 4-9
The extravagance of property, vs. 4-6
The Staffing of the Home, vs. 7a
The Greatness of His Source of Income- 7b
The wealth, vs. 8a
The entertainment, vs. 8b
The fame, vs. 9
The Results,
1. The intensity of the test, vs. 10
Its conclusion- meaningless
Many people pursue the rich and famous lifestyle only to find despair
True Joy and Pleasure are from and in God, vs. 24-26
True Joy
God desires us to enjoy the fruits of our labors
There is nothing in man that he should find these things, apart from Him we cannot enjoy it.
It is from the hand of God
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Believe in riches or God
Do good with what gives to you
Rich man- warning on coveteouness
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
God is the provider to those who please Him with that which is good, wisdom, knowledge and joy
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Joy recieved
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
What God gives to those who doesn’t please him
What God gives to those who dont please him
Travail
Gather up and heap up only to give to those who do please God
Meaningless
Conclusion:
It is far more important to enjoy life with God than without Him.