Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Vanity of Vanities

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

• Human Philosophy Apart From God

• Key Word: “Vanity”

• Key Phrase: “Under The Sun”

• Yet Another Key: “I Said In My Heart…” Human Thoughts

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• Question to the class…

• Why are we as Christians, not to spend too much time dabbling in philosophy???

Truman Capote

H. L. Mencken

Oscar Wilde

William F. Buckley

Nietzche

Nietzche is dead, signed God

W.C. Fields

Gore Vidal

Woody Allen

Andy Rooney

Janis Joplin

Jimi Hendrix

Jim Morrison

Kurt Cobain

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

• Verse 1- Author Identified - (Thanks Howard)

• Verse 2 - The Theme Stated – Vanity

• Verse 3 - The Question Raised – Profit Under The Sun???

Vanity of Vanities

Under the Sun

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

• Verses 4-7

• A look at some of Solomon’s experiments

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

• Verses 8-11

• Life is wearisome

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

How Should This Study Affect Our Christian Footprint?

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

It’s A Rather Depressing Point Of View…

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

• We Don’t Live Life Under The Sun…

We Live Our Lives Under The Son!

2 Corinthians 5:17

“Therefore If Any Man Is in Christ, He Is a New Creature; The Old

Things Passed Away; Behold, New Things Have Come.”