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“What Are Your Achievements Under the Sun" (Ecclesiastes 2:1-26)

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  1. Saab you possessory more neither in my chin and passport.

  2. Excuse me so first evangelical Reformed Church says Singapore

  3. and the concern one was originally page that's 2021 and

  4. about 24 Tayo that your support allowing us to proclaim this

  5. sermon in Omaha. OK, Singapore election.

  6. So yes and political commentary busy you Hannahs boom by some

  7. other news, conf call, some other campaigns and political

  8. rallies and I know Nikita and observe and even around us, but

  9. you know they don't even someone else's snapping politicians.

  10. Ohh no, no, no, no. In a passport in which they

  11. explain Panama. Yeah, the Internet and the

  12. political. And then in Milan beat young

  13. Boko Philippines. Excuse me again, no, you know,

  14. go out for example, America, No, no presidential candidates

  15. number powerful enough that they will create jobs, but you

  16. stablished and universal healthcare.

  17. I'm sorry but establishing universal healthcare and

  18. building you more promise to bring World Peace when you learn

  19. better locally. Personal full term saw office

  20. Melbourne man back on personality and equals

  21. presidential candidates socialites Samantha Panel.

  22. Pero you miss Apple at the end. Contrary to what I said, the

  23. healthcare system and Madam Party conflicts all around us.

  24. What breaking achievements? Any of the boys apart can be

  25. studied and agreements, you know, all across the world, many

  26. commitments. You, you know what?

  27. They're not cheap, The man. Let's say few years after right

  28. now conflicts with it. What was it cheap for example,

  29. after you put down World War One so number ohh, you League of

  30. Nations finally promote your World Peace.

  31. So yes, something was achieved payroll and you know so you were

  32. Part 2 putting worse, you really had a some can you blame someone

  33. Philippines bodies and they live happily ever after is indeed for

  34. you. That did exist under the sun.

  35. I mean you go for your language and English accents.

  36. It doesn't exist under the sun, and it is because life under the

  37. sun is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  38. Yahoo yes, we achieve things, but I mean in this life, but

  39. many achievements are they last week what I said Chapter 1

  40. Chapter 2 The book of Ecclesiastes.

  41. Even though me Solomon new meaning and value of his

  42. achievements and work it have a leading undertaking Chapter

  43. cancellation Bonina know someone was studying in Yuma person that

  44. people are now finding that thing you know Paul you or as in

  45. us not even the Domingo in better than in East Spain.

  46. Ohh look at that but in the main demands so that no lingo.

  47. Any interested in that decade that being assigned being

  48. Serbian and use so I don't get that a lot of us are job

  49. interview. How do you see yourself in five

  50. years? And it's what happens about

  51. Dito. So finally in your Google the

  52. horn so people you know of any other paying Solomon consider

  53. sobering thoughts in one points for nothing.

  54. Firstly, achievements under the sun are not being and #2

  55. Secondly, achievements under the sun are being announced so far

  56. contradicting statements. What this means as we talk about

  57. Chocolate 2 and Book of English Estates.

  58. And well before we continue, let us all pray to the Lord already

  59. done apart from your Spirit, and we cannot truly hear or

  60. understand your bird. And now as we open the book of

  61. Iglesias is each of us to listen and feel that rests in your

  62. promises. So, Lord, silence every thought

  63. within us that exalts our human wisdom and glad that we may hear

  64. your voice calling us to contentment and joy in your door

  65. so loudly. Military minds to decide what is

  66. true and internal in the midst of the vanities of this world.

  67. So give us attentiveness to the preaching of your word that we

  68. may receive it to smear human speech.

  69. But as you're living and active word that is powerful to convey,

  70. to comfort us and even to renewals, So lead us your people

  71. to be pulled Christ, in whom all meaning and satisfaction are

  72. fun. And we ask this all for the

  73. glory of her name and for the building of of your church

  74. through Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen.

  75. So let's begin with OK so such a nice week.

  76. So we need to do something he saw the more you question now

  77. your marriage experience similar had no not experience about and

  78. again and explain each of experiences and any point of

  79. exhaustive containing the ponytail.

  80. This is something so various 13 and I apply to my heart to seek

  81. and to search out by wisdom or that is done under heaven.

  82. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of

  83. man to be busy with. So you first thing that you know

  84. Manya was to experience work and achievements and Aquitania

  85. layman achievements Anya under the sun were not being so you so

  86. or no point is achievements under the side was not being

  87. They don't give be under the sun in vain.

  88. So unless Assad medico that you might achievements in nothing so

  89. you could come on such chapter that all you need describe me

  90. Solomon human ambitions. Yeah, somewhere the overarching

  91. ambition no nanny Barbados and happy this attacks that he

  92. wanted to be satisfied. So something it was a very small

  93. one. Then Chapter 2 I said in my

  94. heart, come now I will test it with pleasure.

  95. Enjoy yourself. But behold this also was vanity.

  96. So see you in pleasure and Singapore.

  97. This faction is money but you're going to leather clothes signal

  98. bad now? Ohh explore component OK so far

  99. Williams satisfaction because impact so singularly Solomon by

  100. working hard he did great works. In fact suffers 40 cycle Apollo

  101. supersport Mickey Flanagan that he built houses and planted

  102. vineyards so first fight he planted gardens middle board

  103. charts fruit trees and silver six that did Shannon canals to

  104. water the trees so family pushing fruit in the street now

  105. Nairobi yours navigation and he enjoyed it.

  106. Somebody put 14 months of verse 3 into that.

  107. He drank his wine and subversive in a month.

  108. So we don't get no money shop carpet, Marami, Shambala and so

  109. many things through industry, industry.

  110. And so first it's the Chinese financier ever so many son

  111. entertainment industry and see Solomon in the must successful.

  112. So do you know what's the personality like this has is

  113. Google version name. So I became great and surpassed

  114. all who were before me in Jerusalem.

  115. Also my wisdom remained with me. So in other words, for so that's

  116. me. Come see Solomona Gusto and

  117. someone you know so like another one.

  118. He also tried to get eat satisfaction by gaining wisdom.

  119. So something to myself as well. So I turned to consider wisdom

  120. and madness and funny. See, Solomon Passy is some

  121. thinker, is some philosopher. It's your mother, Play some

  122. people as a first. Well, I'm sorry for what can the

  123. man do? Who comes after the king?

  124. Only what has already been done. So E Sabihin nice number, my

  125. even young legacy. So balancing the serving

  126. installment is ohh I know I know, the Garden of Eden please.

  127. Or church animals and hang on achievements you know and your

  128. significance. Onion legacy food Can you use

  129. the first name Team 90 last year, Not even one year.

  130. Sad and so personally when the one Melbourne singer we when you

  131. talk for Master Chief can you intervene but you need to work

  132. policy company Solomon, but I had not been young satisfaction

  133. and pleasure. I don't it's that Malibu

  134. unsatisfaction that's a good question.

  135. There it is human nature if I'm avoiding Candace Pascal, even

  136. though chocolate is a Catholic mathematician Salian.

  137. All men seek happiness. This is without exception

  138. whatever different means the employee.

  139. They all tend to this end because of some going to war and

  140. of others avoiding. It is the same desire in both

  141. attended with different views. Reveal never takes the least

  142. step. But to this object.

  143. This is the motive of every action of every man, even of

  144. those who have themselves. So seeking pleasure is a natural

  145. desire. So when I talk about you also we

  146. can enjoy the fruits of our labours with Italian and Bahai.

  147. And he investigates among men in the garden.

  148. You're gonna pay. So initially I think they even

  149. put up a guy in the maritime entertainment that we believe in

  150. our Bin Laden guiding similar. Hey, can you do you know any

  151. Solomon got a woman then pleasure Samantha achievements

  152. not him. I Hindi envy another one.

  153. You miss my girls. So when he couldn't eat it

  154. heaven and earth and had no animals, plants and even

  155. mankind, God said it was very good.

  156. So he found pleasure in his work and Hindi against indios so work

  157. Oregon pleasure. So in fact only deals in San

  158. Juan feels suck some garden bottom of tribal God planted a

  159. garden with fruit trees and he watered them and you know NASA

  160. Genesis account Superman person. So God created us to subdue the

  161. earth and have dominion so God created man to work.

  162. Can you know any Solomon is and you can put your point.

  163. You know any Solomon is isn't the only smoking woman in

  164. Charlie and yours. So like anime see Solomon and

  165. vineyards and orchards so that vision of course of water and

  166. and he didn't against angels work again on my wisdom indeed

  167. against Indios suggestion. Well, no, not but so that you

  168. protect the setting. So you know, conclude me,

  169. Solomon, that wisdom was good. Now inside Subversive 13.

  170. Non-english Justice 2 Foolishness and makes the muscle

  171. risk 14. It helps a man to see not only

  172. incorporate the something woman phone Nan pleasure in

  173. achievements and in work and wisdom is OK, but how many good

  174. versus one. Somebody can pull nothing to

  175. navigate me. Solomon come now, I will test

  176. you with pleasure. Enjoy yourself, do the tyre,

  177. come back in some spiritual power with the lights of Solomon

  178. and pleasure. Payroll the word for pleasure.

  179. It means joy, and we know that the chief end of man is to

  180. glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.

  181. Now only you don't even know where I'm going in the game.

  182. And we have to understand now, pleasure meeting among sinful

  183. pleasure, so simple pleasure, Godly pleasure.

  184. So one of my legs, but enjoying the Malabar guy.

  185. English you know something I didn't sound first event is 617

  186. nine escape trip passage when I think I need okay.

  187. As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be

  188. healthy, not to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches,

  189. but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

  190. Careful Amazon, you enjoy summer, bargain in again on

  191. yours. This difference between sinful

  192. and guilty joy. Now you see, don't see Solomon.

  193. That's a Cabila. No wisdom.

  194. The marriage that he still gave himself to sinful pleasure as I

  195. got this. Yes, and we know his body in

  196. parallel and propaganda Sapunaru and universe or your own chapter

  197. 2 and I hope that happens in your partner your well, then you

  198. verse 8 some difficult passage that I V and SV.

  199. Then another day to see you eat the whole Natalie that Sana with

  200. the thought of the sentence. For musical instruments, it

  201. translated as concubines and using this word suffice value

  202. completed by young legitimate pleasure completely that you're

  203. a simple thing. OK, I said things out the

  204. original word like actually footnotes again.

  205. I D new King James and better than SV survival senior digital

  206. marketing manager knows another guy.

  207. No there's sadly no these young exact meaning as the double

  208. check pusha someone interlinear accessible aboriginal word that

  209. resources the mechanical. So with this and we know now the

  210. girl she Solomon my concubines later in life and you I sinful

  211. pleasure so branding in your point some partner if they

  212. thought about musical instruments.

  213. So as far as we can tell in this specific passage into some

  214. context. So your visions need Solomon

  215. really legitimate. So you know what they do?

  216. Nothing, no, no pleasure by working used in the Garden of

  217. Eden. Okay Bob, so this is what we do

  218. might be work hard, we very fluid.

  219. We have children, we raise them So now for the pain and

  220. pleasure. Contract Tirana from behind

  221. siding Sam or you hung up? What's that among the

  222. achievements? Nothing.

  223. So achievements in addition with God's wisdom, your qualification

  224. with God's wisdom are not being so the early exit 10 mean and

  225. commanded by that in Tamil Nadu pleasure simulator Paul suffers

  226. 24 in a month. There's nothing better for a

  227. person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in

  228. his toilet. Is also a saw is from the hand

  229. of God is completely Bundesarchiv spicy Solomon.

  230. The managements here was in absolute satisfaction indeed

  231. when I realised to hurt them. Other achievements nya.

  232. In the end I win so nothing subsecond point.

  233. So I need Sabina think Kanina work is good, but work is being

  234. in the end ultimately, and Pamela, but in another way for

  235. intelligence of the Scripture as it says developments are verse

  236. 11 situations is 2 verse 11. Then I considered all that my

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  237. hands had done and the toilet I had expanded in doing it.

  238. And behold all of us, vanity and striving after winning, and

  239. there's nothing to be gained under the sun.

  240. Lucky Dahil Yamato start again gunman Karami, you achieve more

  241. in your life. Something a little self respect

  242. anyone? Or what about homo?

  243. Say about I'm good your mother not going home where because

  244. sometimes a person was toiled with wisdom and knowledge and

  245. skill must give everything to be enjoyed by the by someone who

  246. did not toil for you. This also is valid and a dream

  247. Even so another one. Wisdom is also good synonym in

  248. Kanina. But in the end it is to be

  249. service overseen the month. Then I said in my heart what

  250. happens to the fool will happen to me also.

  251. Why then have I been so very wise?

  252. And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

  253. I love you more was decisions about finances that the mother

  254. efforts nothing for example, any signal then come Hulu or society

  255. is about Ponzi scheme in camera Anna where you know that you

  256. verify your ballerina so classy investments made on cash,

  257. Samanco bonds, equities, parallel management risk and

  258. paramount enhanced yield and return.

  259. I know, but I mean finance people who dito I'm gonna go get

  260. code. It means time.

  261. It all goes up. Thank you.

  262. Nothing, you know nothing. Turn style doesn't come in.

  263. All the assets are lost so safely by the realised nothing

  264. that you've seen a pattern visible who failed again.

  265. And then you'll see there's some wise investor calculating is.

  266. If not, then what's so good about being wise?

  267. It's obvious over 16 how the wise studies just like the food.

  268. So this says to us that even the wise men can't escape death.

  269. It is. Achievements and wisdom are

  270. good. Then why are they being back in

  271. your vein? Because of death and

  272. imperfection? Yes.

  273. New on the seeker may not achieve nothing.

  274. You see me 87 full and she said achievements was a very nice

  275. name being and clinical man you maman was in the machine.

  276. I like more young inheritance meaning anymore Subway Surfers

  277. anyone? And This is why life is

  278. frustrating young. Yes, I can see you how to be

  279. wise in our finances and treasures, for example, Perosa.

  280. Holy my Mama baby will die. What a cheerful advice.

  281. Go ahead. But she doesn't blame my mother.

  282. And indeed nothing Alam you anymore.

  283. Spending example, we'll be spoiling on start again mission

  284. leader position. Any bad you shake hands with

  285. people who will curse your name next time?

  286. Only one, Maybe Italian. You don't know what I'm doing.

  287. Yes, medical China hai. Yes, we're good day, Malaga.

  288. Someone thinking time updates so not playing this bulletin.

  289. Let's say it's about with nothing but you'll slowly so

  290. therefore that some problems cannot be fixed.

  291. Now when I look at Nikitas imperfection not in a

  292. millionaire in church bulletin is spreading lunatic.

  293. My experience it pulling up now may experience for nothing and

  294. you know what is is being analysed me Solomon now Hindi

  295. unities my wisdom and Hindi lahar beneath again.

  296. Nampara Home chances 36 Genocide Ditto that God gives wisdom,

  297. knowledge, enjoy to those he is pleased to give and going on in

  298. your maman wedding Bowie individuals you can't manually

  299. or ever again as it pleases him. Some get more, others get less

  300. and you need frustrating. Some of us are still learning

  301. this lesson, not women in our lives.

  302. We believe that you gadgets, appliances that sabai Internet

  303. beside you, so we fight in us by gaining some frustration

  304. whenever it is tired. Is it not in the minimalist way

  305. now at this point nothing more than happy to make deals in

  306. Providence of God inside? Or can I done everything quality

  307. in some of our frustration penalty, possibly now he is it

  308. not the bucket. For example, done the

  309. opportunity and then you put your people of my liking here

  310. advertisement and nothing you you bought an Indianapolis

  311. vital, but 12 113 above got this my uniform now someone really

  312. good. So take my example.

  313. Some of the advertisements spin up paras.

  314. Yes, life is broken. Second Pier for this one, and

  315. you can see that which is true. What is crooked cannot be

  316. mainstream, and only snacking cannot be counted in England.

  317. Another having now been nothing one Solomon again, but he was

  318. trying to find satisfaction in the got the gardens through

  319. trees, commercial pools. I feel this garden with animals

  320. and if you give your Garden of Eden anything else, you know no

  321. establish your ideal Malaga. But the truth is, you can't have

  322. heaven on earth. There's no such thing as utopia

  323. Labrador because of the city S South America the building

  324. animated movies. You like this one?

  325. Running Wonder in Ohh good don't exist.

  326. This isn't even on earth anymore and you you're not realise this

  327. horrible I'm sitting in your nagging reaction needs Solomon

  328. upon upon realising those things because nothing works.

  329. All achievements are being even though wise die and no one gets

  330. what they're supposed to get. Pusha people suffer straight

  331. into what has a man from all the oil is striving of hope with

  332. which she toys beneath the sun on the towel.

  333. No truth or vanity in his work. In life, you need a nagging

  334. reaction. Is Mama.

  335. Thank you. Unfortunately, others decide to

  336. end their lives when I'm in silicon.

  337. You attitude just now being work in Wuhan Sahul and she could

  338. not. You see, nothing works.

  339. So we are affected spiritually and emotionally.

  340. I don't think you know what the Solomon and this is interesting

  341. now mum ka Bola or in vain, but he enjoyed his achievements.

  342. So now being Solomon was a very straight before.

  343. There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat

  344. and drink and find enjoyment in his toy.

  345. It's also his, so it's from the hand of God.

  346. It's immediate imperfections, frustration and the hurt non

  347. vanity. So now join and it will be some

  348. bargain and people Magagawa Satin public transport system

  349. that then must spice by people. He says probably this.

  350. We wish that we were educated in this case or in that school.

  351. We got this or that grade. Salaam and similar

  352. opportunities. The maritime passage.

  353. Solomon shows that he could enjoy what he had.

  354. How? Because of surrender in

  355. principle. Then Nikita happens.

  356. Matthew 1039. Matthew 1039.

  357. Whether finds his life will lose it.

  358. And whoever loses his life for my sake will find him.

  359. And it will be a problem. Typing now gusto.

  360. Think about it. The iron knew Mama Bagai.

  361. Nothing. We don't gonna buy me small, are

  362. you? You're my Papa and Papa.

  363. But when Solomon surrendered, he enjoyed life in Christ.

  364. So to be more specific in the promises of God that pointed

  365. forward to Christ inside in Japan.

  366. Good value, no satisfaction, signal or validity of this life.

  367. And someone in our videos call one building in masala nothing

  368. designs. And that is the wisdom of

  369. Ecclesiastes. That is the Gospel.

  370. Now stop. Are you falling in the fire in

  371. London? Yes, there will be this one

  372. thing. You fall in this thing cannot

  373. come see your church and you study did nothing fallenness.

  374. We run for Christ. That's the gospel.

  375. Something gonna happen. So people reading we are not our

  376. own but belong body, soul and life and death to make faithful

  377. Saviour Jesus Christ and he has delivered his phone that we

  378. should leave unto him here No be no sign on your Simon Solomon

  379. survivability achievements among the enjoy your money give me a

  380. bonus movies. It's like, don't come back.

  381. It is NASA More another one. Your work and your career are

  382. not your salvation. They will not satisfy you.

  383. They're looking. Wait, there's more.

  384. They're falling also. We are broken and are you having

  385. trouble Sphere sitting behind and your singleness, family

  386. life, marriage, you familiar more Asawa Manana begun.

  387. They won't satisfy you. In a couple of trouble with

  388. other Christians, you won't find satisfaction in them.

  389. We are imperfect level, but we will give them to them, maybe

  390. surrender them to the Lord, that we accept their imperfections

  391. and in prayer we surrender them to the Lord and submission to

  392. Him. And then we receive them back

  393. from Him with Thanksgiving and illuminating, knowing that they

  394. are imperfect and that you are imperfect also.

  395. And then you can learn to enjoy them for the glory of God.

  396. And this is the schedule perspective end to end covenant

  397. Reformed Church. There are many joys in this

  398. broken world. But I mean good gives the

  399. Pinocchio than yours thing even something local church, but we

  400. don't see it because we have not surrendered.

  401. No, I saw her cheetah. I still have nothing data super

  402. Mamma Geeta and intelligence or manipulation addition now.

  403. Okay and this is the truth. You will not enjoy them because

  404. you are not surrendering yourself to the Lord.

  405. None this morning. I hope I broken every thinking.

  406. I'll get along so please. And his body was broken for us

  407. so that we might be healed in our thinking about the world and

  408. about our achievements. Yeah.

  409. My brothers and sisters, we live in this pension.

  410. American tension and joy and vanity in this life until we

  411. reach the glorious Joyce in heaven.

  412. Amen. Highwaymen and are needed to go

  413. to the Lord in prayer. Our Father, we thank you for the

  414. word that doesn't mean the proclaimed and for reminding us

  415. that all things under the sun are empty apart from Christ.

  416. So we ask that you fix our hearts upon the supremacy and

  417. sufficiency of your Son who is our wisdom righteousness in

  418. life. So teach us story goodness in

  419. him when the world turns us to fleeting pleasures and to find

  420. our true drain purpose in his finished work just out working

  421. at home and by your spirit help us to see these truths within us

  422. that we may walk in faith and contentment that we glorify you

  423. know things through Jesus Christ our Lord will play even.