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Seeking Answers…Finding More Questions

Seeking Answers. A Study in Ecclesiastes. Seeking Answers…Finding More Questions. Lesson 5, December 18, 2011. Part 5 : Will I Choose Life Under the Sun or Life Under the Son?. Today’s Scripture.

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Seeking Answers…Finding More Questions

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  1. Seeking Answers A Study in Ecclesiastes Seeking Answers…Finding More Questions Lesson 5, December 18, 2011 Part 5: Will I Choose Life Under the Sun or Life Under the Son?

  2. Today’s Scripture But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. -- Hebrews 11:6

  3. Thought for Today Age does not always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone. -- Unknown

  4. Would You Affirm or Would You Deny This Statement? God has given man a desire for eternity and perpetuity; therefore man cannot be satisfied with what is merely temporal. Man’s quest for the eternal, however, is frustrated by his finite limits. -- The King James Study Bible, footnote to Ecclesiastes 3:11 -- ??????

  5. What Will Govern Igor’s Interactions with Others? God • Social • Political • Commercial • Family • Sexual • <Spiritual> Morality Ethics

  6. There is nothing out here!!! Igor’s World: The World of the Naturalist Problem: If anything exists that is not explained by Cause and Effect, there must be something beyond Nature -- the Supernature Nature:The Whole of Everything There is Nothing More A vacuum, void, nothingness

  7. Seeking Answers Under the Sun • Resources – • Himself • Sensory Observations • Personal Experiences • Recall/Journals • Experiment • Intellect/Reason • Pre-conceived Notions • Others • Family/Friends • Teachers/Authority • Books/Magazines • Media • Internet • God’s Word Facts Hypothesis Action Believe a Lie Truth

  8. The Process Has Become Fraught with Peril for Igor!! His pursuit of answers to his questions coupled with the growing disparity between his answers and his continued observations and experiences has put him in danger of: Disillusionment Despair Dissatisfaction Discouragement Dismay Depression Disappointment Dejection

  9. There is nothing out here!!! Igor’s Dilemma: The World of the Naturalist Doesn’t Have the Answers Problem: If anything exists that is not explained by Cause and Effect, there must be something beyond Nature -- the Supernature Nature:The Whole of Everything There is Nothing More A vacuum, void, nothingness

  10. Super-Natural Natural The World of the Dualist Would Spell Doom to Igor’s Search for Answers Both are independent and self-existent. After Creation, there is no interaction of the Super-natural with the Natural

  11. Seeking Answers Above the Sun Salvation/Immortality • Resources – • God’s Word • Any Other Source Action The Truth Put these in proper perspective Facts Hypothesis Action Believe a Lie Truth

  12. Igor’s Search Takes Him Outside His Former World Nature:The Whole of Everything There is Nothing More

  13. Natural Gen 1:1 Does God Interact with Me? The Supernatural is: self-existent, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent. • The Supernatural Can, Has, Will, or Does Interact With the Natural: • Creation(Gen 1:1-2) • Propagation (Gen 1:3) • Sustenance (Matt 5:45) • Judgment (Gen 1:4; Heb 9:27) • Providence (Job 10:12 NIV, Gen 50:20) • Termination (2 Peter 2:10) • Intervention • With Cause (Ex 14:21) • Without Cause: Natural Law Suspended or Superseded by the Supernatural (John 11:43) • NaturalRevelation (Ps 19:1; Rom1:20-25) • Special Devine Revelation • Incarnation (Luke 1:29-33) • The Resurrection (Luke 24:1-7) • Inspiration (2 Tim 3:16-17)

  14. Natural Gen 1:1 God Does Interact with Me!! We Are Not Alone!! The Supernatural is: self-existent, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent. • The Supernatural Can, Has, Will, or Does Interact With the Natural: • Creation (Gen 1:1-2) • Propagation (Gen 1:3) • Sustenance (Matt 5:45) • Judgment (Gen 1:4; Heb 9:27) • Providence (Job 10:12 NIV, Gen 50:20) • Termination (2 Peter 3:10) • Intervention • With Cause (Ex 14:21) • Without Cause: Natural Law Suspended or Superseded by the Supernatural (John 11:43) • Natural Revelation (Ps 19:1; Rom 1:20-25) • Special Devine Revelation • Incarnation (Luke 1:29-33) • The Resurrection (Luke 24:1-7) • Inspiration (2 Tim 3:16-17) "When humans should have become as perfect in voluntary obedience as the inanimate creation is in its lifeless obedience, then they will put on its glory, or rather that greater glory of which Nature is only the first sketch." -- C. S. Lewis

  15. Will I Choose Life Under the Sun Or Will I Choose Life Under the Son Eccl 1:3 What advantage is work? Phil 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: or

  16. Will I Choose Life Under the Sun Or Will I Choose Life Under the Son Eccl 1:9 Nothing is new 2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. or

  17. Will I Choose Life Under the Sun Or Will I Choose Life Under the Son Eccl 1:14 All deeds are vanity 1Cor 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. or

  18. Will I Choose Life Under the Sun Or Will I Choose Life Under the Son Eccl 2:18 Fruit of labour is hated Col 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; or

  19. Will I Choose Life Under the Sun Or Will I Choose Life Under the Son Eccl 6:12 Man is mortal John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. or

  20. Will I Choose Life Under the Sun Or Will I Choose Life Under the Son Eccl 8:15 Pleasure is temporary Phil 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. or

  21. Will I Choose Life Under the Sun Or Will I Choose Life Under the Son Eccl 8:17 Man cannot discover God’s work 1 Cor 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. or

  22. Will I Choose Life Under the Sun Or Will I Choose Life Under the Son Eccl 9:3 All men die 1 John 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. or

  23. Will I Choose Life Under the Sun Or Will I Choose Life Under the Son Eccl 9:11 Speed and strength are important 1 Cor 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; or

  24. Will I Choose Life Under the Sun Or Will I Choose Life Under the Son Eccl 12:2 Life will cease 1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. or

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