WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.859 Now, if you have your Bibles, perhaps you can turn with me to the book of Ecclesiastes, 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:20.059 this Old Testament wisdom book that we're working our way through. Maybe as you're turning there, 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:27.019 wasn't it good in God's wonderful wisdom and timing that Ian got to lead us and share of what 00:00:27.019 --> 00:00:34.000 God had done for him 68 years ago? God's timing is perfect. Ecclesiastes chapter 9, we're going to 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:43.039 read the first 12 verses together. So, let's hear God's Word. So, I reflected on all this and concluded 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:50.039 that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no one knows whether love 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:57.000 or hate awaits them. All share a common destiny, the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, 00:00:57.500 --> 00:01:04.219 the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As it is with the good, 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:10.439 so with the sinful. As it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them. 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:17.879 This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun. The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:22.840 of people, moreover, are full of evil, and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:30.960 afterwards they join the dead. Anyone who is among the living has hope. Even a live dog is better off 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:36.980 than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no 00:01:36.980 --> 00:01:43.280 further reward, and even their name is forgotten. Their love, their hate, and their jealousy have long 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:49.879 since vanished. Never again will they ever part in anything that happens under the sun. Go, eat your 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:55.400 food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do. 00:01:56.079 --> 00:02:02.099 Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. Enjoy life with your wife, whom you 00:02:02.099 --> 00:02:08.699 love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun, all your meaningless 00:02:08.699 --> 00:02:15.299 days. For this is your lot in life, and in your toilsome labor under the sun. Whatever your hand 00:02:15.299 --> 00:02:20.859 finds to do, do it with all your might. For in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is 00:02:20.859 --> 00:02:26.959 neither working, nor planning, nor knowledge, nor wisdom. I have seen something else under the sun. 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:33.219 The race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise, or wealth 00:02:33.219 --> 00:02:40.599 to the brilliant, or favor to the learned. But time and chance happen to them all. Moreover, no one knows 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:49.680 when their hour will come, as fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare. So people 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:59.979 are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them. Amen. So if you keep your Bible open there, 00:02:59.979 --> 00:03:10.939 here is our next lesson from our preacher, and it's this. Enjoy life in this unpredictable world. 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:23.359 The 21st of October, 2015, was a big day, and I wonder if anybody knows why. You'd have to be a real 00:03:23.359 --> 00:03:29.479 film buff to know why. It was the future day, from Back to the Future 2. And so people got really 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:36.579 excited back in 2015 trying to see, well, what predictions from 1989 actually came to pass. 00:03:37.099 --> 00:03:41.799 Some were spot on. If you watch the movie, you'll see people making video calls. And there were 00:03:41.799 --> 00:03:49.979 smart watches. And Nike even made self-tying shoes for one year only. But of course, some were wildly 00:03:49.979 --> 00:03:57.979 wrong. There are still no hoverboards. There are still no flying cars. And we don't have super accurate, 00:03:57.979 --> 00:04:06.219 up to the second weather reports that guarantee anything. People like making predictions. 00:04:07.419 --> 00:04:15.319 And as people make predictions, often we tie it with the idea of control. We can very easily imagine 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:22.939 our lives operate like a closed system. If I do X, then Y will certainly happen, as if it's as 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:28.660 straightforward as if I flick the switch, the lights come on. So we watch a weather report, 00:04:28.740 --> 00:04:34.779 and we plan for a lovely day in the sunshine. And how many of us have taken a soaking as a result? 00:04:35.740 --> 00:04:41.519 Far more significantly, perhaps, we can think about Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister in the 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:49.319 1930s, announcing after meeting with Hitler, peace in our time. Little did he realize he could not 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:57.439 control or predict Hitler's evil actions. Or maybe personally, we have found ourselves making five-year 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:04.360 plans, ten-year plans, retirement plans, only they've been impacted by redundancy or ill health 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:12.279 or failures and disappointments. And so Ecclesiastes 9 is going to explore this problem for us, 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:19.119 and it's also going to present a solution to us. So our preacher has been looking at this head on, 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:28.799 and he continues to engage with the idea that life is unpredictable, that there are so many outcomes 00:05:28.799 --> 00:05:37.319 that are not clear to us. As Burns and Steinbeck appreciated, the best laid plans of mice and men 00:05:37.319 --> 00:05:47.740 often go awry. And as we reflect on that, and as we experience that, often it stirs up emotions for us. 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:54.240 Perhaps it causes us to ask questions. We have frustration or sadness or despair. 00:05:55.459 --> 00:06:01.159 We can ask ourselves, what's the point? How do I please God in the chaos that is my life or this world? 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:11.439 And our preacher is going to say to us this evening, very honestly, yes, life is predictably unpredictable. 00:06:13.380 --> 00:06:19.180 So what we should do is trust in God, the only one who knows and controls. 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:26.980 And for us living when we do, we should trust the God who sent His Son to guarantee an eternal future. 00:06:26.980 --> 00:06:35.680 Our preacher is going to say to us, yes, you may very well feel surrounded by fear and uncertainty, 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:43.680 but still each day fight for joy and enjoy life's good things when they come to you. 00:06:44.960 --> 00:06:48.960 So let's think about this first big idea that we see at the beginning and the end, 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:55.379 that life is predictably unpredictable. So if you look at chapter 9, verses 1 to 6, 00:06:55.379 --> 00:07:00.120 the preacher begins, here are some things that you can count on in life, 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:04.779 though these are not things that we would instinctively choose for ourselves. 00:07:05.980 --> 00:07:13.560 In verse 1, he says to us that everyone is going to have a mixed experience of life. 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:16.920 Life is going to come with ups and downs. 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:22.520 The righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:26.980 but no one knows where their love or hate awaits them. 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:34.160 The righteous and the wise have learned to trust God and to know that their times are in God's hands, 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:39.400 they're living God's way, but their future could be love or hate. 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:41.620 In other words, it could be positive or negative. 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:44.460 There is no fixed rule. 00:07:44.459 --> 00:07:48.620 God is God and we are not. 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:53.519 And we're being invited to recognize that faith and good planning, 00:07:54.159 --> 00:07:59.259 living by God's wisdom, does not shelter us from the troubles in life. 00:08:00.939 --> 00:08:03.299 Boys and girls, again, to go to movies, 00:08:03.419 --> 00:08:06.019 you probably have never heard of the film Forrest Gump, 00:08:06.099 --> 00:08:10.139 but Forrest Gump, the main character, once said that life is like a box of chocolates. 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:17.879 Life, actually, you know those jelly bean packets that you get where you never know what flavor you're going to get? 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:20.519 They could be really good ones, they could be awful ones, those Harry Potter ones. 00:08:21.139 --> 00:08:23.300 Life is a bit more like that, according to our preacher. 00:08:24.159 --> 00:08:27.919 You never know what any day is going to bring. 00:08:28.219 --> 00:08:30.539 It could be good, it could be bad. 00:08:30.540 --> 00:08:32.240 Only God knows. 00:08:32.340 --> 00:08:35.000 So we can count on knowing ups and downs in life. 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:37.240 Something else we can count on is this. 00:08:37.899 --> 00:08:41.180 Everybody shares the same destiny. 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:44.700 In the end, we all die. 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:49.920 And the author makes plain, we all die regardless of how we have chosen to live. 00:08:50.899 --> 00:08:54.180 Whether we have chosen to live a wild and reckless life, 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:57.539 whether we've fallen into all kinds of sin and addiction and troubles, 00:08:57.539 --> 00:09:02.539 or whether we've lived an upright life, all will die. 00:09:02.620 --> 00:09:05.500 There's that series of contrasts. 00:09:05.899 --> 00:09:08.199 The good and the bad, the clean and the unclean. 00:09:08.459 --> 00:09:11.639 Whether we make oaths or whether we feel in our conscience we can never make an oath, 00:09:12.079 --> 00:09:13.879 no one escapes. 00:09:16.779 --> 00:09:19.719 Now, our preacher recognizes this is a hard truth. 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:21.719 It's always a hard truth to consider. 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:25.500 Indeed, in verse 3, he calls it an evil. 00:09:25.500 --> 00:09:31.019 He also points to another reality. 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:37.340 That most people in the life that they have choose the way of madness and folly. 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:41.200 Biblically, living without God. 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:47.440 But at the end of the day, we will all face death. 00:09:48.220 --> 00:09:51.679 Our life and our death are in God's hands. 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:54.899 Our preacher wants to remind us of that. 00:09:55.500 --> 00:10:00.360 Something else that we can recognize with our preacher, verses 4 to 6, 00:10:01.019 --> 00:10:07.179 everyone knows and chooses to believe that life is better than death. 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:11.460 Verse 4 says, 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:14.059 anyone who is among the living has hope. 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:16.399 Sounds a lot like our popular phrase, 00:10:16.500 --> 00:10:17.879 where there is life, there is hope. 00:10:19.019 --> 00:10:21.980 Doctors will tell us that hope is important for recovery. 00:10:21.980 --> 00:10:23.980 And then there's that proverb. 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:28.039 Even a live dog is better off than a dead lion. 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:31.480 Better a living street dog than a dead king of beasts. 00:10:31.620 --> 00:10:34.259 Life is better than death. 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:40.139 There's a set of comparisons there in verses 5 and 6. 00:10:40.139 --> 00:10:45.179 The living have knowledge, but the dead know nothing. 00:10:45.980 --> 00:10:50.000 While we're alive, we can gain rewards, but not when we're dead. 00:10:50.199 --> 00:10:53.860 The living experience intense emotions. 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:59.199 Even if it's love and hate and jealousy, for the dead, those have vanished. 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:04.540 To be alive is to have a part to play in what's going on in the world. 00:11:05.660 --> 00:11:07.500 But for the dead, our preacher says, 00:11:07.580 --> 00:11:10.759 never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun. 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:16.400 Now I hope, I hope at this stage we're asking, 00:11:16.940 --> 00:11:18.700 what about resurrection? 00:11:19.640 --> 00:11:21.000 What about eternal life? 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:23.240 We're absolutely going to get there. 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:28.100 But we need to remember that our preacher is often taking the viewpoint of, 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:31.200 imagine all there is is life under the sun. 00:11:31.299 --> 00:11:32.340 There is no God. 00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:35.539 That's why he so often talks about life being meaningless. 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:37.559 So he's taking that point of view. 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:39.820 But also we have to remember this is the Old Testament. 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:44.500 This is Old Testament where they didn't yet know in full view 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:46.159 the glory of the resurrection. 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:49.700 But they did know in the Old Testament that God is in control, 00:11:49.700 --> 00:11:52.120 that life is a gift and life is a good thing, 00:11:52.180 --> 00:11:55.560 that life is better than death in this world. 00:11:56.720 --> 00:11:58.320 But it leaves us with a tension. 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:01.680 What is predictable? 00:12:02.540 --> 00:12:06.140 According to our preacher, ups and downs in life and death. 00:12:07.520 --> 00:12:09.379 And then we go to the end of the section. 00:12:10.280 --> 00:12:13.640 Now where again he's coming back to life being unpredictable. 00:12:14.020 --> 00:12:19.420 Verse 11, we can be surprised by the outcomes that we see in life. 00:12:19.700 --> 00:12:25.500 Life isn't as straightforward as input X and guarantee Y comes out. 00:12:25.680 --> 00:12:29.420 Sometimes the race is not to the swift. 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:32.759 Sometimes the tortoise beats the hare. 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:35.240 Sometimes the best candidate misses out. 00:12:37.040 --> 00:12:39.500 Sometimes the battle is not to the strong. 00:12:40.820 --> 00:12:42.860 The Goliaths are beaten by David. 00:12:42.860 --> 00:12:46.480 Lester can win the premiership. 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:53.500 Sometimes food doesn't come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned. 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.919 Sometimes talent and genius goes unrecognized and unrewarded. 00:12:58.680 --> 00:12:59.620 Think of Van Gogh. 00:13:00.460 --> 00:13:04.480 Maybe the most famous painter in the world, but he died penniless. 00:13:04.539 --> 00:13:07.399 Only sold one painting in his entire life. 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:09.600 Why is that? 00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:12.779 Why is it that we can be surprised by outcomes? 00:13:12.939 --> 00:13:13.879 End of verse 11. 00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:17.019 Because time and chance happen to them all. 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:19.799 Because we are not in control. 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.840 And our predictions and our plans don't always come to pass. 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:29.399 And he's going to push us further in that direction in verse 12 to say, 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:33.300 We can be surprised by the hour of our day. 00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:38.040 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come. 00:13:38.700 --> 00:13:44.040 So he uses these different images of a fish or a bird that's caught in a net. 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:45.740 You know, no fish wakes up thinking, 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:47.200 Today I'm going to get caught. 00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:48.240 I'm going to end up fish supper. 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:50.100 It just happens. 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:54.240 Nets and traps work on the basis of surprise. 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:57.659 And our preacher says, 00:13:57.659 --> 00:14:03.379 People are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them. 00:14:04.180 --> 00:14:05.019 Don't we know that? 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:07.419 Terrible news. 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:09.500 Painful events. 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:11.940 The loss of loved ones. 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:15.080 We can feel trapped by those evil times. 00:14:15.180 --> 00:14:18.060 And ultimately, by the day of our own death. 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:22.220 And so our preacher here, the preacher in Ecclesiastes, 00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:25.980 He keeps bringing us back to these realities. 00:14:25.980 --> 00:14:26.580 Why? 00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:32.040 It's obviously something that's really important for us to be aware of. 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:38.980 Maybe especially in times like these where it's very seldom that people are considering 00:14:38.980 --> 00:14:42.000 the big realities of life and death. 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:46.200 Our preacher can help us to be prepared. 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:52.700 Because if we want to live well, we need to be ready to die well. 00:14:53.420 --> 00:14:55.680 To know that we are trusting in Jesus. 00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:58.740 That we're ready to meet with our Creator. 00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:05.200 That we know and we are glad that our times are in God's hands. 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:11.580 Just before we move from this topic, some particular lessons to take note of. 00:15:13.259 --> 00:15:16.300 Firstly, to recognize, and I'm sure we see it in life, 00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:21.980 that there's no direct connection between living by faith and living the good life. 00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:24.680 And the Bible is full of these examples. 00:15:24.860 --> 00:15:25.600 Think about Job. 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:29.080 God recognized Job as righteous, 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:32.280 but Job lost it all and suffered greatly. 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:34.399 Think about the Apostle Paul. 00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:38.279 We just heard from one of his letters. 00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:43.279 Paul, as he served Christ faithfully, suffered for Christ hugely. 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:46.360 Think about the Lord Jesus Himself. 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:49.240 Had no place to call home. 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:51.659 Was betrayed by His friends. 00:15:52.079 --> 00:15:54.220 Rejected by those He came to save. 00:15:54.459 --> 00:15:55.659 And ultimately was killed. 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:58.459 But Jesus was the man of faith. 00:15:58.959 --> 00:16:01.839 There is no straight line connection between living by faith 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:02.660 and the good life. 00:16:04.180 --> 00:16:06.660 It's also a reminder that there is no guarantee 00:16:06.660 --> 00:16:10.080 that our plans, even our godly plans and ambitions, 00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:11.660 will work out. 00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:16.720 That none of us has that level of control or certainty. 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:23.300 And there is no way for us to escape our common destiny. 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:26.180 As hard as we might try, 00:16:26.179 --> 00:16:29.759 as hard as scientists and genetic engineers might try, 00:16:30.099 --> 00:16:35.339 100% of us will die unless Jesus comes back first. 00:16:36.079 --> 00:16:39.799 Life is predictably unpredictable. 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:43.479 So what should we do? 00:16:44.099 --> 00:16:45.559 And how should we live 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:49.519 when life is so predictably unpredictable, 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:52.000 when it sometimes seems so cruel? 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:56.500 And that takes us to our central section here, 00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:59.360 to verses 7 to 10, 00:17:00.460 --> 00:17:05.039 where we have this simple but hard-to-appreciate wisdom. 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:09.700 We should enjoy life when we can. 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.500 Trusting that God knows, that God is good, 00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:14.480 that God is faithful. 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:16.140 We trust Him. 00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:19.120 We trust that He is a generous God. 00:17:19.820 --> 00:17:21.820 And we enjoy life. 00:17:23.120 --> 00:17:24.100 So verse 7, 00:17:24.600 --> 00:17:27.460 Go, eat your food with gladness 00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:30.220 and drink your wine with a joyful heart. 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:33.920 For God has already approved what you do. 00:17:35.300 --> 00:17:37.740 To know God's smile is a freedom 00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:40.240 to enjoy God's goodness, 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:42.800 to enjoy food and drink, 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.599 to enjoy our Sunday supper, 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:48.059 to enjoy a family meal, 00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:51.399 to enjoy a nice cup of coffee. 00:17:52.159 --> 00:17:53.740 Just like the Lord Jesus, 00:17:54.399 --> 00:17:56.359 who was often found feasting, 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.019 who provided a meal in the desert, 00:18:00.159 --> 00:18:03.039 and who shared meals with His disciples. 00:18:04.339 --> 00:18:06.879 When we share food and drink with others, 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:10.579 we put aside our tasks and our responsibilities, 00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:12.439 and we sit face to face, 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.659 and we spend time, 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.439 and that's a gift. 00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:19.720 So we're called to enjoy our food and our drink. 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:23.720 We're called to enjoy our relationships. 00:18:24.939 --> 00:18:25.599 Verse 9, 00:18:25.779 --> 00:18:27.599 Enjoy life with your wife, 00:18:27.699 --> 00:18:28.679 whom you love. 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:33.419 Here that represents any of our loved ones. 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:35.859 To enjoy spending time, 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:37.059 to make time. 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:40.220 How often we find that we are time poor. 00:18:40.339 --> 00:18:42.000 There is so many demands on us. 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:43.099 But here is this wisdom. 00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:46.119 Enjoy our relationships, 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.940 our family and our friends, 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.079 and our church family. 00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:50.319 And again, 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:52.139 Jesus shows us that way. 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.240 Jesus, 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:55.339 who was wonderfully busy 00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:57.079 about His Father's work, 00:18:58.379 --> 00:19:00.220 but built strong friendships 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:02.099 among His disciples, 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:04.019 and loved people well. 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:09.259 I was thinking that perhaps, 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:12.220 thinking about the sadness 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:13.039 and the heartbreak 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.920 and the death 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:15.900 that's in chapter 9, 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:18.160 maybe we felt the temptation, 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.859 maybe after grief, 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:23.980 that one way to avoid heartbreak 00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:27.500 is by not getting too close to anyone. 00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:28.599 You know, 00:19:28.639 --> 00:19:30.079 that we can protect ourselves 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:31.879 by keeping our hearts in a box. 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:35.260 I think this preacher 00:19:35.260 --> 00:19:37.120 would counsel us against that. 00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:40.180 Made me think of Lord Tennyson's 00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:41.600 famous line, 00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:43.280 it's better to have loved and lost 00:19:43.280 --> 00:19:45.380 than never to have loved at all. 00:19:46.300 --> 00:19:47.800 Our relationships matter. 00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:49.180 There's a lot of stuff that don't matter, 00:19:49.260 --> 00:19:50.660 but our relationships really do. 00:19:51.940 --> 00:19:53.000 And then in verse 10, 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:54.880 enjoy our tasks. 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:58.180 Whatever your hand finds to do, 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:01.100 do it with all your might. 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:03.200 In light of the fact 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:04.600 that we are going to die, 00:20:05.620 --> 00:20:06.740 we should be glad 00:20:06.740 --> 00:20:08.480 that we have work to do today. 00:20:08.580 --> 00:20:09.620 We have tasks to do, 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:12.600 we have opportunities to do today. 00:20:14.360 --> 00:20:15.900 So in our calling, 00:20:16.580 --> 00:20:17.760 in our responsibilities, 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:19.260 in our workplaces, 00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.460 in our education, 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:22.940 whatever our hand finds to do, 00:20:23.360 --> 00:20:24.580 enjoy it while we can, 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:26.640 work hard and work well, 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:28.300 knowing it's a gift 00:20:28.300 --> 00:20:30.240 from our God. 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:34.079 Again, it's so interesting 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:36.680 that he chooses to give us 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:38.240 this positive instruction 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:40.299 in the middle of, 00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.380 you know, 00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:42.839 the unpredictability 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:44.599 and then the sadness of death, 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:46.279 still in the midst of that 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:48.380 for the person who trusts in God, 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.980 there is the possibility for joy. 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.480 And we should fight for joy 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:54.500 and learn to enjoy 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.799 these everyday gifts. 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:58.919 But what I think we need to do 00:20:58.919 --> 00:20:59.899 as we finish 00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:01.200 is to remember 00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:03.220 that we're not Old Testament believers, 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.819 we're New Testament people, 00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:07.059 and there's gospel advice 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:09.500 that we need to hear as well. 00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.299 That just as we're called 00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:13.059 to enjoy life 00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:15.039 by our preacher here, 00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:17.519 Jesus would call us 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.740 to find joy 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:20.799 in resurrection life ultimately. 00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:23.019 Our preacher here 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:24.399 has real faith. 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:26.419 He really does trust God 00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:27.980 and who really is looking 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.019 to enjoy the life 00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:31.200 that God has given him. 00:21:31.399 --> 00:21:33.200 But our New Testament faith 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:34.460 is different 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:35.980 because our hope 00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:37.119 is greater, 00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:39.579 because Jesus has died 00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:41.240 in our place for our sin, 00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:42.680 and because Jesus 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.819 has risen 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:45.680 and is alive again. 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.639 That His sacrifice 00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.440 on our behalf 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.419 has been accepted, 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.640 that His victory 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.560 over death 00:21:51.560 --> 00:21:52.019 and evil 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.880 has been won, 00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:54.300 that eternal life 00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:56.080 has been secured 00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:57.800 for everybody 00:21:57.800 --> 00:21:58.960 who puts their trust 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:00.400 in Jesus as Savior. 00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:03.220 And so that gives us 00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:04.740 a strong basis 00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:06.440 for joy, 00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.360 not temporary joy, 00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:10.080 but eternal joy. 00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.980 Perhaps as we finish, 00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.900 we can compare 00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:16.380 perspectives, 00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:18.080 looking at verses 5 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:20.000 and 6. 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.099 Now for the person 00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:24.559 who has eternal life, 00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.679 how different this is. 00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.240 It says, you know, 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.679 the living know 00:22:27.679 --> 00:22:28.379 that they will die. 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:28.699 That's, 00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:30.079 there's a level 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:31.279 of knowledge there. 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:34.519 But the dead know nothing. 00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.799 But those with 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:38.500 resurrection life 00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:41.319 have a far greater knowledge, 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:43.519 perfect knowledge 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:45.639 of our great God 00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:46.299 and Savior. 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:48.059 The promise 00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:49.200 that we will be made 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.920 like Him, 00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:52.000 that we will see Him 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:53.059 face to face, 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.940 that we will enjoy 00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.839 the glory 00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.879 of our God 00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.680 and Savior 00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.759 forever. 00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:58.839 forever. 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:02.200 In verse 5, 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.460 the living have reward, 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.099 the dead, 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:04.799 says, 00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:06.160 have no further reward. 00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.980 But for the person 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:08.240 with faith in Jesus, 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:10.379 as Paul reminded us, 00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:12.059 we have eternal reward. 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:14.180 There is an eternal weight 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.240 of glory 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:17.299 that is ours. 00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.740 For the person 00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:21.119 who's trusting in Jesus, 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:23.460 perfect life forever 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:26.460 is certainly coming 00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:29.559 in a new creation. 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.519 In verse 6, 00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:35.059 the dead have no emotions. 00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:37.019 In verse 6, 00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:39.180 the living have intense emotions. 00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:40.000 Some of them are good 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.920 and some of them are bad. 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.440 There's love, 00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:41.940 there's hate, 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.720 there's jealousy. 00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:46.340 The emotional life 00:23:46.340 --> 00:23:47.539 that we will have in heaven 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:50.620 will be absolutely perfect. 00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:53.100 There'll be no hate there. 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.440 There'll be no jealousy there. 00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.840 There'll be no despair 00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:58.360 or sorrow there. 00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.680 We will live 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.660 in a world 00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:02.160 of perfect love 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:03.460 and joy 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.940 and peace 00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:06.920 when our trust 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:08.500 is in the Lord Jesus. 00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:11.460 So Jesus is saying 00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.019 to you 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.319 and to me today, 00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:15.460 enjoy life now 00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.579 absolutely 00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:19.380 and trust me 00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.500 for eternal life. 00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:22.600 Our preacher 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:23.399 in Ecclesiastes, 00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.059 he is right. 00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:25.719 Life is better than death. 00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.839 But Jesus takes us further 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:29.079 because resurrection life 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.759 is better by far. 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:35.299 And so we take heart 00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:37.939 in that as unpredictable 00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:40.059 as life is, 00:24:40.459 --> 00:24:42.079 as certain as the destiny 00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:43.379 of death is, 00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.779 we also have 00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:46.179 eternal hope 00:24:46.179 --> 00:24:48.019 in Jesus, 00:24:48.459 --> 00:24:49.740 our God and Savior, 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.279 so that even 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:51.920 in the midst 00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.579 of hardships 00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.680 we still have 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.940 the capacity 00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:57.120 and reason 00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:59.079 to have great joy. 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.220 So we can pray 00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.099 with thankfulness. 00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.200 Let's do that now. 00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:06.220 Lord our God, 00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.319 again we thank you 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.980 for how 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:10.420 wonderfully honest 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.819 the Bible is 00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.380 and the book 00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:13.599 of Ecclesiastes is. 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:15.919 it's very rare 00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:18.059 in our times 00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:20.039 to discuss 00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:21.980 the significant matters 00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.019 of life and death. 00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:24.500 And so we thank you 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.079 that the preacher 00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:26.439 brings it before us. 00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.299 Lord, 00:25:28.419 --> 00:25:29.179 we thank you 00:25:29.179 --> 00:25:30.699 that there is joy 00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:31.519 to be found 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.480 because you are 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.459 a generous God, 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.740 you're a merciful God. 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.139 And so we pray 00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.939 that you'd help us 00:25:36.939 --> 00:25:37.759 to strip away 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.559 the stuff that 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:40.599 often doesn't matter 00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.819 that bogs us down. 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:43.980 help us to enjoy 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:45.159 our family 00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:45.899 and our friends. 00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:47.819 Help us to enjoy 00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:49.039 the simple pleasures 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:50.319 of food and drink. 00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.919 Help us to be able 00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:52.599 to see 00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:54.059 our work 00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.399 and our responsibilities 00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:56.759 as challenging 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.539 as they can be 00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.359 as gifts 00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.119 from you, 00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.039 as opportunities 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:01.039 to serve you 00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:02.319 and to serve others. 00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.619 And Lord, 00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.859 above all that, 00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:06.220 may you help us 00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.919 always 00:26:06.919 --> 00:26:08.279 to be placing 00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.179 our trust 00:26:09.179 --> 00:26:10.299 in the Lord Jesus 00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.839 so that we would 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:13.440 have the sure promise 00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.839 of eternal life, 00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.440 that there is 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:17.419 another destiny 00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:18.500 that is certain 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:20.079 for the believer. 00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.279 It is certain 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:23.379 that when we die 00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:24.519 we will go 00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.339 to be with 00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.359 our God 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.240 and our Savior 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.000 forever, 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.200 where all sadness 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.799 and tears 00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.819 and death 00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.759 will be no more, 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.960 and love 00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:36.000 and joy 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:37.299 and fellowship 00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.960 with our God 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.899 will belong to us 00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:39.319 forever. 00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:41.139 So help us 00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:42.119 to remember that 00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:43.359 as we look 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:44.619 to fight for joy 00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:47.099 in order to glorify you. 00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:49.299 We pray in Jesus' name. 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.299 Amen. 00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:56.659 Okay, we're going to sing 00:26:56.659 --> 00:26:57.399 a hymn 00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:58.559 as we close 00:26:58.559 --> 00:27:00.259 that helps us 00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:01.779 to keep going 00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.359 with that theme, 00:27:02.439 --> 00:27:02.819 Christ, 00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.740 our hope 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:05.200 in life and death. 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.059 And let's stand 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.899 together 00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.919 so that we can sing. 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:20.539 what is our hope 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:22.980 in life and death? 00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:24.980 Christ alone, 00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.980 Christ alone, 00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:31.720 what is our only confidence? 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:35.180 that our souls 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:36.720 to Him belong? 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:39.720 Who holds our days 00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.720 within His hand? 00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:44.559 What comes apart 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:46.839 from His command? 00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:50.759 And what will keep us 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:52.500 to the end? 00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:55.400 The love of Christ 00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:58.100 in which we stand. 00:27:58.099 --> 00:28:02.039 O sing 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:04.480 hallelujah, 00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.719 our hope 00:28:06.719 --> 00:28:09.399 springs eternal. 00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:11.719 O sing 00:28:11.719 --> 00:28:14.139 hallelujah, 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:16.500 now and ever 00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:18.319 we confess 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.539 Christ, 00:28:19.699 --> 00:28:20.519 our hope 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:23.059 in life and death. 00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:30.599 what truth 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:32.220 can come 00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:34.319 the troubled soul? 00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:37.139 God is good, 00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:39.119 God is good, 00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:42.079 where is His grace 00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:44.419 and goodness known? 00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:47.079 In our great 00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:49.179 Redeemer's blood, 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:52.140 who holds our faith 00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:54.380 when fears are right, 00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:56.380 who stands above 00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:59.440 the stormy trials, 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:02.500 who sends the waves 00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:04.600 that bring us nigh 00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:06.860 unto the shore 00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:10.320 the rock of Christ. 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:14.259 O sing 00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:16.939 hallelujah, 00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:19.039 our hope 00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:21.759 springs eternal. 00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.980 O sing 00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:26.559 hallelujah, 00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:28.819 now and ever 00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:30.799 we confess 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.980 Christ, 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.919 our hope 00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:35.619 in life and death. 00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:44.699 unto the grave 00:29:44.699 --> 00:29:47.059 what shall we sing? 00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:49.859 Christ, He lives, 00:29:49.979 --> 00:29:51.779 Christ, He lives, 00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:54.000 and what reward 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:57.079 will heaven bring? 00:29:58.679 --> 00:30:01.659 Everlasting life with Him, 00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:04.619 there we will rise 00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:06.719 to meet the Lord, 00:30:06.719 --> 00:30:08.719 when sin and death 00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:11.719 will be destroyed, 00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:14.619 and we will feast 00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:16.679 in endless joy, 00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:18.719 when Christ is ours 00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:21.839 forevermore. 00:30:24.739 --> 00:30:26.339 O sing 00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:28.959 hallelujah, 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:31.079 our hope 00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:33.839 springs eternal. 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:35.939 O sing 00:30:35.939 --> 00:30:38.819 hallelujah, 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:41.079 now and ever 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.980 we confess 00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:44.139 Christ, 00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.079 our hope 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:47.220 in life and death. 00:30:47.439 --> 00:30:49.319 Now and ever 00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.819 we confess 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:52.579 Christ, 00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.599 our hope 00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:56.539 in life and death. 00:30:56.539 --> 00:31:05.279 our closing prayer 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.079 comes from Romans 00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:07.000 chapter 15 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.139 and verse 13. 00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.799 May the God 00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.680 of hope 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:12.839 fill you with all joy 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.940 and peace 00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.960 as you trust 00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.480 in Him, 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:17.000 so that you may 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.799 overflow 00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.639 with hope 00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:20.019 by the power 00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:21.039 of the Holy Spirit. 00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.139 Amen. 00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.259 Amen. 00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:23.320 Amen. 00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.300 Amen. 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.600 Amen. 00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:25.860 Amen. 00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.920 Amen. 00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:34.720 Amen. 00:31:34.780 --> 00:31:35.780 Amen. 00:31:35.779 --> 00:32:05.759 Thank you. 00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:35.759 Thank you. 00:32:35.779 --> 00:33:05.759 Thank you. 00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:35.759 Thank you. 00:33:35.779 --> 00:34:05.759 Thank you. 00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:35.759 Thank you. 00:34:35.780 --> 00:35:05.760 Thank you. 00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:35.760 Thank you. 00:35:35.780 --> 00:36:05.760 Thank you. 00:36:05.780 --> 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