Seeing Clearly With Kingdom Clarity | Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:12 | Sam Jones

Seeing Clearly With Kingdom Clarity | Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:12 | Sam Jones

“Seeing Clearly with Kingdom Clarity” walks through Ecclesiastes 5:8–6:12 and shows how life “under the sun” is a vapor that only makes sense in the light of the Son—Jesus Christ. In a world of injustice, restless wealth, anxiety, and discontent, this message invites you to stop just reacting to the fog and instead receive your days, work, and resources as gifts from God’s hand as He keeps your heart “occupied with joy” through the cross and the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Transactional Worship Vs Listening Worship | Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 | Sam Jones

This sermon begins with a searching question: how do you view God? That question shapes how we worship, how we see ourselves, and how we respond when our own plans fall apart. In Ecclesiastes 5:1–7, Solomon warns that worship becomes distorted when we rush into God’s presence, full of words, vows, and self-made agendas, rather than coming humbly to listen. The central burden of the message is simple: treat God like a transaction, and worship goes crooked. What Ecclesiastes 5 Exposes * Guard your steps: God’s presence is not casual, and worship should be marked by reverence. * Listen before speaking: Solomon says drawing near to listen is better than offering the sacrifice of fools. * Beware of bargains: Vows can become attempts to manage God instead of trust Him. * Fear God: Many words, self-driven dreams, and religious performance only add to the vanity of life under the sun. From Transaction to Awe The sermon ultimately moves to the gospel. Our worship problem is a belief problem, and the answer is not better performance but the grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ. * Jesus welcomes us near so we no longer need to bargain for access to God. * Jesus has done what we could not do and opens the way for us to approach the throne of grace with confidence. * Jesus teaches us to listen so worship can come back into sync through awe, trust, and abiding in His presence. Response This message invites people to lay down transactional worship, bring their crumbled plans and anxious striving before God, and come with fewer words and more wonder. Instead of asking God to sign off on our story, we are called to listen for His heart, trust His grace, and build our lives on His holiness, love, and truth.

When Life Feels Meaningless… Who Is With You? | Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Ecclesiastes 4 exposes the ache of life in a broken world—oppression, striving, loneliness, and fading recognition— while pointing to the gift of companionship and the greater hope found inJesus Christ.

When Justice Fails and Death Wins… What Now? | Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 | Derek Harm

When Justice Fails and Death Wins… What Now? | Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 | Derek Harm

Time and Toil: Freedom in the Fog | Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 | Sam Jones

Feeling stuck in a season you cannot escape—whether in work, marriage, parenting, or the constant rat race? This message from Ecclesiastes 3:1–15 explores how time and toil expose our limits and our longing for eternity, not to crush us but to free us. Instead of using our schedules, careers, and relationships as tools to secure happiness or control outcomes, we learn to receive them as gifts from an eternal God who is writing a far bigger story than we can see, and to rest in Jesus who entered our hevel—our fog and vapor—to redeem our restless striving and teach us to find joy in ordinary, everyday life.