Sunday Vesper: January 28, 2007
Ecclesiastes 3:11
ETERNITY: Beyond the Present
Passage Ecclesiastes 3:11:
11He hath
made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their
heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning
to the end.
God has planted eternity in us.
God has given mankind the ability to see beyond the present.
- dreams
- pursuit
- ambition
- goals & purpose
- sunrise & sunset
- earthrise & earthset
- death & life
JESUS WENT OVER THE PHYSICAL AND PUTS PREMIM TO THE SPIRITUAL. (Matthew 6:25-34)
PAUL’S LESSON
- BE GODLY – godliness
- BE CERTAIN – we can carry nothing
- BE CONTENT – food and reinment. Being content means striving hard but be grateful in what you have
TWO KEY ATTITUDES
- a current perspective on eternity
- a simple acceptance of essentials
“This life is a preparation for the next.” – Rick Warren
“Surely God would not have created such being as a man to exist only for a day! No,no, man was made for immortality.” – Abraham Lincoln
“We see either the dust on the window or the view beyond the window, but never the window itself.” – Simeone Weit
God has given us faith – an evidence confirmed by the Spirit. Our faith reaches us to eternity. (eternity – curiosity about the future)
What if eternity is beyond our comprehension and attention?
GOD’s OFFER
1.) Perspective – Psalms 119:4 – “I wait for your words…”
2.) Serendipity – the dip of the serene – Isaiah 29:14)
- something beautiful that breaks into motonous and mundane
- it is marked by ‘suprisability’ and ‘spontaneity’
“WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE LIGHT OF ETERNITY, YOUR VALUES WILL CHANGE.”
II Corinthians 4:18
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