Sermon
Better Off Dead?
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: Matt Heerema
September 28, 2025 · 37 min
God's SovereigntyGospelSufferingStewardship & GenerosityEcclesiastes 3:16–3Titus 3:1–8Proverbs 31:8–9
Summary
Ecclesiastes 3:16–4:3 confronts the pervasive injustice and oppression in the world, where those charged with upholding justice often perpetrate wickedness instead. The pastor clarifies the Bible's definition of oppression as abuse of power against the vulnerable, then anchors hope not in human activism but in God's coming perfect justice through Christ's redemption and return.
Highlights
No amount of righteousness will keep you away from injustice. It's part of the human experience in a broken world. Bad things happen to good people.
God's justice is the source of comfort in the unending stream of injustice that we will witness in this world.
We have that hope now, and our response is the great commandment: love the Lord your God with everything you have and love your neighbor as yourself.