The Mississippi enterprise., 1961-06-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
JUNE 4, 1861
BY Rev. George A. Har er
511 Avenue G.,
Greenwood, Miss.
A SEARCH FOR LIES
MEANING


A SEARCH FOR LIFE'S
MEANING
Scripture - EcclesiasteS L.
1918; 3:1-14; 5 Print-EccleS-
tastes 1:12-14; 3:1-9.
MEMORY SELECTION =
In the world we shall have
tribulation; but be of good
cheer; / have overcome the
world. (John 16:33) 'In the
world" means this life on
earth. The Lord does not take
a Christian out of the world
into heaven as soon as he is
converted, even though at that
moment he obtains eternal
lie. The Christian is allow
ed to live on earth to exempli-
fly Christ and to witness to
sinners the saving grace of
Christ. Christianity inciteS
satanic hatred. This is a world
of battles for the Christian.
TribulationS are bound TO
come. Christ cheers every
Christian with the fact that
He overcame the World, and
the believer in Christ also can
triumph. Christ overcame
Satan, demons, sin, sickness,
death and the grave. All this
He did for men. In Christ,
the believer is benefited by
ali Christ is, became and ac-
compliShed.
THE FUTILITY OF HUI
MAN WISDOM AND WORKS.:
The Preacher gave full and
earnest effort (gave my hearD
to an exceedingly profound
and comprehensive study of
life. He called up every hui
man skill to achieve his pur-
pose. That purpose was to
study all things that are done
under heaven. 1t is both well
and correct to point out tlat
at this particular time the
Preacher was not referring to
natural phenomena. He was
not trying at this time to find
meaning in storms, flodS, tidal
waves, earthquakes, draughts,
plaques of insects and the like.
These are "things which hap
pen" and are to be distinguish
ed from things "that are
DONE" Things that are
done" has reference to mems
actions and conduct.
The Preacher was trying to
find meaning in the political,
economic, social, and private
life of mankind. The Preach
er was interested in finding
out: Why and how do customs
obtain their authority?
1t is impossible to overlook
mans limitations in this life.
Physical death does await
wise man and fool, man and
b -ast, all alike. When life is
seen from the point of view
of these facts alone then all
is in vain. There would be
no reason to strive. If this
were the whole story man
would be wasting effort in
striving to keep his life above
the level of the beasts. II
this were the whole story man
could relax and be as the
beasts and there would be
neither gain nor loss. Life
would have no meaning. Mar
is tied to God through his
special creation and his pos
session of a soul. Thus a re
sponsibility is imposed upon
man which is not upon the
beast. The discharging oi
this responsibility furnishes
meaning to the life of man
which beasts cannot have
Therefore human wisdom nol
human works in themselves
cannot be expected to furnish
meaning to human life. While
on the other hand we cannot
escape meaning as soon as we
give recognition of our rela
tionship to the Divine.
HUMAN HELPLESSNESS
IN A PRESET LIFE:
Things do not remain in
constant state but continually
undergo change. This newt
able change of time makes
life a greater problem than il
otherwise would be. Every
thing in life has its time tc
occur or to happen, and this
is inevitable. Man cannot move
things out of their natural
l.