Bubbles! Bubbles! My Bubbles!

• Bubble #1: Getting all the smarts (1:12-18)

• Bubble #2: Indulging in all the pleasures (2:1-11)

• Bubble #3: A future with all the legacies (2:12-19)

• Bubble #4: Having all the feels (but really just one) (2:20-23)

• Bottom Line: Pleasing God is the way to wisdom and joy (2:24-26)

No Gain, No Gain

• Humanity shares a haunting question

• Satisfaction by achievement is a delusion

• Significance by novelty is a delusion

Is This Even the Bible?

• We need the most “non-Christiany” book of the bible

• Our real life happens in the mist

• We see ourselves in the Teacher

• There is a deeper faith-life God wants for us

• Two realities of God's Plan

  1) Our time of exile cannot be abbreviated

  2) Our glorious restoration cannot be delayed

• Three non-negotiables

  1) Seek Jesus with all your heart (12-13)

  2) Give primacy to God’s word (8-9)

  3) Just live (5-7)

Jesus Arrived to Be WITH Us

• To save us from our sin

• To secure us in right relationship with God

• As a sign we never asked for

• As fulfillment of his relentless pursuit

• Awaiting our cheerful surrender

Jesus Arrived FOR Us

• To shine a light

• To show his glory

• To signal the way