Vanity under the sun
March 23, 2026
We’re going to get power. Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes chapter number one.
Now, let me explain Ecclesiastes just a bit. We did a study of it all several years back on Wednesday, very in-depth. We won’t be able to do that this morning because we want to go eat lunch here pretty soon. Amen.
Come on, you are dead a little bit. Amen, come on now. I’ve got some muffins right here. And come on now. We would eat them right now, but then I would be spraying it instead of saying it. And I don’t do that, you know. But Ms. Brenda Hardy says, “Let me, what in the world has he got up there?” You know, these are muffins, amen. But anyway, so we’ll get a little bit about Ecclesiastes.
Then we’ll want to just try to get the whole theme of the overview and focus on that for just a bit this morning. Are y’all glad you’re in church today? Amen. Good. I’m glad you are too. Good to see everyone out.
The book of Ecclesiastes was God used this man named Solomon to pen it. All right. Solomon is King David’s son. Solomon was like one of those guys. He was probably one of the wealthiest men at that day in time, probably the wealthiest man in the world at that time. He was a king. He was the wisest man besides Jesus Christ. He had so many things going for him.
But towards the end of his life, and this went on during the Bible times—God wasn’t for it—God created one man for one lady, for one man, you know, both for both. But in the Bible time, there were men that would have multiple wives. I’m not saying God liked it, but it happened. And Solomon had a lot of wives, and he married a lot of wives that had false religions. And they slowly pulled his heart away from the Lord. So the last days or stages of Solomon’s life really was backslidden.
God is using this man Solomon, this backslidden, wealthy king, had everything the world said you could have. He’s using him to write this book of the Bible when he’s backslid. All right. I sometimes say that God used Solomon to write the book of Song of Solomon when he was young and in love. The book of Proverbs, by the way, we’re about to start a Bible study on Proverbs on Wednesday, so be here at 6:30 on Wednesday. But in his middle age, full of wisdom, and then the book of Ecclesiastes, when he’s old and backslidden. And it kind of bleeds through as you read Ecclesiastes.
Now, the theme of the book—y’all still with me out here? We’re just talking for a bit—the theme of the book is this little phrase: “under the sun,” okay? There’s 12 chapters, 29 times you’ll find that little phrase under the sun, all right?
Now, that’s very important to understand what’s going on in the book of Ecclesiastes. Basically, the overview of the book is if you take God, heaven, hell, eternity out of the picture, and it’s just under the sun—just your lifetime down here. Okay?
And I want you to notice what it says, under the sun, what it’s like, all right? We’re going to read that first chapter, that first verse. We’ll start right there. Would you please stand as we begin here? Just show the Word of God respect. We do that. They did that in the book of Nehemiah. We do that at the beginning here just to try to honor the word of God. It’s worthy of honor. The Bible is Ecclesiastes chapter number one.
And start in verse number one right there, if you would please. He said, “The words of the preacher,” that’s Solomon, “the son of David, king in Jerusalem: Vanity of vanities.” That really, if you just put a definition on it, my definition I give it is it’s just empty and it drains your spirit. It just drains you.
“Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.” What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh? What’s his next three words? That’s the thing. Look down in verse number nine. “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be. And that which is done is that which shall be done. And there is no new thing.” What’s the next three words?
Verse number 14: “I have seen all the works that are done.” What’s the next three words? “And, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.” Now we could go on and on. It’s found 29 times in these 12: under the sun, under the sun, under the sun. And just for a bit, we’re going to kind of focus on that under the sun in eternity for just a bit here.
When I was in college, Bible college, for a while, I don’t know where really it started from, just my roommates. We kind of got this thing going where we would always ask, “Well, what’s it going to matter in eternity?” I mean, it’s kind of like, you know, how are you doing today? Well, what’s it going to matter in eternity? You know? Well, you got a nice tie on. You know, Bible College we had to wear ties every day. Anybody, would you find a guy that invented ties? Are you going to choke him? Anybody out there?
Yeah, you know. And, you know, hey, I like your tie. Well, what’s it going to matter in eternity? I mean, everything became about, you know. Did you get that car? Did you get your car fixed? Well, what’s it going to matter in eternity? You know? Hey, you’re going to go out to eat? Well, what’s it going to matter in eternity? You have to why? I just want to say, “Shut up and answer me,” you know. But you think about it a little bit. Pretty good question.
What does it really, I mean, because under the sun, it’s just so temporary. We have Brother Almas Ramer. He’s almost 101. And he’s nearing going home. But even for Almas Ramer, just a couple of weeks, he’ll be 101. Even for him in comparison to eternity, that’s just a drop of the bucket for it.
Now, God used this man Solomon to pen this thing, this book, and he’s really saying if you take eternity and God out of the picture, it’s empty. I think so often at a funeral, when I preach a funeral, and I always think about the same thing at the end of it: Boy, if it wasn’t for eternity, it’d be empty.
Now, Solomon, he’s a guy, perfect guy to write it, because if money would be the thing that brings you a fulfillment in life, it makes you truly happy in life, Solomon was so wealthy. I mean, he would be a multi-billionaire in our day and time. Solomon would be.
And Solomon says, “I’ve got all this money.” They would bring gold and silver for other countries and just they would pay their taxes, and it would just be pouring into him and his kingdom. So much money he had. And at the end of the day, Solomon said, “I got money.” It’s no problem. He had billions of dollars. All that you can ever imagine. And he says, “Under the sun, it’s empty.”
Jay Paul Getty, he was a very one of the richest men in his day and time, and they said, “Hey, you got a little bit older.” They said, “How much money would you like?” And he said this: “Just a little bit more.” It never satisfies. You won’t just a little bit more.
Solomon had all the money you can ever imagine. At the end of the day, Solomon said, “Friend, it’s just vanity.” You know this. They say it’s very interesting. They say among the very wealthy—not just, you know, the upper class, but the very wealthy—there is a very high rate of suicide. You know that?
Now, here’s my fault in that. I don’t know this part here. But my fault in it is, one thing: more money, more worries. But another thing is, you know, they worked all their life to get all this money and they finally got it. They’re not the ones that dreamed about it; they’re the ones that got it. They got all that money, and it didn’t give them what they wanted. It was still unfulfilled. They weren’t as happy as they thought they would be. And they spent their life trying to get that. They got it, and it was empty. And they said, “What’s it all about?” It’s just vexation of spirit, draining me. It’s empty. And a lot of them, they have a high-rated suicide. Solomon was there. He had all the money, but he said, “Man, under the sun, it’s just all empty.”
Not only that, but Solomon had—I’m going to use this term—relationships. Now listen at this. You’re going to be like, “Whoa.” I’m not saying God liked it, but it just happened. But he had 700 wives and 300 concubines or mistresses, if you will. A thousand. Can you imagine the makeup bill alone?
Ladies, don’t get mad at me, but you talk about drama. Wow. And if you get in your mind about just this relationship, I’d be happy. Solomon could tell you, “Man, you got a thousand wives,” basically. And he said it’s empty under the sun. So don’t get in your head, “If I had this man or I had this lady,” and all that—under the sun, it’s just empty.
Look over in chapter two, please. Ecclesiastes chapter two. Each chapter kind of has a theme to it. And chapter two, I’ll tell you what I think about it a little bit here. But look in chapter two, verse number one, please. Ecclesiastes two, and he said in mine heart:
“Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth.” That mirth, that has to do with noise. I think it’s really just, if you will, in early time, he said, “I’m gonna party. I’m gonna laugh. I’m gonna have it up. I’m it’s party time. I’m gonna enjoy. I’m gonna make myself laugh so much. I’m gonna enjoy it.” I approve thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure. And behold, this also is what’s the next word? “Man!” It’s just empty.
I’m telling you, Solomon tried it all. At one point, he got into building buildings, the build every building you can think of. At one point, it got into gardens. I used to do a garden, and in the springtime, I loved it, but a little bit about halfway through the season, I was sick of it. Anybody know what I’m talking about there?
In the beginning, I was pulling every little bit of blade of grass out of there. At the end of it, I’m taking a weed eater, just, you know, or riding on him or cut it all down. You know, I mean, Solomon went through gardens, and he had, he made all these exotic animals he got from foreign countries. I mean, just anything you can think of, Solomon tried it. And at the end of the day, Solomon said, “It’s all under the sun. It is all vanity of vanities,” saith the preacher.
He tried to get wisdom and knowledge. He said the end of that is just weariness. Our students quote that in our school a lot, you know. “Much learning, there’s weariness.” There’s a Bible where says that to please ask. He’s on that line. That was a joke, okay? I hate it when I have to tell you, that was a joke.
But he did. He just tried it all. And at the end, he said, “Under the sun, it is just empty.”
Now, go over to chapter 12. It’s the end of the book. And in the very last two verses, he changes things. But then the last two verses, he really changes. And the last two verses, let me tell you the conclusion of it all, all right? And we’re getting to that.
Chapter 12, and look in verse number 13. Chapter 12, verse number 13. If you’re there, would you say, “Praise the Lord”? Praise the Lord. Good, good. You’re listening. Good. Here we go. Verse number 13. He says, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God.” He said, “Forget that under the sun.” He said, “Fear God.” Something bigger than this old world.
You get glimpses of God throughout the book, but he said, “We’re just bringing it all together.” He said, “Start off of fear God.”
We have a midterm election coming up, and you know, sometimes the thing, the verse that has helped me—this is off the subject, I’ve got to get focused because we’re going to be here for three hours—but the verse that helps me make through bad elections. Look in chapter five. We’ll go back to a chapter. Look at chapter five. This just came to my head. Hopefully, my head’s messed up a lot of times, so we’ll see. But this verse will help you if election don’t go good, all right?
Please ask these five. Look at verse number eight. Please ask these five in verse number eight. You found it. That’s why you’re not looking at me. You got it. Good. It’s a good verse. Look at this thing: “If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province,” he says three things to do about it: “Marvel not at the matter.” Don’t get too shook up. Don’t lose sleep over the news.
“Marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth.” That’s what kind of struck me: Fear God over there. Hey, let’s look at this verse then. I like this last line. He says, “And there be a higher than…”
The name of the book is “under the sun,” but God’s still up there for you. God sees it all. So back over here, chapter 12, verse number 13, he says, “Hey, let us hear the conclusion of the matter.”
Let me put it all together. Final statement. Last words: “Fear God and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”
Hey, first thing he says, let’s get this whole book, let’s wrap it up. First thing he says is, “Fear God.” Now listen to me just for a second here. Can we preach for just a minute here? Y’all be all right? Thank you who ever said that. Thank you, Ashah. I appreciate it.
Let me say this: It doesn’t matter if they say there’s not a God. It doesn’t matter what they say or think. One day, every single person—myself, yourself, every single person—will stand before a God of the universe, and we will have to give account of ourselves to God. And when I bring that into the picture, everything has fulfillment. It has new meaning. It’s not empty anymore because one day I’m going to stand for God of the universe and give an account of myself. Everybody. They can hate God.
They can be bitter, curse God, they can say there’s not a God, all they want. But they will stand before God one day. Now, there’s two instances that you’ll stand before Him. One of those is a very sad time. It is called the Great White Throne Judgment.
We won’t take time to look it up. It’s in Revelation 20, but it’s a sad time. They stand before a just, righteous, holy God. His face—that judgment is so austere that the Bible says heaven and earth flee away. There’s no place for anybody to hide.
Now, that judgment, though, stand before God, and God will say, “You did not want My only begotten Son to pay for your sins. He shed His blood, and I offered that to you freely. You did not want to receive that. You wanted to be good enough on your own. You want to trust in something else.” And so God says, “You’re going to pay for your sins yourself now.” In fact, they’ll never pay for their sins. That’s why hell is forever—never, never.
Such a sad thing. It’s very interesting. We often say there’s no tears in heaven. Well, actually, right after the Great White Throne judgment, that’s when the Bible says He wipes away all their tears from their eyes. Frame, you can’t wipe something away that’s not there. Now, after that, there are no tears.
But I think the people that we love and we care about, and maybe I did not do my part to try to win to the Lord Jesus Christ, but we’ll be there at that Great White Throne judgment, and they’ll stand before the Lord. And it’s the sad thing. He’ll cast him into everlasting darkness, outer darkness.
And I think there’s pleas for mercy. That’s where that last verse, verse 15, we don’t take time. Revelation 20:15. He says, “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” So sad.
Now, if you’re a born-again Christian, if you put your faith in what Jesus did on the old rugged cross to pay for your sin, you trusted fully in Christ, you won’t stand before Him by the Great White Throne judgment. Praise the Lord, I won’t stand before Him there. We’ll stand before Him as what’s called the Judgment Seat of Christ.
It is the Greek word for that is the Bema seat. It is the same thing the Greeks would have Olympic games, and it was like in our day and time, we just had the Olympics, you know, and they got their medals. Some would get the bronze medal, you know. Then over here the silver medal, and then right in the middle, the gold. That’s what the Greeks called the Bema seat. That’s what that means.
And that’s where those that are been saved through the blood of Jesus, but they’re living for the Lord, and God gives rewards out there. That’s the Judgment Seat of Christ. If you’re saved, by the way, that’s not a judgment of your sins. Jesus took that judgment on the cross of Calvary. Not a judgment of your works. Have you worked for Him, right? And you get rewards.
But this thing over here in Ecclesiastes, the first thing he says is, “Fear God and keep His commandments.” Did you notice that? Interesting. Fear God.
I’m going to stand before us and keep His commandment. Look, if you will, over in 1 John chapter number 3. 1 John. It’s a little before Revelation. We got 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Jude, Revelation. So it’s just a little before Revelation, not St. John, but 1st John. 1 John chapter number 3.
And I want you to notice what he says here, 1 John 3 and verse number 23.
And notice what he says here. 1 John 3 and verse number 23. And it looks like you’re, man, you’re listening and turning. Wow, I like that. Somebody’s listening. Amen. What about that? I’m teasing. You’re always good about listening. But look at this, 1 John 3. Look at verse number 23. “And this is His what?”
Commandment. Remember he said, “Fear God and keep His commandments.” “And this is His commandment, that we should believe on the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another as He gave us commandment.”
So this commandment, he starts off, he says, “I want you to believe on Jesus Christ.” I’ve already mentioned, but this year is a midterm election in November. We are going to vote in a new governor for the state of Tennessee. I don’t like that because I like Bill Lee. I like him as a governor. He’s awesome.
And not perfect, but he’s been a great governor. But he can’t run anymore, and we’re getting all of that. But we’ll come November, by the way, I hope you are voting. Hope you’re voting for moral biblical values. Come on, I hope you’re voting for moral biblical values. Amen, get registered and get there and vote. Anyway, you’ll go in there and there’ll be this booth set up. And it’ll say, “For Governor,” and it’ll give a couple choices.
Who would you like to fill that office of governor? Okay? Typically, and I already know some can—we know some of the candidates are running for that—but there’ll be several choices there. You can’t vote for more than one. If you vote for this one, it’ll, you know, say you pushed this button right here. I had this button pushed. It was John Sharp. And I thought, “Well, I don’t want John Sharp,” so I’m going to take John Casey. So I push John Sharp’s button, but then I pushed John Casey’s button. When I pushed John Casey’s button, his button went out. You understand? You can’t vote for two.
Now, here’s the thing: When it comes to you going to heaven, the only thing that will get you into heaven—when you say, “I’m not going to vote for Paul Chisgar, what Paul Chisgar has or can do”—I’m going to vote for what Jesus did. That’s the only thing that will get you into heaven.
Someone say, “Well, I used to do this, but I’ve turned over a new leaf.” No, voting for your works will not get you to heaven. By the way, Jesus did not say, “I’m part of the way.” He said, “I am the way.” And when you vote all the way, Jesus, I’m believing on you to pay for my sins as far as me getting into heaven. I want to push the button for Jesus, not the button for me, not the button for Mohammed or a Pope or anybody else as far as me getting into heaven. I want to push the button: Jesus, you’re my only way to heaven.
When you believe on Jesus, then you’re obeying that commandment. That’s God’s will for you to believe on His Son. He’s not one that He should perish. That’s His desire.
Now, someone will say, “Well, preacher, what about the command, first commandment over there? To love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength.” Well, friend, you really can’t do that by being good enough, per se, because then you’ll probably have a lot of love for yourself, me. But when you realize, “Hey, He loved me in that while I was a sinner, and He gave me my eternal life through Jesus’ shed blood,” then you can really love Him because we love Him because He first loved us.
So over here in Ecclesiastes, he says, “Hey, let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God and keep His commandments.” That starts with Jesus: “I’m believing on you.”
There’s a story told about some people that came before the pearly gates. This is not in the Bible, but it’s a story told him. And it’s, “Why shall I let you into heaven?” And people will give all kinds of answers. And no, no, no, no, no. And they would go away, just rejected.
And one man came up and said, “Why should I let you into heaven?” And he kind of looked down and he said, “I really, honestly, I’ve got no reason at all to get to heaven. I don’t deserve it. My only reason to get to heaven is Jesus.”
And he said, “Come on in, friend. Jesus is it.” Now he says, “Hey, the conclusion of the whole matter is to fear God and keep His commandments,” all right? Now let’s keep going.
Back over here to Ecclesiastes. Let’s get the next verse. You all still with me out there? Good deal, good deal. We’re in verse number 14. Verse number 14.
He says, “For God shall bring every,” what’s the next word? “work into judgment.” Remember, I said everybody in the world is going to stand before God, either at one of two places: either at the Great White Throne judgment—that’s for the lost people who don’t accept Jesus as Savior—or at the Judgment Seat of Christ. And remember I said that’s not a judgment of your sins. Not a judgment of your works. Have you worked for the Lord?
What does this say? He’s talking about your works. You’re not saved by works, but once you are saved, you should work for the Lord Jesus Christ. Look, if you will, over in Matthew chapter number six. Matthew chapter six.
And we’re going to try to move this thing along quickly because that clock keeps going. Matthew chapter number six. And look what he says in verse number 19. Matthew 6 and verse number 19. Look what he says. He says, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth.” I think you ought to plan for retirement. I think He’s not saying to don’t plan, but don’t get extravagant all about your lifetime down here. He said, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, where thieves break through and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, where thieves do not break through nor steal.”
Hey, can I ask you this: If today was your last day on earth, what have you done for the Lord? What have you? Have you reached in some ways, maybe offering or however, maybe, but have it reached out to a lost person?
If today was your last time, you know, can I just say this, friend: You know there is a literal hell? We don’t hear about it much anymore, but it’s still in the Bible. There are 70 verses where Jesus Himself—they say He talked about seven times more about hell than He did about heaven. Jesus, because He wanted to warn us, there is a literal hell.
Someone said Hollywood makes things that are not real seem like they’re real, and us Christians can make things that are real seem like they’re not real. Friend, there is a literal burning lake of fire, and our job, my job, is to tell others about Jesus, how to get them out of hell. Someone said our job is to depopulate hell and populate heaven.
Of course, we can’t save anyone. Jesus does that, but the gospel giving it and sharing it is put squarely on our shoulders to propagate the gospel to other people. And I just want to remind us—I know it’s neighbor day and come back on a day that’s a nice sermon. Amen, how about that, you know? But I can’t get past the reality: There is a literal lake of fire.
I heard a story about a pastor. He said he had a young man come. He came every once in a great while, but he came to service. I think, if I remember right, it was a Sunday night. And he said the young man at the close of the service—he said it was kind of crying all service long—but it closed of the service, he came down to the altar over here. And the pastor said, “I watched him. He was just weeping.”
And it caught the pastor’s attention. I mean, you know, you’ve seen people cry, but this guy’s just weeping. And the pastor, “What’s going on?” And somebody came and talked to the man and left, and the young man was still there just weeping. And the pastor said, “What’s going on?” And it’s just too long. So the pastor closed the service and everything, and people are leaving. And the young man still there weeping at the altar. So the pastor went and talked to him and said, “Hey, can I help you? What’s wrong?”
And the young man told this story. He said, “I work at the hospital. I’m just a janitor, but I was in ER last night, emergency room.” And he said, “I’ve never seen what I—it’s just amazing.” So, Pastor, there was a young man that was brought in, and he worked at the chemical plant out there.
And that young man, when he was at work, he had stolen just a little bottle, a little vial of the chemical. And this chemical, it was the type of chemical when it’s put in water, it ignites it. And he said that young man, he had got that just little bit of vial of this chemical. And he had a party at his house that night.
And we had all the friends over, and they were having just a good time, and just laughing it up. And he said, “Hey, come on down the hallway over here by the bathroom, and I want you to see something.” And he filled the sink up with water. And they say he would just take that little vial of that chemical, and he would just barely just one little bit of drop would come out. And when that thing, that chemical would hit the water, it would be a poof, and it would just be a ball of fire. And it would—“Wow, man, that’s cool,” you know.
And he said, “Hey, I’ll do it again.” You know, they’re all gathered around, and just another little drop of that chemical—boom—and it would fall in there, and “Oh man, that’s great,” you know. And the night was about done, and he said, “Come on, man, I’m gonna have a grand finale.” And he said, “I’m not gonna do it at the sink.” And he went over to the toilet.
And in a drunken stupor, as it was going over that toilet, that little vial of that chemical tripped, and it just pretty much just poured the rest of it in there. And he was falling when it happened. And that chemical exploded. It went up in his face. And he said, “Preacher, I was there in the ER when they brought that boy in, and he was screaming, ‘I’m on fire! I can’t take it!’”
“I can’t get his screams out of my mind. And I saw it,” he said. “Preacher, I’ve never seen.” His face was literally melting. He said, “Preacher, you won’t believe it.” He’s over here telling the priest—he said, “You won’t believe it.” He said, “But the nurses, they’re just trying to help. They had no idea what they were dealing with, but they were trying to help.” They took a wet rag, and they wet it.
Preacher, I saw him. We were all just standing watching. And they put that wet rag on his face, and preacher, literally, it just seemed like his face just ignited in fire. His face was literally burning. And I could hear the screams of that man: “It hurts!”
He said, “Preacher, finally, one of the doctors recognized the nature of the chemical. And it took an object, and it just began to scrape the skin off his face, trying to get the chemical out there.” And he said, “Finally, the guy just passed out.” He said, “Preacher, I’ve never seen. I feel like I just saw hell on earth.”
Friend, I’m not trying to be mean, but there is a literal lake of fire. If this book is real and if Jesus is honest, there is a place that birth of fire and brimstone. I know they might say that’s mean and that’s harsh and all the rest of that, but I feel like, friend, if I don’t warn you about that, then I’m mean and harsh because one day that is a reality if I do not accept Jesus or my friends do not accept Jesus, there is a literal lake of fire.
I’ll be honest with you, Fred, when I bring that into the picture, it’s not vain or empty anymore. Wow, there’s a lot of meaning to life now. It’s not longer under the sun. Let’s hear the conclusion of the matter: Fear God, keep His commandments. In every work, have I been working for the Lord? We’re all supposed to work differently. I understand. I’m not asking you to do what so-and-so is supposed to do, but are we doing our part?
I’m so thankful someone took a gospel track. They put a track rack in a hospital in Plant City, Florida, years before I was even born. And they just had gospel tracks. We got them on the wall back there and on the table. And it was just a rack, something like that, but in the hospital years ago. And handed it to my grandmother. She grabbed one of those. They were from hunger. My grandparents were on my dad’s side, but she ended up giving that to my mom.
And about two weeks later, my mom pulled that track. She still has the track.
And she pulled that track out when she was home alone, going through a tough time. And she read about Jesus Christ, loving us, saving us, save us just like we are, just like we are. She trusted Jesus Christ as her Savior. And about a year and a half later, my dad—they went off to Chattanooga, Tennessee—and that’s where this boy was born. My dad was going to Bible College, Bible school, but it all started from the old gospel track. We didn’t even know who the individual who put it out there. I think they’re in heaven by now. But I’m glad somebody said, “Well, it’s just not about under the sun down here making money and spending money and having a laugh here.” Friend, at the end of the day, all that’s just empty.
The conclusion: Fear God, keep His commandments. He’s going to bring every work into judgment. Let’s finish it out. We’re going to be done. Time’s going.
That verse number 14: “For God shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” You know that secret thing? We all have some influence, some gifts God’s given us, so different. Everybody’s got influence. You know, talk about our school. You know the first or second graders influence the kindergartners? Everybody’s got influence. And He said all this secret stuff. By the way, the Bible says the eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. He knows.
Am I using my talents for the Lord? Good or bad? Oh, friend, that little saying—pretty good saying, I got worn out. I was sick of it. But it’s pretty good. What’s going to matter in eternity?
It sure brings a lot of meaning to life.
Original File: 2026-03-23 - Pastor Paul Chisgar ＂Vanity under the sun＂ - Sunday PM 3⧸22⧸2026