Having It All, Yet Having Nothing (Part Four): Ecclesiastes 6 by Dr. Rod Mattoon

Scripture

• Ecclesiastes 6

About this sermon

In the final message of this series on “Having It All, Yet Having Nothing” King Solomon continued to address the arguments that men proclaim. Men argue about God’s commands in His Word. When men get bitter, hard-hearted, or proud, they tend to strive with the Lord. They get the attitude "God, who do you think you are? How dare you impose upon my life!" For men to judge the validity of God's actions is to imply that men are more righteous and smarter than the Lord. To judge the wisdom of God's movements is to imply men are wiser than the Lord. Paul made it clear that God is not answerable to men for His will or what He does. He is God. Men argue over the matter of God’s control and course. Men strive with God about His authority as God and also His will. Man’s opposition or unbelief, however, will not change what He wills. God has His own plans or will for this world, but the Lord also has a will for each person. It is God’s desire that we find and know His will for our lives and fulfill it. Men argue about the condemnation and judgement of God. The wickedness and arrogance of men provokes their rejection of God’s judgment and condemnation of sin. They do not feel they are accountable to God in any way. They resent God’s moral boundaries that condemn their perversity. Solomon also addressed the issue of the brevity of our lives. Tony Evans said, "There are many people today who consider themselves young. If I take a group of twenty-somethings, and ask them if they are young, most, if not all, would raise their hands. There is only one problem. You cannot measure your age by your birthday. You can only measure your age by your death date. See, if you are thirty-five and you're only going to live to be forty, then you're an old man. If you are forty-five and going to live to be ninety, then you're still pretty young. You can only measure how old you are by the time you have left before you die. Now, who knows when they are going to die? Nobody. So no one really knows who's old and who's not." Beloved, because life is short, we need to make each day count for the Lord Jesus Christ. You can have it all, yet have nothing if you don’t have Christ in your heart. This message was preached on Wednesday night, April 14, 2021 at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.