Sermons by Pastor Josh Heisterkamp (Page 9)

Ecclesiastes 2:18-26 18 Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me. 19 And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity. 20 Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored…

Ecclesiastes 2:12-17 12 So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done? 13 And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness. 14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both. 15 Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is…

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 2 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility. 2 I said of laughter, “It is madness,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?” 3 I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives. 4 I enlarged my works: I built houses for myself, I planted vineyards for…

Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 12 I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. 14 I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind. 15 What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted. 16 I said to myself, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than…

Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” 3 What advantage does man have in all his workWhich he does under the sun?4 A generation goes and a generation comes,But the earth remains forever.5 Also, the sun rises and the sun sets;And hastening to its place it rises there again.6 Blowing toward the south,Then turning toward the north,The wind continues swirling along;And on its circular courses the wind returns.7 All the rivers flow into the sea,Yet the…

Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.