Sermon Tone Analysis

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Background
Summary from last week
The people pursued the sign and not the sign-giver
The people pursued Jesus for his gifts and did not see Jesus as the gift
The people saw Jesus as a practical king and not a precious king
New this week
What is the meaning of life?
A question every person asks.
Econ - unlimited wants
People have more stuff than ever, yet don’t appear to be happier (Sapiens)
King Edward I of England (1237-1307) and Queen Eleanor (1240-1290)
Had 16 children
Only 6 lived past 11
Only 3 lived past 40
As far as we can tell, from a purely scientific viewpoint, human life has absolutely no meaning.
Humans are the outcome of blind evolutionary processes that operate without goal or purpose.
Our actions are not part of some divine cosmic plan, and if planet Earth were to blow up tomorrow morning, the universe would probably keep going about its business as usual.
As far as we can tell at this point, human subjectivity would not be missed.
Hence any meaning that people ascribe to their lives is just a delusion...
The scientist who says her life is meaningful because she increases the store of human knowledge, the soldier who declares that his life is meaningful because he fights to defend his homeland, and the entrepreneur who finds meaning in building a new company are no less delusional than their medieval counterparts who found meaning in reading scriptures, going on a crusade or building a new cathedral.
So perhaps happiness is synchronizing one’s personal delusions of meaning with the prevailing collective delusions.
As long as my personal narrative is in line with the narratives of the people around me, I can convince myself that my life is meaningful, and find happiness in that conviction.
This is quite a depressing conclusion.
Does happiness really depend on self-delusion?
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Hoah Harari
What is the meaning of life?
A question every person asks.
Jesus fully and explicitly answers this question in the next verse.
It’s not as though we go to him once and our desires dry up.
It’s that we know where to go day after day to find satisfaction.
Food only tastes good when we are hungry.
This is the theme of the entire Bible.
(Drop the gospel).
“Come” & “Believe”
Why did Jesus say this?
The search is over.
Jesus has come.
He died and is raised.
He lives.
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