5.1.22 Greater Than: The Pursuit of Pleasure, Wisdom, and Work

Greater Than: "The Pursuit of Pleasure, Wisdom, and Work"

Ecclesiastes 2:1-26

May 1, 2022

I. Solomon tasted life. (vs 1-11)

1. The pursuit of enjoyment (vs 1-11)

a. A good dose of laughter (vs 2)

Proverbs 14:13

b. A good gulp of wine (vs 3)

c. A good building projects (vs 4-6)

d. A good experience of sensuality (vs 7-8)

I Kings 11:3

e. A good life (vs 9-10)

2. The lesson learned (vs 11)

“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

I Cor. 10:31

II. Solomon hated life. (vs 12-23)

1. What about wisdom? (vs 12-17)

I Peter 3:10

2. What about possessions? (vs 18-23)

Luke 12:13-21

I Timothy 6:7-10

Deuteronomy 8:18

III. Solomon accepted life. (vs 24-26)

I Timothy 6:17

Proverbs 13:22

Let's Go Deeper:

1. What do you and the people around you think is necessary to be truly happy?

2. Why do we continue to think possessing more than we have right now will make us happy when we are not happy with what we have?

3. Why do pleasurable experience and the accumulation of money and things not ultimately satisfy?

4. Why do most of us kill ourselves to succeed in work despite the Bible’s repeated warnings that we do not get to take our stuff with us when we die?

5. What are some ways we use pleasure, possessions, relationships, and work in ways God did not design?

6. What are some ways we can enjoy pleasure, possessions, relationships, and work in ways God did design?

7. How can we fight against finding satisfaction in created things and instead find it in God alone?