Mar 19, 2017 | Rev. Anton Heuss
The Vanity of Wealth and the Hope for Something New
Have you considered the vanity of wealth until it has changed your perspective and priorities? When we love money, we judge life and success and each other by money. Love of money is a deeply entrenched sin in our culture. Only God can empower us to break free from it and truly change. In Christ, He does!
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ANYTHING BUT TRITE:
AN HONEST QUEST FOR MEANING IN LIFE
Can faith survive honesty? Ecclesiastes was written before Christ, but even after Christ, we who know Him still wrestle with the way the world is. God is sovereign, but life is hard. All creation is subjected to futility: it groans and we groan too (Romans 8:20-22). Things just don't turn out the way they should. For all our sophistication, we still often feel like a child, lost in the fog, searching for meaning. The writer of Ecclesiastes cried out for something new. In the fullness of time, God answered his call and sent Christ. Christ broke the power of reigning sin, and because of His work, soon it will be death that's dying. Christ is the wisdom God gives us that enables us to eat, drink, and enjoy our work until the dawn rises, for we know the dawn will rise. Can faith survive honesty? Yes, because of Christ. We can acknowledge the pain and futility of life in a fallen world. We can also acknowledge hope.