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.
Today in Ecclesiastes you will see some things that are philosophical, some that are practical, and some that are theological, but they all deal with foolishness and wisdom. Vapor/vanity are the words that are also translated as “meaningless” and most of the things we freak out about are meaningless. Today we like to classify people in a myriad of ways, Solomon (and the wisdom literature) classifies people in 2 categories: wise and foolish.
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.
