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Sermon: "Die To Live" // Ecclesiastes 9 by Redeemer Rockwall

Solomon looks at the table the world offers, and it's full of wickedness. And even in the church and its priests here in Ecclesiastes 8 are no different. It's easy to think that the way things are just is. And all we can do is resign ourselves to this fact. But Christ has a solution in response to this in injustice. He invites us to a table of redemption and he gives us himself. Stop getting distr...

Render unto Caesar what is Caesars, and render unto God what is God's. This passage from Matthew 22 is a an echo from Ecclesiastes 8. When the people are oppressed by an evil king, And we are supposed to subject ourselves to his authority, how is the follower of Jesus supposed to stand against this evil? By looking to the Kingmaker, and not to the leaders of this world, to bring about the kingdom...

Render unto Caesar what is Caesars, and render unto God what is God's. This passage from Matthew 22 is a an echo from Ecclesiastes 8. When the people are oppressed by an evil king, And we are supposed to subject ourselves to his authority, how is the follower of Jesus supposed to stand against this evil? By looking to the Kingmaker, and not to the leaders of this world, to bring about the kingdom...

People would come from all over to seek the wisdom of Solomon. In chapter 7 he reveals the secret of his wisdom. This unconventional wisdom came through an unexpected way. Through sorrow! We are so averse to sorrow and grief as a culture but Solomon assures us "the heart of the wise is found in the house of mourning."

What would you choose if you trade your current income for wealth beyond measure with one catch.... You're physically incapable of enjoying it? What would be the point? In Ecclesiastes 5:8 through the end of chapter 6 we walk through a look at contentment that is little unconventional. The Lord is able to give the ability to enjoy wealth or to withhold it! This is hard for us to accept. Really har...

Ecclesiastes 5 gives a warning: don’t stroll into worship on autopilot. The writer visits the temple hoping to find something different from the world outside, but discovers the same pride, image management, empty talk, and hunger for success inside. People are worshiping God, yet they are using him to get attention, comfort, money, or the life they want. It's an age-old problem: humanity will alw...

Ecclesiastes 4 reads like a really hard day. The writer sees people crushed by injustice, coworkers driven by envy, wealth that leaves a person lonely, and leaders who promise change but cannot solve our deepest problems. These ordinary sources of despair reveal how easily life can feel meaningless when we forget to live with God and listen to his voice. Jesus entered this same troubled world and...

In Ecclesiastes 3 God calls us to slow down and think about the life we live in this world … In the beginning God made us to live with Him eternally, never having to wonder or worry about what comes next. So what happens when we find ourselves outside the walls of Eden, amid a world of change, uncertainty, doubt, and death? To be sure, ours is a world of balance: of being born and of dying. While...

In this sermon on Ecclesiastes 2, the author continues his pursuit of meaning by turning to pleasure. After wisdom failed to satisfy him, he tested every form of gratification—wine, wealth, possessions, homes, achievement, entertainment, and sex. Although these things brought enjoyment, they ultimately proved meaningless because their pleasure never matched their cost. The Pleasure Paradox is that...

Ecclesiastes asks the question "what is the meaning of life?" The author says all is vanity/meaningless and true wisdom begins when your hope in this world ends. Jesus is calling, come to him. He IS the meaning of life itself. To support the work and worship of Redeemer, subscribe to our channel and consider supporting us by giving a tax deductible gift at the link below. https://Redeemer-Church-R...

What does it mean to "Bless the Lord" Do you ever just pray without asking God for anything? Just simply a prayer of adoration? We so easily forget the good things God has done for us. And so it's easy to forget to adore him. So remember what Christ has done for you and "Bless the Lord" To support the work and worship of Redeemer, subscribe to our channel and consider supporting us by giving a tax...

Is God there when you don't feel him? When the life you expected disappears, can you still say "you are my Lord, I have no good apart from you"? How would David pray Psalm 16? How did Jesus pray Psalm 16? And how should I pray Psalm 16? Take refuge in the Lord and be encouraged by this sermon from Pastor Ricky Allegretto on Psalm 16. To support the work and worship of Redeemer, subscribe to our ch...

Waiting is quickly becoming extinct. Everything has become instant. In your own life you may have a hard time waiting on the Lord. David encourages us in Psalm 62 to not seek an "instant savior" but rather to actively wait for the Lord. examine your heart, what instant saviors do you seek when times are hard or lonely? Don't give in to them! Wait on the Lord. He will deliver you! To support the wo...

What does it mean for God to bless his people? What is God’s blessing? Why would he bless me? To support the work and worship of Redeemer, subscribe to our channel and consider supporting us by giving a tax deductible gift at the link below. https://Redeemer-Church-Rockwall-517189.churchcenter.com/giving

The fruit that is born from living a life rooted in delight for the law of the Lord does not wither, and is always in season, because his roots drink the deep rivers of water that is the spirit of the living God. A river of blessing that never runs dry!

Reading is hard, reading poetry is harder! And when it comes to prayer we'd rather turn to almost anything else other than pray the psalms. It feels like we're reading someone else's prayers. Prayers of men from another age. But they were the prayers of Jesus. He speaks and praise the psalms repeatedly. As we dive into the Psalms in this sermon series we find the answer to why Jesus prays the Psal...

We often hear "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". A popular verse in this final sermon in our series on Philippians. A popular understanding of this verse might lead you to believe that if you succeed in an endeavor it must be God's will. But to think that this is what Paul meant as he writes this letter from prison is an obvious mistake. If you look at the letter as a whole,...

Once we were at war with God, but now we have peace with God. How do we live in this world and age of anxiety and experience that peace? Usually we try to remove things that destroy our peace or numb ourselves to our anxiety with medicine. But the only way to experience the peace of God is to "Stand firm in the Lord". And how you "Stand firm in the Lord" is what this sermon on Philippians 4 is all...

What do you do when the Bible says one thing about you but it doesn't seem to line up with the world you live in? You press on! Paul encourages the church to quit looking at their lives through the lens of their past and begin to start seeing themselves through the lens of what God says is true about them!

Paul was an elite in his culture he was born in the right country. He was born to an affluent family. He had power and influence. And here in this passage Paul makes one of the most offensive statements in the word of God. Paul says that all these things are worthless in comparison to knowing God.

Paul encourages a weary and discouraged church to continue in faith, love and obedience. Be encouraged by the weight of Christs Love for you, and work out your salvation with fear and trembling. To support the work and worship of Redeemer, subscribe to our channel and consider supporting us by giving a tax deductible gift at the link below. https://Redeemer-Church-Rockwall-517189.churchcenter.com/...

A literal translation of this passage is "do nothing out of a hunger for glory". He pushing hard against the Roman culture of self exaltation. That same spirit is hard at work today in our culture. But the upside down gospel of Jesus says that if we seek humility then Christ will exalt us! He will lift us up!!! So wake up. Jesus is calling you to die to yourself and follow him. Will you answer? To...

We naturally live a very circumstantial life. We see the world and even Christ through the lens of circumstance. How would our lives change if we could learn to see circumstance through the lens of Christ? Like Paul we might be able to say in truth "To live is Christ, to die is gain" To support the work and worship of Redeemer, subscribe to our channel and consider supporting us by giving a tax de...

It's a strange wisdom from Paul to say "This will turn out for my deliverance by life or by death" It seems wrong to think of our deliverance via death but there's a lot more going on in this story than we might think. Is he foolish? How is this even a question for Paul?? Paul sees a different world than we do. O Lord may we see the world like Paul. May we be fools for you. Spiritual people with a...