We are in week 16 of our sermon series of Ecclesiastes. Solomon, the writer of Ecclesiastes, has been on a roll about satisfaction in life not coming from man-made things, but from God Himself. The more we try to make the temporary things in our lives INTO eternal things the less and less they will satisfy. The existential hangover is about attaining everything we think we want to make our existence meaningful only to wake up the next morning and realize it didn’t fulfill us. What do you do when you get everything you thought you wanted, and you actually accomplish ALL of your dreams…now what?
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.
