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 We've been in this sermon series for a few months now.

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 We're in chapter 9.

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 We're getting rapidly close to the end of the book.

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 And for those of you who don't know me, my name is Sean,

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 and I'm one of the pastors of Trinity Cambridge Church.

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 And it's my joy to preach God's word to you this morning.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's word.

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 Father, it is easy for us to, on the one hand,

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 get lost in the pleasures of this world,

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 to indulge in sin in an effort to forget the reality of death.

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 And to live for ourselves.

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 But on the other hand, Lord, it is also easy for us

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 to look at the condition of this world,

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 how broken and unjust and messed up it is,

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 and to be given to excessive sorrow, despair, depression.

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 But Lord, we ask that you will minister to us,

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 you would speak to us through your word this morning,

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 so that we are sober-minded about the reality of death

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 and the futility of life,

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 but at the same time, have the humility and the gratitude

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 to be able to enjoy the simple gifts of life that you give,

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 to enjoy life and its pleasures in accordance with your will,

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 and help us most of all to fix our eyes on Jesus,

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 our greatest treasure,

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 to enjoy him and life with him, our bridegroom forever.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Please stand in honor of God's word as I read from Ecclesiastes 9, 1-12.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 But all this,

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 but all this I lay to heart,

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 examining it all,

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 how the righteous and the wise and their deeds

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 are in the hand of God.

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 Whether it is love or hate,

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 man does not know.

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 Both are before him.

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 It is the same for all,

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 since the same event happens to the righteous and the wicked,

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 to the good and the evil,

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 to the clean and the unclean,

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 to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.

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 As the good one is,

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 so is the sinner,

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 and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.

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 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun,

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 that the same event happens to all.

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 Also,

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 the hearts of the children of men are full of evil,

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 and madness is in their hearts while they live,

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 and after that they go to the dead.

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 But he who is joined with all the living has hope,

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 for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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 For the living know that they will die,

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 but the dead know nothing,

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 and they have no more reward,

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 for the memory of them is forgotten.

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 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished,

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 and forever they have no more share

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 in all that is done under the sun.

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 Go,

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 eat your bread with joy,

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 and drink your wine with a merry heart,

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 for God has already approved what you do.

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 Let your garments be always white.

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 Let not oil be lacking on your head.

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 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love

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 all the days of your vain life

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 that he has given you under the sun,

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 because that is your portion in life,

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 and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

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 Whatever your hand finds to do,

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 do it with your might,

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 for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom

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 in Sheol to which you are going.

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 Again,

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 I saw that under the sun

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 the race is not to the swift,

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 nor the battle to the strong,

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 nor bread to the wise,

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 nor riches to the intelligent,

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 nor favor to those with knowledge,

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 but time and chance happen to them all,

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 for man knows,

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 does not know his time.

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 Like fish that are taken in an evil net,

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 and like birds that are caught in a snare,

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 so the children of man are snared at an evil time

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 when it suddenly falls upon them.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 Because of the lies of the enemy

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 and the persistently sinful heart of man

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 and the way sinful people tend to perceive God

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 and relate to God,

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 God appears when we examine our world,

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 he appears to have a PR problem,

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 a public relations problem.

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 Many people imagine God to be a cosmic killjoy,

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 a strict disciplinarian

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 who demands all work and no fun.

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 They wrongly think that God's favorite word to us,

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 his children,

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 is no,

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 and relate to God that way.

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 And my hope this morning

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 is that God would use the preaching of his word

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 to change that perception just a little bit.

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 And with that in mind,

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 let's play a little game of who said that, right?

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 Guess who said this in the Bible?

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 Do not handle,

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 do not taste,

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 do not touch.

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 That's great.

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 Does that sound to you like something God would say?

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 Do not handle,

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 do not taste,

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 do not touch.

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 Quite to the contrary,

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 that's the voice of the false teachers

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 in Colossians 2.21.

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 Here's another example,

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 not from the Bible,

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 this time from a children's novel

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 written by a Christian man named C.S. Lewis,

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 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

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 A character at one point in the book says this,

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 what is the meaning of all this gluttony,

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 this waste,

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 this self-indulgence?

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 Where did you get all these things?

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 Which character do you think says that?

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 Condemning,

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 gluttony,

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 self-indulgence?

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 Is it Aslan,

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 the lion,

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 the Christ figure in the book?

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 No, it's not.

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 It's the white witch

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 who's a satanic figure in the book.

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 The imposter queen

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 who condemns the good gifts of God.

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 And in that scene,

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 that's a great scene

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 where in that land of Narnia,

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 which is always winter and never Christmas,

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 finally,

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 as the true king,

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 Aslan,

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 approaches,

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 the land begins to fall

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 and Christmas begins to come

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 and Father Christmas

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 distributes these gifts.

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 And so instead of austerity and scarcity,

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 they have feasts

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 with decorations of holly

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 and bread

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 and wine

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 and plum pudding.

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 Do you find Christian life

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 to be burdensome?

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 But did not Jesus say

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 in Matthew 11, 29,

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 my yoke is easy,

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 my burden is light?

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 Does not 1 John 5, 3 say,

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 for this is the love of God

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 that we keep his commandments?

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 Commandments,

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 does that sound onerous to you,

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 burdensome to you?

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 It says in the rest of that verse,

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 and his commandments

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 are not burdensome.

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 In Ecclesiastes 9, 1 to 12,

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 he's a case in point.

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 This passage teaches us

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 to eat,

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 to drink,

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 be merry,

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 and enjoy

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 what God has allotted

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 to you in life.

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 First,

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 we're gonna talk about

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 the certainty of death,

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 and then secondly,

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 we're gonna talk about

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 the uncertainties of life,

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 and then finally,

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 we're gonna talk about

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 the joys of life

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 that we get to enjoy

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 because of those twin realities.

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 In order to relish

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 the joys of life,

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 we need to remember

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 both the certainty of death

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 and the uncertainties of life.

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 So in both verses 1 to 6

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 at the beginning

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 and verses 11 to 12

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 at the end,

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 the preacher speaks

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 of those two realities.

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 And these two sections

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 kind of frame

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 that middle section

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 and point to it

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 to emphasize that,

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 to enjoy life.

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 But it begins this way

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 in verse 1,

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 but all this I laid to heart,

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 examining it all,

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 how the righteous

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 and the wise

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 and their deeds

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 are in the hand of God.

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 Whether it is love or hate,

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 man does not know.

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 Both are before him.

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 The hand of God

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 is an expression

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 for the power of God.

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 Sometimes the hand of God

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 blesses,

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 and sometimes

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 the hand of God

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 punishes.

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 You see examples of that

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 in 2 Corinthians 30,

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 verse 12,

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 and 1 Samuel 5, 11,

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 where the hand of God

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 is heavy upon the Philistines

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 who have stolen

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 the ark of the testimony.

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 The preacher of Ecclesiastes

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 recognizes this aspect

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 of the hand of God

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 and notes that,

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 whether it is love or hate,

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 man does not know.

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 Both are before him.

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 Later in verse 6,

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 the preacher says

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 a similar thing.

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 He says that,

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 when people die,

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 their love and their hate

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 and their envy perish,

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 and that they have

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 no more share

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 in all that is done

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 under the sun.

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 So love or hate

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 in verse 1

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 describes the good things

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 and the bad things,

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 the ups and the downs

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 of life here under the sun.

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 And we share,

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 as human beings,

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 all of us share

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 in those things,

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 in love and hate,

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 but it is not for us

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 to determine or control

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 what comes in our life.

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 We cannot make sure

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 that we only get love

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 instead of hate.

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 Desperately,

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 we try to control our lives

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 and to grasp hold of it,

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 but it's like chasing

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 after the wind

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 and it slips right

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 through our fingers

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 because the times

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 of our lives

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 are not in our hands,

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 but in the hand of God,

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 as it says here

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 in verse 1.

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 So life is uncertain

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 and the preacher

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 will elaborate on this

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 more in verses 11 and 12,

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 but now he returns

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 to the theme

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 of the certainty of death.

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 In verses 2 to 3,

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 he says,

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 it is the same for all

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 since the same event

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 happens to the righteous

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 and the wicked,

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 to the good

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 and the evil,

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 to the clean

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 and the unclean,

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 to him who sacrifices

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 and him who does not sacrifice.

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 As the good one is,

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 so is the sinner,

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 and he who swears

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 is as he who shuns an oath.

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 This is an evil

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 in all that is done

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 under the sun

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 that the same event

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 happens to all.

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 The phrase same event

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 is repeated twice here

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 for emphasis,

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 and this same event

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 that happens to all

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 is the same event

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 that the preacher

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 has been speaking of

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 all throughout

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 the book of Ecclesiastes.

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 In chapter 2,

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 verses 13 to 14,

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 he said that while wisdom

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 is better than folly,

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 if you,

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 it just says light

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 is better than darkness,

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 if you have wisdom,

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 you at least know

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 how to navigate

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 the complexities of life,

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 you know what you're doing,

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 but in the end,

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 everybody dies.

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 That's what he says.

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 And that's the same event

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 that happens to all.

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 He says the wise

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 dies just like the fool.

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 The righteous and the wicked,

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 the good and the evil.

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 God's people

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 in the old covenant

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 were taught to distinguish

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 what is holy from the common,

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 what is unclean from the clean.

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 They were meant to be

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 a people who were holy,

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 meaning specially set apart

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 for God and for his glory

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 and for his purposes,

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 and because of that,

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 they had an extensive set

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 of regulations

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 to help them to live

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 in a manner that is set apart

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 from the rest of the nations.

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 They were to be clean,

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 not unclean.

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 And yet,

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 the writer of Ecclesiastes

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 who's very familiar

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 with the law of God

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 says that they both come to naught.

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 They both fall.

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 They both,

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 the same event happens to them both,

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 whether you are clean or unclean.

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 Likewise,

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 the person who gives sacrifices to God

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 and who does not make sacrifices to God,

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 they both come to the same end.

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 The person who swears an oath to God

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 and keeps it

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 versus a person who doesn't care

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 what God says at all.

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 They both come to the same end in death.

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 Whether you're Billy Graham

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 or Osama Bin Laden,

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 whether you're Corey Ten Boom

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 or Adolf Hitler,

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 the righteous and the wicked

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 all die.

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 No amount of your righteousness

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 or your good deeds

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 and no amount of your wickedness

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 or your evil

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 can reverse the tide of death

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 or control

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 and determine your fate.

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 And this is not a good thing.

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 It's an evil thing,

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 he says in verse three.

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 This is an evil

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 in all that is done under the sun

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 that the same event happens to all.

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 Yes, as Christians,

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 we do not fear death

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 because we have a hope

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 that goes beyond death

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 and we do celebrate that reality.

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 However, as Christians,

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 we never celebrate death

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 in and of itself.

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 Why?

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 Because Jesus wept

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 at Lazarus' tomb

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 because death is not the way

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 this world is supposed to be

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 because 1 Corinthians 15, 26

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 tells us the last enemy

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 to be destroyed is death.

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 Death is our enemy.

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 Christ defeated death

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 through his death on the cross

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 and through his resurrection

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 from the dead,

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 but death will be finally destroyed

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 only at the resurrection of the body

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 when we are resurrected.

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 And so it is an evil

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 that is presently part

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 of this fallen sinful world

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 that both the righteous

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 and the wicked perish in death.

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 And not only is this,

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 is the end of our lives,

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 namely death, evil,

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 our entire lives,

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 the duration of our life

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 is full of evil.

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 He says in verse three,

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 the hearts of the children of men

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 are full of evil

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 and madness is in their hearts

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 while they live

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 and after that,

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 they go to the dead.

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 These two realities are related

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 because we know

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 from other parts of scripture

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 that the wages of sin

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 is death from Romans 6.

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 The natural consequence

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 for humanity

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 whose hearts are evil

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 and because of their hearts

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 that are evil,

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 they do evil,

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 the natural consequence

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 of that is death.

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 So I think this is probably

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 alluding to Genesis 6.5

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 where before the flood judgment

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 of God,

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 this is his assessment

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 of humanity

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 that the man's heart,

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 the wickedness of man

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 was great in the earth

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 and that every intention

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 of the thoughts of his heart

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 was only evil continually.

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 The evil that you see,

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 that we see out in the world

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 and the evil that we see

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 in the tragedy of death

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 are all related to the fact

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 of the evil

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 that is in our own hearts.

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 The human heart

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 is deceitful above all things

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 and desperately sick.

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 Who can understand it?

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 This is why

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 when God sends his son Jesus

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 and sends his Holy Spirit,

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 he promises to give his people

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 a new heart

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 because we need it

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 and we can't be saved without it.

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 That all ends in death,

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 however,

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 isn't meant to make us depressed.

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 It's not meant to make us fatalistic.

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 So the preacher reminds us

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 in verses 4 to 6

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 that life is still better than death,

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 that death in and of itself

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 is not better than death.

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 I mean,

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 death in and of itself

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 is not worse than life itself.

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 It says in verses 4 to 6,

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 but he who is joined

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 with all the living

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 has hope

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 for a living dog

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 is better than a dead lion.

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 For the living know

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 that they will die,

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 but the dead know nothing

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 and they have no more reward

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 for the memory of them

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 is forgotten.

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 This doesn't contradict

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 what the preacher

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 has been saying all along.

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 For example,

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 in chapter 4, verse 2,

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 he said that because of oppression

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 and injustice

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 that filled this world,

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 he said that,

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 I thought the dead

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 who are already dead

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 more fortunate

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 than the living

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 who are still alive,

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 but better than both

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 is he who has not yet been

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 and has not seen

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 the evil deeds

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 that are done under the sun.

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 That's still true.

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 The preacher also said

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 in Ecclesiastes 6, verse 3,

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 that a stillborn child

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 is better off

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 than a man

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 who lives a long time

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 but has not learned humbly

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 to enjoy the good gifts

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 that God has given him.

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 Life is full of evil

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 and suffering

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 and that's why 7.1 says

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 the day of death

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 is better than the day of birth.

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 In one sense,

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 death is released from that.

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 Attending funerals

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 and numbering our days

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 and knowing that we'll die

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 gives us a heart of wisdom

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 and that's why

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 the preacher of Ecclesiastes

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 enjoins these things to us.

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 However,

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 that doesn't mean

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 that death in and of itself

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 is better than life

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 because in life

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 we still have hope

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 and the possibility

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 that we may learn

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 to humble ourselves

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 under the sovereignty of God

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 and enjoy our toil

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 and the lot

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 that he has given us in life.

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 However,

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 that doesn't change

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 the reality

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 that life is full of evil

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 and suffering.

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 So he says,

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 a living dog

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 is better than a dead lion.

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 That is true.

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 It's better to be a living dog

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 than a dead lion

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 but don't take that

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 as a compliment.

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 When we think of dogs,

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 we think of these cute pet dogs.

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 I know some of our church members

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 love these cute corgis.

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 They're probably useless

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 for most things

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 because their legs

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 are so short

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 but their food

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 is served to them

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 two to three times a day.

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 They don't have to do anything

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 to earn their food.

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 Just food is served to them

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 and it's served

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 usually on a silver platter.

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 Maybe not real silver

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 but silver platter.

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 And they can take a nap

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 whenever they want

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 during the day.

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 They sprawl themselves out

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 and whenever they want

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 a massage,

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 all they need to do

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 is go in front of somebody

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 or even a stranger

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 and just lie down

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 and then people will oblige

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 and give them a massage

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 and a rub.

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 I mean,

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 what a life,

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 right?

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 We think of dogs like that

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 when we think of dogs

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 but that's not the kind of dogs

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 that are in view here

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 because dogs in the ancient world

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 are scavengers

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 and that's the case still

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 in much of the world.

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 These are wild mutts

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 that survive by eating scraps

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 and any kind of food

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 they can find

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 and they are not very discriminating

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 with their food.

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 They eat garbage,

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 they eat carcasses,

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 they lick blood.

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 You see that even in the Bible

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 and for this reason,

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 in the Bible,

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 evildoers are sometimes

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 described figuratively as dogs.

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 A dog,

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 Proverbs 26, 11 tells us,

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 returns to his vomit.

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 That's what dogs literally do.

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 They'll return to their own vomit

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 and then smell it

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 and then lick it a little bit

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 and say,

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 oh, that doesn't taste that bad

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 and then they'll start eating it.

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 And in Proverbs 26, 11,

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 that dog that returns to his vomit

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 is compared to the fool

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 who repeats his folly.

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 So when you hear

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 a living dog

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 is better than a dead lion,

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 don't think of that cute corgi

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 but think of that wild scavenger dog.

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 It may be better for us

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 in our urban context

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 to think of living rats

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 because that's what

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:35.099
 they're really more like.

00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:38.099
 It's better to be a living rat

00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:40.819
 than a dead lion.

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:43.740
 And so what's the point here

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.980
 that he's trying to make?

00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:46.380
 He's telling us

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 why the living are better off

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.720
 than the dead

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 for the living know

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 that they will die

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 but the dead know nothing

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:54.380
 and they have no more reward

00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:55.140
 for the memory of them

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 is forgotten.

00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.859
 Knowledge sets us apart

00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:00.480
 from the dead

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:02.359
 but what is this knowledge

00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:03.160
 that sets us apart

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:03.700
 from the dead?

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.480
 The one thing

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.099
 that is certain

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:06.400
 for believers and unbelievers

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:07.440
 that we all know is coming

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.859
 is that we're going to die.

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:11.619
 So here is this one knowledge

00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:12.339
 that you have

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:14.119
 that sets you apart

00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:14.680
 from the dead.

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:16.080
 You know you're going to die.

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:17.279
 You're just not dead yet.

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:20.860
 Same thing with the living rat

00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:22.500
 versus a dead lion.

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:24.600
 Sure, you might only be a rat.

00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:25.680
 You're still alive

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:27.100
 but you're a rat.

00:20:27.820 --> 00:20:28.820
 You're a dog.

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:31.220
 You repeat your folly.

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 You live in this life

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.320
 under the sun

00:20:33.320 --> 00:20:33.980
 that is vanity

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:35.360
 of all vanities.

00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.759
 That's the kind of

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 that doesn't diminish

00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.059
 the suffering

00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:42.500
 of this life

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.319
 the brokenness

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:44.119
 of this life.

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 So here are three truths

00:20:46.719 --> 00:20:47.379
 that we have to

00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:48.279
 try to hold together.

00:20:48.459 --> 00:20:49.819
 Life is better than death.

00:20:51.879 --> 00:20:52.319
 Two,

00:20:52.479 --> 00:20:53.319
 remembering death

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:54.099
 is better than trying

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:55.240
 to forget it in life.

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 And three,

00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:57.479
 living in light

00:20:57.479 --> 00:20:58.379
 of the end

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 gives us

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 the heart of wisdom

00:21:00.419 --> 00:21:01.599
 which then enables us

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 to enjoy life

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 as we're going to talk about.

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 So that's the certainty of death.

00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:06.939
 Now let's turn

00:21:06.939 --> 00:21:08.299
 to the uncertainties of life.

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 Verses 11 to 12

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 are a succinct summary

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.180
 of chapter 8

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 which I talked about last week

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 how good things happen

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:15.100
 to bad people

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 and bad things happen

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.559
 to good people.

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 It says,

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 Again,

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 I saw that under the sun

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 the race is not to the swift

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 nor the battle to the strong

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 nor bread to the wise

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:24.900
 nor riches to the intelligent

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:26.559
 nor favor to those with knowledge

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:28.000
 but time and chance

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.920
 happen to them all

00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:30.980
 for a man does not know his time

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 like fish that are taken

00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:33.460
 in an evil net

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 and like birds

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:35.240
 that are caught in a snare

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.279
 so the children of man

00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.680
 are snared at an evil time

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 when it suddenly falls upon them.

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 Race is not to the swift.

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 How many of you guys

00:21:44.100 --> 00:21:45.019
 have experienced this

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.579
 in reality?

00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:48.500
 Man o' War

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 I know some of you guys

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:51.640
 are into the horse racing.

00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:54.000
 Some Kentuckians here.

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.480
 Man o' War

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:57.180
 is a thoroughbred racehorse

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:59.240
 that is widely considered

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 to be the greatest racehorse

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 of all time.

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.960
 I disagree with that assessment

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.720
 but that's okay.

00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:06.240
 Spurts Illustrated voted

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 the best American racehorse

00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.559
 of the 20th century

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 beating out even Secretariat.

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.140
 During its career

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 the horse won 20 races

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 and earned a 2024 equivalent

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.059
 of $4 million

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:19.620
 during its short career

00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:20.640
 in prize money.

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:23.240
 The horse was undefeated

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.319
 in all races

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 except for one.

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 And in that one race

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.779
 he was defeated

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.519
 by a horse

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.779
 that was fittingly named

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.779
 Upset.

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:35.460
 That's not where

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.399
 we get the word Upset.

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.480
 It existed before that

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.759
 but that's the rumor.

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.660
 This is a horse

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.579
 that Man o' War

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:43.619
 had beaten before

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:46.639
 and this is a horse

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.160
 Upset

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:48.259
 that will never go on

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:49.139
 to win another race.

00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.220
 And yet

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.059
 the greatest racehorse

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.599
 of all time

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:54.500
 lost to Upset.

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.700
 On February 10th, 1990

00:22:57.700 --> 00:23:00.059
 Buster Douglas

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:02.380
 was a 42-1 underdog

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:03.500
 against the undefeated

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.380
 heavyweight champion

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:05.200
 boxer of the world

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.920
 Mike Tyson.

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:08.940
 It was such a lopsided

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.640
 bout

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:11.720
 that Mike Tyson's corner

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.980
 didn't even bring

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:14.100
 an ice pack

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:16.080
 to the match

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:17.160
 because they were like

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.819
 we're not going to need

00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.460
 the ice pack.

00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:21.059
 He needed much more

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.819
 than an ice pack

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:23.779
 because he's the one

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.559
 that got knocked out.

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:27.720
 One of the greatest upsets

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.899
 in sports history.

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.659
 The race is not

00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:32.460
 to the swift

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:34.119
 nor the battle

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.899
 to the strong.

00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:38.059
 In June 1694

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.859
 400 Polish soldiers

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:42.159
 defeated 40,000 Ottomans

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:43.079
 at the Battle of Hodo.

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.779
 Maybe we can chalk that up

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.960
 to superior strategy.

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.740
 They're more intelligent.

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.940
 Fight smarter

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.440
 not harder.

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.179
 Maybe that's why.

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:54.200
 But we can't do that either

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.120
 because the intelligent

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.100
 don't always prevail.

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:58.000
 Things don't always go well

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.460
 for the people

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.100
 who are smart.

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:01.180
 It says in verse 11

00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:02.799
 nor bread to the wise

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.980
 nor riches

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:05.000
 to the intelligent.

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:07.000
 Bread doesn't always

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.940
 go to the wise.

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.700
 Edgar Allan Poe

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.759
 was a brilliant writer,

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.299
 poet,

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:12.960
 editor,

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:14.140
 and literary critic

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:15.299
 and he only made

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.220
 $6,200

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:17.420
 in his entire life.

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.380
 Adjust that for inflation

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:22.200
 that's almost $200,000

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.319
 like $190,000.

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.639
 Some of you guys

00:24:24.639 --> 00:24:25.399
 make that in a year.

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.079
 I mean this is,

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.839
 he made that

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:30.099
 throughout his entire life

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:31.019
 and even accounting

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.879
 for his short life

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:33.079
 he was not

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.079
 financially successful.

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.139
 His poem,

00:24:37.659 --> 00:24:38.619
 one of the most famous

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:39.279
 poems in the world,

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.799
 The Raven,

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.720
 earned a measly $9.

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.339
 Bread doesn't always

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.059
 go to the wise.

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.980
 Nor riches

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:48.619
 to the intelligent.

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.759
 To the Serbian-American

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.359
 engineer,

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.240
 Nikola Tesla,

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.920
 called a father

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.660
 of electricity

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.920
 because of his

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.980
 contribution to the design

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.759
 of the modern

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:58.079
 alternating current,

00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:00.259
 the electricity supply system.

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.559
 His subsystem

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:02.160
 was superior

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:03.440
 to the one designed

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:05.019
 by Thomas Edison.

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.579
 He was brilliant

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.339
 by any measure.

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:10.220
 He had 300 patents,

00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:11.440
 over 300 patents

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.660
 to his name worldwide

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:13.779
 and yet in the later years

00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:14.220
 of his life

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.339
 as his patents ran out

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.500
 and his new experience

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.319
 began to fail.

00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.639
 He became bankrupt

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.359
 and couldn't even

00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.119
 afford his rent.

00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:25.199
 The bread

00:25:25.199 --> 00:25:26.819
 is not to the wise

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.259
 nor riches

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.019
 to the intelligent.

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.740
 Nor is favor

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.519
 always to those

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.199
 with knowledge.

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.199
 When Absalom

00:25:34.199 --> 00:25:35.599
 staged a successful

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:37.279
 coup against his dad,

00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.079
 King David,

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.619
 in 2 Samuel 17,

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:41.639
 he had a counselor

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:42.699
 named Ahithophel

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:45.140
 who gave sure

00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:47.200
 and intelligent counsel

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:48.660
 related to everything

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:51.000
 and yet when Ahithophel

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.740
 gave Absalom

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.440
 this counsel,

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.840
 he opted

00:25:53.840 --> 00:25:55.059
 to not follow

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.480
 his advice

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.900
 and followed

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.580
 a different advice

00:25:56.580 --> 00:25:57.200
 which eventually

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.279
 led to his defeat

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.299
 and death.

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:02.319
 Favor is not always

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.319
 to those with knowledge.

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.720
 Time and chance

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.620
 happen to them all

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:08.620
 for man knows

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:10.000
 not his time.

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.759
 None of us know

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.279
 whether we will be

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.180
 rich or poor,

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.599
 full or hungry,

00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:17.000
 famous or forgotten,

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.440
 favored or spurned,

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.859
 victorious or defeated

00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.400
 in the future.

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:23.119
 Sometimes people

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:24.240
 less deserving

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.299
 than us

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.119
 will get into

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:27.180
 the program

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.920
 that you want

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:29.420
 to get the grant

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.160
 that you want,

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.019
 to get the job

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.660
 that you want,

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.519
 get the promotion

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.200
 that you want,

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.960
 and get the wealth

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.640
 that you want,

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.619
 get the recognition

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.220
 that you want,

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.900
 or get the man

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.299
 or the woman

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:37.879
 that you want.

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:41.660
 And sometimes

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.260
 people who are

00:26:42.260 --> 00:26:42.940
 more deserving

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.340
 than us

00:26:43.340 --> 00:26:44.080
 will not get

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.660
 those things.

00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:49.080
 It is not

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.960
 the lot of humanity

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:51.320
 to know our time,

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:53.140
 to know what kinds

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:54.140
 of times and seasons

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:55.260
 will come to us.

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.740
 This is not to say

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.900
 that life is completely

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:59.140
 chaotic and random.

00:27:00.520 --> 00:27:01.620
 It is still

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:03.000
 generally true

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.200
 that race is

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.000
 to the swift,

00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:05.780
 the battle,

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.700
 to the strong,

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:08.120
 bread to the wise,

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.160
 riches to the intelligent,

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:09.980
 favor to those

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.440
 with knowledge,

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.980
 and that's what

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.720
 the book of Proverbs

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.380
 is all about.

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.160
 Proverbs 20,

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.720
 verse 13,

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.220
 verse 19,

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.980
 teaches that people

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.779
 who work hard

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.740
 will have plenty

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.299
 of bread.

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.920
 So bread is

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.539
 to the wise.

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.960
 But there are

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.039
 always exceptions

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.960
 in this sinful,

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.759
 broken,

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:28.019
 fallen world.

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.160
 And that's

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:30.019
 the preacher's point

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.880
 in Ecclesiastes.

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.779
 There is

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:34.019
 no such thing

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:35.920
 as a foolproof path

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.500
 to the ten

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.820
 steps towards success

00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:38.840
 that will guarantee

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.820
 outcomes for you

00:27:39.820 --> 00:27:41.000
 no matter how many

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.800
 self-help gurus

00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:42.519
 tell you that.

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.980
 Anybody who offers

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:46.060
 you a foolproof path

00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:46.900
 towards success

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.500
 is a person

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.800
 who is not wise.

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.840
 But does knowing

00:27:52.840 --> 00:27:54.120
 this make us lazy then?

00:27:55.840 --> 00:27:56.620
 Absolutely not.

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.560
 Look at verse 10.

00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:59.120
 Whatever your hand

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.860
 finds to do,

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:01.000
 do it with your might.

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.200
 For there is no work

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.640
 or thought

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.180
 or knowledge

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:03.700
 or wisdom

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.200
 in Sheol

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.080
 to which you are going.

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:06.080
 Sheol is the realm

00:28:06.080 --> 00:28:06.600
 of the dead.

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.500
 It's speaking of death,

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.340
 the grave.

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:10.640
 We still work hard

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.640
 in this life

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.559
 because now

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.200
 is the time

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.700
 for toil.

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:15.340
 Now is the time

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:16.420
 for craftsmanship.

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.600
 Now is the time

00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:18.680
 for artistry.

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.480
 We're not going

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.340
 to have work

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:21.120
 to do on earth

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.900
 once we die

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:24.120
 until the time

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.680
 of the new heavens

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.240
 and the new earth.

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.660
 Our goal in work

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:29.200
 then is not success

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:30.019
 or gain

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.440
 but it is faithfulness

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.840
 to God.

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:35.440
 Remember verse 1

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:35.820
 which said

00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:37.100
 that all our deeds

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:38.180
 are in the hand

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:38.980
 of God.

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:41.259
 So we can't guarantee

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:42.279
 the outcomes

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.860
 of our work,

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.400
 the fruit

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.160
 of our labor.

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.460
 We can't control

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.019
 the times

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.860
 that come to us

00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.759
 so then what does it

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.460
 look like for us

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.220
 to work hard

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.980
 in this life?

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.820
 Whatever our hand

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:52.920
 finds to do,

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.680
 we do it

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.640
 with our might

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:56.200
 while humbly

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.779
 recognizing

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.660
 that all our deeds

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.180
 are ultimately

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.860
 in the hand

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.940
 and not of our own hands

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.900
 but in the hand of God.

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.980
 That's what it looks like.

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.080
 Faithfulness.

00:29:05.280 --> 00:29:06.380
 There's also a parallel

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:07.240
 between verse 12

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.259
 and verses 2 to 3.

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.240
 Twice we are told

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.160
 in verses 2 to 3

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:11.220
 that the same event

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:12.140
 happens to all

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:13.660
 and then in verse 12

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.940
 it says chance,

00:29:15.060 --> 00:29:16.100
 time and chance

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:17.840
 happens to all.

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.080
 That expression

00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:19.900
 chance happens

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:21.280
 is the same Hebrew word

00:29:21.280 --> 00:29:22.019
 that was translated

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.780
 earlier twice.

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:24.040
 It's the same event

00:29:24.040 --> 00:29:25.840
 happens to all

00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:26.680
 and again

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.820
 it's speaking of death.

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:31.599
 Look at the illustrations.

00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.059
 Verse 12

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.799
 for man does not

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.439
 know his time

00:29:34.439 --> 00:29:35.039
 like fish

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.599
 that are taken

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.419
 in an evil net

00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:37.099
 and like birds

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.599
 that are caught

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.079
 in a snare

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.939
 so the children of man

00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:39.359
 are snared

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:40.099
 in an evil time

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.579
 when it suddenly

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.579
 falls upon them.

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.639
 What happens

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:45.659
 when an unsuspecting

00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:46.359
 fish that is swimming

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.119
 around gets caught

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.559
 in a net?

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.899
 It's killed.

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.419
 What happens

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:54.439
 to an unsuspecting

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:55.099
 bird that

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:56.639
 is caught

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.320
 ensnared?

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.320
 It's killed

00:29:59.320 --> 00:30:00.700
 for plumage

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.720
 or feathers

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.960
 or for food.

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.700
 Death comes

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.620
 for us all

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.160
 and we know

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.900
 not when

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.580
 we are caught

00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:11.180
 unawares

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:12.420
 like a fish

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.140
 caught in a net

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.740
 or a bird

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.580
 caught in a snare.

00:30:15.060 --> 00:30:15.740
 Time and chance

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.780
 happens to them all

00:30:16.780 --> 00:30:17.680
 for man does not

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.800
 know his time.

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.680
 The certainty

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.180
 of death

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:22.360
 uncertainties of life.

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.440
 So in this way

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:24.900
 then now

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.940
 these two realities

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.600
 are going to point

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.500
 us to how we

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.039
 are supposed

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.519
 to live

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.220
 and enjoy life

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.620
 and that brings

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.059
 us to verses

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.840
 7 to 10

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:32.299
 which is the fifth

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.140
 and final

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:34.220
 carpe diem passage

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.100
 in the book

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:35.900
 of Ecclesiastes.

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.759
 If you've been

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.200
 with us through

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.720
 this series

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.600
 what I mean

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.360
 by carpe diem

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:40.059
 is the Latin

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.519
 expression

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.500
 seize the day.

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.759
 These are

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:44.120
 insightful passages

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.779
 that are scattered

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.620
 throughout the entire

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.519
 book of Ecclesiastes

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.259
 and it's meant

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.000
 to teach us

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.259
 to take advantage

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.140
 of the present

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:50.820
 opportunities

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:52.160
 and to enjoy

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.240
 life today

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.720
 while it still

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.220
 lasts

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.920
 rather than

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.559
 counting on

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.900
 tomorrow

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.220
 that may

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.779
 never come.

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.880
 That's the idea

00:30:58.880 --> 00:30:59.720
 of the wisdom

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.500
 of Ecclesiastes.

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.960
 Instead of chasing

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.660
 after life

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.180
 regain

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.259
 humbly

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.819
 and gratefully

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.579
 receive life

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.120
 from the Lord

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.920
 as a gift.

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.359
 It says in

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.880
 verse 7

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.579
 go

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:12.299
 eat your bread

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.960
 with joy

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.859
 and drink

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.359
 your wine

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.880
 with a merry

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.259
 heart

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.880
 for God

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.319
 has already

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.880
 approved

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.799
 what you do.

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:19.639
 if you think

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.460
 of bread

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:20.960
 and wine

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.180
 it's representing

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.960
 food and drink

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.220
 here

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:24.299
 if you think

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.759
 of food

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.180
 and drink

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.000
 as a means

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.859
 for gain

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:28.299
 then you're

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.960
 probably the type

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.319
 of person

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:30.480
 that scarves

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.220
 down his food

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:32.059
 every meal

00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:33.680
 and then chugs

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:35.359
 his drink

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:36.000
 whatever the choice

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.720
 of beverage is

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.839
 just so that you can

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.779
 get to that next

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.359
 appointment

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.539
 or get onto

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.599
 that next item

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.680
 on your to-do list.

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:46.659
 But if you do that

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:48.160
 then you can't

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.519
 slow down enough

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.640
 to savor

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:52.160
 your bread

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.980
 and your drink.

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.259
 That

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:58.040
 we got some good

00:31:58.040 --> 00:31:58.540
 bread makers

00:31:58.540 --> 00:31:59.080
 in our church

00:31:59.080 --> 00:32:01.340
 that's not Lance's

00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:02.180
 but Lance makes

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:03.220
 good challah bread

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.820
 Lauren makes

00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.720
 good focaccia bread

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.100
 you guys have

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.980
 favorite focaccia bread

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.120
 I think Brittany

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:09.420
 makes sourdough bread

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.400
 and different things

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.940
 I think

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:13.140
 that crusty

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:14.180
 crispy

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:15.400
 edges of a bread

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:15.840
 and then

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:16.460
 when you bite

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.960
 into it

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.400
 the inside

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:18.160
 is moist

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.440
 and juicy

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.440
 the crumbs

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:22.259
 and then it just

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:25.400
 in your body

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.779
 I don't know

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.299
 what it does

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.860
 it creates all

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.559
 these dopamins

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.160
 or something

00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:29.500
 it gives you

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.940
 that sense

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.440
 of home

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.120
 and comfort

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:38.059
 or maybe

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.860
 you really enjoy

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.880
 that earthy

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:41.079
 and smoky

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.600
 flavor

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.400
 of well

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:43.220
 barbecued

00:32:43.220 --> 00:32:44.120
 meat

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:45.859
 you know

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.939
 who's laughing

00:32:46.939 --> 00:32:47.199
 here

00:32:47.199 --> 00:32:47.879
 you guys

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:52.119
 it says

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.739
 drink wine

00:32:52.739 --> 00:32:52.919
 here

00:32:52.919 --> 00:32:53.339
 but I know

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.819
 not everybody

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.219
 drinks

00:32:54.219 --> 00:32:54.500
 and also

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.019
 if you struggle

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.459
 with alcohol

00:32:55.459 --> 00:32:56.379
 you should not

00:32:56.379 --> 00:32:56.719
 drink

00:32:56.719 --> 00:32:57.019
 and so

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.459
 I will use

00:32:57.459 --> 00:32:57.759
 a different

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.219
 illustration

00:32:58.219 --> 00:33:00.619
 maybe coffee

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.259
 tea

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.939
 that

00:33:02.939 --> 00:33:04.039
 fruitiness

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.779
 and sweetness

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.519
 and bitterness

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.039
 and that

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:06.879
 intricate mixture

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.599
 that just

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:09.219
 clears your palate

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:11.559
 you guys

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:11.740
 know what

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.039
 I'm talking

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.339
 about

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:17.059
 one day

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.400
 we're all

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.799
 going to be

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.100
 dead

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:19.440
 so learn

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.220
 to enjoy

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.700
 the simple

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.039
 pleasures

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.480
 of life

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:21.920
 as gifts

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:22.559
 from God

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:24.120
 for God

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.600
 has already

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:25.200
 approved

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.980
 what you do

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.500
 so this is

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.819
 again

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:27.460
 an indication

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.000
 that God

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.380
 is here

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.980
 in the picture

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:30.779
 these simple

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.059
 pleasures

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.440
 of life

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.039
 are gifts

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.779
 from God

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.019
 that we

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.400
 receive

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.279
 from him

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.339
 not pleasures

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.660
 that we

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:35.960
 enjoy

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.779
 apart from

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.039
 him

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.680
 or instead

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.259
 of him

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:41.420
 1 Timothy 4

00:33:41.420 --> 00:33:42.039
 4-5

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.559
 echoes this

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.740
 thought

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.259
 for everything

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.900
 created by

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.099
 God

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.680
 is good

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.440
 and nothing

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.900
 is to be

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.379
 rejected

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:46.839
 if it is

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.220
 received

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:48.160
 with thanksgiving

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.920
 for it is

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.559
 made holy

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.180
 by the word

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:50.619
 of God

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.160
 and prayer

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:52.839
 and this

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.279
 raises an

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.220
 important caveat

00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:55.660
 there are

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.259
 places in the

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.559
 Bible

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.039
 where the

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:59.480
 what the

00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.740
 preacher

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.259
 commands

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.720
 here

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.579
 eat

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.539
 and drink

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:02.879
 and be

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.220
 merry

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.240
 seems to be

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.579
 condemned

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:06.059
 and we're

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.319
 going to look

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.900
 at two of

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:07.400
 those examples

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.879
 right now

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.179
 briefly

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.839
 1 Corinthians

00:34:08.839 --> 00:34:09.359
 15

00:34:09.359 --> 00:34:10.219
 32-34

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.799
 Paul says

00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:11.000
 this

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.579
 if the dead

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:11.960
 are not

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.399
 raised

00:34:12.399 --> 00:34:13.679
 let us eat

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.139
 and drink

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.639
 for tomorrow

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.199
 we die

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:16.159
 do not

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:16.940
 be deceived

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:18.519
 bad company

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.079
 ruins good

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.460
 morals

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.099
 wake up

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.500
 from your

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.980
 drunken

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.599
 stupor

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.299
 as is right

00:34:22.299 --> 00:34:22.759
 and do

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:23.259
 not go

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:24.179
 on sinning

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:25.919
 Paul's saying

00:34:25.919 --> 00:34:26.619
 don't think

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.199
 let us eat

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.579
 and drink

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.039
 for tomorrow

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.500
 we die

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:31.639
 what he's saying

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.079
 is if there

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.359
 is no

00:34:32.359 --> 00:34:32.759
 resurrection

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.279
 from the

00:34:33.279 --> 00:34:33.639
 dead

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:34.319
 then yeah

00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:34.699
 you should

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:34.960
 think

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.579
 well let's

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.219
 eat and drink

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.719
 for tomorrow

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.139
 we die

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:37.460
 because there's

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.960
 no point

00:34:37.960 --> 00:34:38.860
 but he's

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.300
 saying you

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:40.059
 cannot think

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.480
 that because

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.079
 there is a

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:41.420
 resurrection

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.920
 from the

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.220
 dead

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:45.240
 so the

00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:45.619
 difference

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.220
 here however

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:47.159
 is not that

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.119
 you're receiving

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.639
 these pleasures

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.099
 of life

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.760
 as gifts

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.559
 from God

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.320
 but you're

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.900
 seeing them

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.480
 you're enjoying

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:53.139
 them apart

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.599
 from God

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.400
 as replacements

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.880
 for him

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.760
 in sinful

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:56.119
 ways

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.460
 that's why

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.960
 Paul says

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.740
 wake up

00:34:57.740 --> 00:34:58.159
 from your

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.519
 drunken

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.139
 stupor

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.740
 as is right

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:00.159
 and do not

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.000
 go on sinning

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:04.280
 that's something

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:04.659
 that the

00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:05.019
 preacher in

00:35:05.019 --> 00:35:05.519
 Ecclesiastes

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.460
 never approves

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.820
 earlier in

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.320
 Ecclesiastes

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:08.960
 chapter 2

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.960
 he said that

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.739
 he tried

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.119
 wine

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:12.280
 he tried

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:12.739
 getting

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.619
 getting into

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.099
 alcohol

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.719
 as a way

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.300
 of fulfilling

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.800
 his life

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.219
 and he said

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:16.659
 it was all

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.099
 vanity

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:18.059
 he knows

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.679
 that ultimate

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:19.219
 fulfillment

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.780
 and pleasure

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.380
 is not found

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.800
 in alcohol

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.360
 itself

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:23.300
 but he's

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.780
 telling us

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.539
 to enjoy

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.420
 responsibly

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:25.960
 not in a

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.599
 sinful way

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.519
 but as

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:28.420
 gifts

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.039
 from God

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:32.780
 this is why

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.240
 the Bible

00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.840
 in many

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.200
 places

00:35:34.200 --> 00:35:34.880
 condemns

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.740
 pleasures

00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.800
 toward a

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.460
 hedonistic

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:37.980
 end

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.180
 pursuing

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.619
 pleasure

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:40.180
 as the

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:40.579
 end

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.119
 of life

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.659
 rather than

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:42.180
 pursuing

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:42.639
 God

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.260
 and enjoying

00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.860
 pleasures

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.619
 on the way

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.059
 as gifts

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.720
 from God

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:47.119
 the Bible

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.680
 condemns

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.119
 those who

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.559
 are lovers

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.200
 of pleasure

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:49.559
 rather than

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.200
 lovers of God

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:51.059
 2 Timothy 3

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.360
 4

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.200
 those who

00:35:52.200 --> 00:35:52.840
 are slaves

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.320
 to various

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:53.920
 passions and

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.300
 pleasures

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.980
 Titus 3

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.360
 3

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.159
 those who

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.599
 enjoy

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.159
 the fleeting

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.559
 pleasures

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.260
 of sin

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:58.920
 Hebrews 11

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.400
 25

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.840
 but the

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.040
 Bible

00:36:01.040 --> 00:36:01.780
 commands

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.360
 those who

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.760
 are lovers

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.480
 of God

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.100
 and because

00:36:04.100 --> 00:36:04.620
 of that

00:36:04.620 --> 00:36:05.300
 enjoy the

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:05.640
 pleasures

00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:06.080
 of life

00:36:06.080 --> 00:36:06.520
 that God

00:36:06.520 --> 00:36:06.940
 himself

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.440
 gives

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:09.960
 let's also

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.280
 look at

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:10.620
 another one

00:36:10.620 --> 00:36:11.480
 Luke 12

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:12.100
 13 to

00:36:12.100 --> 00:36:12.580
 21

00:36:12.580 --> 00:36:13.960
 Jesus tells

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.460
 the parable

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.020
 of the rich

00:36:15.020 --> 00:36:15.360
 man

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.640
 right

00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:16.040
 who has

00:36:16.040 --> 00:36:16.380
 land

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.840
 has produced

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.400
 plentifully

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:18.080
 has so much

00:36:18.080 --> 00:36:18.740
 in his barn

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:19.540
 but instead

00:36:19.540 --> 00:36:20.420
 of being rich

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.120
 toward God

00:36:21.120 --> 00:36:21.560
 and instead

00:36:21.560 --> 00:36:22.040
 of being

00:36:22.040 --> 00:36:22.680
 open-handed

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.440
 with the poor

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:24.220
 he decides

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.460
 you know

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.180
 I can't keep

00:36:25.180 --> 00:36:25.720
 all my stuff

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.140
 to myself

00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:26.580
 so I'm just

00:36:26.580 --> 00:36:26.980
 going to tear

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.680
 down my barns

00:36:27.680 --> 00:36:27.860
 bigger

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:29.400
 bigger barns

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.920
 and keep

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.780
 all my produce

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.460
 to myself

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:34.200
 and then God

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:35.220
 judges him

00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:36.040
 and he perishes

00:36:36.040 --> 00:36:37.140
 the next day

00:36:37.140 --> 00:36:39.100
 that is not

00:36:39.100 --> 00:36:39.580
 an example

00:36:39.580 --> 00:36:40.560
 of a proper

00:36:40.560 --> 00:36:41.160
 humble

00:36:41.160 --> 00:36:41.740
 grateful

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:42.300
 enjoyment

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.860
 of God's

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.100
 gifts

00:36:43.100 --> 00:36:44.420
 that's an

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:44.900
 example of

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.580
 idolatrous

00:36:45.580 --> 00:36:46.040
 worship

00:36:46.040 --> 00:36:46.680
 of God's

00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:46.980
 gifts

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:51.360
 and as soon

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.559
 as soon as

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.039
 you turn

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:52.380
 God's

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.920
 good gifts

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.679
 into an

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.179
 idol

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:55.099
 that you

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.360
 love

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.780
 above

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.260
 God

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:57.340
 it loses

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:58.019
 all this

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.440
 pleasure

00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:03.099
 and it

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.519
 starts

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:04.179
 enslaving

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.500
 you

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:07.019
 so ask

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.420
 yourselves

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.179
 these diagnostic

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.519
 questions

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:09.000
 think about

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.360
 the things

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.579
 that you

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:09.920
 enjoy

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.240
 in life

00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:10.780
 the pleasures

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.219
 in life

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.500
 that you

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.940
 enjoy

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:12.219
 that you

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.699
 desire

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.599
 and ask

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:13.920
 yourself

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.220
 these

00:37:14.220 --> 00:37:14.800
 questions

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.539
 are you

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.039
 greedy

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.579
 for those

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:16.960
 pleasures

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:19.880
 or do

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.420
 you always

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.159
 need more

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:23.280
 or are you

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.740
 grateful

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.579
 and content

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.519
 because that

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.139
 will tell you

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:27.059
 if you're

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.700
 receiving these

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:28.220
 gifts as

00:37:28.220 --> 00:37:29.180
 pleasurable

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.619
 gifts from

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:29.899
 God

00:37:29.899 --> 00:37:30.819
 or not

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.619
 are you

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.359
 possessive

00:37:32.359 --> 00:37:32.980
 of these

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.500
 pleasures

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:35.099
 or are you

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.879
 humble in your

00:37:35.879 --> 00:37:36.460
 relation to

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.619
 them

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.099
 you're open

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.679
 handed about

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:37.799
 them

00:37:37.799 --> 00:37:38.279
 you recognize

00:37:38.279 --> 00:37:38.559
 that they

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:38.919
 are all

00:37:38.919 --> 00:37:39.239
 ultimately

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:39.739
 from God

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:40.259
 and may be

00:37:40.259 --> 00:37:40.619
 gone the

00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.099
 next day

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:44.599
 are you

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.199
 controlling

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.980
 or anxious

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.739
 about these

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.139
 pleasures

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.679
 these gifts

00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:48.199
 of life

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:49.639
 or do you

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:50.399
 have peace

00:37:50.399 --> 00:37:50.719
 in your

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:50.960
 heart

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.599
 because you

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.440
 trust God

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.899
 with them

00:37:52.899 --> 00:37:53.599
 ultimately

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:56.599
 let's keep

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:56.799
 going

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.219
 verse 8

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.539
 let your

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.279
 garments be

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:59.039
 always white

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.579
 and let

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.039
 that oil

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:00.539
 be lacking

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:00.940
 on your

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.300
 head

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:02.980
 in the

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.699
 hot and

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.460
 dry ancient

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.179
 near east

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:06.460
 oil upon

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:07.079
 your head

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.559
 was a

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.059
 particularly

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:09.119
 delightful

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.519
 gift

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.199
 for a

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:10.400
 couple

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.840
 reasons

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.739
 one is

00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:12.219
 that in

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.779
 really dry

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.219
 climates

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:13.699
 your scalp

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.279
 is dry

00:38:14.279 --> 00:38:17.119
 and oil

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:18.239
 nice

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:19.039
 cold

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.920
 viscous

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.579
 oil on

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:21.000
 your head

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:22.079
 it

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:23.340
 moisturizes

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.960
 your scalp

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.659
 and feels

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.139
 refreshing

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:27.460
 and also

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:30.000
 you guys

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.380
 notice I

00:38:30.380 --> 00:38:30.840
 have kids

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.240
 in

00:38:31.240 --> 00:38:32.699
 young kids

00:38:32.699 --> 00:38:33.139
 in school

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:34.039
 so I

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.440
 just got

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:34.740
 another

00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:35.039
 letter

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:36.099
 this week

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:36.679
 saying that

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:36.940
 there was

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.440
 lice

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:38.440
 in the

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.880
 classroom

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.659
 and

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.679
 furiously

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.179
 checked the

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.599
 kids hair

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.920
 but lice

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.240
 was a lot

00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:43.699
 more common

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:43.980
 in the

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.159
 ancient

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.500
 world

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:46.260
 and when

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:46.519
 you have

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.840
 lice

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.099
 and you

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.539
 get oil

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:47.880
 on your

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.179
 head

00:38:48.179 --> 00:38:48.840
 it kills

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.240
 the lice

00:38:49.240 --> 00:38:49.780
 because the

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:50.240
 oil is

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:50.880
 of its

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.420
 viscosity

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:53.200
 and imagine

00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:53.480
 that

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:54.220
 you're getting

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:55.900
 these little

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.340
 critters

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:57.119
 sucking on

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:57.880
 your blood

00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:58.420
 on your scalp

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.940
 and then the

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.180
 oil

00:38:59.180 --> 00:39:02.000
 it's refreshing

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.500
 doesn't that

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.280
 sound just

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:03.720
 delightful

00:39:03.720 --> 00:39:05.079
 that's a

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:07.639
 it's great

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:08.320
 relief and

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:09.000
 refreshment

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:10.280
 for these reasons

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.980
 oil is often

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.559
 associated with

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.240
 parties and

00:39:12.240 --> 00:39:12.840
 festivities

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.840
 and special

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.380
 occasions

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:15.460
 similarly

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.119
 white is a

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.619
 symbol of

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.260
 purity and

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.920
 glory and

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.480
 beauty and

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.200
 festivity

00:39:19.199 --> 00:39:22.359
 not only

00:39:22.359 --> 00:39:22.699
 does that

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.099
 help in

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.819
 hot climates

00:39:23.819 --> 00:39:24.139
 it keeps

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:24.639
 you cool

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.519
 but it's

00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:25.879
 also a

00:39:25.879 --> 00:39:26.359
 sign of

00:39:26.359 --> 00:39:27.359
 festivity

00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:28.059
 the bride

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:29.059
 wears white

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.379
 at a

00:39:29.379 --> 00:39:29.659
 wedding

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.799
 mourners

00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:31.439
 wear black

00:39:31.439 --> 00:39:31.859
 at a

00:39:31.859 --> 00:39:32.159
 funeral

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:33.980
 this is

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.199
 another

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:34.659
 concrete

00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.219
 example of

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.500
 what it

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:35.960
 looks like

00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:36.619
 to enjoy

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:37.259
 life as

00:39:37.259 --> 00:39:37.500
 a gift

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:38.000
 from God

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:42.419
 it's still

00:39:42.419 --> 00:39:42.859
 true

00:39:42.859 --> 00:39:43.799
 that we

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:44.039
 ought to

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.619
 reflect on

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:44.859
 the day

00:39:44.859 --> 00:39:45.319
 of death

00:39:45.319 --> 00:39:45.939
 remember

00:39:45.939 --> 00:39:47.500
 number our

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.179
 days as

00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:48.759
 Ecclesiastes

00:39:48.759 --> 00:39:49.119
 7

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:49.699
 told us

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.599
 but that's

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:51.199
 not meant

00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:51.699
 to make

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.579
 us depressed

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.319
 Eeyores

00:39:53.319 --> 00:39:54.420
 through our

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:54.839
 life

00:39:54.839 --> 00:39:57.299
 gloomy

00:39:57.299 --> 00:39:59.519
 no we

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.139
 still in

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.539
 the midst

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:00.759
 of

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:02.019
 with death

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.719
 in view

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.639
 enjoy the

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:04.279
 present gifts

00:40:04.279 --> 00:40:05.359
 of life

00:40:05.359 --> 00:40:05.940
 because God

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.559
 intends for

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.159
 these things

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:07.579
 to be

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.639
 bombs to

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.359
 our souls

00:40:09.359 --> 00:40:10.079
 in a

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:11.179
 sick and

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.799
 sorrow filled

00:40:11.799 --> 00:40:12.199
 world

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:14.659
 the preacher

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:15.219
 put it this

00:40:15.219 --> 00:40:15.480
 way in

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.039
 Ecclesiastes

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.679
 5 18

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.039
 to 20

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.900
 behold what

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.480
 I have seen

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:19.019
 to be good

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.480
 and fitting

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.039
 is to eat

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.559
 and drink

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:20.940
 and find

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.420
 enjoyment

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:21.719
 in all

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:22.159
 the toil

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:22.740
 with which

00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:23.340
 one toils

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:24.039
 under the sun

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:24.960
 the few days

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.400
 of his life

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:25.740
 that God

00:40:25.740 --> 00:40:26.099
 has given

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.440
 him for

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:26.780
 this is

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.240
 his lot

00:40:27.240 --> 00:40:28.380
 everyone

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:28.900
 also to

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.240
 whom God

00:40:29.240 --> 00:40:29.559
 has given

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.940
 wealth

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.420
 and possessions

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:31.059
 and power

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:31.679
 to enjoy

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:32.000
 them

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.619
 and to

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:33.159
 accept

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:33.880
 his lot

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:34.780
 and rejoice

00:40:34.780 --> 00:40:35.139
 in his

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:35.400
 toil

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:36.079
 this is

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.559
 the gift

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:37.179
 of God

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:38.179
 for he

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.559
 will not

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:38.920
 much

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.360
 remember

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.840
 the days

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:40.099
 of his

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.320
 life

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:40.880
 because God

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.340
 keeps him

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.719
 occupied

00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:42.260
 with joy

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:42.519
 in his

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:42.860
 heart

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:44.380
 he intends

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.860
 for these

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.500
 simple pleasures

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.980
 of life

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.680
 as gifts

00:40:46.680 --> 00:40:47.400
 to be

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:47.920
 bombs

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.420
 to our

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:48.800
 souls

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:49.920
 so that

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:50.260
 we can

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:50.880
 weather the

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:51.240
 sorrows

00:40:51.240 --> 00:40:51.579
 and the

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:52.140
 sufferings

00:40:52.140 --> 00:40:52.940
 of this

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.480
 sin sick

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:53.900
 world

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:56.639
 in fact

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:57.340
 only those

00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:57.660
 who keep

00:40:57.660 --> 00:40:57.840
 the

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.559
 uncertainties

00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:58.960
 of life

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.280
 and the

00:40:59.280 --> 00:40:59.960
 certainty

00:40:59.960 --> 00:41:00.320
 of death

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.820
 in view

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:02.019
 can rightly

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.780
 enjoy

00:41:02.780 --> 00:41:03.619
 pleasures

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.139
 of life

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:04.519
 in their

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.840
 proper

00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:05.220
 bounds

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:08.280
 I read

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:09.119
 recently

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.840
 that despite

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:10.920
 the constant

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.900
 bombardment

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.579
 from Russia

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:14.579
 the conductor

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:16.119
 Vitaly Alexino

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:16.619
 and his

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:17.160
 orchestra

00:41:17.160 --> 00:41:17.880
 refused

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.680
 to cancel

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.400
 their annual

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:20.019
 Kharkiv

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.820
 music festival

00:41:20.820 --> 00:41:21.400
 in Ukraine

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:23.260
 so they've

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:23.380
 been

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:23.960
 performing

00:41:23.960 --> 00:41:24.700
 in bomb

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:25.099
 shelters

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:26.019
 and subways

00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:27.079
 and hospitals

00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:27.820
 during the

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.579
 Russo-Ukrainian

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:28.920
 war

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:30.320
 oftentimes

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:31.260
 bringing the

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:31.880
 audience to

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.220
 tears

00:41:32.220 --> 00:41:32.860
 because of

00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:33.400
 their beautiful

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:34.039
 soul-stirring

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:34.480
 music

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:36.740
 that's what

00:41:36.740 --> 00:41:38.000
 enjoying

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.579
 the gifts

00:41:38.579 --> 00:41:39.140
 of life

00:41:39.140 --> 00:41:39.700
 in the midst

00:41:39.700 --> 00:41:40.119
 of this

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:40.700
 fallen

00:41:40.700 --> 00:41:41.579
 death-ridden

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.140
 world

00:41:42.140 --> 00:41:43.380
 looks like

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:44.880
 it's an

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.420
 act of

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:46.160
 defiance

00:41:46.160 --> 00:41:48.320
 it's a

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:48.720
 declaration

00:41:48.720 --> 00:41:49.460
 of faith

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:51.019
 yes

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:51.760
 this world

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:52.380
 is not the

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:52.619
 way it's

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.039
 supposed to

00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:53.279
 be

00:41:53.279 --> 00:41:55.159
 but this

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:55.679
 world will

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.380
 not always

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.779
 stay that

00:41:56.779 --> 00:41:57.480
 way

00:41:57.480 --> 00:42:02.099
 verse 9

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.699
 continues

00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:03.779
 enjoy life

00:42:03.779 --> 00:42:04.119
 with the

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:04.699
 wife whom

00:42:04.699 --> 00:42:05.279
 you love

00:42:05.279 --> 00:42:06.119
 all the

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.440
 days of

00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:06.800
 your vain

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:07.239
 life that

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:07.440
 he has

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:07.779
 given you

00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:08.179
 under the

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:08.420
 sun

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:09.179
 because that

00:42:09.179 --> 00:42:09.460
 is your

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:09.980
 portion in

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.320
 life and

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:10.599
 in your

00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:11.039
 toil at

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.340
 which you

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:11.920
 toil under

00:42:11.920 --> 00:42:12.380
 the sun

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:13.420
 this is

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:14.099
 really important

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:14.739
 for us to

00:42:14.739 --> 00:42:15.059
 remember

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.659
 especially for

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:16.400
 married couples

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:17.659
 marriage is

00:42:17.659 --> 00:42:18.019
 hard

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.759
 marriage does

00:42:18.759 --> 00:42:19.559
 come with

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.019
 its own

00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.440
 share of

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:21.000
 sorrows and

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.420
 sufferings

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:21.980
 because it's

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:22.500
 a union of

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:23.099
 two sinful

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.500
 people

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:24.159
 that is

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.639
 reality

00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:25.639
 however

00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:26.500
 note that

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:26.960
 verse 9

00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.720
 doesn't say

00:42:27.720 --> 00:42:28.840
 live with

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:29.300
 your wife

00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:29.680
 and put

00:42:29.680 --> 00:42:30.039
 up with

00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:30.400
 her

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:34.960
 he says

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:36.559
 enjoy life

00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:37.000
 with the

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:37.639
 wife whom

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:38.340
 you love

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:43.300
 if you see

00:42:43.300 --> 00:42:43.860
 your husband

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:44.420
 or wife

00:42:44.420 --> 00:42:45.360
 as a means

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:46.159
 for gain

00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:47.500
 as an

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.179
 accessory

00:42:48.179 --> 00:42:49.379
 to burnish

00:42:49.379 --> 00:42:50.299
 your reputation

00:42:50.299 --> 00:42:51.399
 as a

00:42:51.399 --> 00:42:52.279
 stepping stone

00:42:52.279 --> 00:42:52.899
 and a way

00:42:52.899 --> 00:42:53.480
 to get to

00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:54.039
 a stage

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.440
 in life

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.679
 or in

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.179
 your career

00:42:55.179 --> 00:42:55.519
 or to

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:55.920
 accomplish

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.539
 your next

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:57.019
 goal

00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:58.199
 then you'll

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:58.759
 end up as

00:42:58.759 --> 00:42:59.259
 little more

00:42:59.259 --> 00:43:00.019
 than housemates

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:01.099
 or you'll end

00:43:01.099 --> 00:43:01.639
 up trying to

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.599
 use the other

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:03.019
 person

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.799
 and end up

00:43:03.799 --> 00:43:04.379
 taking and

00:43:04.379 --> 00:43:04.879
 taking and

00:43:04.879 --> 00:43:05.219
 taking

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:06.259
 and you'll

00:43:06.259 --> 00:43:06.500
 have a

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:06.739
 miserable

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:07.199
 marriage

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:13.539
 early in

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.179
 my marriage

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:16.179
 I was

00:43:16.179 --> 00:43:16.539
 very

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:16.980
 irritated

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:17.419
 by the

00:43:17.419 --> 00:43:18.000
 fact that

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:18.599
 Hannah

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:19.159
 often

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:19.739
 my wife

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:20.139
 Hannah

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:20.679
 often

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:21.359
 misspoke

00:43:21.359 --> 00:43:22.539
 or spoke

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:23.339
 imprecisely

00:43:23.339 --> 00:43:23.759
 because

00:43:23.759 --> 00:43:24.619
 I was a

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:25.299
 prideful man

00:43:25.299 --> 00:43:26.480
 and controlling

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:26.859
 man

00:43:26.859 --> 00:43:27.339
 I didn't

00:43:27.339 --> 00:43:27.879
 want people

00:43:27.879 --> 00:43:28.480
 to perceive

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:28.879
 Hannah a

00:43:28.879 --> 00:43:29.339
 certain way

00:43:29.339 --> 00:43:30.359
 like

00:43:30.359 --> 00:43:31.059
 they're gonna

00:43:31.059 --> 00:43:31.399
 think you're

00:43:31.399 --> 00:43:31.960
 not smart

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:33.539
 and that's

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:33.939
 gonna reflect

00:43:33.939 --> 00:43:34.679
 badly on you

00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:35.039
 and it's

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:35.619
 gonna reflect

00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:36.500
 badly on me

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:38.320
 because she's

00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:39.079
 not smart

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:39.519
 she's very

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:39.800
 smart

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:42.619
 but as

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:43.019
 I've

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.739
 grown

00:43:43.739 --> 00:43:44.739
 and God

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:45.199
 has humbled

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:45.679
 me over

00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:46.139
 the years

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:46.639
 I've learned

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:47.300
 to enjoy

00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:47.860
 the way

00:43:47.860 --> 00:43:48.780
 she misspeaks

00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:52.980
 and her

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:54.059
 self forgetfulness

00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:55.039
 and humility

00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:55.800
 and not taking

00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:56.199
 those things

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:56.760
 too seriously

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.239
 is actually

00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:57.619
 a huge

00:43:57.619 --> 00:43:58.500
 gift to me

00:43:58.500 --> 00:44:02.360
 so I keep

00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:02.719
 a running

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:03.559
 list of all

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:04.179
 the Hannah-isms

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:06.260
 because they

00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:06.620
 make me

00:44:06.620 --> 00:44:06.960
 smile

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.720
 she'll say

00:44:07.720 --> 00:44:08.300
 things like

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:09.260
 nip it

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:09.560
 in the

00:44:09.560 --> 00:44:09.900
 butt

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:11.720
 instead of

00:44:11.720 --> 00:44:11.980
 nip it

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:12.180
 in the

00:44:12.180 --> 00:44:12.420
 bud

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:12.920
 you guys

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.120
 know

00:44:13.120 --> 00:44:15.780
 she'll say

00:44:15.780 --> 00:44:16.720
 oh that

00:44:16.720 --> 00:44:17.400
 sail has

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:17.760
 shipped

00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:19.440
 instead of

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:19.800
 saying that

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:20.300
 ship has

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.580
 sailed

00:44:20.580 --> 00:44:22.960
 when I'm

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.740
 trying to

00:44:23.740 --> 00:44:24.000
 think of

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.540
 doing something

00:44:24.540 --> 00:44:25.100
 risky or

00:44:25.100 --> 00:44:25.340
 something

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:25.720
 she'll say

00:44:25.720 --> 00:44:26.540
 why would

00:44:26.540 --> 00:44:26.900
 you play

00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:27.520
 with water

00:44:27.520 --> 00:44:29.860
 she means

00:44:29.860 --> 00:44:30.180
 why would

00:44:30.180 --> 00:44:30.380
 you play

00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:30.920
 with fire

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:34.760
 when we're

00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.119
 playing a

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:35.460
 game she

00:44:35.460 --> 00:44:35.960
 says you

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.380
 win to

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:36.740
 play

00:44:36.740 --> 00:44:38.340
 instead of

00:44:38.340 --> 00:44:38.680
 saying you

00:44:38.680 --> 00:44:39.039
 play to

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:39.280
 win

00:44:39.280 --> 00:44:42.079
 and when

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:42.559
 she's talking

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:42.940
 about something

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:43.539
 she's really

00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:43.920
 good at

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:44.400
 sometimes she

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.700
 will say

00:44:44.700 --> 00:44:45.200
 that's my

00:44:45.200 --> 00:44:45.639
 cream and

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:45.920
 butter

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:48.139
 instead of

00:44:48.139 --> 00:44:48.559
 that's my

00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:49.059
 bread and

00:44:49.059 --> 00:44:49.340
 butter

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:54.500
 and about

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:55.099
 our church

00:44:55.099 --> 00:44:55.680
 she once

00:44:55.680 --> 00:44:56.220
 asked me

00:44:56.220 --> 00:44:56.539
 in a very

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:57.280
 serious way

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:58.720
 is our

00:44:58.720 --> 00:44:59.140
 church

00:44:59.140 --> 00:45:00.019
 too brick

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:00.460
 and mortar

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:02.220
 and I

00:45:02.220 --> 00:45:02.920
 looked at

00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:03.019
 her

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:03.420
 stared at

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:03.440
 her

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:03.960
 confusedly

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.100
 I was

00:45:04.100 --> 00:45:04.480
 like what

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:06.320
 we don't

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:06.740
 even have

00:45:06.740 --> 00:45:07.140
 a building

00:45:07.140 --> 00:45:07.400
 what do

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:07.519
 you mean

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:07.860
 our church

00:45:07.860 --> 00:45:08.260
 is too

00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:08.560
 brick

00:45:08.560 --> 00:45:08.980
 and mortar

00:45:08.980 --> 00:45:09.780
 she's like

00:45:09.780 --> 00:45:10.120
 oh no

00:45:10.120 --> 00:45:10.320
 no

00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:10.519
 wait

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:10.700
 no

00:45:10.700 --> 00:45:10.880
 no

00:45:10.880 --> 00:45:11.600
 is our

00:45:11.600 --> 00:45:11.800
 church

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.380
 too fire

00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:13.080
 and brimstone

00:45:13.080 --> 00:45:15.720
 yes

00:45:15.720 --> 00:45:16.120
 yes

00:45:16.120 --> 00:45:16.360
 Hannah

00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:16.840
 we are

00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:17.160
 yeah

00:45:17.160 --> 00:45:19.160
 yeah

00:45:19.160 --> 00:45:20.500
 yeah

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:25.980
 do you

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:26.579
 enjoy

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:27.179
 life

00:45:27.179 --> 00:45:27.480
 with your

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:27.940
 children

00:45:27.940 --> 00:45:32.039
 if you

00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:32.400
 see your

00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:32.840
 children

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.280
 as a

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:33.579
 means

00:45:33.579 --> 00:45:34.199
 for gain

00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:36.039
 and seek

00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:36.539
 to live

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:37.219
 vicariously

00:45:37.219 --> 00:45:37.719
 through their

00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:38.199
 successes

00:45:38.199 --> 00:45:39.320
 then you

00:45:39.320 --> 00:45:39.920
 will become

00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:41.199
 a helicopter

00:45:41.199 --> 00:45:41.679
 parent

00:45:41.679 --> 00:45:43.240
 and a

00:45:43.240 --> 00:45:43.880
 tiger mom

00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:45.159
 and you

00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:46.000
 will suffocate

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.579
 your children

00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:47.019
 under your

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:47.639
 expectations

00:45:47.639 --> 00:45:52.380
 that's not

00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:52.659
 what it

00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:53.079
 looks like

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:53.420
 to love

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:53.619
 them

00:45:53.619 --> 00:45:54.960
 do you

00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:55.579
 enjoy

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:55.920
 them

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:57.019
 do you

00:45:57.019 --> 00:45:57.659
 enjoy

00:45:57.659 --> 00:45:58.000
 their

00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.920
 tiny

00:45:58.920 --> 00:45:59.740
 humanness

00:45:59.740 --> 00:46:01.700
 enjoy

00:46:01.700 --> 00:46:03.360
 their

00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:04.139
 interesting

00:46:04.139 --> 00:46:05.619
 meal

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:06.119
 habits

00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:07.500
 the way

00:46:07.500 --> 00:46:08.099
 they pronounce

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:08.559
 certain

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:09.099
 words

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:09.360
 and

00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:10.500
 the way

00:46:10.500 --> 00:46:11.200
 they talk

00:46:11.200 --> 00:46:12.320
 their embrace

00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:12.700
 their

00:46:12.700 --> 00:46:13.740
 idiosyncrasies

00:46:13.740 --> 00:46:14.619
 their wild

00:46:14.619 --> 00:46:15.019
 hair

00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:15.280
 and

00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:16.119
 their

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:16.519
 general

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:17.340
 childishness

00:46:17.340 --> 00:46:17.639
 do you

00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:18.119
 enjoy

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:18.460
 them

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:23.280
 brothers and

00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:23.519
 sisters

00:46:23.519 --> 00:46:23.980
 this is a

00:46:23.980 --> 00:46:24.519
 command from

00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:24.920
 the Lord

00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:25.539
 God

00:46:25.539 --> 00:46:26.659
 he says

00:46:26.659 --> 00:46:27.579
 go

00:46:27.579 --> 00:46:29.380
 go

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:30.539
 enjoy

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:31.320
 life

00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:32.039
 verse 7

00:46:32.039 --> 00:46:33.099
 go and

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:33.880
 enjoy the

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:34.500
 pleasures of

00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:34.860
 life that

00:46:34.860 --> 00:46:35.460
 God has

00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:36.000
 given you

00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:36.240
 and has

00:46:36.240 --> 00:46:36.460
 already

00:46:36.460 --> 00:46:36.980
 approved

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.559
 beforehand

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:38.639
 go and

00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:39.480
 savor that

00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:40.360
 post church

00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:40.900
 meal

00:46:40.900 --> 00:46:42.280
 and instead of

00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:42.800
 scarfing it

00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:43.300
 down eat

00:46:43.300 --> 00:46:43.940
 slowly and

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:44.659
 enjoy it

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:48.739
 go enjoy

00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:49.019
 that

00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:49.339
 sweep

00:46:49.339 --> 00:46:49.699
 sunday

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:50.039
 nap on

00:46:50.039 --> 00:46:50.420
 the couch

00:46:50.420 --> 00:46:50.719
 that I

00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:51.059
 know you

00:46:51.059 --> 00:46:51.259
 guys

00:46:51.259 --> 00:46:51.559
 some of

00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:51.819
 you guys

00:46:51.819 --> 00:46:52.159
 take

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:55.539
 go on

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:55.960
 that fall

00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:56.579
 foliage hike

00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:56.980
 that some of

00:46:56.980 --> 00:46:57.420
 us are doing

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:58.239
 go and play

00:46:58.239 --> 00:46:58.879
 some basketball

00:46:58.879 --> 00:46:59.440
 like some of

00:46:59.440 --> 00:46:59.839
 us are doing

00:46:59.839 --> 00:47:00.559
 after church

00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:01.339
 go and make

00:47:01.339 --> 00:47:02.000
 some music

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:02.440
 go make

00:47:02.440 --> 00:47:03.159
 some art

00:47:03.159 --> 00:47:03.799
 go run

00:47:03.799 --> 00:47:04.339
 a race

00:47:04.339 --> 00:47:05.059
 go take

00:47:05.059 --> 00:47:05.539
 your kids

00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:05.920
 out for

00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:06.239
 something

00:47:06.239 --> 00:47:06.699
 sweet

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:07.279
 go do

00:47:07.279 --> 00:47:07.719
 a puzzle

00:47:07.719 --> 00:47:08.019
 in the

00:47:08.019 --> 00:47:08.319
 afternoon

00:47:08.319 --> 00:47:08.719
 like some

00:47:08.719 --> 00:47:08.920
 of you

00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:09.219
 guys are

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:09.639
 planning on

00:47:09.639 --> 00:47:09.920
 doing

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:11.579
 spend some

00:47:11.579 --> 00:47:11.940
 time with

00:47:11.940 --> 00:47:12.599
 good friends

00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:13.099
 and above

00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:14.039
 all enjoy

00:47:14.039 --> 00:47:14.639
 and cherish

00:47:14.639 --> 00:47:15.500
 Jesus who

00:47:15.500 --> 00:47:15.880
 is your

00:47:15.880 --> 00:47:16.280
 greatest

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:16.720
 treasure

00:47:16.720 --> 00:47:18.619
 and talk

00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:19.159
 about him

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:20.019
 and worship

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:20.420
 him

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:21.700
 enjoy him

00:47:21.700 --> 00:47:24.619
 that brings

00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:24.960
 me to the

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:25.480
 last thing I

00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:25.860
 want to say

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:26.639
 Jesus did

00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:27.039
 this better

00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:27.440
 than anyone

00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:28.039
 else in all

00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:28.340
 of human

00:47:28.340 --> 00:47:28.740
 history

00:47:28.740 --> 00:47:30.240
 Jesus if

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:30.559
 you look

00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:30.980
 through the

00:47:30.980 --> 00:47:31.519
 gospels is

00:47:31.519 --> 00:47:32.280
 always eating

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:32.800
 and drinking

00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:36.139
 theologian

00:47:36.139 --> 00:47:36.740
 David Ford

00:47:36.740 --> 00:47:37.480
 puts it this

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:38.099
 way Jesus

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:39.300
 literally ate

00:47:39.300 --> 00:47:39.840
 his way

00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:40.200
 through the

00:47:40.200 --> 00:47:40.700
 gospels

00:47:40.700 --> 00:47:43.160
 that's why

00:47:43.160 --> 00:47:44.300
 people who

00:47:44.300 --> 00:47:45.079
 his critics

00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:45.820
 said of him

00:47:45.820 --> 00:47:46.180
 in Matthew

00:47:46.180 --> 00:47:46.940
 11 19

00:47:46.940 --> 00:47:48.220
 look at him

00:47:48.220 --> 00:47:49.300
 a glutton

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:50.079
 and a drunkard

00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:50.660
 a friend of

00:47:50.660 --> 00:47:51.320
 tax collectors

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:51.900
 and sinners

00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:54.039
 even though Jesus

00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:54.740
 was not a

00:47:54.740 --> 00:47:55.120
 drunkard

00:47:55.120 --> 00:47:55.420
 and he was

00:47:55.420 --> 00:47:56.180
 not a glutton

00:47:56.180 --> 00:47:57.180
 he just knew

00:47:57.180 --> 00:47:57.880
 how to enjoy

00:47:57.880 --> 00:47:58.360
 life

00:47:58.360 --> 00:48:03.380
 Jesus can do

00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:03.780
 this

00:48:03.780 --> 00:48:05.120
 knowing full

00:48:05.120 --> 00:48:05.860
 well that he

00:48:05.860 --> 00:48:06.260
 is headed

00:48:06.260 --> 00:48:07.019
 to the cross

00:48:07.019 --> 00:48:08.960
 he knows

00:48:08.960 --> 00:48:09.440
 that he's

00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:10.019
 destiny

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:10.539
 in life

00:48:10.539 --> 00:48:10.880
 is to

00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:11.360
 die

00:48:11.360 --> 00:48:11.720
 on the

00:48:11.720 --> 00:48:12.039
 cross

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:12.960
 a gruesome

00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:13.200
 death

00:48:13.200 --> 00:48:13.559
 for the

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:14.019
 sake of

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:14.340
 sinners

00:48:14.340 --> 00:48:14.820
 like you

00:48:14.820 --> 00:48:15.139
 and me

00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:15.980
 he knows

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:16.460
 that he's

00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:16.840
 living

00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:17.500
 toward that

00:48:17.500 --> 00:48:17.820
 end

00:48:17.820 --> 00:48:18.460
 and yet

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:18.960
 on his

00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:19.360
 way to

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:19.780
 the cross

00:48:19.780 --> 00:48:20.400
 he enjoys

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:20.880
 life

00:48:20.880 --> 00:48:25.139
 and on

00:48:25.139 --> 00:48:25.679
 the cross

00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:26.340
 he dies

00:48:26.340 --> 00:48:27.380
 he defeats

00:48:27.380 --> 00:48:27.760
 death

00:48:27.760 --> 00:48:28.659
 he is raised

00:48:28.659 --> 00:48:29.139
 from the

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:29.360
 dead

00:48:29.360 --> 00:48:30.260
 so that all

00:48:30.260 --> 00:48:30.920
 sinners who

00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:31.400
 repent of

00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:31.840
 their sins

00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:32.280
 and believe

00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:32.599
 in him

00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:33.480
 and entrust

00:48:33.480 --> 00:48:34.039
 their lives

00:48:34.039 --> 00:48:34.599
 to him

00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:36.579
 our promise

00:48:36.579 --> 00:48:38.019
 not just

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:39.820
 pleasures that

00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:40.440
 will eventually

00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:41.059
 be lost

00:48:41.059 --> 00:48:43.219
 but eternal

00:48:43.219 --> 00:48:43.820
 pleasures

00:48:43.820 --> 00:48:46.480
 an eternal

00:48:46.480 --> 00:48:47.300
 feast

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:49.300
 isn't that our

00:48:49.300 --> 00:48:49.900
 destiny brothers

00:48:49.900 --> 00:48:50.320
 and sisters

00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:51.639
 how does the

00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:52.440
 bible describe

00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:52.960
 our eternal

00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:53.480
 life with

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:53.679
 god

00:48:53.679 --> 00:48:54.119
 it's a

00:48:54.119 --> 00:48:54.420
 wedding

00:48:54.420 --> 00:48:55.279
 feast

00:48:55.279 --> 00:48:56.960
 an eternal

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:57.759
 one with

00:48:57.759 --> 00:48:58.480
 our bridegroom

00:48:58.480 --> 00:48:59.360
 jesus christ

00:48:59.360 --> 00:49:01.660
 and that's

00:49:01.660 --> 00:49:02.320
 why jesus

00:49:02.320 --> 00:49:02.900
 in luke

00:49:02.900 --> 00:49:03.440
 4

00:49:03.440 --> 00:49:04.420
 reads this

00:49:04.420 --> 00:49:05.039
 prophecy

00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:05.760
 in isaiah

00:49:05.760 --> 00:49:06.820
 isaiah 61

00:49:06.820 --> 00:49:07.380
 and says

00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:07.840
 that this

00:49:07.840 --> 00:49:09.039
 is fulfilled

00:49:09.039 --> 00:49:09.920
 in his

00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:10.220
 hearing

00:49:10.220 --> 00:49:11.300
 he's fulfilled

00:49:11.300 --> 00:49:12.059
 in his

00:49:12.059 --> 00:49:12.660
 person and

00:49:12.660 --> 00:49:12.980
 work

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:13.720
 and this

00:49:13.720 --> 00:49:14.140
 is what

00:49:14.140 --> 00:49:15.480
 was prophesied

00:49:15.480 --> 00:49:15.940
 and promised

00:49:15.940 --> 00:49:16.800
 in isaiah 61

00:49:16.800 --> 00:49:18.460
 the spirit

00:49:18.460 --> 00:49:18.960
 of the lord

00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:19.820
 god is upon

00:49:19.820 --> 00:49:20.120
 me

00:49:20.120 --> 00:49:20.960
 because the

00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:21.360
 lord has

00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:21.800
 anointed

00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:22.220
 me to

00:49:22.220 --> 00:49:22.780
 bring good

00:49:22.780 --> 00:49:23.340
 news to

00:49:23.340 --> 00:49:23.760
 the poor

00:49:23.760 --> 00:49:24.740
 he has

00:49:24.740 --> 00:49:25.140
 sent me

00:49:25.140 --> 00:49:25.640
 to bind

00:49:25.640 --> 00:49:26.059
 up the

00:49:26.059 --> 00:49:26.720
 brokenhearted

00:49:26.720 --> 00:49:27.579
 to proclaim

00:49:27.579 --> 00:49:28.360
 liberty to

00:49:28.360 --> 00:49:29.059
 the captives

00:49:29.059 --> 00:49:29.659
 and the

00:49:29.659 --> 00:49:30.279
 opening of

00:49:30.279 --> 00:49:30.739
 the prison

00:49:30.739 --> 00:49:31.219
 to those

00:49:31.219 --> 00:49:31.500
 who are

00:49:31.500 --> 00:49:31.860
 bound

00:49:31.860 --> 00:49:32.719
 to proclaim

00:49:32.719 --> 00:49:33.320
 the year

00:49:33.320 --> 00:49:33.960
 of the lord's

00:49:33.960 --> 00:49:34.579
 favor and

00:49:34.579 --> 00:49:35.159
 the day of

00:49:35.159 --> 00:49:35.820
 vengeance of

00:49:35.820 --> 00:49:36.259
 our god

00:49:36.259 --> 00:49:37.079
 to comfort

00:49:37.079 --> 00:49:37.599
 all who

00:49:37.599 --> 00:49:38.099
 mourn

00:49:38.099 --> 00:49:38.900
 to grant

00:49:38.900 --> 00:49:39.279
 to those

00:49:39.279 --> 00:49:39.759
 who mourn

00:49:39.759 --> 00:49:40.360
 in zion

00:49:40.360 --> 00:49:41.039
 to give

00:49:41.039 --> 00:49:41.460
 them a

00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:41.960
 beautiful

00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:42.579
 headdress

00:49:42.579 --> 00:49:43.119
 instead of

00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:43.480
 ashes

00:49:43.480 --> 00:49:44.579
 the oil

00:49:44.579 --> 00:49:45.360
 of gladness

00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:45.840
 instead of

00:49:45.840 --> 00:49:46.380
 mourning

00:49:46.380 --> 00:49:47.340
 the garment

00:49:47.340 --> 00:49:48.019
 of praise

00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:48.460
 instead of

00:49:48.460 --> 00:49:48.920
 a faint

00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:49.460
 spirit

00:49:49.460 --> 00:49:50.239
 and that

00:49:50.239 --> 00:49:50.619
 they may

00:49:50.619 --> 00:49:51.179
 be called

00:49:51.179 --> 00:49:51.799
 oaks of

00:49:51.799 --> 00:49:52.340
 righteousness

00:49:52.340 --> 00:49:53.539
 the planting

00:49:53.539 --> 00:49:54.119
 of the lord

00:49:54.119 --> 00:49:54.759
 that he may

00:49:54.759 --> 00:49:55.779
 be glorified

00:49:55.779 --> 00:49:57.619
 and then

00:49:57.619 --> 00:49:58.079
 we're supposed

00:49:58.079 --> 00:49:58.579
 to respond

00:49:58.579 --> 00:49:59.039
 this way

00:49:59.039 --> 00:49:59.460
 in verse

00:49:59.460 --> 00:49:59.840
 10

00:49:59.840 --> 00:50:00.799
 Isaiah 61

00:50:00.799 --> 00:50:01.179
 i will

00:50:01.179 --> 00:50:01.619
 greatly

00:50:01.619 --> 00:50:02.179
 rejoice

00:50:02.179 --> 00:50:02.779
 in the lord

00:50:02.779 --> 00:50:04.400
 my soul

00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:05.179
 shall exalt

00:50:05.179 --> 00:50:05.920
 in my god

00:50:05.920 --> 00:50:06.799
 for he has

00:50:06.799 --> 00:50:07.500
 clothed me

00:50:07.500 --> 00:50:07.900
 with the

00:50:07.900 --> 00:50:08.460
 garments of

00:50:08.460 --> 00:50:08.960
 salvation

00:50:08.960 --> 00:50:09.679
 he has

00:50:09.679 --> 00:50:10.259
 covered me

00:50:10.259 --> 00:50:10.619
 with the

00:50:10.619 --> 00:50:11.119
 robe of

00:50:11.119 --> 00:50:11.719
 righteousness

00:50:11.719 --> 00:50:12.759
 as a

00:50:12.759 --> 00:50:13.259
 bridegroom

00:50:13.259 --> 00:50:13.940
 decks himself

00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:14.420
 like a

00:50:14.420 --> 00:50:14.940
 priest with

00:50:14.940 --> 00:50:15.480
 a beautiful

00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:16.099
 headdress

00:50:16.099 --> 00:50:17.139
 and as a

00:50:17.139 --> 00:50:17.819
 bride adorns

00:50:17.819 --> 00:50:18.480
 herself with

00:50:18.480 --> 00:50:19.099
 her jewels

00:50:19.099 --> 00:50:23.239
 yes this

00:50:23.239 --> 00:50:24.619
 life is

00:50:24.619 --> 00:50:25.019
 broken

00:50:25.019 --> 00:50:25.539
 and is

00:50:25.539 --> 00:50:26.420
 full of

00:50:26.420 --> 00:50:26.779
 death

00:50:26.779 --> 00:50:27.659
 and suffering

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:30.659
 but because

00:50:30.659 --> 00:50:31.319
 christ has

00:50:31.319 --> 00:50:31.799
 come and

00:50:31.799 --> 00:50:32.440
 already begun

00:50:32.440 --> 00:50:33.099
 the process

00:50:33.099 --> 00:50:33.739
 of renewing

00:50:33.739 --> 00:50:34.400
 all creation

00:50:34.400 --> 00:50:35.980
 we already

00:50:35.980 --> 00:50:36.519
 have a

00:50:36.519 --> 00:50:36.900
 glimpse

00:50:36.900 --> 00:50:37.839
 and we

00:50:37.839 --> 00:50:38.119
 get to

00:50:38.119 --> 00:50:38.739
 enjoy

00:50:38.739 --> 00:50:39.880
 life

00:50:39.880 --> 00:50:40.659
 and enjoy

00:50:40.659 --> 00:50:41.579
 jesus

00:50:41.579 --> 00:50:42.940
 knowing

00:50:42.940 --> 00:50:43.420
 ultimately

00:50:43.420 --> 00:50:43.880
 that we'll

00:50:43.880 --> 00:50:44.239
 have

00:50:44.239 --> 00:50:45.779
 that in

00:50:45.779 --> 00:50:46.559
 the end

00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:47.500
 that we'll

00:50:47.500 --> 00:50:47.799
 get to

00:50:47.799 --> 00:50:48.259
 enjoy

00:50:48.259 --> 00:50:48.879
 pleasures

00:50:48.879 --> 00:50:49.599
 unending

00:50:49.599 --> 00:50:51.559
 dressed

00:50:51.559 --> 00:50:52.019
 as a

00:50:52.019 --> 00:50:52.399
 bride

00:50:52.399 --> 00:50:54.199
 sanctified

00:50:54.199 --> 00:50:55.500
 glorified

00:50:55.500 --> 00:50:56.339
 for the

00:50:56.339 --> 00:50:56.639
 sake of

00:50:56.639 --> 00:50:56.779
 our

00:50:56.779 --> 00:50:57.219
 bridegroom

00:50:57.219 --> 00:50:59.599
 so with

00:50:59.599 --> 00:51:00.679
 that in

00:51:00.679 --> 00:51:00.979
 view

00:51:00.979 --> 00:51:01.839
 let's live

00:51:01.839 --> 00:51:02.399
 life and

00:51:02.399 --> 00:51:03.059
 enjoy life

00:51:03.059 --> 00:51:03.959
 and accept

00:51:03.959 --> 00:51:04.299
 the lot

00:51:04.299 --> 00:51:04.599
 that god

00:51:04.599 --> 00:51:04.899
 has given

00:51:04.899 --> 00:51:05.099
 us

00:51:05.099 --> 00:51:05.459
 let's pray

00:51:05.459 --> 00:51:05.819
 together

00:51:05.819 --> 00:51:13.419
 father

00:51:13.420 --> 00:51:14.380
 give us

00:51:14.380 --> 00:51:15.000
 wisdom

00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:18.559
 wisdom

00:51:18.559 --> 00:51:19.579
 to slow

00:51:19.579 --> 00:51:20.159
 down

00:51:20.159 --> 00:51:22.440
 and when

00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:22.900
 to say

00:51:22.900 --> 00:51:23.420
 no to

00:51:23.420 --> 00:51:23.880
 things

00:51:23.880 --> 00:51:25.340
 and when

00:51:25.340 --> 00:51:26.840
 to declutter

00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:27.700
 our lives

00:51:27.700 --> 00:51:29.300
 our days

00:51:29.300 --> 00:51:30.480
 our schedules

00:51:30.480 --> 00:51:32.180
 our souls

00:51:32.180 --> 00:51:34.500
 so that we

00:51:34.500 --> 00:51:35.059
 can be more

00:51:35.059 --> 00:51:35.880
 present to the

00:51:35.880 --> 00:51:36.480
 simple gifts

00:51:36.480 --> 00:51:36.960
 you have given

00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:37.300
 us

00:51:37.300 --> 00:51:39.119
 and to enjoy

00:51:39.119 --> 00:51:39.440
 them

00:51:39.440 --> 00:51:40.400
 genuinely

00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:44.000
 and most

00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:44.380
 of all

00:51:44.380 --> 00:51:44.880
 help us

00:51:44.880 --> 00:51:45.480
 to enjoy

00:51:45.480 --> 00:51:46.380
 you

00:51:46.380 --> 00:51:47.880
 enjoy

00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:49.880
 our savior

00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:50.820
 Jesus Christ

00:51:50.820 --> 00:51:51.780
 who gave

00:51:51.780 --> 00:51:53.000
 his life

00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:54.440
 as spiritual

00:51:54.440 --> 00:51:54.980
 bread

00:51:54.980 --> 00:51:55.760
 the bread

00:51:55.760 --> 00:51:56.280
 of life

00:51:56.280 --> 00:51:57.119
 who poured

00:51:57.119 --> 00:51:57.440
 out his

00:51:57.440 --> 00:51:57.880
 blood

00:51:57.880 --> 00:51:58.960
 as wine

00:51:58.960 --> 00:51:59.460
 for us

00:51:59.460 --> 00:51:59.900
 to drink

00:51:59.900 --> 00:52:00.360
 help us

00:52:00.360 --> 00:52:00.980
 to enjoy

00:52:00.980 --> 00:52:01.579
 him

00:52:01.579 --> 00:52:05.480
 above all

00:52:05.480 --> 00:52:05.740
 other

00:52:05.740 --> 00:52:06.260
 pleasures

00:52:06.260 --> 00:52:07.940
 cherish

00:52:07.940 --> 00:52:08.500
 him above

00:52:08.500 --> 00:52:09.059
 all other

00:52:09.059 --> 00:52:09.539
 treasures

00:52:09.539 --> 00:52:10.960
 so that

00:52:10.960 --> 00:52:11.699
 even when

00:52:11.699 --> 00:52:13.940
 there seems

00:52:13.940 --> 00:52:14.279
 to be

00:52:14.279 --> 00:52:14.940
 nothing in

00:52:14.940 --> 00:52:15.300
 life to

00:52:15.300 --> 00:52:15.739
 enjoy

00:52:15.739 --> 00:52:17.059
 we might

00:52:17.059 --> 00:52:17.480
 rejoice

00:52:17.480 --> 00:52:17.980
 in him

00:52:17.980 --> 00:52:20.900
 fill

00:52:20.900 --> 00:52:21.860
 all of us

00:52:21.860 --> 00:52:22.279
 in this room

00:52:22.279 --> 00:52:22.659
 now with

00:52:22.659 --> 00:52:23.480
 that joy

00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:23.920
 unending

00:52:23.920 --> 00:52:24.460
 Lord God

00:52:24.460 --> 00:52:28.000
 in Jesus

00:52:28.000 --> 00:52:28.360
 name

00:52:28.360 --> 00:52:29.420
 we pray

00:52:29.420 --> 00:52:30.300
 amen