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FBC Glen Este

The Futility of Life

May 18, 2025

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The Futility of Life

May 18, 2025

The Futility of Life

Sermon by Pastor Brent Snook / May 18, 2025

Series: Living Life Backward

Text: Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

Only when you prepare to die can you really learn how to live

I. INTRODUCTION

Read Ecclesiastes 1:1-2

When you get where you’re going, where will you be?

Solomon wrote three books of the Bible

The Song of Solomon – written when he was young and in love
Proverbs – written in the middle years / when God was blessing that wisdom
Ecclesiastes – when he was old, confused and empty

Read 1 Kings 11:3-4

Vanities of vanities = ‘meaningless’

Ecclesiastes = EKKLESIA = Assembly

The Preacher = KOHLETH = Debating

II. INVESTIGATION

Read Ecclesiastes 1:3-7

The point of Solomon’s thesis:

Patterns in nature (Ecc 1:4)
He observed the heavens (Ecc 1:5)
The Wind (Ecc 1:6)
The Rivers (Ecc 1:7)

III. INSIGNIFICANCE

Read Ecclesiastes 1:8-17

Three Observations from Chapter 1

Time is marching on
Nothing is new
No one gets remembered

There are Two Possible Conclusions (Tim Keller)

EITHER there is a God above with a standard, who will judge as at the end based on that standard
OR life is totally meaningless

Solomon said: “Life is pointless“. God says: “Life is full of purpose.”

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