Sermon
The Vanity of Pleasure
Mercy Hill Church - Cincinnati
Speaker: Ernie Bonnoitt
January 20, 2026 · 46 min
Summary
Solomon's pursuit of happiness through consumption, achievement, and materialism proves empty and futile. The preacher calls listeners to abandon worldly pleasures and find true joy only in a relationship with Christ through faith and abiding in him.
Highlights
If you build your kingdom, you'll find joy in it for a little time. You will. But it doesn't last.
Solomon was in the .0001% of all humanity, and if he didn't find it, you're never going to find it.
Nothing that the world offers is going to satisfy you. No money, no possession, no power, none of it.