Message: “3. Wisdom is a Vapor | Ecclesiastes 1:12-18” from Aaron Carlberg

Ecclesiastes 3 takes a hiatus from all the talk about meaninglessness and provides more reflection on time. Aaron started his sermon with God’s name, Yahweh, which literally means “to be.” He has been and always will be who He is; God doesn’t change. This “being-ness” means a few things: (1) God is self-existent and therefore He is not dependent on anything else for His own existence. (2) God is the creator and sustainer of all that exists, including time. (3) God is unchanging in His being and character. He is not in the process of becoming something different from what or who He is. (4) God is eternal in His existence. From God’s name we gather that He exists and will continue to exist.

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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.

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