1. Welcome To The Services Of The We Are Thankful For Your Presence!
Dunlap church of Christ
We Are Thankful For Your Presence!

2. Welcome Questions? Just Let Us Know! To The Services Of The
Dunlap church of Christ
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3. Ecclesiastes 3:1-10
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: (2) A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted”

4. (3) A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; (4) A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”

5. (5) A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; (6) A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;”

6. (7) A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; (8) A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”

7. (9) What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth
(9) What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? (10) I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.”

8. Here We Are Again?

9. Here We Are Again? Same Ol’ Same Ol’?
“What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?”
Ecclesiastes 1:3

10. What profit…under the sun?
Happiness?
Contentment?
Satisfaction?
No!
Can’t get no!
“All is vanity and vexation of spirit.”
Ecclesiastes 1:14
“As senseless as chasing the wind.”

11. Life Is A Bummer! How Did Solomon Reach This Conclusion?
Based upon personal experience – Ecclesiastes 1:1-2:26
Also from personal observations – Ecclesiastes 3:1-6:12
Life Is A Bummer!

12. Start A New Year Like This?
Unnecessarily!
However, it is what most choose!
Mankind needs to realize that this is the byproduct that atheistic evolution demands!

13. To escape the futility of the vicious status quo cycle?
What Is The Answer?
Instead of same ol’ same ol’?
To escape the futility of the vicious status quo cycle?
How can we approach a new year with real hope?
Not a “What” but a “Who”

14. Jesus Makes The Difference
The identity of Jesus Christ is some-thing we must all come to grips with.
Matthew 16:13-17
Our decision about the identity of Jesus will shape our views of this life.
From a life resembling wind chasing to one of value, devotion, and contentment!
How so?

15. Jesus Makes The Difference…
1. In How I View The Bible
a. II Timothy 3:16-17
b. Jesus is the primary character in the Bible.
c. Matthew 5:17-19
d. Matthew 26:28
e. Matthew 28:18-20
f. Matthew 24:35
g. Colossians 3:17

16. Jesus Makes The Difference…
2. In How I View Sin
a. John 1:29
b. Luke 19:10
c. John 12:49-50
d. John 10:10
e. John 14:15
f. John 10:11,17-18
g. Romans 5:8
h. Romans 6:1-7

17. Jesus Makes The Difference…
3. In How I Live My Life
a. Philippians 2:5-8
b. John 13:12-17
c. John 13:34-35
d. Matthew 7:21-23
e. John 14:15 – Not “law keeping” but “love keeping”
f. John 15:18-20
g. John 14:1-6
h. II Corinthians 4:18

18. Jesus Makes The Difference…
4. When This Life Is Over
a. John 12:48
b. II Corinthians 5:10
c. Romans 5:8
d. II Cor.5:14-15 “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: (15) And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.”

19. God’s Simple Plan HEAR (Romans 10:17) BELIEVE (John 8:24)
REPENT (Luke 13:3)
CONFESS (Rom.10:9-10)
BAPTIZED (Gal. 3:27)
ADDED TO THE CHURCH (Acts 2:41,47)

20. Are You Wayward?
“Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.” (Acts 8:22)
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” (James 5:16)