Sermon
Ecclesiastes 1:3-18
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: Brad Barrett
September 7, 2025 · 34 min
Summary
Ecclesiastes 1:3-11 presents life "under the sun" apart from God as futile and meaningless, like vapor that cannot be grasped. The pastor affirms that while this warning applies to those who ignore God, believers in Jesus—who is the resurrection and the life—can know their lives matter eternally and will be remembered by God forever.
Highlights
Without Jesus, the warning of futility from the teacher in Ecclesiastes speaks to you. Life under the sun apart from God is absolutely futile.
Your work matters, your life matters, you matter. Jesus said even a cup of water given to one of His thirsty disciples matters.
God will not forget you. He cannot and He will not. He notices, He cares. He chose you before the creation of the world.