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v.2 Vanity of Vanities...38 times!
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
Atheist? Existentialist?
Depressed? Babbling?
12:10-11
Words: acceptable, upright, truth
given by One Shepherd
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun29 times!
Atheist? Existentialist?
Depressed? Babbling?
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out
Atheist? Existentialist?
Depressed? Babbling?
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out
Atheist Existentialist
Let us pretend there is no God...
no heaven, no hell...only here
y No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine
ot the only one I hope someday you'll join us A
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out
Atheist Existentialist
Let us pretend there is no God...
no heaven, no hell...only here
Imagined by the Wisest, most
Successful man ever...
H. L. Mencken
journalist,
essayist,
satirist
(1880-1956)
The basic fact about human
experience is not that it is a
tragedy, but that it is a bore. It
is not that it is predominantly
painful, but that it is lacking in
any sense.
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out
v.4- Six pictures of Vanity
v.4 - Unending cycle of Generations
v.5 - Unending circuit of the Sun
v.6 - Unending whirling of the Wind
v.7 - Unending flow of the rivers
labor...unsatisfied...unfulfilled
v.9 - Nothing new man is unimproved
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow
you to be tempted beyond what you are able...
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow
you to be tempted beyond what you are able...
1 Corinthians 10:13
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out
v.4- Six pictures of Vanity
v.4 - Unending cycle of Generations
v.5 - Unending circuit of the Sun
v.6 - Unending whirling of the Wind
v.7 - Unending flow of the rivers
labor...unsatisfied...unfulfilled
v.9 - Nothing new man is unimproved
v.11 - No lasting...eternal...impact
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out
v.4- Six pictures of Vanity
What is the Point of Ecclesiastes?
is this saying life is bad? No!!
point is to enjoy life....but
don’t look for life, satisfaction,
meaning in this life
Only God satisfies
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out
v.4- Six pictures of Vanity
What is the Point of Ecclesiastes?
12:11
To be like Well driven nails
if you already know
The fear of the Lord leads to life, And he who has it will abide in satisfaction
Proverbs 19:23
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord,
knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:58
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
John 17:3
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and
that they may have it more abundantly.
John 10:10
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out
v.4- Six pictures of Vanity
What is the Point of Ecclesiastes?
12:11
To be like Well driven nails
if you already know...lock it down
To be like Goads
atheist...provoke you to God, to life
Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul....”
Acts 9:4
he said, “Who are You, Lord?”
Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus...
It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”
Acts 9:5
So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”
Acts 9:6
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out
v.4- Six pictures of Vanity
What is the Point of Ecclesiastes?
12:11
To be like Well driven nails
if you already know...lock it down
To be like Goads
atheist...provoke you to God, to life
atheist
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out
v.4- Six pictures of Vanity
What is the Point of Ecclesiastes?
12:11
To be like Well driven nails
if you already know...lock it down
To be like Goads
atheist...provoke you to God, to life
Christian atheist...poke to God, life
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
John 10:10
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out
v.4- Six pictures of Vanity
What is the Point of Ecclesiastes?
12:11
To be like Well driven nails
if you already know...lock it down
To be like Goads
atheist...provoke you to God, to life
Christian atheist...poke to God, life
v.2 Vanity of Vanities...= Empty
v.3 Under the Sun= Leaving God out