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Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Ecclesiastes 1:13-18, 2:1-17

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"LIFE UNDER THE SUN"
I. EMPTY AND FRUSTRATION.
A. Man with knowing thirst.
B. Various foundations.
1. Wisdom.
2. Pleasure.
3. Wine.
4. Great works.
5. Possessions.
C. Results or conclusions.
1. "I hated life."
2. All is emptiness and frustration.
D. The present day phychologist would of had a great time with Solomon.
E. Most of our problems of the psyche come from frustration.
1. What is frustration - desire without fullfilment. Unslacked thirst - unfulfilled longing.
2. From frustration comes inferiority complex.
II. THE ANSWER OF CHRIST TO THE FRUSTRATED LIFE UNDER THE SUN.
A. "If any man thirst."
1. Right to heart of problem.
2. Folly of man is failure to recognize spirit.
3. This thirst originates in spirit.
a. It will never be satisfied with soulish experience.
B. From the guilt and the cycle.
The answer to man's need is Christ.
"Come unto me and drink."
Have you come to Christ?
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