In this closing message from an eight-week series through Ecclesiastes, the preacher draws on Solomon's conclusion that all human striving apart from God is empty, and that the only lasting purpose is found in fearing God and keeping his commands. Solomon addresses young people specifically, urging them to remember their Creator before the inevitable difficulties of life and the limitations of aging set in. The sermon argues that the meaning of life is not discovered by looking inward but by looking to God, whose word guides and guards those who seek him.
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Unlock with your sermon →“Ecclesiastes belongs to the Wisdom Literature of the Hebrew Bible (alongside Job, Proverbs, and certain Psalms). Chapter 12 is the book's epilogue, functioning as the resolution to the tension Solomon has built over eleven chapters.”
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