Guests: Doug Sharp and Rich Geer
Description: I heard a testimony from a fellow who said that he came to Christ reading Ecclesiastes. He identified with King Solomon who kept seeking after wisdom and meaning, yet it eluded him. He saw that all of his effort and work crumbles under scrutiny, and it doesn’t last. I remember feeling that way when my effort to do a good job wasn’t appreciated by those in charge. It was like the preacher said, I was striving after wind. It is vanity. Our efforts to be good, to be excellent, will not be remembered by the generations that come after. And that is not the point. Our righteousness is like filthy rags and our good works do not last. But what remains is what Christ has done for us and that he brings eternal life as a free gift, not of works lest any man should boast.
Part of the curse that came upon us as a result of sin is that we work, but there is a continuous deterioration that takes place that we must overcome. It seems like we must run as fast as we can just to stay in one place. But we also are sustained by the grace that Jesus Christ gives us, and he blesses us because we trust in Him, and not what we gain through our own efforts. We fight the second law of thermodynamics, and that is the biggest argument against the idea that we evolved from nothing.