Pg 587 In Church Bibles Chapter 1, Verse 12-18

Truth in Advertising Laws

Perspective of Ecclesiastes: Under the Sun -leaving God out of the picture Layout of our Text today - Hebrew Poetry Rhyming thoughts not sounds

For those who Personally want to know the truth about life, INDICATIONS: v.12 “I” v.16 “communed with my heart” Hebrew: Leb - inner man, real

exhaustively and comprehensively researched. For those who Personally want to know the truth about life, For those who Personally want to know the truth about life,INDICATIONS: that was intensively, v.13&17 “I set my heart to” v.13 “to seek and search out”

exhaustively and comprehensively researched. that was intensively, For those who Personally want to know the truth about life, For those who Personally want to know the truth about life,INDICATIONS: v “King...know by wisdom” v.16 “attained greatness” “gained more wisdom than all” “gained more wisdom than all” “understood great wisdom, and “understood great wisdom, and knowledge” knowledge” “understood great wisdom, and “understood great wisdom, and knowledge” knowledge”

exhaustively and comprehensively researched. that was intensively, For those who Personally want to know the truth about life, For those who Personally want to know the truth about life,INDICATIONS: v “all...all...all” v.17 “wisdom...madness...folly”

For those who Personally want to know the truth about life, For those who Personally want to know the truth about life,INDICATIONS: that was intensively, exhaustively and comprehensively researched. that was intensively, exhaustively and comprehensively researched. RESULT:Under the sun, everything is Vanity SIDE EFFECTS WILL INCLUDE: Frustration Sorrow ► ►

the more you know,the more you hurt;the more you understand,the more you suffer.

"The greater are our affections the deeper are our afflictions, and the more we love the more we have to weep." J. C. Ryle Pastor and Pastor andWriter ( ) ( )

For those who Personally want to know the truth about life, For those who Personally want to know the truth about life,INDICATIONS: that was intensively, exhaustively and comprehensively researched. that was intensively, exhaustively and comprehensively researched. RESULT: Under the sun, everything is Vanity SIDE EFFECTS WILL INCLUDE: Frustration Sorrow ► ►

Why would I want to know the vanity of life if it brings and FrustrationSorrow 1) Seek life above the Sun!!

He sought and won top honors at Cambridge University. Yet in the hour of his academic triumph, he said, “I was surprised to find I had grasped a shadow.” Henry Martyn Pastor and missionary to of India and Persia Pastor and missionary to of India and Persia missionary Persi missionary Persi ( ) ( )1905)

J. W. Jowett noted, “His eyes were now lifted far above scholastic prizes to the all-satisfying prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Henry Martyn Pastor and missionary to of India and Persia Pastor and missionary to of India and Persia missionary Persi missionary Persi ( ) ( )1905)

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Colossians 3:1

Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:2

When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Colossians 3:2

Why would I want to know the vanity of life if it brings and FrustrationSorrow 1) Seek life above the Sun!! 2) Help others out of Vanity to Life - Not just “down and outers” - Not just “down and outers” - Apart from God - all is Vanity - Apart from God - all is Vanity 3) This is the Heart God has, wants us to have and is looking for to have and is looking for 3) This is the Heart God has, wants us to have and is looking for to have and is looking for

Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it Luke 19:41

I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. Romans 9:1-2

Then He called out in my hearing with a loud voice, saying, “Let those who have charge over the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in his hand.” Ezekiel 9:1

And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his battle-ax in his hand. Ezekiel 9:2

One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer’s inkhorn at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar. Ezekiel 9:2

Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn at his side; Ezekiel 9:3

and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and and Ezekiel 9:4

put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.” Ezekiel 9:4

To the others He said in my hearing, “Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity. Ezekiel 9:5

Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple. Ezekiel 9:6

put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.” Ezekiel 9:4

Why would I want to know the vanity of life if it brings and FrustrationSorrow 1) Seek life above the Sun!! 2) Help others out of Vanity to Life - Not just “down and outers” - Not just “down and outers” - Apart from God - all is Vanity - Apart from God - all is Vanity 3) This is the Heart God has, wants us to have and is looking for to have and is looking for 3) This is the Heart God has, wants us to have and is looking for to have and is looking for

For those who Personally want to know the truth about life, For those who Personally want to know the truth about life,INDICATIONS: that was intensively, exhaustively and comprehensively researched. that was intensively, exhaustively and comprehensively researched. RESULT: Under the sun, everything is Vanity SIDE EFFECTS WILL INCLUDE: Frustration Sorrow ► ►

For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. 2Corinthians 7:10