Ecclesiastes 7:1-4 / David VanAcker

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Well, this is finally it. The last sermon in Ecclesiastes. It seems like a significant understatement to say that God has used this book in my life over the past year. I know many of you have experienced similar measures of God’s grace through our time in it. The main idea of this sermon is the main idea of Ecclesiastes: Living life as God intends means living by wisdom and faith. Because life is under the sun, we need wisdom to know how the world ordinarily works and what it means to live in light of it. And because life is also above the sun, we need faith in God’s promises to live the full lives God made us for. The main takeaways are to learn wisdom and live by it and learn God’s promises and live by them.

Service Order

Welcome
Exhortation
Assurance of Pardon
     Praise to the Lord the Almighty
Reading – Psalm 103:1-4, 20-22
     Across The Lands 
   Whate’er My God Ordains Is Right
Offering
Sermon
     I Set My Hope On Jesus
     All Glory Be To Christ
Benediction

Memory Verse

Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake!

Service Times

Prayer
8:30-8:45am
Sunday School
9:00am-10:00am
Worship Service
10:30am-Noon

Berea

In Berea, the adults will continue to work through the whole Bible, this week we will look at the book of Acts. Sunday School (kids ages 2-12) and Berea (kids 12+ and adults) take place at 9am on Sunday.