Passage: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Speaker: Pastor Jon Kopp Series: Life Under The Sun
Speaker: Jon Kopp - Over and over again in this book, Solomon has shown us that life under the sun--life lived without the connection of faith to the eternal God is empty. Vanity. It lacks lasting substance. And, with comprehensive precision, he proves that point. Wisdom, folly, work, leisure, money, possessions, success, power, pleasure, control and understanding, even friend relationships--everything is empty apart from a relationship with God. This morning, Solomon will continue his experiment. Ecclesiastes 5 shows us another empty activity under the sun, and it is quite unexpected. It is our worship. Solomon is going to point at our relationship with God this morning, and He is going to show us that even our worship can be empty and meaningless. Even the gifts we give God can leave us empty and frustrated inside. All is vanity, says the preacher --even approaching God with our gifts of worship can be vanity. And I don’t think that’s a novel concept. I think it’s something we’ve all experienced.