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A Man's Futile Search for Meaning (Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11) 
Pastors James Long, Jr. 
Series: Meaninglessness: Study from the Book of Ecclesiastes 
 
Introduction 
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness 
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” 
 
Outline 
1. FUTILITY and FRUSTRATION - The Futile Search for Meaning (Ecclesiastes 1:12-18) 
• Unhappy business - “evil business” - suffering, trials, and troubles 
• Everything “under the sun” is fundamentally broken and crooked 
 
2. FLEETING PLEASURES - The Meaninglessness of Self-Indulgence (Ecclesiastes 2:1-11) 
Pleasure Tests (practical experiments) 
Test #1 - Laughter - Ecclesiastes 2:2 
Test #2 - Liquor - Ecclesiastes 2:3 
Test #3 - Projects (Secular Garden of Eden) - Ecclesiastes 2:4-6 
Test #4 - People, Possessions, and Passions Ecclesiastes 2:7-8 
Test #5 - Prestige (Fame) - Ecclesiastes 2:9 
Test #6 - Pursuits (Fulfillment) - Ecclesiastes 2:10 
His evaluation - EMPTINESS - Utter Disillusionment (Futility) and Despair (Frustration) Ecclesiastes 2:11 
 
3. TRUE and LASTING FREEDOM - The Gospel - Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11) 
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness 
Heidelberg Catechism 
Q1. What is your only comfort in life and death? 
That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with His precious blood, and has set me free from all the power of the devil. He also preserves me in such a way that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, all things must work together for my salvation. Therefore, by His Holy Spirit He also assures me of eternal life and makes me heartily willing and ready from now on to live for Him. 
Q2. What do you need to know in order to live and die in the joy of this comfort? 
First, how great my sins and misery are; second, how I am delivered from all my sins and misery; third, how I am to be thankful to God for such deliverance. 
 
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A Man's Futile Search for Meaning (Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11)
Pastors James Long, Jr.
Series: Meaninglessness: Study from the Book of Ecclesiastes
 
Introduction
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

Outline
1. FUTILITY and FRUSTRATION - The Futile Search for Meaning (Ecclesiastes 1:12-18)
• Unhappy business - “evil business” - suffering, trials, and troubles
• Everything “under the sun” is fundamentally broken and crooked

2. FLEETING PLEASURES - The Meaninglessness of   Self-Indulgence  (Ecclesiastes 2:1-11)
Pleasure Tests (practical experiments)
Test #1 - Laughter - Ecclesiastes 2:2
Test #2 - Liquor - Ecclesiastes 2:3
Test #3 - Projects (Secular Garden of Eden) - Ecclesiastes 2:4-6
Test #4 - People, Possessions, and Passions  Ecclesiastes 2:7-8
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Pastor Jack Abeelen teaching from Ecclesiastes in his message titled "The Sad Path of Education, Enjoyment, & Employment" 
 
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11 - The Sad Path of Education, Enjoyment, &amp; Employment

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[Living Life] 12.11 Empty Pleasures (Ecclesiastes 2:1-11) - Daily Devotional Bible Study

Pastor Jack Abeelen teaching Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11 in his study titled "The Sad Path Of Education, Enjoyment & Employment." From the series through the book of Ecclesiastes taught on Sunday mornings. 
 
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Pastor Jack Abeelen teaching Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11 in his study titled "The Sad Path Of Education, Enjoyment & Employment.

Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:11 - The Sad Path Of Education, Enjoyment &amp; Employment

Michael Snowdon

A reading of Ecclesiastes 2:1-26. Scriptures taken from: The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. 
 
Music: "Life" by Kevin Graham. Used by permission. 
 
Versión en español: https://youtu.be/PxOPIZPckcA

A reading of Ecclesiastes 2:1-26.  Scriptures taken from: The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.

Music: "Life" by Kevin Graham. Used by permission.

Versión en español: https://youtu.be/PxOPIZPckcA

Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 CSB [English]

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We all long to be happy, but often happiness feels beyond our reach. This message looks at a person who made the pursuit of happiness an extended research project and considers the wrong paths and ultimate direction of the joy that we all seek. 
 
 
Today's Passage 
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4:21 More of the good life isn’t the answer 
8:35 More right living isn’t the answer 
11:14 More success isn’t the answer 
13:22 Joy is a gift we receive today, not a prize we race to win tomorrow. 
20:31 Closing Prayer 
22:25 Conclusion

We all long to be happy, but often happiness feels beyond our reach. This message looks at a person who made the pursuit of happiness an extended research project and considers the wrong paths and ultimate direction of the joy that we all seek.


Today's Passage
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0:00 Introduction
4:21 More of the good life isn’t the answer
8:35 More right living isn’t the answer
11:14 More success isn’t the answer
13:22 Joy is a gift we receive today, not a prize we race to win tomorrow.
20:31 Closing Prayer
22:25 Conclusion

How to Stop Dreading and Start Enjoying Your Life | Ecclesiastes 2:1-26

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Meaningless- Ecclesiastes 2: 1-26

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Joy is greater than pleasure...so don't aim for pleasure; aim for joy. 
And true joy comes only from Jesus Christ! 
For more information about FAChurch in Grover, CO go to www.myfachurch.org.

Joy is greater than pleasure...so don't aim for pleasure; aim for joy. 
And true joy comes only from Jesus Christ!
For more information about FAChurch in Grover, CO go to www.myfachurch.org.

Pleasure (Ecclesiastes 2:1-11) | FAChurch 11.06.22 Sunday Service (Communion Sunday)

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Dimanche, 19 janvier 2020 
 
 
Thème: - Le dialogue entre JÉSUS & le peuple à transformer. 
- La faiblesse de l'homme. 
- La facilité de l'homme a abandonné le bon chemin pour un chemin illusoire. 
 
JEAN 8 : 31-58 
 
 
Jean 8:54-58 
 
 
 Sunday, January 19, 2020 
 
 
 Theme: - The dialogue between JESUS ​​& the people to be transformed. 
 - Man's weakness. 
 - The ease of man has abandoned the right path for an illusory path. 
 
 JOHN 8: 31-58 
 
 
 John 8:54-58 
 
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Dimanche, 19 janvier 2020


Thème: - Le dialogue entre JÉSUS & le peuple à transformer.
- La faiblesse de l'homme.
- La facilité de l'homme a abandonné le bon chemin pour un chemin illusoire.

JEAN 8 : 31-58


Jean 8:54-58


           Sunday, January 19, 2020


 Theme: - The dialogue between JESUS ​​& the people to be transformed.
 - Man's weakness.
 - The ease of man has abandoned the right path for an illusory path.

 JOHN 8: 31-58


 John 8:54-58

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Comment faire pour connaître DIEU (Jn 8:54-58).  /   How to Know GOD (Jn 8: 54-58)

Shawn Hull

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

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Pastor Joe Slunaker 
The Big Idea: Self-indulgence is vanity; it's only ever a quick fix.

Pastor Joe Slunaker
The Big Idea: Self-indulgence is vanity; it's only ever a quick fix.

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 - 9/25/22

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Here is Pastor Frank Vargo's sermon on 4-25-21 titled, "Striving After Wind" from Ecclesiastes 2:1-26.

Striving After Wind - Ecclesiastes 2:1-26

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Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 // 5pm

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I. Introduction 
II. The Vanity of our Pursuits 
A. Searching for satisfaction 
B. Then he looks up 
III. Application and Conclusion 
A. God has made His world this way 
B. Two ways to experience life

I. Introduction
II. The Vanity of our Pursuits
A. Searching for satisfaction
B. Then he looks up
III. Application and Conclusion
A. God has made His world this way
B. Two ways to experience life

“From the Hand of God” ~ Ecclesiastes 2:1-26

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Chasing The Wind - Ecclesiastes 2:1-26

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Explores pleasure (1-3) and prosperity (4-8) 
 
Search For Significance: Examination of Ecclesiastes 
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We live in a culture obsessed with pleasure and prosperity, and it often leaves us unfulfilled. Ecclesiastes warns us about this truth. It was true then, and remains true now, proving the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes’ relevance to the twenty-first century. 
 
The Preacher continues his experiments. The Preacher tries to determine if there is another way to find lasting advantages through human work under the sun by exploring pleasure (1-3) and prosperity (4-8). Right from the first line, he tells the reader his goal and its result: “I will test you with pleasure” (towb used eight times in Ecclesiastes = pleasure) and “it too was futility” (2:1). 
 
In a pursuit of pleasure, he explores the experience of comedy and laughter (2:2), alcohol and wine (2:3), entertainers and entertainments (2:8), and sex with concubines (2:8). In a pursuit of the rewards of riches, he explores the experience of building projects (4-6) and expanding his wealth (7-8) with houses, vineyards (2:4), gardens, parks (2:5), ponds (2:6), slaves, livestock (2:7), silver and gold (2:8). While there is nothing intrinsically sinful, wicked, or evil about pleasure or prosperity, as a source of fulfillment, purpose, and identity, they are hollow idols. 
 
In the beginning of the chapter, he declares his experiences as fruitless and, at the end of his experiments on pleasure and prosperity, he concludes with meaningless futility (9-11). He denied himself no material possessions or pleasures, and like the man in the parable of Jesus (Luke 16:19-31 The Rich Man and Lazarus), he obtained enjoyment for a time. He claims to have surpassed all others in wealth (2:9): Did great, received increase, held his wisdom (2:9); satisfied his desire, pleasure, reward (2:10); result: “all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun” (2:11). 
 
Let us repent, commit to reject the idols of pleasures and prosperity that are so pervasive in our culture, and pray for the Holy Spirit to empower us to focus on Jesus and receive true fulfillment, purpose, and identity from God and not from the false idols of our culture. 
 
Search For Significance: Examination of Ecclesiastes 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DJVJJMQ/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_VR21GKM48W63JYH29YWD 
 
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Explores pleasure (1-3) and prosperity (4-8)

Search For Significance: Examination of Ecclesiastes
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DJVJJMQ/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_VR21GKM48W63JYH29YWD

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We live in a culture obsessed with pleasure and prosperity, and it often leaves us unfulfilled.  Ecclesiastes warns us about this truth.  It was true then, and remains true now, proving the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes’ relevance to the twenty-first century. 

The Preacher continues his experiments. The Preacher tries to determine if there is another way to find lasting advantages through human work under the sun by exploring pleasure (1-3) and prosperity (4-8). Right from the first line, he tells the reader his goal and its result: “I will test you with pleasure” (towb used eight times in Ecclesiastes = pleasure) and “it too was futility” (2:1).

In a pursuit of pleasure, he explores the experience of comedy and laughter (2:2), alcohol and wine (2:3), entertainers and entertainments (2:8), 

Ecclesiastes Bible Study EP006 (Eccl 2:1-11) Vanity of Pleasure & Prosperity

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Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 
What does Rev 3:19 mean? Ask the lovers of jesusofnazarethkingofthejews what they think? i.e. in church, at bible study or anyone what they think the verse means?

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Revelation  3:19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
What does Rev 3:19 mean?  Ask the lovers of jesusofnazarethkingofthejews what they think? i.e. in church, at bible study or anyone what they think the verse means?

Eclesiastes 2:1-3:15 Nvipt