Don’t be DelusionalEcclesiastes 1:13-15Matthew 5:13-16

Don’t be Delusional

Delusional = having false or unrealistic

beliefs or opinions

Don’t be Delusional

Delusional traditional facts:

Don’t be Delusional

Delusional traditional facts:

You must wait an hour after you eat to swim.

Don’t be Delusional

Delusional traditional facts:

Fortune cookies are from China.

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Delusional traditional facts:

You get warts after touching a frog.

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Delusional traditional facts:

The Great Wall of China is visible from space.

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Delusional traditional facts:

You will die if you do not forward an email to 10 other people.

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Delusional in Our Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 1:13

Don’t be Delusional

Delusional in Our Wisdom

1. Solomon is challenging the delusion that the pursuit of knowledge fulfills life and gives significance.

Don’t be Delusional

Delusional in Our Wisdom

2. Solomon’s pursuit of wisdom is a hopeless task.

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Delusional in Our Wisdom

3. Solomon sees all is under the rule of a sovereign God.

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Delusional in Our Works

Ecclesiastes 1:14-15

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Delusional in Our Insignificance

Matthew 5:13-16

Don’t be Delusional

Delusional in Our Insignificance

We must permeate society as agents of redemption.

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Delusional in Our Insignificance

If we fail to confront corruption, we become worthless as agents of change and redemption.

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Delusional in Our Insignificance

Christians must let their good works shine before the rest of the world so that others may praise God.

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Delusional in Our Insignificance

You become what you do.

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Delusional in Our Insignificance

You become what you do. What you think, write, speak, or feel, is meaningless if it’s not what you do.

Don’t be DelusionalEcclesiastes 1:13-15Matthew 5:13-16