THIS SUNDAY! Join Element at Ferini Park in Los Alamos at 9:00am for ONE Church Service In The Park! All are welcome. Help us Celebrate together with Old Days.
Aaron Carlberg - September 15, 2019
22. Hope in More Than Vapor - Ecclesiastes 8:10-13
This is the second part of Element’s look at the book of Ecclesiastes. The series title is “The Existential Hangover” because the word ‘existential’ philosophically is concerned with human existence. The book of Ecclesiastes deals with the questions of our lives and what we put our time and energy into and then asks, “now what?” The book is about the headache that comes from getting everything you thought you ever wanted under the sun and then realizing it doesn’t fulfill you because it is all temporary. Ecclesiastes is meant to be advice on real, practical, everyday living and to lift up an ideology that looks beyond this mortal shell to what goes on into eternity.
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.
