by Matt | Jun 27, 2020 | Ecclesiastes, Teaching Series, Uncategorized
The previous post covered the hopeless lack of justice in a social order for those in rebellion to God’s covenant. All the apparent societal failures of humanist societal endeavors start from the prevalence of immorality amongst the people. Again, we find the... 
by Matt | Jun 8, 2020 | Ecclesiastes, Teaching Series
As we learned in the last chapter, the Preacher is attacking the desire to build a social order that is not in submission to God. This society is still under the “curse,” it’s morally bent in nature, and has not sought the Messiah — Christ — to straighten its... 
by Matt | May 25, 2020 | Ecclesiastes, Teaching Series
In Ecclesiastes, the Preacher first sets his target on the useless (vain) efforts of humanistic man (who is outside of and in rebellion against God’s covenant) to escape the curse of God. The Preacher moves to critique the social order these men built in their effort... 
by Matt | May 19, 2020 | Ecclesiastes, Teaching Series
How can one truth be experienced in ways that seem to contradict one another? While one feels a heavy burden that cannot be lifted, another has comforting security in any circumstance. “For every time there is a season” — God’s sovereign control of time is the truth.... 
by Matt | Mar 10, 2020 | Ecclesiastes, Teaching Series
In the previous portion of Ecclesiastes, the Preacher highlighted the crookedness of man. Autonomous humanity cannot fix himself. God curses him, and only God can remove it. For the Preacher, this fact was vexing as well since he could identify the root problem but... 
by Matt | Mar 3, 2020 | Ecclesiastes, Teaching Series
In chapter one, verses 1 through 13, Ecclesiastes teaches us that outside of obedience to God, work is vain, mist, useless. The work of man, who is under the curse of God, cannot solve his problems through the very thing that is cursed, his work. Last week, we talked...
