Our worship is not immune from the influence of sin and its curse. It tends to get disordered to bring glory to us rather that the God who deserves it. True worship does not parade our efforts before the Lord, it brings empty hands to Him in faith.

Relationships under the sun are flawed, yet we need what they offer. The perfect friendship of Jesus frees us to rejoice in loving and be loved by others imperfectly.

Sin fractured the way we relate to each other as fellow image bearers of God. Some our greatest pain is suffered at the hands of one another, and we do our share of inflicting it. Jesus stepped into the injustice of life under the sin to free us from its guilt and effects.

Peace and hope in the changing seasons of life do not come from control or understanding, but through trusting the God who ordains them all for the ultimate good of His people.

How should we engage with the things of this world?

When sought to provide our identity and meaning, the things of this world fail. We need to be be reconciled to the only One who provides all those things through the work of Jesus.

In our first sermon from Ecclesiastes, we see that the nature of the world here and now drives us to find our hope elsewhere.

The Christian hope lies not in what we can make of this kingdom, but in the return of our King.

Jesus came to be our mediator. He stands between God and man, reconciling us to God by his perfect sacrifice and ever advocating for us before the Father's throne.

Moses brought temporal deliverance and God's law; Jesus came to bring freedom from sin and death through the Gospel.