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 This morning's reading comes from Ecclesiastes chapter 12.

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 Starting in verse 8, we read,

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 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher, all is vanity.

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 Besides being wise, the preacher also taught the people knowledge,

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 weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.

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 The preacher sought to find words of delight,

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 and uprightly he wrote words of truth.

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 The words of the wise are like goads,

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 and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings.

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 They are given by one shepherd.

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 My son, beware of anything beyond these,

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 of making many books there is no end,

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 and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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 The end of the matter all has been heard.

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 Fear God and keep his commandments,

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 for this is the whole duty of man,

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 for God will bring every deed into judgment,

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 with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great, thank you, Celeste.

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 Let's pray together briefly as, before we look at this word.

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 Heavenly Father, once again, as we come to your word,

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 we do come with humility.

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 We come, God, not to sit over your word in judgment,

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 thinking that we have the final say.

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 We acknowledge that you are God and we are not.

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 Lord, we come to your word because we want to encounter you,

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 the living God.

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 We want to hear you speaking to us,

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 to both challenge us and to comfort us,

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 to draw us near to yourself.

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 God, this morning we pray that you help us

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 to understand your word,

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 and to hear you speaking to us,

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 and help us to respond appropriately.

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 God, help us to love you more,

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 and to trust you more,

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 and to obey you,

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 because you have spoken to us today.

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 And so we pray these things in your awesome

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 and your majestic name.

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 Amen.

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 Now, in order to understand our passage today,

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 we need to just be reminded of the structure

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 of the book of Ecclesiastes.

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 If you're new, let me explain it to us again.

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 Ecclesiastes kind of has two authors,

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 or two voices that are speaking.

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 The majority of Ecclesiastes,

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 almost everything actually,

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 from halfway to chapter one,

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 or the second verse of chapter one,

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 right up to almost the end of chapter 12,

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 is the voice of this skeptic,

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 who the author calls the teacher.

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 In Hebrew, his name is Koheleth.

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 And Koheleth, or the teacher,

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 he is not the author,

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 but the author is using his words

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 to make a point.

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 And what is his point?

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 Well, the author,

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 who employs the words of this teacher,

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 the author's main point is this,

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 life is not meaningless.

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 The author has used the hopelessness

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 of Koheleth's worldview

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 to provoke us

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 and to think about life beyond

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 just life in the sun.

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 The teacher, Koheleth,

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 he looks around him,

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 he's not very aware of God,

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 he knows there is a God out there,

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 but this God doesn't seem

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 to break into his life.

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 And he looks around

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 and he just thinks life is meaningless.

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 And the author's kind of

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 using this teacher,

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 this Koheleth,

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 to provoke us

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 and to think about the meaning of life.

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 It's kind of like

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 when I was a teenager,

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 I loved listening to music,

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 U2,

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 and Dave Matthews' band,

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 and these other bands.

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 And one of my favorite things to do

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 was to try and work out

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 or listen to or research

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 the story behind the lyrics to the songs.

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 So you hear a great song,

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 you think,

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 oh, that's a nice song,

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 and then you go and find out

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 what prompted the writer to write that.

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 And you hear the reason behind

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 the actual author's intentions,

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 and suddenly it makes the song come alive.

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 It's kind of like maybe

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 another analogy might be

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 you read Macbeth,

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 some Shakespeare,

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 and you find out what's going on.

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 And then at the end,

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 you hear Shakespeare actually stepping in

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 saying, okay,

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 this is what I want you to take from it.

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 Or maybe you read

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 The Lord of the Rings,

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 and you think,

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 I don't know what's going on.

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 And then you listen to an interview

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 by J.R. Tolkien.

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 So you say,

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 ah, okay, I understand.

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 Well, the author of Ecclesiastes

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 has been employing the words

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 of this teacher, Koheleth,

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 to provoke us.

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 And the teacher's been saying,

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 meaningless, meaningless,

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 everything's meaningless.

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 And the author's saying,

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 is that really the case?

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 Is that really the case?

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 And so in chapter 12,

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 today we sit down with the author,

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 and we get to hear him speak

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 and tell us his intentions

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 for writing the book of Ecclesiastes.

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 Okay, does that make sense?

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 You following?

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 And he does this in two ways.

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 In verses 9 to 11,

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 he summarizes the work of the teacher.

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 And then in verses 12 to 14,

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 he gives his own conclusion.

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 Okay?

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 And so let's dive in

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 and see what happens.

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 And so the last six weeks,

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 we've been following this teacher,

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 Koheleth, on his quest.

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 And he's been searching for meaning

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 and purpose,

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 wisdom and knowledge,

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 justice and truth.

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 And look at how the author

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 sums up the work of the teacher,

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 verses 9 and 10.

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 He says,

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 Besides being wise,

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 the teacher also taught

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 the people knowledge,

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 weighing and studying

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 and arranging many proverbs

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 with great care.

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 The teacher sought to find

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 words of delight

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 and to honestly write

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 words of truth.

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 So he's saying,

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 the teacher's like a collector

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 of fine sayings.

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 He's traveled around,

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 he's asked many people,

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 and he's collected

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 these words of wisdom,

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 and he's arranging them

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 and putting them in order,

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 and he's trying to come up

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 with the summary

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 of his explanation

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 of the meaning

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 and the purpose of life.

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 Ecclesiastes is his summary

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 of his work.

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 But has this worked?

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 Has the teacher's approach

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 really got him anywhere?

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 I mean, he's been on this quest

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 and this journey,

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 and what is his conclusion?

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 Where has he arrived?

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 Has it actually helped him?

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 Maybe another way

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 of asking that is,

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 should we follow the teacher

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 and go about things

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 the way he has?

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 Should we go and read

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 all the sacred texts

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 and interview thousands

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 of people

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 and collect all our summary

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 of wisdom

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 and come up

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 with our own answer?

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 And if so,

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 will we find the answer

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 to the questions

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 that we ask in our heart?

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 Well, the author answers

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 yes and no,

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 both positively

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 and negatively.

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 Look at what he says

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 in verse 11.

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 First he says,

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 yes,

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 the teacher

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 has some wisdom.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 The words of the wise

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 are like goads,

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 like nails firmly fixed

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 are the collected sayings.

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 They are given

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 by one shepherd.

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 So the author tells us here

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 that these wise sayings,

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 the kind of things

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 that the teacher's been

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 on his journey

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 to go and collect

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 and find

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 and navigate

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 and arrange

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 and study

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 and put together.

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 These sayings

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 are like goads.

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 Do you remember

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 a few weeks ago

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 we said what a goad is?

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 It's that sharp pointed stick

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 that a farmer uses

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 to provoke the sheep

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 and the cattle

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 to go where he wants them to go.

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 And so as the author's been,

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 as the teacher's been

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 collecting these sayings,

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 he says,

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 these words of wisdom

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 are like a goad

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 that are meant

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 to provoke us

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 out of our slumber,

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 out of our laziness.

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 They get us thinking.

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 They get us thinking

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 about what is life

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 really about?

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 What is the meaning

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 and the purpose of life?

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 And so the author is saying,

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 actually the teacher's

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 in his quest

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 to find the meaning of life,

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 he's been provoked,

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 he's been challenged,

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 he's been provoked

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 out of his complacency.

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 Sometimes words of wisdom

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 are uncomfortable.

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 Sometimes God's word

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 is uncomfortable.

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 uncomfortable.

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 Sometimes God's word

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 can feel like

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 it is provoking you,

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 challenging you.

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 And if you're new to faith,

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 that might feel uncomfortable

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 at times.

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 You read something

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 in the Bible

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 and you think,

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 hang on, hang on,

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 I don't know

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 if I can believe that.

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 But isn't that exactly

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 what you'd expect

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 from a God

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 who's different from you?

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 I mean,

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 if you just agree,

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 if the Bible agrees

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 with everything

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 that you believe

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 and your worldview,

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 is God maybe not

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 just exactly like you?

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 Sometimes God's word

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 can provoke us,

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 can challenge us,

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 can offend you even.

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 But the words of wisdom

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 are like that.

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 They challenge our complacency.

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 And so the author says,

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 yes,

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 Kohelet's search

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 has yielded some wise words

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 which are meant

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 to help us think

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 about the meaning

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 and the purpose of life.

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 There's some wisdom there.

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 But on the other hand,

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 the author says,

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 actually,

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 this doesn't really help

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 Kohelet.

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 In many ways,

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 he gets back,

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 he comes back

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 to where he began

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 in the first place.

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 Look at verse 12.

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 He says,

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 My son,

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 beware of anything

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 beyond these.

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 Or another translation says,

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 Furthermore,

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 my son,

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 be warned of this.

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 Of making many books,

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 in other words,

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 writing many wise things,

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 there is no end.

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 And much study

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 is a weariness

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 to the flesh.

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 The author's telling us here,

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 you can search

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 for all eternity

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 and explore human philosophy

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 and human wisdom

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 and never arrive

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 at anything concrete,

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 any conclusion.

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 You can read

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 a thousand sacred texts

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 and you can travel

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 to the Himalayas

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 and go to this temple

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 and sit under

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 this Buddhist teaching

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 and listen to that preacher

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 and listen to a million sermons.

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 And if all you're doing

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 is filling your head

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 with more and more knowledge,

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 you can go round

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 and round in circles

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 and wear yourself out

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 and never arrive

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 at anything concrete

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 or substantial.

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 In fact,

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 this is exactly

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 what happened

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 with Kohileth.

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 If you got your Bible,

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 turn back with me

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 to chapter 1,

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 verses 2.

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 The opening sentence

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 of the teacher,

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 these are his words.

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 Meaningless,

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 meaningless,

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 says the teacher.

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 Meaningless,

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 meaningless.

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 Everything is

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 meaningless.

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 meaningless.

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 That's how he began

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 his search.

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 And 5,500 words later,

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 220 verses later,

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 12 chapters later,

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 how does the teacher

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 end his search

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 for meaning?

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 Well, look at the very

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 last thing he says

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 in chapter 12,

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 verse 8.

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 Meaningless,

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 meaningless,

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 says the teacher.

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 Everything is meaningless.

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 Here this wise man,

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 this teacher,

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 has gone on this

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 lifetime exploration

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 of the meaning

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 and the search of life

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 and he's collected sayings

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 and he's interviewed

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 hundreds of people

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 and he's sat under

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 the very best teachers

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 and where has he ended up?

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 At the exact same place

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 where he began.

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 He has gone round

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 and round

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 in circles

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 and made no ground.

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 I don't know if you remember

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 Nielsen's very first sermon

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 from six weeks ago

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 in chapter 1.

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 He spoke

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 from chapter 1

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 about how the teacher

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 says,

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 life just goes round.

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 The river runs down

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 and gets into the sea

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 and the sea never gets full.

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 The wind blows

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 from east

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 to west

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 and west

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 to east

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 and east

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 to west.

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 The sun rises

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 and it sets

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 and tomorrow

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 it rises

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 and it sets.

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 There is no change,

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 there is no gain,

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 there is no point.

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 Do you remember that?

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 Well that's exactly

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 where Kohelet has landed.

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 The opening sentence

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 of his search

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 is identical

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 to the closing sentence

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 of his search.

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 Meaningless,

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 meaningless

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 says the teacher

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 there is no meaning.

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 And so having explored

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 wisdom

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 and pleasure

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 and work

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 and money

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 and death

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 and youthfulness

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 and old age

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 and truth

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 and justice

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 the teacher

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 has come back

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 full circle

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 to where he began.

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 The author says

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 verse 12

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 Be warned

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 my son

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 of these

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 there is no end

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 of the making

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 of many books

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 there is no end

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 and much study

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 is a weariness

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 to the flesh.

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 And at this point

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 the author

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 steps out

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 from behind

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 the curtain

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 Shakespeare

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 comes out

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 from behind

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 the pen

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 the songwriter

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 comes out

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 from behind

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 the album

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 and he

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 tells us

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 that he

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 respectfully

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 disagrees.

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 He has arranged

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 the words

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 of the teacher

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 like goads

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 to provoke us

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 and to challenge us

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 and just when we think

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 we might be tempted

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 to agree

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 with Kohelet

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 he says

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 no

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 that's not

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 the point of life

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 don't listen

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 to Kohelet

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 that's not

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 what I want

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 you to say.

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 Look at verse

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 13 with me

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 the end

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 of the matter

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 in Hebrew

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 there's just

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 two words there

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 end matter

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 it's emphatic

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 it's like

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 final conclusion

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 the end

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 of the matter

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 all has been

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 heard

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 fear God

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 keep his commands

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 for this

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 is the whole

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 duty

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 or the essence

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 of man.

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 The teacher

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 has gone round

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 and round

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 in circles

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 and ended up

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 back where he

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 started

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 and just when

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 we're thinking

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 this has been

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 a monumental

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 waste

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 of six weeks

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 of coming

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 to church

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 the author

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 steps in

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 and says

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 wait

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 let me put

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 you back

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 on the path

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 let me put

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 your feet

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 on a solid

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 rock

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 the end

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 of the matter

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 all has

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 been heard

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 in the turmoil

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 and the confusion

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 in the disorder

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 of life

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 here is a word

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 that will break

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 the cycle

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 of futility

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 that will cause

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 you not to

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 waste your life

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 when you feel

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 like you're walking

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 on sinking sand

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 and you're sinking

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 deeper

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 and deeper

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 and deeper

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 when the ideas

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 and the philosophies

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 of world views

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 take you nowhere

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 here is a rock

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 upon which you can

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 build and bank

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 your life

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 when the winds

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 of change blow

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 in a post-modern

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 post-truth world

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 where everything

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 is up for grabs

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 and nothing is certain

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 the author

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 steps in

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 and says

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 here is a word

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 of conviction

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 here is a word

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 of certainty

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 here is a word

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 of clarity

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 when all has

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 been heard

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 and said

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 fear God

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 keep his commands

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 this is the essence

00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:06.519
 of mankind

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 or humanity

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 now

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 if you're new

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 to church

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 or new

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 to faith

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 that instruction

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 to fear God

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 may sound

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 pretty odd

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 I mean

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 we've got enough

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 things in life

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 to fear already

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 right

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 we don't need

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 to add more

00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:27.819
 to it

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 what's up

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 with this instruction

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 to fear God

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 the word fear

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 feels like a very

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 negative emotion

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 it feels

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 disempowering

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 when you fear

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 something

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 you want to draw

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 back and retreat

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 right

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 I remember

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 when I was a boy

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 we grew up

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 in Johannesburg

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 and you know

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 we don't live

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 in apartments

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 in South Africa

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 you have a garden

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 and my brother

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 and I used to play

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 cricket

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 most afternoons

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 and we invariably

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 hit the tennis ball

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 over the wall

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 and so you'd jump

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 over the wall

00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:58.140
 to go and fetch

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 the tennis ball

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 but the neighbors

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 had some big dogs

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 and so you'd jump

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 up on the wall

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 and you had to look

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 under the trees

00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:06.620
 if the dogs were around

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 and then you'd jump

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 over quickly

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 get the ball

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 throw it over

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 and often the dogs

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 would hear you

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 jumping over

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 and would run

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 like crazy

00:16:14.560 --> 00:16:15.360
 down the garden

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 and you had to

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 leap up

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 grab on the tree

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 and climb back

00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.679
 over the wall

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 before the dogs

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 got you

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 right

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 fear

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 feels like something

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 you want to run

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 away from

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 or escape

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 so what's up

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 when the Bible

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 says we should

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 fear God

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 I mean that

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 he says this is

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 the sum total

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 the essence

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 of what it means

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 to be human

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 when he says

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 this is the whole

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 duty of man

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 the Hebrew

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 doesn't have

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 the word duty

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 this is the essence

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 of humanity

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 well admittedly

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 the Hebrew word

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 to fear

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 is a difficult

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 word to translate

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 sometimes it can

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 mean fright

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 or scared

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 but generally

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 it means

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 an awe

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 or reverence

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 before something

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 that is majestic

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 to be an awe

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 or reverential

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 before something

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 of authority

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 listen to how

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 Sinclair Ferguson

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 describes it

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 this is the best

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 description of the

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 fear of God

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 I can find

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 he says this

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 to fear God

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 is to know him

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 and yet to love him

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 wholeheartedly

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 and unreservedly

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 because of who

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 he is

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 and what he

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 has done

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 to have this

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 profound sense

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 of being

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 in the presence

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 of majesty

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 it is a thrilling

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 awareness

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 that we have

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 this greatest

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 of all privileges

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 mingled

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 with the

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 realization

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 that now

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 the only thing

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 that really matters

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 in all the world

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 is his opinion

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 to have the assurance

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 of his smile

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 is everything

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 and yet to feel

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 that he frowns

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 on what we may

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 do

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 is desolation

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 or anguish

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 to fear God

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 is to be sensitive

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 to both his greatness

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 and also his

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 graciousness

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 to fear God

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 friends

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 is to humbly

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 and yet assuredly

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 bring our entire

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 lives before him

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 and say

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 here I am

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 have your way

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 in my life

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 knowing that

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 you are completely

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 known by him

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 anyway

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 and yet somehow

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 loved by him

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 nonetheless

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 and the bible

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 says

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 new testament

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 and old testament

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 that this is actually

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 one of the most

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 important ways

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 to relate

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 to God

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 if you want to

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 know God

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 if you want to

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 experience

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 the living God

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 one of the ways

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 to relate to him

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 is to relate to him

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 like this

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 to fear him

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 let me read a couple

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 of scriptures

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 just to show us

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 this

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 Deuteronomy 10

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 says this

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 and now

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 what does the

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 Lord your God

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 require of you

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 but to fear

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 the Lord your God

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 to walk in his ways

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 to love him

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 to serve him

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your soul

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 or think of Philippians

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 chapter 2

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 in the new testament

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 the apostle Paul

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 after writing about

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 the majesty of Jesus

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 who went on the cross

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 for sinners like us

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 says this

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 therefore now

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 brothers and sisters

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 as you have always

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 obeyed in my absence

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 so now much more

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 in my presence

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 now much more

00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.120
 in my absence

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 work out your salvation

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 with fear

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 and trembling

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 with a sense

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 of trepidation

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 knowing that God

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 is at work

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 in your life

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 or in Hebrews

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 chapter 12

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 writes this

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 let us offer

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 acceptable worship

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 to God

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 with fear

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 and awe

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 knowing that our God

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 is a consuming fire

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 in other words

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 we don't approach God

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 with just a callousness

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 and a casualness

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 and a oh well

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 you know

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 we'll see what happens

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 there's a reverence

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 for who he is

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 this is the sum total

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 all has been heard

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:46.980
 and said

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 fear God

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 keep his commands

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 now what does that

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 actually mean

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 what does that look like

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 in our lives

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 well a couple of things

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 on the one hand

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 it means to trust

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 God supremely

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 in scripture

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 to fear God

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 means realizing

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:05.099
 that God

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 is bigger

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.599
 than our issues

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:07.259
 and therefore

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.460
 we can trust him

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 with our issues

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:11.960
 in Exodus chapter 20

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 as the people

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 are in the wilderness

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 Moses says this

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 to them

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 he says

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 do not fear

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 the giants

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 the problems

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 the wilderness

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 the things around you

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 don't be afraid

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.460
 of those

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 for God

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.480
 has come to you

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.379
 to test you

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 that the fear

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.559
 of God

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.879
 may be before you

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 and that you may not sin

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 so saying

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 you're going to come

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 against a whole lot

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 of obstacles

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 don't be afraid

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.279
 of them

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 but have a worldview

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:37.279
 see in your mind

00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.579
 the majesty of God

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 fear him

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.920
 and trust him

00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.879
 as you face

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:42.660
 these challenges

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:44.079
 and so friends

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.039
 what are some of the challenges

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.839
 that you face

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.440
 this week

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 are the economies

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 and tatters

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 maybe work is

00:20:50.379 --> 00:20:51.559
 challenging

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 maybe uncertain

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 whether you're going

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 to keep your job

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:57.359
 that's okay

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:58.359
 don't fear that

00:20:58.359 --> 00:20:59.559
 fear God

00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:00.960
 God is bigger

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 than your work

00:21:01.639 --> 00:21:03.059
 God is bigger

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:04.379
 than your travels

00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:05.720
 God is bigger

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.799
 than your challenges

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.440
 fear God

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:08.379
 he is God

00:21:08.379 --> 00:21:09.299
 work is not God

00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:10.899
 your boss is not God

00:21:10.899 --> 00:21:12.859
 the economy is not God

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.879
 no God is God

00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.899
 and therefore

00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:16.000
 you can trust him

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.819
 it's to trust him

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.519
 supremely

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:20.279
 it's a call

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:22.179
 to prioritize God

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 as first

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.399
 in our hearts

00:21:23.399 --> 00:21:24.220
 and our lives

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.899
 to fear God

00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:26.440
 is to live

00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:27.460
 with the realization

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.919
 that God is God

00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:29.960
 and I am not

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:31.220
 that God

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.080
 is the center

00:21:32.080 --> 00:21:33.080
 of the cosmos

00:21:33.080 --> 00:21:34.539
 the universe

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:36.240
 and I am not

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 now that's not

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.400
 just being humble

00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:41.220
 that's being honest

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:43.160
 that's not humility

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:44.640
 that's just reality

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 the problem of course

00:21:46.560 --> 00:21:47.200
 with humanity

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:48.180
 is that we tend

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:49.039
 to think of ourselves

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.800
 as the center

00:21:49.800 --> 00:21:50.660
 of the universe

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.840
 and that causes

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:53.000
 all sorts of problems

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.620
 right

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 and this is what

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.779
 the teacher

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:57.180
 wants us to see

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:58.220
 what the author

00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.019
 wants us to see

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.840
 he's saying

00:21:59.840 --> 00:22:00.700
 you may never

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.620
 find the answer

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.600
 to every question

00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.400
 that you ask

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.600
 you may not

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.500
 find the solution

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:07.259
 to every philosophical

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:08.019
 conundrum

00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:09.240
 that's okay

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.960
 following Jesus

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:12.000
 doesn't promise

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.700
 to solve every problem

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.820
 or make life easy

00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:16.500
 and a bed of roses

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.980
 in fact

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.320
 if you're going

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:18.039
 to follow Jesus

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.860
 sometimes that's going

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.279
 to make life

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.880
 more difficult

00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:21.680
 but what he is saying

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.140
 is this

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:23.940
 if you fear God

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.640
 you will break

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.740
 out of the cycle

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.520
 of futility

00:22:26.520 --> 00:22:28.180
 if you want to find

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.140
 the essence of life

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:30.000
 know this

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:31.860
 he is God

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:33.259
 he is the center

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:34.020
 of the universe

00:22:34.020 --> 00:22:35.420
 you are not

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.800
 so it's a call

00:22:36.800 --> 00:22:38.040
 to prioritize God

00:22:38.040 --> 00:22:39.820
 but it's also

00:22:39.820 --> 00:22:40.860
 a call to enjoy

00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:42.080
 the blessings of God

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:43.220
 without being ensnared

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.940
 by them

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:45.560
 I don't know

00:22:45.560 --> 00:22:46.020
 if you've noticed

00:22:46.020 --> 00:22:46.780
 over the last couple

00:22:46.780 --> 00:22:47.100
 of weeks

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:47.680
 as we've gone

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.680
 through Ecclesiastes

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.680
 there are these

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.820
 kind of weird passages

00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:51.880
 throughout the book

00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:53.560
 that Tremper Longman

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:55.179
 calls the Carpe Diem

00:22:55.179 --> 00:22:55.679
 passages

00:22:55.679 --> 00:22:56.980
 they say

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:58.399
 drink

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:59.440
 be merry

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.659
 eat your bread

00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:01.519
 enjoy the wife

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.119
 of your youth

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:03.279
 do what you want

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.319
 live it up

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.879
 and if I'm honest

00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:07.539
 as one of the preachers

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.299
 we've kind of skipped

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.319
 over them pretty quickly

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.200
 have you noticed that

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.200
 okay

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:12.099
 maybe in CG

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:13.220
 you've asked that question

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.319
 why don't they ever

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.359
 talk about these things

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.720
 okay

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:17.619
 and the reason is

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.119
 because these are

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:19.119
 pretty difficult passages

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.759
 I mean what do you

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.399
 do with them

00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:20.779
 right

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:22.139
 are these passages

00:23:22.139 --> 00:23:23.179
 God's wisdom to us

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.100
 that we should obey

00:23:24.100 --> 00:23:25.240
 or is this

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.080
 the foolishness

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:26.740
 of the teacher

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:28.100
 that we should reject

00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:28.680
 right

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.380
 well what do we do

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.799
 with these

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:31.100
 Carpe Diem passages

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:32.860
 well I think

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:34.000
 the answer is this

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.840
 the answer is

00:23:35.840 --> 00:23:38.180
 if you fear God

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:39.620
 obey them

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.539
 and enjoy the blessings

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.080
 of God

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:43.279
 but if you don't

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:45.019
 be very careful

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:47.060
 in other words

00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:48.860
 if you want to enjoy

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:50.039
 the good things in life

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:51.200
 without being ensnared

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.660
 by them

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.840
 without being mastered

00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:53.559
 by them

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:55.460
 make sure that

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.660
 God is your God

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.860
 not the pleasures

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:58.519
 of life

00:23:58.519 --> 00:24:00.120
 don't live for the

00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:00.860
 pleasures of life

00:24:00.860 --> 00:24:01.900
 they'll ensnare you

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:03.319
 live for God

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.360
 and if you live for God

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:05.259
 you get to enjoy

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.279
 the pleasures of life

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.500
 and be free

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:10.200
 from their snares

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.240
 and their tentacles

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:13.019
 the way to enjoy

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:14.000
 the pleasures of life

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.200
 without them

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:16.240
 becoming your God

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.539
 is to live for the

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.319
 one true God

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.039
 and to center

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.919
 your life on him

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:21.419
 because when you

00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:22.339
 live for Christ

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.240
 and his approval

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:24.659
 when he is your

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 deepest longing

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 and your greatest

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.839
 ambition

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:28.319
 when what God

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.339
 thinks about a matter

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.859
 is the most important

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.740
 thing to you

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:33.759
 when you fear God

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:35.000
 then you can live

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.980
 however you please

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:38.419
 maybe another way

00:24:38.419 --> 00:24:38.859
 of saying it

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.519
 is like this

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 friends love the

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 Lord your God

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 with all your heart

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 and all your soul

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 and all your might

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.779
 and all your strength

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 and you'll figure

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.480
 the rest out

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.500
 as you go along

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:50.440
 so as a Christian

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.440
 there are many

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.119
 things in life

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.639
 that the Bible

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.259
 doesn't give us

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.839
 answers to

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 should you

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:57.240
 take that promotion

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.240
 that new job

00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:00.460
 well fear God

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.660
 and you'll figure it out

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:03.180
 maybe you're dating

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.660
 somebody

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.559
 and there's a hole

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:05.019
 of questions

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.599
 you're not sure

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.299
 how do you handle

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.279
 this relationship

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.279
 what's appropriate

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.420
 what's not appropriate

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:10.859
 well fear God

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:12.240
 and you'll figure it out

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.879
 maybe you're not so sure

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.359
 about money

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.579
 how much is enough

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.539
 I mean

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.939
 how much should I give away

00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:19.079
 how much should I save

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:20.059
 the Bible doesn't give you

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.879
 an answer to that

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:22.240
 well fear God

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.179
 sent to your life

00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:24.519
 on the majesty of Jesus

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:26.439
 and you'll figure it out

00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:28.159
 so when you come to

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:29.439
 those Carpe Diem passages

00:25:29.439 --> 00:25:30.879
 the answer is this

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:32.579
 let the fear of God

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:34.119
 being your guiding rock

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:35.460
 the light of the path

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:37.460
 and if you do that

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:38.799
 you can enjoy

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.740
 the pleasures of life

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.240
 without them

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.220
 becoming your God

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.720
 does that make sense

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:45.380
 the fear of God

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:47.240
 is a clarifying word

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.940
 in a world of confusion

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:50.799
 but here's the other thing

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:51.120
 it means

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.740
 the fourth thing

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.380
 the final thing

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:52.819
 is this

00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:54.960
 it's a call

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:57.480
 to eternal significance

00:25:57.480 --> 00:26:00.000
 look at verse 14

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.920
 with me

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.579
 of our passage

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.819
 it's the final verse

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.960
 in the whole book

00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.740
 of Ecclesiastes

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:07.559
 and this is what it says

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.360
 the end of the matter

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.259
 all has been heard

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.959
 fear God

00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:10.799
 keep his commands

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:12.379
 this is the essence of man

00:26:12.379 --> 00:26:13.179
 verse 14

00:26:13.179 --> 00:26:14.959
 for God will bring

00:26:14.959 --> 00:26:15.799
 every deed

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.579
 into judgment

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:18.579
 with every secret thing

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.819
 whether good

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:21.039
 or evil

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:23.240
 what the author

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.899
 tells us here

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.579
 is that one day

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.339
 each one of us

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:25.679
 is going to be

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.799
 accountable to God

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.579
 for the lives

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.619
 that we've lived

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:30.159
 he says

00:26:30.159 --> 00:26:30.879
 every deed

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.699
 whether good

00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:32.679
 or evil

00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.240
 positive

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.119
 or negative

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:36.099
 now on the one hand

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.959
 that should cause

00:26:36.959 --> 00:26:37.619
 a humility

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.759
 because we should know

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.919
 that we're going to be

00:26:39.919 --> 00:26:40.879
 answerable to God

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.259
 for the way

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:42.319
 that we've lived our lives

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:44.000
 every careless word

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.679
 that you've said

00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:46.539
 every dumb tweet

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:47.619
 that you've loaded up

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.500
 on social media

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.000
 right

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:50.139
 every grudge

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.799
 that I've held

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.519
 in my heart

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.959
 every stupid thing

00:26:52.959 --> 00:26:53.379
 I've done

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:54.599
 I'm going to one day

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.979
 be accountable

00:26:55.979 --> 00:26:56.879
 to God for that

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:58.359
 but it's not

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.939
 not only the negative things

00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:01.359
 it's also the positive things

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:02.199
 look at what he says

00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:03.599
 for every deed

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.479
 whether evil

00:27:04.479 --> 00:27:05.459
 or good

00:27:05.459 --> 00:27:06.959
 in other words

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.440
 what he says

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:09.480
 every little thing

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.180
 that I do

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:11.240
 in God's name

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.400
 for the glory of God

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:14.259
 is not going to be forgotten

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:16.519
 Jesus actually says

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.340
 this in Matthew 10

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:17.920
 he says

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:19.840
 every cup of cold water

00:27:19.840 --> 00:27:20.539
 that you give

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.539
 to a little child

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.600
 in his name

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.500
 and for his glory

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.680
 you will

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:26.660
 how does he say it

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:28.140
 you will by no means

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:29.120
 lose your reward

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:30.920
 and what Jesus is saying here

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.840
 is you can do

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.559
 little things

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.140
 that nobody

00:27:33.140 --> 00:27:34.039
 in the world notices

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.500
 every good motivation

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.980
 in your heart

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.960
 every little thing

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.599
 that you do

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:39.200
 has eternal

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.299
 significance

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:42.339
 because sovereign God

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:43.259
 in heaven notices

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.720
 and it's not

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.779
 inconsequential

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:47.000
 and so

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:48.140
 that little thing

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.539
 that you do

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.500
 that nobody notices

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.900
 it

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:51.099
 or put it this way

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:52.420
 it transforms

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.779
 the meaningless things

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.360
 of our life

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.019
 into that

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:56.000
 which has eternal

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.680
 significance

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.400
 and purpose

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:59.000
 suddenly the myriad

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.559
 of things

00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.819
 that Kohelet looks at

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.220
 and thinks

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.000
 meaningless

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.620
 vanity

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.819
 purposelessness

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:05.740
 are suddenly impregnated

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.939
 with eternal meaning

00:28:06.939 --> 00:28:08.720
 and so think about this

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.539
 tomorrow

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.919
 you're going to go to work

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:13.099
 and if Kohelet is right

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.879
 meaningless

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.559
 vanity

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.599
 purposelessness

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:16.700
 who cares

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:18.279
 your job is just a means

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.099
 to get a salary

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.379
 to earn some money

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:21.960
 and then you're going to die

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:24.500
 but if the author is right

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:26.139
 if God is going to bring

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:27.000
 every little thing

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.639
 that you do

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:29.019
 and remember it

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:31.019
 nothing is inconsequential

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:32.220
 and so suddenly

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:33.019
 that transforms

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.839
 your work

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.940
 into just an opportunity

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.920
 to earn a salary

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.579
 and get money

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:38.759
 into a vocation

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.639
 into a calling

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:41.000
 into a chance

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.639
 to bless somebody

00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:44.420
 a chance to glorify God

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:44.980
 in your workplace

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.440
 it's a chance to

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.940
 as you go

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:48.099
 and teach in the classroom

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:49.299
 to impact students

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.160
 and to grow them

00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:52.000
 as you do your research

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.980
 it's a way to find out

00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.500
 about the world

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.200
 that God has made

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.359
 and make it a better place

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:57.720
 as you write up a contract

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.319
 as a lawyer

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.000
 it's a chance

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.759
 to do justice

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.700
 and do what's right

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.940
 to protect someone's interests

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:03.340
 as you make money

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.900
 it's a chance

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:05.660
 to provide for somebody's pension

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.740
 and care for their future

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:09.380
 knowing that your life

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:10.420
 is not inconsequential

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.799
 changes your workplace

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:13.160
 it impregnates

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:14.420
 every little thing you do

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:16.200
 with eternal significance

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:17.420
 and meaning

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:19.259
 or think about pleasure

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.660
 if you're in Christ

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.799
 and you seek to honor God

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.720
 and live by faith

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:24.480
 the things that you do

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:25.440
 enjoy in life

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:27.019
 are not just distractions

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:28.039
 from the arbitrary

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.400
 meaninglessness of life

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:30.620
 to keep you going

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:31.860
 through the drudgery of life

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:33.759
 they are gifts of heaven

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.720
 for you to enjoy

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.759
 they are gifts

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.560
 from your father

00:29:36.560 --> 00:29:38.160
 and so as you go

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.759
 on that trip

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.820
 or that overseas holiday

00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:40.320
 as you go

00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:41.019
 and enjoy time

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.540
 with your kids

00:29:41.540 --> 00:29:42.840
 these are a gift

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.700
 from God

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:45.040
 for you to enjoy

00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:46.720
 or think about money

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.200
 and wealth

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:48.060
 for the teacher

00:29:48.060 --> 00:29:49.720
 money was an enigma

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.880
 it was something

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:52.100
 he was meant to enjoy

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:53.460
 but it only ended up

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.259
 causing pain

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.820
 but if Christ

00:29:55.820 --> 00:29:56.480
 is supreme

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.340
 if he's the one

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:57.940
 that you love

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:59.340
 and treasure unreservedly

00:29:59.340 --> 00:30:00.840
 you get to enjoy

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.759
 the blessings of God

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.720
 without feeling guilty

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.900
 because money

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.620
 is not your God

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.580
 but God is

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.799
 well friends

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.519
 think about the fact

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.039
 that one day

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.840
 you're going to get old

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.900
 and one day

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.640
 you're going to die

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:12.380
 for Kohelet

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:14.259
 this is completely meaningless

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.940
 arbitrary

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:16.400
 we get old

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:17.299
 ultimately

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.559
 death is the final enemy

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.960
 none of us get to defeat it

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:21.220
 and that's the end

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:22.500
 but for the author

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.799
 he says

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.620
 that's not true

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:25.220
 if you're in Christ

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:26.160
 if you live for God

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.940
 if God is the one

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.840
 that you live to please

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.940
 the most important one

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.519
 in your heart

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:31.200
 then you can truly say

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.180
 with the apostle Paul

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:33.580
 to live is Christ

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.779
 and to die

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.820
 is gain

00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:37.300
 because the grave

00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:38.060
 has been defeated

00:30:38.060 --> 00:30:39.519
 one day

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.820
 at the end of your life

00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:42.120
 death gets transformed

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:43.060
 from an enemy

00:30:43.060 --> 00:30:43.900
 into a servant

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.980
 that will take you home

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:47.759
 what the author

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.519
 is saying here

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.500
 is that

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.759
 to live

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.840
 for the majesty

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.620
 of God

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:54.140
 makes every little

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.660
 meaningless

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.360
 and arbitrary

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:56.100
 thing in life

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:57.560
 suddenly impregnated

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:58.340
 with significant

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:59.800
 and eternal consequence

00:30:59.800 --> 00:31:01.259
 because nothing

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.120
 is forgotten

00:31:02.120 --> 00:31:05.500
 friends you

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.600
 but now

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.460
 see what he says

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.480
 he says

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.640
 there is a point

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.320
 if you don't want

00:31:10.320 --> 00:31:11.200
 to waste your life

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.480
 and I don't want you

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.360
 to waste your life

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:14.620
 then walk away

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.500
 from the futility

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.600
 of life under the sun

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:18.700
 abandon empty philosophy

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:20.500
 abandon humanistic

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.160
 wisdom

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.840
 abandon your striving

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.519
 after the wind

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.400
 trying to grasp

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:25.059
 the wind

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:26.639
 center your life

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.180
 on God

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:28.099
 and who he is

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:29.440
 truly the God

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.099
 who is the center

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.779
 of the cosmos

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:32.099
 who knows you

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.660
 better than you

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.139
 know yourself

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:33.920
 who loves you

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.420
 better than

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.279
 you could ever

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.819
 love yourself

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.859
 or hope to be love

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:38.639
 set your hope

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.379
 on him

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:41.139
 friends the words

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.660
 of the author

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.059
 is this

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.940
 give yourself

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:44.359
 to the only one

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:45.079
 whose opinion

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:46.079
 really matters

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.579
 in life

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.839
 live under the

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.259
 greatness

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.460
 and of his grace

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.660
 give yourself

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:50.940
 to him

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.700
 don't waste

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.160
 your life

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.880
 live for the

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.460
 one who knows

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.500
 you infinitely

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.279
 better than you

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.940
 could ever hope

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.539
 to imagine

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:58.180
 and yet who loves

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.460
 you to the cross

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.220
 and back

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:02.360
 all has been

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:02.779
 heard

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:04.799
 this is the end

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.460
 of the matter

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:07.240
 fear God

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.680
 live for him

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:10.259
 set your hope

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.680
 on him

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:12.259
 this is the

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.860
 essence

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:14.340
 of humanity

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:18.099
 well as we

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.559
 come to a

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:18.879
 close

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.500
 how should

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.839
 we do

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.220
 this

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.980
 how should

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.619
 we grow

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.559
 in the

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.039
 fear of

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.459
 God

00:32:23.459 --> 00:32:25.439
 well I want

00:32:25.439 --> 00:32:25.740
 to give us

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.599
 three quick

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.279
 suggestions

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.779
 three very

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:29.059
 simple ways

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.720
 to do this

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.899
 how do we

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.539
 become those

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:31.899
 who are not

00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:33.259
 enslaved by the

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.159
 trappings of

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.539
 life

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.980
 but live in

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.459
 the fear of

00:32:36.459 --> 00:32:36.799
 God

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.899
 how do we

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.599
 become those

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.459
 who as

00:32:39.459 --> 00:32:40.439
 Sinclair Ferguson

00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:40.879
 said

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:42.679
 live with the

00:32:42.679 --> 00:32:43.519
 assurance of his

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.180
 smile as the

00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.819
 most important

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.319
 thing in our

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.700
 life

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:47.400
 how do we

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.859
 live with his

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:49.039
 opinion as the

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.720
 most important

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.400
 thing to us

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:51.440
 well three brief

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.740
 things

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.480
 first do this

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:54.079
 dive into the

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.460
 scriptures

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:56.319
 dive into the

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.759
 scriptures

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:58.879
 Christian writer

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.779
 and author

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.420
 Tim Talley

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:01.059
 says this

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.599
 there is an

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.460
 inseparable

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:03.259
 relationship

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.539
 between the

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.400
 revelation of

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.180
 God in the

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.579
 scriptures

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:08.039
 and the fear

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.700
 of God in the

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.099
 heart

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:11.480
 Cynthia you okay

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.299
 you're welcome

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.639
 to go

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:14.920
 to the degree

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:16.180
 that we are in

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.880
 the scriptures

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:19.259
 is the degree

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.020
 to which the

00:33:20.020 --> 00:33:20.740
 fear of God

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.520
 will reside

00:33:21.520 --> 00:33:22.800
 in our hearts

00:33:22.800 --> 00:33:24.860
 friends you

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.420
 want to be those

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.280
 who fear God

00:33:26.280 --> 00:33:27.920
 you must come

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.660
 to know him

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.500
 as he reveals

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.940
 himself in the

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.280
 scriptures

00:33:31.280 --> 00:33:33.100
 you cannot grow

00:33:33.100 --> 00:33:34.240
 as a Christian

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.259
 without being

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.300
 committed to his

00:33:36.300 --> 00:33:36.680
 word

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:38.320
 friends day by day

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:39.400
 start off your

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:40.340
 day getting on

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:40.800
 your knees and

00:33:40.800 --> 00:33:41.540
 saying God

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.659
 come and reveal

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.519
 yourself show

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.240
 yourself to me

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:45.519
 I want to know

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.480
 you as you reveal

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.259
 yourself to me

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.200
 in your word

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.980
 dive deep into

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.519
 the scriptures

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:53.200
 secondly feed

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:54.259
 your soul on the

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:55.720
 majesty of God

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.920
 J.B.

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.619
 wrote Phillips

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.139
 wrote a book

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.539
 and he says

00:33:58.539 --> 00:34:00.000
 your God is too

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.399
 small

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:02.399
 I think that's

00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:02.940
 true for most

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.420
 of us

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.659
 even as

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.259
 Christians our

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.279
 view of God

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:07.680
 is infinitely

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.719
 infinitely

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.279
 small

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:10.599
 friends if you

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.059
 want to grow

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.519
 in the fear

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:11.899
 of God

00:34:11.899 --> 00:34:12.319
 if you want

00:34:12.319 --> 00:34:12.939
 to be rooted

00:34:12.939 --> 00:34:13.639
 and anchored

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.459
 into a solid

00:34:14.459 --> 00:34:14.919
 rock

00:34:14.919 --> 00:34:16.079
 Christ our

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.539
 assurance

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.939
 in the midst

00:34:16.939 --> 00:34:17.599
 of the storms

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.279
 and the uncertainty

00:34:18.279 --> 00:34:18.859
 of life

00:34:18.859 --> 00:34:20.139
 get to know

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:21.000
 the majesty

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.939
 and the

00:34:21.939 --> 00:34:22.639
 immensity

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.579
 and the

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.139
 sovereignty

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:25.000
 and the

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.519
 holiness

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.599
 and the

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:28.099
 infinite

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.339
 glory

00:34:29.339 --> 00:34:29.839
 of who

00:34:29.839 --> 00:34:30.480
 God is

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.519
 don't have

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.939
 a small

00:34:31.939 --> 00:34:32.659
 view of God

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.679
 get to know

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.480
 his majesty

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.719
 friends the

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.280
 one true

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.820
 God of the

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.340
 Bible is

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.320
 infinitely more

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:38.900
 majestic

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.900
 and glorious

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.420
 than you can

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:40.840
 imagine

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:42.320
 grow your

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:43.079
 understanding

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.420
 of who

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.019
 God is

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.940
 to the

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.659
 degree to

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.019
 which we

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.500
 know his

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:47.159
 majesty

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.599
 and his

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.059
 sovereignty

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.519
 and his

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.039
 holiness

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.500
 and his

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.039
 splendor

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.840
 is the

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.400
 degree to

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.000
 which God

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.699
 will consume

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:53.440
 our hearts

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:55.179
 know the

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:56.340
 depth of

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:57.059
 his majesty

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:59.320
 and then

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.780
 finally

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:01.500
 prayerfully

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.199
 surrender

00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:03.480
 to Christ

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.980
 prayerfully

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.480
 surrender

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:06.360
 to him

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.740
 Psalm 86

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:08.420
 Jeremy put

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.719
 this up

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:08.920
 on the

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.179
 slide

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.380
 earlier

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.679
 I didn't

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.019
 know that

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.500
 Jeremy was

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.000
 going to

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.420
 but Psalm 86

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.019
 says this

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.480
 this has been

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:13.980
 my prayer

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.360
 for my

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:14.659
 heart

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.099
 this week

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.960
 and my

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.179
 prayer

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:16.599
 for us

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:16.880
 as a

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.219
 church

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:18.179
 and I

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.420
 want to

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.800
 urge you

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.159
 to make

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.719
 this your

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.119
 prayer

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.719
 this week

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:22.099
 there is

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.579
 none like

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.079
 you amongst

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.559
 the gods

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.039
 oh lord

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.260
 nor are

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.599
 there any

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.219
 works like

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.639
 yours

00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:27.800
 for you

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.380
 are great

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.699
 and do

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.059
 wondrous

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:29.380
 things

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:30.300
 you alone

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:31.159
 are God

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.559
 and then

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:31.980
 here's the

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.320
 prayer

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:41.300
 another

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.860
 translation

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 says give

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 me an

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 undivided

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 heart

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 to fear

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 your name

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 God don't

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 allow me

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 just to

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 honor you

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 and revere

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 you on

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 Sunday

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 morning

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 on a

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 Thursday

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 night

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 at CG

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 unite

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 my heart

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 give me

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 one heart

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 that whether

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 I'm in the

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 marketplace

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 whether I'm

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 on the

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 sports field

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 whether I'm

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 out with a

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 friend

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 whether I'm

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 dating

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 somebody

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 whether I'm

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 at home

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 or exhausted

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 when I'm

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 singing songs

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 of worship

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 may my

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 heart be

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 undivided

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 united

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 teach me

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 oh God

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 your ways

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 that I may

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 fear your

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 name

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 God give me

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 an undivided

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 heart

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 to revere

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 you

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 and to

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 know me

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 to know

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 God

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 deeply

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 to have

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 a heartfelt

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 love

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 so deep

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 and so

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 rich

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 that it

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 changes

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 the way

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 you live

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 begins

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 with a

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 prayer

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 of surrender

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 begins

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 by saying

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 Lord

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 have

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 your

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 way

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 in me

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 teach

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 me

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 your

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 way

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 show

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 me

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 your

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 majesty

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 guide

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 me

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 in

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 your

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 truth

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 give

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 me

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 an

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 undivided

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 heart

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 that

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 fears

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 your

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 name

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 the

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 end

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 of the

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 matter

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 all

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 has

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 been

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 heard

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 fear

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 God

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 keep

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 his

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 commands

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 this

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 is

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 the

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 whole

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 essence

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 of

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 man

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 let's

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 take a

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 few

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 minutes

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 to

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 reflect

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 and

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 respond

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 and

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 then

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 I'll

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 lead us

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 in what

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 to do

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 next

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 I want

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 to encourage

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 you

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 let's

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 just

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 maybe

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 sit

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 quietly

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 for a

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 minute

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 or so

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 what is

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 an

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 appropriate

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 response

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 for you

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 let's

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 take

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 time

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 to do

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 that

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 more

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 how

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 AND

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 opportunity

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 to

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 seize

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 the

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 next

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 minute

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 and

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 to

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 explore

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 all

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 and

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 what

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 And

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 well

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 even

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 I'm

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 writing

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 I'm

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 writing

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 videos

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 and

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 do

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you, God.

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 Thank you, God.

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 Thank you, God.

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 God, I pray that we will have such a glimpse of your glory, God, that living for your opinion will be the most important thing in our life.

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 Thank you, God.

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 Thank you, God.

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 That knowing that the only thing that matters is what you say and what you feel.

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 Thank you, God.

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 Thank you, God.

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 To have the assurance of living under your smile.

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 God, you're not going to be the most important thing in our life.

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 I'm going to be the most important thing in our lives.

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 And to hate the prospect of ever living under your frown.

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 God help us to be sensitive

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 to both your greatness

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 and your graciousness

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 I pray

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 God won't you come

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 and deliver us

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 from small gods

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 insignificant gods

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 gods that are no gods at all

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 come and astound us

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 with your majesty

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 we pray

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 you