Ecclesiastes: Living Well
Ecclesiastes 11:7 – 12:14 – Don’t Waste Your Life
In this last passage in Ecclesiastes, Solomon has some important warnings: enjoy your youthful days, watch out because aging is coming, remember that your actions still matter. Then, in the final verses of the book, he sums up his entire message by telling us to fear God. In this sermon, Pastor Kyle examines the final words of Solomon and shows us how we can avoid the warning of not wasting our life. When you are almost dead, what is going…
Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 – Living With The End In Mind
Death is coming. It is not something that we can avoid. We can’t purchase our way out of it. It will happen to the rich and poor, the handsome and the ugly, the religious and non-religious. To make matters worse, we do not know when it is going to come! So with this depressing thought in mind, how should we live? In this passage, Pastor Kyle explains from the words of Solomon how we should live in light of the…
Ecclesiastes 7-11 – Wisdom in a Crazy World
In chapters 7-11 of Ecclesiastes, Solomon gives words of wisdom on a wide array of subjects. Pastor Kyle backs up to look at the big picture of the passage and explains the role that wisdom plays in this world. While it is something we should pursue, it is not something that we should put our hope in. The best wisdom will direct us to God and put our trust in him. Wisdom is good, but sin has made it unreliable,…
Ecclesiastes 5:10-6:12 – For The Love of Money
In this sermon, Pastor Kyle talks about money from Ecclesiastes 5:10-6:12. Solomon shows us that money simply won’t satisfy. And since it won’t satisfy, it is meaningless to put all our time into get it. Instead, we should focus on putting our satisfaction in God alone. Pastor Kyle also shows how we should enjoy what God has given us as a gift from him and be intentional about giving it to others. You will never get to the point where…
Ecclesiastes 4:4-16 – The Power of Community
In this sermon, we will look at Solomon’s words about the power of community. We will see five “benefits” of community and how it applies to us today as New Testament Christians. We are able to do more together than apart. We are able to encourage and strengthen each other spiritually when we are together. “Two are better than one.” So let’s be intentional about embracing the power of community. Community can help us grow to become more like Jesus.…
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 – Take God Seriously
We cannot live a meaningful life unless we take God seriously. In this passage, Solomon talks about ways that we should do exactly that. He talks about the importance of obedience, listening, and integrity. If you go throughout life and do not take him seriously, then you will end up saying what Solomon has said, “Meaningless, meaningless!” Let’s live meaningful lives and take him seriously. We worship God through listening and obeying. Sermon Clip The message notes for the…
Ecclesiastes 3:16 – 4:3 – The Problem of Injustice
It’s no secret that this world is unfair at times. One look at the news around the world will show that there is a lot of unfair and unjust stuff that happens to people. So how do we, as Christians, reconcile the fact that we serve a caring and loving God yet live in a seemingly uncaring and unloving world? In this sermon, Pastor Kyle shows that many of these observations are not new. Solomon made them thousands of years…
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 – The Problem of Time
In this famous part of Ecclesiastes that was put into pop culture by the 1965 Byrds song, “Turn, Turn, Turn,” the author lays out a big problem that every human has: time. It is not on our side. We cannot control it. Since it is out of our control, how do we live in a way that makes an impact with our life? The answer is to put your trust and hope in the one who is in control of…
Ecclesiastes 2 – The Solution For The American Dream
Since everything under the sun is meaningless, should we pursue it all? Instead, should we be like the monks and go live on top of a pillar to avoid all distractions and pleasure? In this sermon, Pastor Kyle shows how pleasure truly is meaningless, but that we are not to completely avoid it. Instead, we are to accept it as a gift from God. Once we have found life in Jesus then we will be in a position to deal…
Ecclesiastes 1:1-18, 12:8-14 – Are You Chasing The Wind?
We begin a new series through the book of Ecclesiastes. In today’s passage, Solomon warns that life can be like “chasing after the wind.” The depressing thing is that he seems to say that EVERYTHING we do in life is like chasing after the wind. Is this true? In this sermon, Pastor Kyle explains what he is saying and how we can avoid living a life that is chasing after the wind. Jesus is the “lens” through which the rest…