SERMON IN A SENTENCE: Pleasure isn’t meant to be your god; it’s meant to point you to God. 

Introduction

Context

1. See the Emptiness of “the Good Life” [Ecclesiastes 2:1–3]
     a. The End and Pleasure [Ecclesiastes 2:1–3]
     b. Laughter and Pleasure [Ecclesiastes 2:2, cf. Ecc. 3:4; Psa. 126:1–2; Mk. 2:18–22]
     c. Wine and Pleasure [Ecclesiastes 2:3, cf. Prov. 23:19–21, 23:29–32, 1:7; Gen. 27:28, Deut. 7:13; Psa. 4:7; Prov. 3:9-10; Jhn. 2:1–11; 1 Pet. 5:8; Eph. 5:18; 1 Cor. 6:19, 10:31]

2. See the Meaninglessness of a Self-Made Paradise [Ecclesiastes 2:4–8]
     a. Self-Centered Pleasure [cf. Mark 10:45]
     b. Distorted Pleasure [cf. 1 Kgs. 7:1–12, 10:14–27; Deut. 17:14–20; Gen. 2:4–25; 1 Kgs. 11:1–3; Ecc. 1:1, 1:12; Col. 3:23–24; 1 Tim. 5:8; Eph. 4:28; Deut. 6:10–25; 1 Cor. 4:7; Jam. 1:17; Genesis 2:24–25; Prov. 5:18–19; Song.; 1 Cor. 7:3-5]

3. See the Vanity of Taking Everything [Ecclesiastes 2:9–11]
     a. Solomon Took Everything [Ecclesiastes 2:9–10]
     b. Solomon Considered Everything [Ecclesiastes 2:11, cf. Matt. 19:16–30, 6:33; Jhn. 4:13–14]

Conclusion