Sermon Notes

Religion is meaningless without a proper fear of God; therefore, we must seek to worship God with a proper fear of him. 1. Listening and obeying God is far better than going through the motions of offering meaningless sacrifices to God. “Worship has to do with whether...

Jesus suffered and died alone on a cross to save us so that we could live in real relationships with one another. 1. Solomon saw that there was no one to comfort the oppressed. “Then and now, oppression is an awful evil. ‘Under the sun’ many people live ‘under the...

Though this life might not be fair, God is fair and just in all his ways; therefore, we must trust him in all things. 1. God will rightly judge all things at the right time. “If there is a season for everything and ‘a time for every matter under heaven’ (Ecc. 3:1),...

Since we only have so much time to live out our lives in this world, we must learn to make the best use of our time as we trust God who is at work in all things, all the time. There is a season for everything we do in life. “God is the King of Time. He regulates our...

PROP: Since God is the creator of this world and he is at work in this world for our good, we can find joy in the things he gives us in this world. 1. Solomon considers wisdom and folly again and ends up hating life. 2. Solomon hated all his toil and gave his heart...

1. What’s the difference between “knowing” and “knowing”? 2. Why does it matter? 3. How do we grow to “know God” in a more personal, relational way?

Pleasure, and the pursuit of pleasure apart from God, is all meaningless and will never fully satisfy us. 1. Solomon’s intentional pursuit of pleasure. 2. Solomon explored every pleasure his heart desired. "With godlike creativity and control, he has created a little...

Since we live in a broken world that doesn’t make sense and is filled with sorrow and foolishness, we must fear God, trust in Jesus, and follow him. 1. Wisdom cannot change reality (v.12-15). “Some things in life are crooked—not in the sense that they involve criminal...

Life lived apart from fearing God will never make sense because life lived under the sun is vanity of vanities. It is all vanity; therefore, we must fear God and keep his commandments. “Put differently, because of God’s curse on creation, (the consequences of the fall...

“The eagle-eyed world acts as a policeman for the church. … It becomes a watch-dog over the sheep, barking furiously as soon as one goes astray. … Be careful, be careful of your private lives…and I believe your public lives will be sure to be right. Remember that it...