Solomon closes the book of Ecclesiastes with these words.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter.

Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Each of us have been given only one life. What will we do with it? Life. It's not a game.

And in this journey through the book of Ecclesiastes, Scott Pauley will guide us to better understand the true meaning of life.

We are living in a world where everyone is looking for an escape, an escape from reality.

I mean, at times it's like living in the twilight zone.

Why do you think video games have such a draw, movies, social media,

pornography? Not everything is evil that offers some fantasy or some figment of the imagination,

but the one thing, the common thread that runs through so much entertainment, so much that the world offers today, is that it feeds the idea of fantasy in us, an escape

from reality.

And I'll tell you what we need.

We need the truth.

We need truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And when you come to the

book of Ecclesiastes, you come face to face with truth because Solomon told the truth in a world of

fantasy. See, fantasies aren't real. They're a mirage. They disappear. Let me tell you, when you come to the end of the fantasy

life and the world that is created to just give you an escape from reality, you always have to

face truth in the end. You're either going to face it now or face it later, but you're going to

have to face God's

truth. I'd like to do something, if you permit me. I'd like to read a rather lengthy portion from

Ecclesiastes chapter 1. Now, as a preacher, I'm not a big proponent of just reading your sermon,

though God can use that too. Sinners in the hands of an angry God was one of the most powerful

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