The theme of this week is that there is no man or woman on earth who is wholly and completely righteous. No one has ever been righteous on their own merit except for Jesus. Solomon is reminding us that wisdom is found in being honest enough to acknowledge that we all have failures; these failures should point us and remind us of our continuing need for Jesus.
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.
