The Real Reason For Living - (A Sermon on Ecclesiastes 1, v1 3)

About this episode

Pastor Peter Simpson discusses the importance of faith in Jesus Christ and the true purpose of life according to Ecclesiastes.

What a desperate plight man is in without faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who declared, "What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" (Matthew 16:26 ). Nothing is more important in this life than a man making his peace with God and securing his eternal destiny. How we need to remember the brevity of life and that it possesses an essential vanity and emptiness for those whose only perspective is upon this passing world. How much better it is to turn from sin and to trust in the Saviour. Then one will discover the real reason for existing - living to the glory of GOD, our Maker and Redeemer. ----------------- Thank you for listening. We call this podcast: The 33:12 Report, after Psalm 33:12 which says "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" Please consider following the podcast and sharing it with friends, neighbours and relatives. Pastor Simpson has been a pastor of a Bible believing, independent Methodist Church for 35 years and now lives in Middlesbrough, UK. He has been and still is an active open air preacher for many years. He is also a Christian author and commentator, applying the Bible to National life both past and present. To…

People in this episode

Host: Pastor Peter Simpson

Topics covered

• faith
• eternal destiny
• vanity of life
• trust in God
• Christianity
• glory of God

Keywords

• faith
• eternal life
• Ecclesiastes
• vanity
• trust
• God
• Christianity
• savior

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Britain's Only Hope the Gospel, Facebook, Britain's Only Hope, independent Methodist Church

Books & works: Ecclesiastes, Matthew, Psalm 33:12

Places: Middlesbrough

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