Are We Living a Meaningless Life? // Meaningless Part 1

Have you ever wondered what the ultimate meaning of life is or
how you continue to feel empty when you think you should be
satisfied? 





In our achievement-obsessed world, it’s easy to get swept up into
chasing after more but we find ourselves asking what are the
things that truly bring joy that lasts? 





King Solomon was off to a good start, with many successes and
achievements but found himself at the end of his life discovering
the vapor it had all become. He writes his life story to give us
a lesson that stands the test of time in the Book of
Ecclesiastes. 





Join Pastor Ron Cathcart as we embark on a journey into
Ecclesiastes inside the Bible to discover the timeless wisdom of
Solomon’s reflections on all of life’s meaning and its powerful
message to all of us!





IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIVE A MEANINGLESS LIFE?





We can spend our whole life chasing after things that all come to
an end and we cannot take with us. Solomon gets to the end of his
life, surveys everything he has achieved, and discovers it is
meaningless. 





Ecclesiastes 1:14 - I have seen all the things that are done
under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the
wind. 





“Meaningless! Meaningless! Says the Teacher. “Utterly
meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”  Ecclesiastes
1:2





See Ecclesiastes 1: 1-14





Wisdom is meaningless  - Eccelsiates 1:17-18,
Ecclesiastes 2:14 


Pleasure is meaningless - Ecclesiastes 2:1


Work is meaningless - Ecclesiastes 2:4, 2:17-18


      4.   Wealth is
meaningless- Ecclesiastes 2:8, 5:10


      5.   (Pursuit
of!) Women are meaningless - Ecclesiastes 2:8








LIFE HAPPENS FAST 





Life moves pretty fast and if you don’t stop looking around once
in a while, we might ask how we got here so quickly.





See Ecclesiastes 1:4 





THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN 





The story of human nature is the same from generation to
generation. We need bigger, faster, better, shinier,
newer.  Human behavior remains the same. 





See Ecclesiastes 1:9 





NO ONE WILL REMEMBER YOU





Don’t come to the end of your life with a memoir of
meaningless.  Do everything with an eternal perspective
and bless other people with it.  See Ecclesiastes
1:11 





What is the answer?   Do everything for the glory
of God and with an eternal perspective.





See Ecclesiastes 12:13, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Ecclesiastes 3:11,
Matthew 6:20-21, 1 Timothy 6:17-19, 





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