Ecclesiastes 1:2-3
Introduction: Utter Futility
1:2 “Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher,
“Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”
Futility Illustrated from Nature
1:3 What benefit do people get from all the effort
which they expend on earth?
Ecclesiastes 1:13-14
1:13 I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine
all that has been accomplished on earth.
I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task
that keeps them occupied.
1:14 I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth,
and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile – like chasing the wind!