Searching for Significance

In this episode of The Kingdom Corner, you hear an exclusive clip from Matt Geib’s soon to be announced course. ‘Searching for Significance.”

 

[00:01:07] Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

 

[00:01:33] Example from India mission trip (The smell of hopelessness.)

[00:03:08] ‘Under The Sun’  is used twenty plus times in the twelve chapters of Ecc - pointing to Solomon's world view of things.

 

[00:04:14] What type of eyes are you viewing things with?

 

[00:04:38] Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good,[a] for those who are called according to his purpose.

 

[00:04:49] Oppression in Hebrew means exhortation, violence enacted on another to defraud them of what is rightfully theirs, ill-gotten gain, to crush, press, and to drink up.

[00:05:23] Solomon sees no ‘comforter’

 

00:05:14] Our world is full of oppressors today. 

 

[00:05:53] Why would Solomon not step forward to be the solution Himself in this time of need?

[00:07:30] Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

[00:07:41] John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,[a] to be with you forever,

 

Quotes from this episode 

[00:07:13] During this time of great need we must be a beacon of hope for others. 

 

[00:08:10 Not only is the Holy Spirit our comforter, but He also gives us the ability to comfort others.