October 12th, I preached at the chapel service of Shikoku Gakuin University from Ecclesiastes 2. Here's verse 1. "I thought in my heart, 'Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good....' But that also proved to be meaningless." Solomon checked out all sorts of pleasure. But he found out that pleasure apart from God is meaningless. I ended the sermon with Beethoven's Ode to Joy. 'Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee.' From the entirety of scripture we know that to enjoy God through Christ is our greatest joy. Other joys are but a shadow.
