Series: Everything Matters
Everything Matters: The Pursuit of the Wind
August 29, 2021 | John Durham
A LIFE SPENT IN PURSUIT OF PLEASURE, ACHIEVEMENT, AND CONTROL EVENTUALLY LEAVES US EMPTY
LIFE IS A GIFT, NOT JUST A CHASE FOR GAIN
Asking the 3 questions of life? Where did I come from? What’s the purpose of living? Where’s this headed? ORIGIN, MEANING, DESTINY
ECCLESIASTES 1:12
13a
13b IT IS TOUGH TO BE A HUMAN.
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15 Two things: WHAT IS WRONG CANNOT BE MADE RIGHT. WHAT IS LOST CANNOT BE RECOVERED.
Everything under the sun is cursed and crooked
v4 There’s been ≈160 generations since Adam till now and each generation tries to fix things, but it never happens - Everyone has a different plan, but no one has a better plan!
V16-18 He Tries Higher Thinking: He Tries Lower Foolishness: He Tries Everything Apart from God.
15 WHAT IS WRONG CANNOT BE MADE RIGHT. WHAT IS LOST CANNOT BE RECOVERED This book gives us a longing for a King who will come and right the wrongs and recover all that’s lost! WHAT IS WRONG CAN BE MADE RIGHT. WHAT IS LOST CAN BE RECOVERED.
Series Information
In this series, we seek meaning by looking at one of the most difficult books of the Bible to understand - Ecclesiastes. What we find is that a life spent in pursuit of pleasure, achievement, and control eventually leaves us empty.