How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

What's the purpose of life? Why am I here?

Well, if you've ever struggled with these questions, you're certainly not alone.

I'm Steve Schwets, welcoming you to Through the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee.

Today our journey takes us deeper into the Book of Ecclesiasties, where King Solomon looks for answers to these difficult

questions and many more.

Let's open to chapter 2, verse 11 and begin with prayer.

Father, thank you that we can come to you with our deepest questions.

Satisfy our hearts today with your truth because of Jesus.

It's in his name we pray.

Amen.

Here's Dr. J. Vernon McGee with our study of Ecclesiasties too on through the Bible.

Now friends, I come back today to this second chapter,

verse 11 of Ecclesiasties, we saw last time that Solomon gave himself over to pleasure and he could say that whatever his eyes saw that he

went after he got it.

Imagine being in a unique position like that. Imagine being in a unique position like that.

And you would think that a man like that would be happy.

Well, I don't know why, but they're not.

They've come to the same conclusion that Solomon did.

When he tried everything in the way of pleasure in verse 11 he says

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and on the labor that I had labored to do

And behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit and there was no

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