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Recap. Ecclesiastes 2:1-3 I said to myself, “Come on, let’s try pleasure. Let’s look for the ‘good things’ in life.”. Ch.1=We Wnt Signif : “the Secret ” ~ Wrks : Posess ./ Relat /Activity/ ~THING Ch.2= Begin Srch =BASIC  Advancd “ Tst.Pleasr ”=USA Way: “Fun & Games”

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  1. Recap Ecclesiastes 2:1-3 I said to myself, “Come on, let’s try pleasure. Let’s look for the ‘good things’ in life.” Ch.1=We WntSignif: “the Secret” ~ Wrks: Posess./Relat/Activity/~THING Ch.2=Begin Srch=BASICAdvancd “Tst.Pleasr”=USA Way: “Fun & Games” ‘FUN==Happin.’  “PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS”

  2. USA Way! Ecclesiastes 2:12 (NLT) So I decided to compare wisdom with foolishness and madness (for who can do this better than I, the king?). V12-23= ‘Wise’ vs. ‘Foolish’ “USA Way” ‘U=2 Uptight..Jst.DO IT!...U ~Knw. “Fun” ’ Solomon: “?U Do Better? I==KING!” (@Best: U==REPEAT) ?Mk.Diff.2 READ? 2 Ways:Xper ^ Read(Lrn) Prefer #1, UNLSS: Gud/Bad/Ugly=RathrWATCH

  3. USA Way! 2:13 I thought, “Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness. 2:14a For the wise can see where they are going, but fools walk in the dark.” v13=Concl: ‘Eyes Wide Opn’ =Bettr Wildman=Burn Out Drinking==OK / “Blind Drunk” == JAIL V.14 ~SEE!! ‘Light ^Dark’=ZOMBIELAND “Bettr.2 Burn Out..Fade Awy” Say 2day? So many LIES!!  “Carpe Deim”

  4. USA Way! • 2:14 b • Yet I saw that the wise and the foolish share the same fate. Both will die. • 2:15 • So I said to myself, “Since I will end up the same as the fool, what’s the value of all my wisdom? This is all so meaningless!” • 2:16For the wise and the foolish both die. The wise will not be remembered any longer than the fool. In the days to come, both will be forgotten. v14b SAME OUTCOME! Empty-Hands! Catholics: “Evryth. In Moderation” ^ Hells Angels: “Live Fast, Die Young…” v15 ?Value? \ Hrd.WrkBettr $$ NO! SAME PAY! “Working 4 Future Generations!” v16 ~CARES! \ ‘Build Statue!’ Birds Poop IL: Rockefellers  BP Oil (Ppl LOVE 2day!)

  5. USA Way! 2:17 So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless—like chasing the wind. v.17 HURT By Life “UndrSun”DISTURBING ExistentialismPost-modernism ~Any better! PostM:‘~Makes sense!’Meaninglss ‘Nobody Knows ^ CAN Know’ Wind USA WAY Law Diminsh.Returns “I=Have Fun even if it KILLS ME!” Yes, it IS Killing Us!

  6. USA Way! 2:17 I came to hate all my hard work here on earth, for I must leave to others everything I have earned. And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? Yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work under the sun. How meaningless! Depression INCREASING Wrk Hard 4 a FOOL!  UNFAIR! ‘Despair’  Helpless 2 Chng. “Law..Diminishing Returns” = USA Way Rich SUICIDES So I gave up in despair, questioning the value of all my hard work in this world. Some people work wisely with knowledge and skill, then must leave the fruit of their efforts to someone who hasn’t worked for it. This, too, is meaningless, a great tragedy.

  7. USA Way! 2:22 So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety? 2:23Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night their minds cannot rest. It is all meaningless. v.22=Eternal Question Wrk Hard 4 a FOOL!  UNFAIR! V23 More WORK  MORE RESTLESS (Insomnia) Life “Under the Sun”

  8. Evryth. Changes 2:24a So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. 2:24b Then I realized that these pleasures are fromthe hand of God. 2:25 For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from him? v.24a Contradiction!?! \ NO  How Enjoyment Works v24b FUN=Gift of G! \ 1st Time ~‘Undr Sun’ 2 Wys 2 Hv. FUN: • As MY GOAL  DEMAND  Infantile… • As a GIFT frm GOD 1 Tim. “He GIVES us richly all things to ENJOY.” v.25 GOSP: ?Ppl.Avoid G? Add G It WORKS! (==DESIGNER)

  9. The GIFT 2:26a God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. v.26a JOY!! =Ultimate ‘Fun/Games’ ~Monkish, ~Aescetism GRAND JOYS Wedding/Births/etc. BUT: Given, ~Demanded! As a GOAL Chasing WIND As a GIFTCool, WORKS! CHOICE=Either/Or: Under..Sun ^ From God USA Way ^ G’s Way Enjoyed Thankfully, ~Lustfully ~ “I See..Want..Take!” USA: “Waaa, I Want My BOTTLE!” “Frm. God” 

  10. a PACKAGE 2:26a God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. v.26a GivesJoy w/KNOWL,Wisd.,etc. “Keep the Knowl..gimme FUN!” ~Wrk. That Way: ‘Those..please Him’ G.Wnts. MATURITY, ~Spoiled BRATS ~Rocket Science: Fun=POISON Sometimes ‘Knowl/Wisdm’ ~Same as ‘undr Sun’ 1 Corinthians 2:6-7 (NASB) Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away; but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory; =WOG ?Ur Wisdom Doin?  REQ. DISCIPLINE (~fun)

  11. a PACKAGE 2:26B …to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. This, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind. v.26b • i.e., WE are the objects of God's Redemption • Even the greatest tragedies turned to our benefit. When we see life in these terms, we can have joy in life again Even pain & grief==NXT WEEK Fun=1) Received ~Demanded, ~Goal2) Thankfully, ~Lustfully 3) As part of God’s PACKAGE 4 Your Life

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