This week we will take a look at blessings and sufferings and how our belief about those things dictate how we respond to God, others, and ourselves. Solomon talks about how wisdom comes from God, but he understands that wisdom in and of itself will not spare people from suffering. Wisdom can and will allow people to respond well to situations instead of being made worse by our initial reactions.
From Series: "Ecclesiastes - The Existential Hangover"
Ecclesiastes is a book that deals with the idea of our existence. The teacher of the book looks at life "under the sun," which is a way to say "our life a part from who God is." Under the sun refers to all of our works that are temporary and contrasts them with things that are eternal, the things that belong to God who isn't confined to live "under the sun." The book looks at a life of someone who achieved everything anyone could have wanted yet still wakes up the next day and says, "now what?" We are calling the series the Existential Hangover because we will deal with our lives and how they are meaningless without Jesus. Ecclesiastes asks questions that can only be answered by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
