2021 THEME: Life on the Edge

Series: Life Matters

TITLE:  Time Travel

Scripture: Eccl. 3: 1-15

I.    TIME HAS NO MEANING WITHOUT GOD

Solomon says it all comes down to a life of measurable chunks which he calls (matters). The NLT calls them (activities)

Keep in mind what Solomon has been teaching us in the previous two chapters: if this cursed world is all there is, then all our actions in this life are futile.

One writer calls this poem (the quiet versus the disquiet).

A couple questions to consider:

1.     What is the (profit?)

2.     What is the (purpose?)

II.   TIME HAS MEANING WITH GOD          

God’s most impeccable timing is in Gal.4:4- “When the right time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman…” (NLT)

“When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.” Rom.5:6 (NLT)

What is verse 11 teaching us:

1)     God has made everything (beautiful) in its time.

2)     God has put (eternity) in our hearts.

3)     God has not (revealed) His eternal plan.

3 applications:

1.     Wait for God’s time.

2.     Live your whole life knowing that there is a time for you to die.

3.     Make good use of whatever time you have.

Theme: Life on the Edge / Series: Life Matters

Title: Pitfalls and Platforms- Eccl 4:1-16