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Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Ecclesiastes 2

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I. LIFE "UNDER THE SUN" IS LIFE ON THE HUMAN PLANE.
A. Life on this plane is frustrating vexation of the spirit.
1. Man is conscious of an unfulfilled purpose.
a. A desire to be?
b. A desire to have?
c. A desire to attain?
2. I achieve my goal only to discover it wasn't what I though it was.
a. I drink but I am still thirsty.
b. I eat but I am still hungry.
B. Life on this plane. "Vanity, vanity all..."
1. I feel an emptiness within.
a. Nothing seems to fill that emptiness.
2. Things finally seem so futile.
C. Life on this plane is filled with pursuits.
1. I think happiness is the ultimate purpose for life. vs. 1.
2. I think building some monument vs. 4.
3. I think possessions vs. 7.
4. I think entertainment vs. 8.
5. I think wisdom.
D. Life on this plane results in bitterness vs. 17.
1. We become cynical, disappointed.
II. "LIFE IN THE SON" IS LIFE ON THE SPIRITUAL PLANE.
A. Life on this plane is satisfying.
1. I have a consciousness of fulfilled purposes.
a. I have become a son of God.
b. I have received eternal life.
c. "My cup runneth over."
B. Life on this plane is full and rich.
1. Nothing I do is in vain.
a. A purpose even in my failures.
b. "Your labor is not in vain in the Lord."
C. Life on this plane is a life of rest.
1. I rest in the finished work of Christ my Lord.
D. Life on this plane results in love, joy, peace.
III. ON WHICH PLANE DO YOU LIVE?
A. Some choose to live under the sun.
1. They feel what has happened to others won't happen to them.
a. This present pursuit is the real answer.
2. They labor under the false notions and lies Satan has spread about life in the Son.
a. They have preferred his lie to God's truth.
B. Others choose to live "in the Son."
1. You see it is a matter of choice.
2. You choose that - "Choose ye this day whom ye will serve."
3. Some get all hung up on a loving God sending men to hell.
a. God does not send men to hell.
b. If they choose to go there, He won't violate their choice.
C. On which plane do you choose to live?
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