Passionate Living
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Introduction
Introduction
Express Excitement
Introduce Topic
2 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”
3 What do people get for all their hard work under the sun?
4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again.
6 The wind blows south, and then turns north. Around and around it goes, blowing in circles.
7 Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea.
8 Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.
9 History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.
Explanation
The author of this book is considered one of the wisest man in the world during this time. Could he really mean that everything is truly meaningless? He talks about how the patterns of this life are meaningless but it a clear that he only looking at life through a specific perspective “Under the Sun.”
Solomon’s Wisdom
The Scriptures
Explain Ecclesiastes
Its Meaningless “Under the Sun”
Its Meaningless “Under the Sun”
Meaningless “Under the Sun”
Meaningless “Under the Sun”
What does “under the sun” Mean?
A physical perspective of a
Life without God
The Patterns of Life Do Not Fulfill
The Patterns of Life Do Not Fulfill
Never Content or Satisfied
Never Content or Satisfied
It is not wrong to seek satisfaction, God made you to enjoy life
The problem is we look in the wrong places
Pleasure from things
Work
Wisdom
Amassing things, competition, selfish overwork, power and authority, greed, wealth and accolades, and religion (8:10–14).
If he was alive today and was writing about the meaningless he would probably say phones, social media, video games, latest cars.
says that he had everything a man could desire, yet it was meaningless under the Sun
The problem is that this innocent desire becomes Sin.
What does Sin do? Separates us from Him.
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One thing Holds its Value
One thing Holds its Value
You, People, Others
This speaks of God’s Value in your life
Jesus Christ shows the Father’s Passion
God Reveals his Passion
God Reveals his Passion
Through Jesus Chrsit
His coming down
His suffering
His death
Illustration of Jesus saving us from death. (little kid being saved by man)
Two Choices
Sinner’s Prayer
Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your Name.
