In the fourth and final week of ERASED, the subjects all came together and got out of the experiment with their identities intact. For the very first time they all put their identities in who God made them to be. But they also realized something very valuable in this episode; that who we are also involves others. They need each other and are stronger and better together. This morning, were going to look at a some wise advice from King Solomon. This wise advice was learned over a life and if we were wise, we would heed that advice and find that life is meaningless apart from God. Lets go. Tell your neighbor about a time when your friends helped you with your faith. Many people feel restless and dissatisfied. They wonder:
Solomon tests our faith, challenging us to find true and lasting meaning in God alone. As we take a hard look at our lives, as Solomon did his, will you see how important serving God is over all other options. Perhaps God is asking you to rethink your purpose and direction in life.
Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content. (Ecclesiastes 1:8)
Heres something we learned in the last three weeks: All of us apart, all of us alone, cannot find completeness in his or her own life if that life is for only his or herself. You know what that means? It means that you need to care about other people and you need to carry other people, no matter how much of a pain they are to you. We can earn a lot and do a lot of things for ourselves, and thats great to earn and to achieve, but nothing, none of that matters if you have nobody to enjoy that with.
7 Again I saw something meaningless under the sun: 8 There was a man all alone;
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