UNDER THE SUN

ECCLESIASTES 1


Pastor Rick Jackson


I. THE REPITITION OF DAYS [v. 1-11]


1. The Perspective Without God [v. 1-3, I Jn. 2:16-17]


2. The Pattern Without Man [v. 4-10]


3. The Pointlessness of Accomplishment [v. 11, Ex. 1:8, Mt. 16:26]


II. THE EMPTINESS OF WORK [v. 12-15]


1. Life Lived For Subsistence [v. 12-14, Mt. 6:33]


2. Life Permanently Warped [v. 15, Pr. 23:29-35]


3. Life’s Sorrow Increased [v. 16-17, James 3:11-18]


III. THE LIFE OF VALUE


1. An Abundant Life [John 10:10]


I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.


2. A Work Not in Vain [I Cor. 15:58]


3. A Life with Purpose [Philippians 1:2]


For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.