Hey guys, my name is Johnny Ardavanus, and this is Dialin.

In this series, we're exploring the main themes of the Book of Ecclesiastes,

and in this episode we look at Chapter 5.

After four chapters of making observations about life under the sun,

Solomon is now going to turn and provide for us a level of instruction.

Solomon, our preacher king, has acknowledged a God who rules and reigns

over everything in creation.

But the question he will ask

and the question that he will answer in this episode

is how does God desire to be approached?

How does God desire to be worshipped?

Let's dial in.

Let's dial in.

Thank you. How does God desire to be worshipped? Let's dial in. The people that Solomon is observing have seemed to forget that they are worshipping God. They might clap and sing along.

They may have placed themselves within the pews of the church, but they have

misplaced God from their focus. Chapter 5 is going to warn us against hypocrisy and the meaninglessness

of mechanical worship. Solomon is going to teach you this morning. God doesn't just want our

attendance. He wants our affection and our attention. We live in a world

where the worship experience typically begins with us, how we feel, how we evaluated the service.

We ask questions like, how did you feel about the sermon this morning? What did you think about

the music? What do you think about this or that? But the that solomon is going to ask is what is god

after solomon is going to provide a synopsis for us of how we are to approach worship god's way

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