The devotional explores the pursuit of purpose through pleasure, productivity, and prosperity, ultimately concluding that these earthly endeavors prove fleeting and ultimately meaningless when pursued for personal gain. Solomon’s exhaustive testing reveals that wisdom is preferable to folly, yet even wisdom cannot escape mortality and oblivion. The sermon emphasizes that true fulfillment arises not from accumulating possessions or achievements, but from recognizing God as the source of all good and enjoying life's blessings as gifts from Him, a perspective that transcends temporal limitations and promises enduring joy.
Hopewell ARP Church is a Biblical, Reformed, Presbyterian church, serving the Lord in Culleoka, TN, since 1820. Lord's Day Morning, set your gps to arrive by 11a.m. at 3886 Hopewell Road, Culleoka, TN 38451
Tuesday, August 05, 2025
Living the Good Life [Family Worship lesson in Ecclesiastes 2]
What is the point of life? Ecclesiastes 2 looks forward to the hearing of Scripture, publicly read, in public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twenty-six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the point of life is to receive it as from God, and to live it as for God.
The devotional explores the pursuit of purpose through pleasure, productivity, and prosperity, ultimately concluding that these earthly endeavors prove fleeting and ultimately meaningless when pursued for personal gain. Solomon’s exhaustive testing reveals that wisdom is preferable to folly, yet even wisdom cannot escape mortality and oblivion. The sermon emphasizes that true fulfillment arises not from accumulating possessions or achievements, but from recognizing God as the source of all good and enjoying life's blessings as gifts from Him, a perspective that transcends temporal limitations and promises enduring joy.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)
The devotional explores the pursuit of purpose through pleasure, productivity, and prosperity, ultimately concluding that these earthly endeavors prove fleeting and ultimately meaningless when pursued for personal gain. Solomon’s exhaustive testing reveals that wisdom is preferable to folly, yet even wisdom cannot escape mortality and oblivion. The sermon emphasizes that true fulfillment arises not from accumulating possessions or achievements, but from recognizing God as the source of all good and enjoying life's blessings as gifts from Him, a perspective that transcends temporal limitations and promises enduring joy.
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