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Seeking AnswersFinding More QuestionsPart 5: Will I Choose Life Under the Sun or Life Under the Son?

Seeking AnswersA Study in EcclesiastesLesson 5, December 18, 20111Todays ScriptureBut without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.-- Hebrews 11:6Thought for TodayAge does not always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.-- UnknownWould You Affirm or Would You Deny This Statement?God has given man a desire for eternity and perpetuity; therefore man cannot be satisfied with what is merely temporal. Mans quest for the eternal, however, is frustrated by his finite limits.-- The King James Study Bible, footnote to Ecclesiastes 3:11 -- ??????

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What Will Govern Igors Interactions with Others?Ethics

7Igors World: The World of the NaturalistNature:The Whole of EverythingThere is Nothing MoreThere is nothing out here!!!

Problem:If anything exists that is not explained by Cause and Effect, there must be something beyond Nature -- the SupernatureA vacuum, void, nothingnessFactsHypothesisActionSeeking Answers Under the SunTruth

Believe a Lie

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HimselfSensory ObservationsPersonal ExperiencesRecall/JournalsExperimentIntellect/ReasonPre-conceived NotionsOthersFamily/FriendsTeachers/AuthorityBooks/MagazinesMediaInternetGods Word9The Process Has Become Fraught with Peril for Igor!!His pursuit of answers to his questions coupled with the growing disparity between his answers and his continued observations and experiences has put him in danger of:DisillusionmentDisappointmentDejectionDespairDiscouragementDepressionDismayDissatisfactionIgors Dilemma: The World of the Naturalist Doesnt Have the AnswersNature:The Whole of EverythingThere is Nothing MoreThere is nothing out here!!!

Problem:If anything exists that is not explained by Cause and Effect, there must be something beyond Nature -- the SupernatureA vacuum, void, nothingness

The World of the Dualist Would Spell Doom to Igors Search for AnswersNaturalSuper-NaturalBoth are independent and self-existent.After Creation, there is no interaction of the Super-natural with the Natural

FactsHypothesisActionSeeking Answers Above the SunTruth

Believe a Lie

Resources

Gods Word

Any Other Source

The TruthActionSalvation/ImmortalityPut these in proper perspective13Igors Search Takes Him Outside His Former WorldNature:The Whole of EverythingThere is Nothing More

The Supernatural is:self-existent, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent.NaturalGen 1:1Does God Interact with Me?The Supernatural Can, Has, Will, or Does Interact With the Natural:

Creation (Gen 1:1-2) Propagation (Gen 1:3) Sustenance (Matt 5:45) Judgment (Gen 1:4; Heb 9:27) Providence (Job 10:12 NIV, Gen 50:20) Termination (2 Peter 2:10)

Intervention With Cause (Ex 14:21) Without Cause: Natural Law Suspended or Superseded by the Supernatural (John 11:43)

Natural Revelation (Ps 19:1; Rom 1:20-25)

Special Devine Revelation Incarnation (Luke 1:29-33) The Resurrection (Luke 24:1-7) Inspiration (2 Tim 3:16-17)The Supernatural is:self-existent, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent.NaturalGen 1:1God Does Interact with Me!! We Are Not Alone!!The Supernatural Can, Has, Will, or Does Interact With the Natural:

Creation (Gen 1:1-2) Propagation (Gen 1:3) Sustenance (Matt 5:45) Judgment (Gen 1:4; Heb 9:27) Providence (Job 10:12 NIV, Gen 50:20) Termination (2 Peter 3:10)

Intervention With Cause (Ex 14:21) Without Cause: Natural Law Suspended or Superseded by the Supernatural (John 11:43)

Natural Revelation (Ps 19:1; Rom 1:20-25)

Special Devine Revelation Incarnation (Luke 1:29-33) The Resurrection (Luke 24:1-7) Inspiration (2 Tim 3:16-17)

"When humans should have become as perfect in voluntary obedience as the inanimate creation is in its lifeless obedience, then they will put on its glory, or rather that greater glory of which Nature is only the first sketch."-- C. S. Lewis

Will I ChooseLife Under the SunOr Will I ChooseLife Under the SonorEccl 1:3What advantage is work?

Phil 1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Will I ChooseLife Under the SunOr Will I ChooseLife Under the SonorEccl 1:9Nothing is new

2 Cor 5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Will I ChooseLife Under the SunOr Will I ChooseLife Under the SonorEccl 1:14All deeds are vanity

1 Cor 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Will I ChooseLife Under the SunOr Will I ChooseLife Under the SonorEccl 2:18Fruit of labour is hated

Col 1:10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Will I ChooseLife Under the SunOr Will I ChooseLife Under the SonorEccl 6:12Man is mortal

John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Will I ChooseLife Under the SunOr Will I ChooseLife Under the SonorEccl 8:15Pleasure is temporary

Phil 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Will I ChooseLife Under the SunOr Will I ChooseLife Under the SonorEccl 8:17Man cannot discover Gods work

1 Cor 13:12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

Will I ChooseLife Under the SunOr Will I ChooseLife Under the SonorEccl 9:3All men die

1 John 5:11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Will I ChooseLife Under the SunOr Will I ChooseLife Under the SonorEccl 9:11Speed and strength are important

1 Cor 1:27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Will I ChooseLife Under the SunOr Will I ChooseLife Under the SonorEccl 12:2Life will cease

1 John 5:13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Every finite piece of matter and every event can and must be explained by Cause and Effect

There are no chance or random events

All laws in this realm are discernable by mans senses and his intellect

Events are quantifiable by equation or model

Every finite piece of matter and every event can and must be explained by Cause and Effect

There are no chance or random events

All laws in this realm are discernable by mans senses and his intellect

Events are quantifiable by equation or model