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Ecclesiastes 7:24
Introduction
Where did I come from?
A first grader recently asked his mother "Where did I come from?"
The mother took a deep breath and went into a detailed, explicit explanation of the reproductive organs, conception and birth.
After about 30 minutes the bored first grader said, "Oh, Jimmy comes from San Diego."
The mother said, "I had the sinking feeling that I was answering the wrong question."
Answering Life's Toughest Questions
What is the Point of Life?
(Ecclesiastes 7:24 GN) "How can anyone discover the meaning of life?"
The Point of Life is found in Jesus Christ.
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What Happens When We Miss the Point?
(Ecclesiastes 1)
1B.
Life seems meaningless.
(1:2-3)
Everything is temporary and unsatisfactory.
(1:2)
*“*Vanity, everything is meaningless” something transitory and unsatisfactory
You spend your life working and what do you have to show for it?
(1:3)
2B.
Life becomes tiresome.
(1:4-8a)
We seem to be spinning our wheels.
(1:4)
Everything seems to be going in circles.
(1:5-7)
No matter what you do you cannot get ahead.
(1:8a)
3B.
Life is un-fulfilling.
(1:8b-10)
We never are fully satisfied with who we are and what we have.
(1:8b)
Ø People are restless.
If you don't realize how restless people are give them a remote control!
We become bored with life.
(1:9-10)
Ø Solomon says, history repeats itself, there's nothing new.
4B.
Life will be insignificant.
(1:11)
This is the surety of obscurity.
Ø No one remembers what's happened in the past and no one is going to remember in days to come what's happened between now and then.
5B.
Life seems uncontrollable.
(1:15)
You cannot get things together.
You cannot find all the missing pieces.
There are some things in life, no matter how hard you try, you just can't fix it.
2A.
What We Do When We Miss the Point?
1B.
We try to fake it.
We were made to have something at the center of our life.
Ø If people don't have God at the center of their life, they try to put something else there.
This is the fallacy of humanism.
Ø The humanist comes along and says, You came from nowhere and you're going nowhere, but while you're here on earth your life has meaning and value and dignity.
Ø If God didn't create us and there's no eternity, then have the intellectual guts to admit that your life doesn't matter!
2B.
We try to forget it.
If life has no meaning, then just escape from it.
Ø Use TV, become a couch potato.
Ø Use food, sex, drugs, movies.
The ultimate escape is suicide.
Ø Sixty-five people per day take their own lives.
Ø Suicide is the third largest killer of people in America and the second largest killer of teenagers.
3B.
We should try to find it.
Discover what the real meaning of life is.
Fortunately, God told us.
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What is the Point of Life? (Ephesians 1:4-5)
1B.
God gives life meaning.
God has chosen us.
(1:4)
1 John 4:19 “We love Him because He first loved us.”
God has chosen us to be His children.
(1:5)
Isaiah 43:7 “Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
2B.
God has purposed for us to be with Him forever.
(Ephesians 1:10)
Life is not circular, it is linear.
Ø History is moving toward an appointed destiny.
3B.
God has purposed to use this life to prepare us for eternity.
You were made to live for eternity.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 “He has made everything beautiful in its time.
Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.”
Life is a dress rehearsal for eternity.
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How Can You Fulfill God’s Purpose?
1B.
Establish your relationship with God, now.
Repent of our sin (Luke 13:3)
Ø Agree with God that you have wronged Him and deserve His judgment.
Despise your sins and your sinful nature.
Determine to turn from your rebellion and turn to God (Psalm 51:1-17).
Place our Faith in Jesus Christ alone (believe) (Mark 1:15)
Ø Recognize Christ’s suffering and death as the necessary and sufficient payment for sin.
Transfer your trust from yourself to Him.
Take for yourself His gift of forgiveness and righteousness (Isaiah 53:1-11; Galatians 2:20).
Seek God’s grace and mercy
Ø Pray and ask for God’s mercy and help.
When God has answered you, tell someone and seek out a church that teaches and believes the Bible.
Publicly Confess our Faith in Christ
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