Better Ain’t Best

• Wisdom is limited and can’t give you real meaning

• Wisdom is vulnerable and can be ruined by a little folly

• Wisdom is risky and doesn’t guarantee everything goes well

• Wisdom is restricted and won’t stop fools from being fools

Living in the Light of Death

• We avoid the one certainty of life

• We cling to the uncertainties around us

• There’s a good life waiting in between

Reconciling the Wisdom Gap

• The gap with civil obedience

• The gap with justice and retribution

• The gap with experiencing God

Piecing Together the Paradox

• Righteousness and wickedness don’t make the pieces fit

• Human nature and reasoning won’t make the pieces fit

• Jesus alone can pick up the paradox pieces

Leaning in to Life’s Limitations

• Limitations of life give us depth

• Limitations of escapes gives us wisdom

• Limitations of wisdom gives us mystery

It’s Never Enough

• Wealth slips away (5:8-17)
• Life is a gift for the living (5:18-20)
• Wealth won’t fulfill your life (6:1-12)
• The giver of life gave his life to make you rich (2 Corinthians 8:9)

The Conclusion:
• Life is a gift, not gain. Jesus is the gift and the gain.