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 I'll be reading from Ecclesiastes chapter 11, starting at verse 1, going to 12, verse 8.

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 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

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 Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.

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 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth.

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 And if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls,

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 there it will lie.

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 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

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 As you do not know the way the Spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child,

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 so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

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 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand.

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 For you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

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 Light is sweet and is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

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 So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all.

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 But let him remember that the days of darkness will be many.

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 All that comes is vanity.

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 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth.

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 And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth.

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 Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes.

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 But know that for all these things, God will bring you into judgment.

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 Remove vexation from your heart and put away pain from your body.

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 For youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

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 Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth.

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 Before the evil days come and the years draw near, of which you will say, I have no pleasure in them.

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 Before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rains.

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 In the day when the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men are bent.

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 And the grinders cease because they are few.

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 And those who look through the windows are dimmed.

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 And the doors on the street are shut.

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 When the sound of the grinding is low.

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 And one rises up at the sound of a bird.

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 And all the daughters of song are brought low.

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 They are afraid also of what is high.

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 And terrors are in the way.

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 The almond tree blossoms.

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 The grasshopper drags itself along.

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 And desire fails.

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 Because man is going to his eternal home.

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 And the mourners go about the streets.

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 Before the silver cord is snapped.

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 Or the golden bowl is broken.

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 Or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain.

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 Or the wheel broken at the cistern.

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 And the dust returns to the earth as it was.

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 And the spirit returns to God who gave it.

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 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher.

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 All is vanity.

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 Remembrance Day.

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 This past Tuesday.

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 I was listening to the radio.

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 I think it was on the Wednesday.

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 The 12th.

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 And it was a CTV interview.

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 But they played it on 580.

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 I forget the interviewer's name.

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 But she interviewed a man named.

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 I wrote it down here.

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 Elmer Friesen.

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 103 year old man from Calgary, Alberta.

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 Elmer Friesen.

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 It was his first time in Ottawa for Remembrance Day.

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 He was a veteran himself.

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 He wanted to go for many years.

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 And he just said to his son, I want to go to Ottawa for Remembrance Day.

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 And his son said, okay.

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 I'm not sure how old his son is.

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 But his son was behind him pushing a wheelchair.

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 And this man, still quite sharp, gave a pretty good interview.

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 But a part of the interview was quite sad.

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 Because the interviewer said, every year there are fewer and fewer veterans from World War II alive.

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 And then he went on to, of course, agree and talk about some of his best friends that are no longer with him.

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 His brother as well.

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 And this man who is 103, who has seen quite a lot.

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 Very proud of his trip to Ottawa.

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 Is very accustomed to death.

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 And in many ways, it was this picture of how aging can be very difficult.

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 Aging can be very, very difficult.

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 You lose people.

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 You reflect on missed opportunities.

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 You know that you have many, many, many more days behind you than ahead.

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 We've reached the second to last week in Ecclesiastes.

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 Next week, we'll wrap things up.

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 It's almost a bit of a postscript.

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 But this will be the last teaching from the sages' lips.

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 And over these past ten weeks, we've been eight Sundays in Ecclesiastes.

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 And we've examined the vanity or the futility of living life under the sun.

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 But having these eternal and ultimate desires for meaning and purpose.

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 It's been especially meaningful, at least for me.

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 But I'm assuming for some of you as well to study this book.

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 Because generally speaking, we here in the West are suffering, currently suffering, a meaning crisis.

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 We've never known a more affluent time in human history with opportunities and things and money and nutrition.

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 We've kind of talked about this over the weeks.

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 And yet, there is, again, generally speaking, there is a missing part in all of our hearts.

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 We are suffering here in the West with a meaning crisis.

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 So Ecclesiastes is very wonderful because it helps expose and diagnose why we have that meaning crisis.

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 It's been tough.

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 It's a very scary thing when you hear, either given to somebody else that you love or yourself maybe,

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 a terminal diagnosis with no treatment available to heal you.

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 It's a very hopeless thing.

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 So Ecclesiastes diagnoses our meaning crisis.

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 And we've seen bits and pieces where it gives us an antidote.

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 Here in our section, as it reflects on the totality of life, especially from the perspective of an aging,

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 maybe even on death's door individual,

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 it will give us a sober antidote to our meaning problem.

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 The book is drawing to a conclusion.

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 Will it help us ultimately look beyond this life under the sun?

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 And I'm going to put forward today that the sage in chapter 11, verses 1 to 12, 8,

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 the sage will help us to find this antidote in three very tempered imperatives.

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 Okay?

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 They build upon one another.

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 And here they are.

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 As you consider life, be bold.

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 Okay?

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 Be bold, but wise.

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 Be joyful, yet humble.

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 And then finally, be godly and remember your creator.

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 Be bold, but wise.

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 Be joyful, yet humble.

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 Be godly and remember your creator.

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 Follow along with me, by the way, if you have one of these scripture journals.

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 I think there might be one left.

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 At least it was when I looked in the bin early this morning.

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 Grab it if you're the last one.

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 You win the prize of being the last person with a scripture journal.

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 But we're on page 40.

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 Follow along, starting in verse 1, and we'll read to verse 4.

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 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

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 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.

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 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth.

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 And if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.

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 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

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 So chapter 9, we learn that life is fragile, and that no matter how hard we try, we cannot escape the truth of being subject to the things completely out of our control,

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 especially time and chance, especially the fickleness of other people.

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 These are things we can't control that deeply affect us.

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 Here, the sage confirms that truth once again, but then encourages us, his readers, to use that as motivation for action.

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 There is much debate about the meaning of verses 1 and 2.

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 So some commentators have suggested the whole idea of casting your bread upon the waters is about aggressively investing.

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 Other people have suggested it has to do with charity, giving to the poor, especially verse 2, giving a portion to seven or even to eight.

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 I mean, that could be diversifying our money as well.

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 Other people have seen it as a reference to a marine economy because of the waters.

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 To be perfectly honest, okay, I'm not sure.

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 I'm not sure how to understand verses 1 and 2.

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 I would like to put forward that it's probably the first two that I mentioned, either a means of investing our money or our time or whatever it may be,

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 or being generous with our money or our time, one of those.

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 But whatever it is, it's very clear that in life, we are not playing with house money.

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 Risks are involved in life.

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 We have to take risks.

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 The risks, though, are not careless or immoral risks, but they're calculated risks with the best knowledge we have,

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 knowing that, again, remembering chapter 9, there are so many things out of our control, especially time and chance.

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 Verses 3 to 6 seem to emphasize this point, and it provides three quick examples of how limited our knowledge truly is.

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 There's rain clouds.

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 There's rain clouds.

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 They fill up.

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 They empty out.

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 We can't control that.

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 There's falling trees.

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 Again, wherever they fall, that's where they're going to land.

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 We have no control over that.

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 Again, I mean, yes, you can think of big, heavy machinery.

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 Point stands.

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 This is like 3,000 years ago.

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 A tree falls.

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 It's huge.

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 You're not moving it.

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 That's the idea behind it.

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 And finally, the blowing of wind.

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 We cannot control how the wind blows.

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 We are subject to it.

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 And in each case, these examples depict situations where we really are completely not in control.

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 We are actually subject to such things.

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 And yet, the sage is saying, be decisive in your choices and strive to be free from doubts and unnecessary worries when it comes to living life.

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 Take risks.

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 But know that when you take them, they might be successful.

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 They might fail.

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 He continues on in verse 5 and 6, furthering this point.

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 As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

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 In the morning sow your seed, and at the evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

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 We cannot wait for a better situation to present itself in every situation.

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 Okay?

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 We do not have the ability to know that if I just wait another day, or another week, or another month, or another year, or maybe even another decade, it will be an optimal situation.

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 I will mitigate all my risks.

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 I will enjoy all the reward.

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 We do not know that.

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 Okay?

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 People have put off very important aspects of life only to find that that prospect is no longer afforded to them, for whatever reason.

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 And it's a very difficult thing to take in.

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 We are to, instead, see what is before us, and with the most amount of wisdom that we can muster, to put our shoulder to the plow, and leave the domain of the unknowable to the God who knows everything.

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 See, the only true certain fact in life is that there will be always uncertainty.

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 And such uncertainty, it can't be allowed to prevent us from action.

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 Remember, the sage is telling us to be bold, but to do so, he tempers it with wisdom.

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 So we see uncertainty, and we do not crumble, but instead we stand strong, and we go to work.

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 We take chances.

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 We see excessive focus on prediction can lead to an action.

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 This is what the sage is getting at here in verse 4.

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 He who observes the wind, looking for the signs, looking for the optimum situation, he will not sow.

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 And he who regards the clouds will not reap.

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 There remains a mystery with human life.

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 So many things that we can just not control whatsoever.

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 I commend to you, again, chapter 9.

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 The time and chance and the fickleness of people are things that affect us in huge ways that we really truly cannot control.

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 God alone governs the universe.

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 He governs the cosmos.

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 We do not.

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 And we really deceive ourselves if we try to unearth, turn over every rock to understand how everything works,

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 rather than to look to the one who is truly in control of everything and knows everything.

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 So you see here, it is saying to take risks, but also to embrace wisdom,

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 for wisdom lies in recognizing that we have limits.

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 There is a limit to what we can truly understand, both individually and collectively.

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 And I will just say this.

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 That is not to say that faith is always blind.

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 Understanding is a good thing.

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 The Bible pushes us to knowledge, pushes us to understanding,

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 to investigate the world that God has created.

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 But it also warns us to put ourselves in the shoes of the Creator.

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 We are not Him.

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 So friends, be bold with life, but be wise.

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 And consider it before the days began to wane.

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 And if it fails, it fails.

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 Try again.

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 Do not be crippled with defeat.

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 See it as an opportunity to grow.

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 I want to suggest to you that this could be a source of great joy.

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 And this brings us to our second point.

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 Starting in verse 7.

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 To be joyful, but humble.

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 And let me read verses 7 to 10.

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 Light is sweet and is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

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 So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all.

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 But let him remember that the days of darkness will be many.

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 All that comes is vanity.

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 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth.

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 And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth.

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 Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes.

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 But know that for all these things, God will bring you into judgment.

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 Verse 10.

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 Remove vexation from your heart and put away pain from your body.

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 For youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

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 Verse 7.

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 Light is sweet and pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

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 The sage is telling us that life is beautiful.

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 Not every moment of life is beautiful.

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 But on a whole, life is beautiful.

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 And therefore, it's worth living.

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 It's good to find joy in the life we have because this life under the sun, it's vanity.

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 It goes by very quickly.

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 But it definitely matters how we live and what we enjoy.

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 One can rejoice in their youth, but as a swindler or as a hedonist.

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 But such a life is not praise.

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 So then the question is, how should we live life in a happy way, but also in a humble way?

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 The sage offers advice.

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 However, it seems quite modern.

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 Let me read with you verses, or read with me rather, verses 8 and 9 again.

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 So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all.

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 But let him remember that the days of darkness will be many.

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 All that comes is vanity.

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 Verse 9.

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 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth.

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 And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth.

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 Walk in the ways of your heart, in the sight of your eyes.

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 You know, the sage, and this is one of the difficulties of Ecclesiastes.

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 And it's given me fits, but I think in a good way.

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 He'll say one thing with such seriousness, okay?

00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:51.779
 Such kind of absolute truth.

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 And then, like a chapter and a half later, he says the complete opposite with the same amount of conviction, okay?

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 What do I mean?

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 To follow one's heart and to walk by sight?

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 He says, he says, in the previous couple chapters before,

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:13.619
 the hearts of the children of men are full of evil.

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 They're full of evil, okay?

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 And it's not just the sage who says it, but the entirety of scripture seems to say and suggest

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 that the heart is actually the thing you do not want to follow.

00:19:26.919 --> 00:19:30.139
 Jeremiah chapter 17, verse 9, says this.

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 And this is like one of dozens.

00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:32.919
 But it says this.

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 The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick.

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 Who can understand it?

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 Let me read verse 9 to you again from chapter 11 of Ecclesiastes.

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 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth.

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 Let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth.

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 Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes.

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 Why is there this back and forth with the sage?

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:59.700
 I mean, telling a young person today to follow their heart is very common.

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:04.559
 It's a very common piece of advice, okay?

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 Be your authentic self.

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:11.159
 Follow your dreams.

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:17.440
 Anybody who is in the way of you achieving your most authentic self,

00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:20.759
 they're a problem to remove,

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 not something to consider as we are forming who we are.

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 Everything has to do with the self.

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:32.779
 Everything has to do with following one's heart.

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 Yet, again, we see with scripture that this is not the case.

00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:45.680
 Is the sage simply a moral relativist?

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:49.339
 Sometimes I wonder if he is.

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 Sometimes I wonder if he isn't.

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 See, being joyful,

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 in this context,

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 and we'll continue on here,

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 it's not just about being a happy person.

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 It's not about having an experience that makes you satisfied

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 in a moment,

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 even if that moment is a bit of a prolonged moment.

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 Being joyful is not about being simply a happy person.

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 You see,

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 it is closely linked with living rightly,

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 and we see this in verse 9.

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 The joy and the cheer that the sage is talking about

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 is connected to knowing God as judge,

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 just in the second part of verse 9.

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 This is what it says,

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 but know that for all these things,

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 God will bring you into judgment.

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 To be a joyful person

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 is to be a humbled person

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 with the understanding that decisions have consequences.

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 And following our heart

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 isn't a great thing

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 if it leads us

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 into a self-destructive lifestyle.

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 And especially if it

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 contravenes

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 and disobeys the law of God.

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 And that is where his judgment comes in.

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 In addition to that,

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 we see that

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 an aspect of joy

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 is deeply connected

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 also with doing

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 the hard work

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 of growing and maturing

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 in the Christian faith.

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 Verse 10,

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 remove vexation from your heart

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 and put away

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 pain from your body

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 for youth

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 and the dawn of life

00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:35.159
 are vanity.

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 More than anything else,

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.759
 humans need to understand

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 and embrace

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 what it means

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 to be human

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 made in God's image,

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 not in our own.

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 To know that our

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 work on earth

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 is not simply self-serving,

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 but ultimately

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 has a grander

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.679
 purpose.

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 That there is a

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 cosmic well done

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.379
 at the end

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.179
 of our labors.

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 If we live

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:10.959
 otherwise

00:23:10.959 --> 00:23:11.659
 where we are

00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:12.799
 self-serving,

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 then our lives

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.720
 will become

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 either trivial

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 or they will

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.500
 become

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.639
 very destructive.

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 They will be

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.319
 about ourselves.

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 And ultimately

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.240
 our joy

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 will not be joy

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 for it will

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 be short-lived

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 happiness

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:30.679
 and

00:23:30.679 --> 00:23:32.720
 the experience

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.679
 will come and go.

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 It will also

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 lead to vice.

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 So interestingly,

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:43.559
 the paradox here

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.559
 with the sage,

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 and I think

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.779
 the sage,

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:47.740
 he deals

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.399
 in the economy

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.359
 of paradoxes.

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 It means to grow

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.879
 and find joy

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.420
 in life,

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 we must

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.839
 humbly

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 submit

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 to divine

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 demands

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:58.279
 placed upon us.

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 So,

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.299
 to separate

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.819
 joy

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:02.019
 from humility

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:03.579
 is to deny

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.180
 a genuine

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.759
 enjoyment,

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.599
 a genuine,

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.000
 real,

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.879
 objective enjoyment

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.379
 in life,

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.759
 and to let

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.220
 pride

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:09.599
 and self-interest

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.420
 be the guiding

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:10.920
 forces.

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 And yet,

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.820
 still we

00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:24.580
 experience this

00:24:24.580 --> 00:24:25.140
 vexation

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.720
 because we

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.160
 live as

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:27.060
 eternal beings

00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:29.560
 in this life

00:24:29.560 --> 00:24:30.160
 under the sun.

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 So,

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:32.920
 how then

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.440
 do we

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:33.940
 navigate

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.300
 bitterness

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:36.039
 and frustration

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:37.420
 for having

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.080
 these eternal

00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:38.720
 desires

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.220
 and yet

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:40.460
 constantly

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.140
 coming up

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.660
 against the

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:41.960
 wall

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.860
 whereby we

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.799
 try to

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.740
 satisfy them

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.539
 in the things

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.079
 that we do

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.799
 here on earth

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.299
 or the people

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.880
 we love

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:49.039
 or the hobbies

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.480
 that we

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.519
 participate in?

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.860
 How do we

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.640
 avoid this

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.259
 vexation

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.600
 and this

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:53.980
 bitterness

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.420
 and this

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:54.940
 frustration?

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.740
 I think

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:59.140
 the next part

00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.340
 might be

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.160
 the very key

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:02.220
 to the entirety

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.880
 of the book

00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.600
 of Ecclesiastes.

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.579
 We'll especially

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.220
 see this

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.140
 next week,

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.000
 but I think

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:09.819
 chapter 12

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.700
 verses 1

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.220
 to 8

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:12.460
 it puts

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.879
 everything

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.460
 in perspective

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.079
 because

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:15.919
 our problem

00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:16.679
 isn't that

00:25:16.679 --> 00:25:17.679
 we are

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.599
 mortal beings

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.200
 with eternity

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.000
 written on our

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.379
 hearts

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:22.379
 and yet

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.139
 here we are

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.879
 living this life

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.519
 under the sun.

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.439
 I think it has

00:25:25.439 --> 00:25:26.659
 everything to do

00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:27.359
 with the fact

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.359
 that we

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:30.379
 fail to remember

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.339
 an eternal

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.879
 perspective.

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:34.720
 We are clouded

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.720
 with the here

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.419
 and the now

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.740
 and we are

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.279
 all,

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:38.800
 all,

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.360
 all too

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:39.720
 often

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.200
 forgetting

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.680
 that there

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.000
 is

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.800
 a life

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.259
 to come

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.580
 and it

00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:42.960
 is

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.779
 eternal.

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.539
 So again,

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.840
 the sage

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.460
 is building

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:50.980
 upon these

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:52.160
 tempered

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.700
 imperatives

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.380
 and we

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:53.820
 finally get

00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.100
 to our

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:54.820
 last point

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:56.140
 which is

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.500
 to be

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.080
 godly

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:58.180
 and remember

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:59.060
 your creator.

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:02.019
 Read with me

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.019
 just verse 1

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.400
 for now.

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.879
 Remember also

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.539
 your creator

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.059
 in the days

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.639
 of your youth

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.879
 before the evil

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.579
 days come

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.240
 and the years

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.200
 draw near

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.279
 of which you

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.779
 will say

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.420
 I have

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.240
 no pleasure

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.900
 in them.

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.980
 Let's read

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.799
 actually all the

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.259
 way to

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.539
 verse 8.

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.480
 Verse 2.

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.859
 Before the sun

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.420
 and the light

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.960
 and the moon

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.519
 and the stars

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.160
 are darkened

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.680
 and the clouds

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.680
 return after the rain

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:30.359
 in the day

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.859
 when the

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:32.480
 keepers

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.000
 of the house

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.420
 tremble

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.720
 and the

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.240
 strong men

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.620
 are bent

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.819
 and the

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.480
 grinders

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:36.839
 cease

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.220
 because

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.559
 they are

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:37.819
 few

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:37.980
 and

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.599
 those

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:38.759
 who

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.000
 look

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.200
 through

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:39.680
 the windows

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.259
 are dimmed

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.759
 and the doors

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.279
 on the street

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.759
 are shut

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.860
 and the sound

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.460
 of the grinding

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.039
 is low

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:45.000
 and one rises

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.660
 up at the

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.579
 sound of a bird

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.720
 and all the

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.559
 daughters of

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.460
 song are brought

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:49.799
 low

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.660
 they are afraid

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.480
 also of what

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.079
 is high

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:53.339
 and terrors

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:53.940
 are in the way

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:55.519
 the almond

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.180
 tree blossoms

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:57.000
 the grasshopper

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.819
 drags itself

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.259
 along

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.579
 and desire

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.160
 fails

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.240
 because man

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.720
 is going

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.339
 to his

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.699
 eternal

00:27:02.699 --> 00:27:03.079
 home

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.879
 and the

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.220
 mourners

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.699
 go about

00:27:04.699 --> 00:27:05.319
 the streets

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.919
 before the

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.559
 silver cord

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.079
 is snapped

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.379
 or the

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.119
 golden bowl

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.699
 is broken

00:27:09.699 --> 00:27:10.019
 or the

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.279
 pitcher

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.079
 is shattered

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.399
 at the

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:11.720
 fountain

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.720
 or the

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.019
 wheel

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.500
 broken

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.019
 at the

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.459
 cistern

00:27:14.459 --> 00:27:14.740
 and the

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.139
 dust

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.819
 returns

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.199
 to the

00:27:16.199 --> 00:27:16.439
 earth

00:27:16.439 --> 00:27:16.839
 as it

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.139
 was

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.799
 and the

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.159
 spirit

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.599
 returns

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.059
 to God

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.539
 who gave

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:19.819
 it

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.859
 vanity

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.639
 of

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.159
 vanities

00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.980
 says the

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.339
 preacher

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.419
 all

00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:24.939
 is

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:25.419
 vanity

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:28.539
 the

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.840
 sage

00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.360
 ends

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:31.620
 verse 8

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:32.660
 with the

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:33.100
 same way

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.759
 he began

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.400
 in chapter

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:34.920
 1 verse

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.180
 2

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.700
 vanity

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.480
 of vanity

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.940
 says the

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.240
 preacher

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.300
 all is

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:38.680
 vanity

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:42.620
 a poem

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:44.740
 that highlights

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:46.080
 the reality

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.900
 of being

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.259
 in the

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.500
 winter

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.920
 of your

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.279
 life

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.820
 there's a

00:27:49.820 --> 00:27:50.120
 strong

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.620
 temptation

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.259
 to dissect

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.140
 every sentence

00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.700
 and word

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.320
 in this

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:53.759
 section

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.680
 verses 2

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.220
 to 6

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.000
 but

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:58.240
 I'm not

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.400
 going to

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:58.740
 do that

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.240
 I think

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.880
 it risks

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:02.200
 taking

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.779
 away

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.400
 from

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:05.000
 its

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.799
 poetic

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.460
 essence

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.819
 what we

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.180
 see

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.599
 is a

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:08.880
 life

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.259
 that is

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.740
 fading

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.079
 into

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.420
 death

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:13.759
 the

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:13.960
 poem

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.299
 is about

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.720
 aging

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:16.799
 and as

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.119
 we grow

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.559
 older

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.180
 physical

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.839
 and emotional

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.460
 challenges

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.259
 increase

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.539
 our

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:21.940
 bodies

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.619
 inevitably

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.480
 decline

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.680
 our

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.079
 friends

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:24.319
 and

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.660
 family

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.059
 members

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.279
 will

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.599
 pass

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:25.920
 away

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.060
 we

00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:27.500
 struggle

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:27.800
 to

00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.300
 adapt

00:28:28.300 --> 00:28:28.560
 to

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:28.720
 the

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.200
 changes

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.560
 brought

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:29.779
 by

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.300
 innovation

00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:30.640
 and we

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.180
 find

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.740
 we

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:31.920
 may

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.140
 find

00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:32.300
 that

00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:32.580
 some

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.039
 goals

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.720
 remain

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:35.039
 unachieved

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.920
 strength

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.480
 diminishes

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.060
 desires

00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:37.840
 fade

00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:39.019
 and recovery

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.700
 from illnesses

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.940
 take much

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.460
 longer

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.880
 or might

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.420
 not happen

00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:42.740
 at all

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.380
 I remember

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.400
 my grandfather

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:45.000
 he died

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.640
 I was 20

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.860
 and he was

00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.340
 76

00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:48.279
 he was like

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.740
 the first

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.980
 of his

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:51.000
 cohort

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.519
 I don't know

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.920
 it's a weird

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.320
 way to say

00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:52.560
 it but

00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.279
 first of his

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.380
 his friend

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:54.980
 group to die

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:56.579
 and it was

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.339
 so packed

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:58.539
 the funeral

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.220
 the funeral

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.460
 hall

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:01.200
 my grandfather

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:02.660
 was a very

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.579
 quiet man

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:05.299
 he routinely

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.400
 didn't go to

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.960
 weddings

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:08.160
 or events

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:09.039
 because he

00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.779
 was just shy

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.380
 he was a shy

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:10.720
 man

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:13.980
 my grandmother

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.579
 died

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.620
 three

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.200
 four years

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.440
 ago

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.640
 and she

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.799
 was everybody's

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.120
 favorite

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.900
 favorite aunt

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.180
 aunt

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:21.339
 and she

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.819
 had a ton

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.319
 of friends

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.240
 but she

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:25.399
 had a ton

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:25.799
 of people

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.419
 die in her

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:26.740
 life

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:28.220
 and at her

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.460
 funeral

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.919
 I think there

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.200
 was maybe

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.819
 30 people

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:31.220
 not because

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.679
 people didn't

00:29:31.679 --> 00:29:32.200
 love my

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.599
 grandmother

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:34.099
 but as you

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.599
 die

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:37.019
 as you age

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:38.779
 the life

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.139
 that you

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.700
 once knew

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.619
 begins to

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.000
 crumble

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:43.179
 and here

00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:43.559
 she was

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.159
 a very beloved

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:44.700
 person

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.579
 with 30

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.000
 people

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.619
 again I don't

00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:46.960
 think it's a

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.639
 reflection on

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:48.759
 how she treated

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.419
 people or not

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.980
 but it was

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.779
 very striking

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.340
 to me when I

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:52.480
 considered both

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.200
 of these things

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.940
 together

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:57.820
 aging is

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.320
 difficult

00:29:58.320 --> 00:30:00.160
 in some ways

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.180
 those that

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:02.160
 die young

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.960
 and the

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.019
 sage has

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.620
 mentioned this

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.940
 they can

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.779
 potentially be

00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.620
 considered the

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:09.420
 fortunate ones

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:09.980
 they don't have

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.700
 to suffer

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:12.400
 a decline

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:14.539
 but we don't

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.220
 get to choose

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.000
 how we

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.779
 die

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.259
 how we go

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.480
 out

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.800
 we don't

00:30:18.800 --> 00:30:19.400
 get to choose

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.980
 if we die

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.380
 young

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:21.340
 or in

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:21.900
 middle age

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.140
 or in

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.720
 old age

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:25.160
 but if we

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:26.160
 are wise

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.640
 if we are

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.140
 wise

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:29.080
 considering that

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:29.480
 life

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.440
 again is

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.980
 vaporous

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.720
 whether it

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.940
 is as a

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.740
 20 year old

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.340
 or as a

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:35.240
 60 year old

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.720
 or as an

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.580
 85 year old

00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.660
 or as

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.420
 Elmer

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:39.040
 Friesen

00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:41.019
 at 103

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:42.820
 that life

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.400
 is still

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.019
 a vapor

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:47.900
 if we are

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.319
 wise

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.000
 we consider

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.440
 this

00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:50.639
 and hopefully

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.359
 it spurs

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.740
 us to

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.099
 remember

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:53.339
 that we

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:53.599
 have a

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.019
 creator

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.200
 and therefore

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.299
 we can

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.799
 live in a

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.379
 godly way

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:59.840
 so the trick

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.220
 is to

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.920
 consider this

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.600
 not at the

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:01.980
 end of your

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.240
 life

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.580
 but as

00:31:02.580 --> 00:31:02.880
 soon as

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.260
 possible

00:31:03.260 --> 00:31:05.540
 verse 1

00:31:05.540 --> 00:31:06.240
 begins with

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.680
 one of

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.200
 again the

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.860
 most important

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.360
 imperatives

00:31:08.360 --> 00:31:08.960
 not just in

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.620
 Ecclesiastes

00:31:09.620 --> 00:31:10.120
 but in all

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.560
 of scripture

00:31:10.560 --> 00:31:11.580
 remember

00:31:11.580 --> 00:31:12.760
 remember your

00:31:12.760 --> 00:31:13.240
 creator

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.760
 remember God

00:31:14.760 --> 00:31:16.140
 a constant

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.640
 refrain

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.300
 throughout

00:31:17.300 --> 00:31:17.960
 the Old

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.380
 Testament

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.920
 remember

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.460
 remember

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.960
 remember

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.420
 remember

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.800
 God's

00:31:20.800 --> 00:31:21.300
 deliverance

00:31:21.300 --> 00:31:22.080
 remember

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.300
 his

00:31:22.300 --> 00:31:22.680
 commandments

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.180
 remember

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.440
 his

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.760
 covenant

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.359
 remember

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:27.299
 what we'll

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.720
 see is that

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.259
 remembering is

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.839
 much more

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.539
 than simply

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.879
 recalling something

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.539
 that has been

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:31.960
 forgotten

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.700
 instead

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.680
 remembering

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.480
 involves

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.160
 action

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:37.099
 it involves

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:38.440
 fidelity

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.720
 and allegiance

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.079
 and a love

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:41.859
 and a devotion

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.420
 to remember

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.359
 one's anniversary

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.119
 isn't just to

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.359
 say

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:46.119
 it's that time

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.819
 of year again

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.759
 high five

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.819
 go to work

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.579
 come home

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.099
 eat dinner

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.740
 go to sleep

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:53.619
 it means

00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.319
 recalling

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.579
 one's

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.000
 vows

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.899
 reaffirming

00:31:56.899 --> 00:31:57.859
 love

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.379
 speaking

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.979
 kind

00:31:58.979 --> 00:31:59.379
 and loving

00:31:59.379 --> 00:31:59.799
 words

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.259
 expressing

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.799
 affection

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.839
 and joy

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.439
 maybe giving

00:32:02.439 --> 00:32:02.939
 gifts

00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:06.119
 it's an

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.599
 action

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.319
 to remember

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.939
 it has

00:32:08.939 --> 00:32:09.519
 implications

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.559
 and the same

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:12.159
 applies to

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.579
 the Lord

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:14.199
 to remember

00:32:14.199 --> 00:32:14.819
 God as our

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.199
 creator

00:32:15.199 --> 00:32:15.539
 is to

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.939
 acknowledge

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.500
 that although

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.119
 this life

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.979
 is fleeting

00:32:17.979 --> 00:32:18.839
 and fragile

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:20.979
 and futile

00:32:20.979 --> 00:32:22.839
 right

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.199
 it is

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:23.500
 it is

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.220
 vaporous

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.459
 and that

00:32:25.459 --> 00:32:25.799
 we will

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.480
 return to

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.859
 dust

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.279
 from which

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.859
 we came

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:31.980
 God

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.399
 remains

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:32.819
 worthy

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.679
 of worship

00:32:33.679 --> 00:32:34.480
 and glorification

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:36.059
 in fact

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.779
 referring to

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.259
 him as the

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.599
 creator

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.459
 reminds us

00:32:38.459 --> 00:32:38.879
 that this

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.399
 world was

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:39.799
 made with

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.240
 purpose

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.919
 and that

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.439
 he was

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:42.899
 the one

00:32:42.899 --> 00:32:43.220
 who

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:44.480
 breathed

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.939
 it into

00:32:44.939 --> 00:32:45.559
 existence

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.319
 spoke it

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.039
 into existence

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.519
 and therefore

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.859
 we

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:48.779
 as the

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.099
 pinnacle

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.500
 of his

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.000
 creation

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:51.220
 were also

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.859
 created

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.599
 with purpose

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.419
 with

00:32:53.419 --> 00:32:54.219
 intentionality

00:32:54.219 --> 00:32:55.339
 and our

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:56.139
 primary purpose

00:32:56.139 --> 00:32:56.879
 is to glorify

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.240
 God

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.199
 but also

00:32:58.199 --> 00:32:58.939
 to enjoy

00:32:58.939 --> 00:32:59.240
 him

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:02.519
 all of our

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:02.859
 days

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.219
 and into

00:33:03.219 --> 00:33:03.679
 eternity

00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:05.899
 so this

00:33:05.899 --> 00:33:06.319
 remember

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.859
 it's at

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.419
 verse 1

00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:07.859
 but it's

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.240
 actually

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.859
 commanded

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.619
 four other

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.059
 times

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.459
 or four

00:33:10.459 --> 00:33:11.000
 times total

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.319
 rather

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.319
 in this

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.659
 section

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.319
 from verse 1

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:14.000
 to verse 8

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.719
 and although

00:33:14.719 --> 00:33:15.079
 it doesn't

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.759
 say remember

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.579
 four times

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.740
 what we do

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.839
 see is that

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.579
 in verse 1

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.419
 2 and 6

00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:21.559
 there's this

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.000
 word that

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.579
 says before

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.579
 which

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:25.399
 recalls

00:33:25.399 --> 00:33:26.500
 verse 1

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.539
 remember

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:28.359
 so remember

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:29.319
 the Lord

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.740
 as your

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.159
 creator

00:33:30.159 --> 00:33:32.079
 before

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.399
 before

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:34.399
 before

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:36.319
 remember

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.919
 God

00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:37.460
 before the

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.019
 evil days

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.339
 come

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.720
 remember

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.059
 God

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.439
 before

00:33:39.439 --> 00:33:39.980
 life

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.599
 darkens

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:42.019
 remember

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.500
 God

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.059
 before

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.519
 life

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.039
 is utterly

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.599
 spent

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:47.299
 and again

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:47.899
 since we

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.139
 can never

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.459
 know the

00:33:48.459 --> 00:33:48.740
 exact

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.099
 hour

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.419
 of our

00:33:49.419 --> 00:33:49.699
 death

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:50.139
 the call

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.439
 is to

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:50.799
 remember

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:52.319
 in the

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.779
 present

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:54.319
 it's not

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.740
 to remember

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.359
 in the

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:55.659
 future

00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.159
 but is

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.559
 to remember

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.439
 right now

00:33:57.439 --> 00:34:00.299
 and here's

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.599
 the true

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.000
 beauty

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:02.039
 of

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:03.359
 this act

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:03.919
 of remembering

00:34:03.919 --> 00:34:05.059
 for as we

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.579
 seek to

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:05.839
 remember

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.339
 God

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:07.719
 God

00:34:07.719 --> 00:34:08.219
 remembers

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:08.839
 us

00:34:08.839 --> 00:34:11.559
 consider

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.940
 Hannah

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.920
 this is

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.679
 from 1st

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.379
 Samuel chapter

00:34:14.379 --> 00:34:14.739
 1

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.759
 Hannah

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.759
 is one

00:34:16.759 --> 00:34:17.179
 of two

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.839
 wives

00:34:17.839 --> 00:34:18.440
 of

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.819
 an

00:34:19.819 --> 00:34:20.480
 Israelite

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.019
 and God

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:22.819
 seems to

00:34:22.819 --> 00:34:23.519
 open the

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.759
 womb

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:24.319
 and bless

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:24.699
 the one

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.019
 wife

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.559
 and Hannah

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.039
 remains

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.539
 barren

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.199
 but it's

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.579
 not just

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:27.980
 that she's

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.339
 barren

00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:28.679
 she's

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.159
 neglected

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.579
 she is

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.019
 forgotten

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:32.219
 she is

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.359
 an

00:34:32.359 --> 00:34:33.019
 afterthought

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.279
 completely

00:34:34.279 --> 00:34:34.779
 overlooked

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.059
 and what

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.500
 does she

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:35.639
 do

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.279
 she cries

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.779
 out to

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.099
 God

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.639
 to remember

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:37.960
 her

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:39.279
 remember

00:34:39.279 --> 00:34:39.779
 me

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:41.179
 she says

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.639
 remember

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.019
 me

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:43.539
 bless

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.920
 me

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:45.239
 and what

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.420
 does

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:45.679
 God

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:45.940
 do

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:47.239
 he

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:47.739
 provides

00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:48.179
 for her

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.400
 and

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:50.059
 expresses

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.679
 his love

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.000
 to her

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.320
 he

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:52.019
 remembers

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.360
 her

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.699
 and it

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.079
 spurs

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.300
 him

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.579
 on

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:53.739
 to

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.279
 action

00:34:54.279 --> 00:34:57.219
 through

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:57.619
 her son

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.059
 Samuel

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.559
 Israel

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.279
 would be

00:34:59.279 --> 00:34:59.699
 delivered

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.079
 from

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:01.079
 all of

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.239
 her

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:01.639
 enemies

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.279
 and guided

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.779
 by the

00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:03.059
 Lord

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.840
 I'll

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.039
 read

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.279
 just

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:04.599
 two

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.039
 verses

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:08.900
 1st

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.139
 Samuel

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:09.460
 chapter

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:09.820
 1

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.239
 verse

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.659
 11

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:10.960
 this

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.159
 is

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.380
 Hannah

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.840
 speaking

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:13.320
 and

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.519
 Hannah

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.059
 vowed

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:14.519
 a vow

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:18.480
 and said

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.740
 oh

00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.140
 Lord of

00:35:19.140 --> 00:35:19.519
 hosts

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.760
 if you

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.000
 will

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.420
 indeed

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:21.780
 look

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.100
 on the

00:35:22.100 --> 00:35:22.559
 affliction

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.000
 of your

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.420
 servant

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:24.280
 and remember

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:24.800
 me

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:26.340
 not forget

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.559
 me

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.160
 but remember

00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:27.500
 me

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.200
 remember

00:35:28.200 --> 00:35:29.220
 your

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.720
 servant

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:32.240
 and give

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:32.820
 your servant

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.260
 a son

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.640
 then I

00:35:33.640 --> 00:35:34.019
 will give

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.320
 him to

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.480
 the

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.660
 Lord

00:35:34.660 --> 00:35:35.000
 all the

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.340
 days

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.640
 of his

00:35:35.640 --> 00:35:35.940
 life

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.240
 and no

00:35:36.240 --> 00:35:36.519
 razor

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.760
 shall

00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.000
 touch

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.160
 his

00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:37.380
 head

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.619
 it

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.019
 continues

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.420
 on

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:39.559
 in

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:39.740
 verse

00:35:39.740 --> 00:35:40.280
 19

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.519
 of

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.180
 1st

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:41.460
 Samuel

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.820
 chapter

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.180
 1

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:44.059
 and this

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.280
 is what

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:44.700
 it says

00:35:44.700 --> 00:35:45.320
 they rose

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:45.720
 early

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.860
 in the

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.140
 morning

00:35:47.140 --> 00:35:47.640
 and worshipped

00:35:47.640 --> 00:35:48.059
 before the

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.360
 Lord

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.680
 this is

00:35:49.680 --> 00:35:49.940
 Hannah

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.300
 and her

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.800
 family

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.640
 then they

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:52.059
 went back

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.360
 to their

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.700
 house

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.380
 at Ramah

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:54.740
 and Elkanah

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:55.740
 Hannah's

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:56.140
 husband

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:57.240
 knew

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:57.599
 Hannah

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.180
 his wife

00:35:58.180 --> 00:35:59.119
 and the

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.320
 Lord

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:00.460
 remembered

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.880
 her

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:02.200
 and in

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:02.619
 due time

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:02.880
 Hannah

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.440
 conceived

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:03.940
 and bore

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.440
 a son

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.440
 and she

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.960
 called

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.420
 his name

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.900
 Samuel

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.300
 for she

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.519
 said

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:07.820
 I have

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.180
 asked

00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:08.559
 for him

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.539
 from the

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.800
 Lord

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.519
 you see

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:10.940
 God

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.720
 would not

00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:12.079
 forget

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.800
 the promises

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.599
 that he

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.019
 made to

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.300
 Hannah

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.840
 he will

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.460
 never forget

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.980
 the promises

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.320
 that he

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.539
 makes

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:16.780
 ever

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:18.860
 and by

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.440
 remembering

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.760
 them

00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.400
 he acts

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:21.079
 upon them

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:22.619
 I'll wrap

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:22.920
 up with

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:23.260
 this

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:24.320
 in Luke

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:24.900
 chapter 1

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:26.360
 God

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.820
 remembers

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.460
 the promise

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.860
 that he

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.440
 made to

00:36:28.440 --> 00:36:29.000
 Abraham

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.840
 centuries

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.619
 and centuries

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.300
 and centuries

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.860
 and centuries

00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.200
 before

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:33.519
 that through

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.180
 his seed

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.740
 the world

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.240
 not just

00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:35.680
 Israel

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:36.039
 but the

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.360
 world

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.800
 would be

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.280
 blessed

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:39.620
 like with

00:36:39.620 --> 00:36:39.920
 Hannah

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:41.059
 Mary

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.640
 was

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.099
 blessed

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.420
 with a

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.740
 child

00:36:42.740 --> 00:36:43.120
 that would

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.440
 be the

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.059
 embodiment

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.680
 of God's

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 remembrance

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 so again

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 God doesn't

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 just say

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 I remember

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 making that

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 promise to

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 Abraham

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 but rather

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 I will show

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 you how

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 I remember

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 by seeing

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 those promises

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 come to

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 fruition

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 so like

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 Samuel

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 through Christ

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 God

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 he remembers

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 his promises

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 to bless

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 and to

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 heal

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 and to

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 help

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 all

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 those

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 who live

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 vain

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 lives

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 under

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 the

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 sun

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 yet

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 who

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 have

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 eternity

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 written

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 on their

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 hearts

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 and what

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 does he

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 do

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 he helps

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 us to

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 enjoy

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 fellowship

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 with him

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 forever

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 and

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 Jesus

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 himself

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 remembers

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 for after

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 Jesus took

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 upon himself

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 the cross

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 upon his

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 back

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 but really

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 the sins

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 of the

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 world

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 upon his

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 back

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 dying

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 on a

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 Roman

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 crucifix

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 and rising

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 again

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 he appeared

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 to his

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 disciples

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 and he

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 commissioned

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 them

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 to proclaim

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 that the

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 one

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 true

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 God

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 is the

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 God

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 who

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 remembers

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 and then

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 he tells

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 them this

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 I am

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 with you

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 always

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 to the

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 end

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 of the

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 age

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 and friends

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 that is

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 an aspect

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 of God

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 remembering

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 and that

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 truth is

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 for us

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 today

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 remember

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 also your

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 creator

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 in the

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 days of

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 your

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 youth

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 before

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 the

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 evil

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 days

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 come

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 and the

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 years

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 draw

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 near

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 of which

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 you

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 will

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 say

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 I

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 have

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 no

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 pleasure

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 in

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 them

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 friends

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 remember

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 your

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 creator

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 for

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 your

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 creator

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 remembers

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 you

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 he

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 sent

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 his

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 son

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 for

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 you

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 he

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 fulfilled

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 his

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.019
 promises

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 for

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 you

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 and that

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 his

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.420
 son

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 defeated

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:27.639
 death

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 for

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 you

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 and his

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 promises

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 remain

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 that he

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 will

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 neither

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 leave

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 us

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 or

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 forsake

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 us

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 if you

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 are here

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.659
 this

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:35.960
 morning

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:37.420
 and you're

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 a Christian

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 or kind

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.659
 of on

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 the fence

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 about

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 Christianity

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 or outside

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.799
 of the

00:38:41.799 --> 00:38:42.079
 Christian

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.480
 faith

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.679
 if you

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:43.799
 are

00:38:43.799 --> 00:38:44.339
 wondering

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:45.219
 is it

00:38:45.219 --> 00:38:45.599
 worth

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.219
 being a

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:46.619
 Christian

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.000
 is it

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.419
 worth

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 living a

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 life

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 where I

00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.379
 consider

00:38:51.379 --> 00:38:51.679
 God

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:51.839
 as

00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:52.239
 creator

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.679
 and that

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:52.819
 I

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 remember

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 him

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:55.000
 is he

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.399
 worthy

00:38:55.399 --> 00:38:55.839
 of my

00:38:55.839 --> 00:38:56.439
 remembrance

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 the answer

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 is yes

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 because

00:39:00.759 --> 00:39:01.419
 God

00:39:01.419 --> 00:39:01.939
 first

00:39:01.939 --> 00:39:02.419
 remembered

00:39:02.419 --> 00:39:02.779
 you

00:39:02.779 --> 00:39:04.819
 and

00:39:04.819 --> 00:39:05.159
 proved

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.299
 it

00:39:05.299 --> 00:39:05.599
 in his

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:05.799
 son

00:39:05.799 --> 00:39:06.259
 Christ

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 do

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