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 Father, we have been in Ecclesiastes for a few weeks, and we've been thankful to you that your desire for us through this book is to open our eyes to what real life is all about.

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 And yet, every week, we encounter days and hours and minutes of unreality, of lies, of untruths, half-truths, fake-truths.

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 Lord, we want to live in the truth, in reality, on your terms.

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 Father, sometimes that can be a very scary thing.

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 We would much rather be like the ostrich who sticks his head in the sand.

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 We would rather doom scroll, or watch the next episode, or whatever it may be that causes distractions that help us not to face truth.

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 But Lord, help us to be brave this morning.

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 Help us to look at your word and be thankful that even though it is difficult, it is for our benefit and for your glory.

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 We pray this in Christ's name. Amen.

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 We live in the modern age. You could say the post-modern age.

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 I think in some ways it's all the same.

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 One of the defining characteristics of the modern age that we live in is our obsession with using all of our resources to achieve progress.

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 Progress in every aspect of human experience.

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 Progress by any means necessary.

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 And often, this progress aims to eliminate inconveniences.

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 Small ones and hardships, big ones.

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 So that all inconveniences are eliminated entirely.

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 So that we can, as individuals, maximize our leisure, our recreation, our enjoyment of life.

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 Hardship, then, is seen as an obstacle to overcome.

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 But the issue is that hardship and adversity are unavoidable as human beings.

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 They're a fundamental part of the human experience.

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 So, yes, we do hard things.

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 But we don't want to live lives of hardship.

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 Even if we could resolve the issues of suffering and hardship,

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 such pleasures would be brief for death.

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 Also is the universal human experience.

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 So to the modern mind, to our minds, this is a problem.

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 And it may be the problem.

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 The problem of suffering.

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 The problem of pain.

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 The problem of adversity.

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 The problem of hardships.

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 Even for the Christians.

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 I'd say most of us are, or at least would confess that we're Christians.

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 We swim in post-modern waters.

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 We work post-modern jobs.

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 We enjoy post-modern media.

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 We buy post-modern things.

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 We are moderns.

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 We are post-modern people.

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 But what if adversity and hardship weren't problems to solve or avoid at all costs,

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 but realities to accept where we apply wisdom,

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 and then applying wisdom to such hardship and adversities, we grow in virtues.

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 In other words, instead of being obstacles to our happiness,

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 could life's difficulties serve as the means by which we flourish as individuals?

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 The sage of Ecclesiastes, far from being a fatalist or a nihilist,

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 he is guiding us to a sober understanding of life and how to approach and deal with,

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 in this case, adversity,

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 so that we may flourish and not fade.

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 So we're going to consider a few things.

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 The sage is going to help us to consider a few things.

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 And here's a bit of a challenge with this,

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 because the sage has,

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 up till now,

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 really observed a lot of what it means to be human beings under the sun.

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 And now he'll switch it to speaking a number of proverbs to us.

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 And a lot of them have themes.

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 Some of them kind of seem like they're a bit out of place.

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 So I've done my best to kind of organize them in such a way that helps us to approach them

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 with some understanding this morning in our short time together.

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 So the sage will help us to approach adversity and hardships

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 as we consider comfort in our death,

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 as we consider patience in our humility,

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 and as we consider wisdom in our limits.

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 Comfort in our death,

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 patience in our humility,

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 wisdom in our limits.

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 But before the sage gets into these considerations,

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 he sets the table for us,

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 for our considerations.

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 Look with me at verses 10 to 11 of chapter 6.

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 And we'll be on page 24.

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 By the way,

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 I think we have a few more of these scripture journals.

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 They're our gift to you.

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 If you don't have one, grab one.

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 If you're visiting, grab one for sure.

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 There's some Bibles as well.

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 Our hope is that you just follow along as we go through God's word.

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 So, chapter 6, verses 10 to 11.

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 This is what it says.

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 Whatever has come to be has already been named,

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 and it is known what man is,

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 and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he.

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 The more words, the more vanity.

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 And what is the advantage to man?

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 The sage here is describing our reality.

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 We see ourselves as in control of our destiny.

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 We can see ourselves as being the strong person.

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 There's nobody stronger than us.

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 I mean, there might be people stronger than us,

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 but humanity at its,

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 kind of if we're looking at humanity as a whole,

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 what is stronger?

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 What is better?

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 What is,

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 what is,

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 sits higher,

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 who sits higher than mankind?

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 So we see ourselves as in control of our destiny,

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 as the king of our existence,

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 the queens of our existence.

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 Yet we cannot truly invent or even reinvent ourselves.

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 We might be able to tweak human life

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 or make slight improvements,

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 but we cannot re-engineer who we are

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 or change our fate as those under the sun.

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 Now, if you've been tracking with us,

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 this will be familiar to you

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 if you're new or visiting.

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 The sage uses this term under the sun

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 to describe mortal life.

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 We are people that live under the sun.

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 And under the sun is a life of frustration

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 and difficulty,

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 what the sage also calls vanity,

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 like a vapor.

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 It's here today and gone tomorrow.

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 Early this morning,

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 if you went outside,

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 you would have breathed out mist

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 out of your mouth.

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 That is what this life is under the sun.

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 We are subject to so many forces

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 beyond our control.

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 Weather,

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 politics,

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 conflicts,

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 health,

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 the market,

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 a flat tire.

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 I mean, you name it,

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 there are so many factors

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 factors

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 that we experience

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 that

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 lay very clearly to us

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 that

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 our control

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 is a fallacy.

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 We can control some things,

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 but not everything.

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 And far less things than we think.

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 Our life is both finite and fragile.

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 And the best we can do,

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 as verse 11 tells us,

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 only leads to more vanity

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 since all our efforts result

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 in little more than a fleeting

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 moment of improvement,

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 but result in nothing eternal.

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 This is what it means

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 to live under the sun.

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 What is the point of our mortal life?

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 The sage poses this question

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 to us like this,

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 verse 12.

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 For who knows

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 what is good for man

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 while he lives

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 the few days

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 of his vain life

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 which he passes

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 like a shadow.

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 For who can tell man

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 what will be after him

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 under the sun?

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 It seems like a very,

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 again,

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 like a

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 dark question,

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 like the sage

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 has come to the end

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 of his rope.

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 He is

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 a terribly

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 dark

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 and negative person,

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 but again,

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 we have to remember

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 that

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 the sage

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 is helping us

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 open our eyes

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 to what reality

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 is all about.

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 Okay?

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 If we live in

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 a lovely,

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 beautiful fantasy land,

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 it is better

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 for us

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 to be confronted

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 with the reality

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 that is

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 more like

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 dark gray clouds

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 than remain

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 in a fantasy land

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 that doesn't

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 truly exist.

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 So the sage

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 asks these questions.

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 For who knows

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 what is good for a man

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 while he lives

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 the few days

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 of his vain life

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 which he passes

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 like a shadow?

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 For who can tell man

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 what will be after him

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 under the sun?

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 And then he begins

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 these considerations.

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 Look with me

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 at our first consideration.

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 A consideration

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 of comfort

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 that we ought to take

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 comfort in our death.

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 Verses 1 to 4.

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 It's on page 24

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 and 26

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 in the Scripture Journal.

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 A good name

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 is better than

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 precious ointment

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 and the day of death

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 than the day of birth.

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 It is better

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 to go to the house

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 of mourning

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 than to go to the house

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 of feasting.

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 For this is the end

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 of all mankind

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 and the living

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 will lay it to heart.

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 Sorrow is better

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 than laughter

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 for by

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 sadness of face

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 the heart

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 is made glad.

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 The heart of the wise

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 is the house

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 of mourning

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 but the heart

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 of fools

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 is in the house

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 of mirth.

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 Death,

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 mourning,

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 sorrow,

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 and sadness.

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 I would never talk

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 of these things

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 in a positive light.

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 I don't think

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 you would either.

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 Yet the sage

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 is suggesting

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 that these things

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 are more beneficial

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 than birth,

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 than feasting,

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 than laughter,

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 than merriment.

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 Somehow,

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 in the sage's mind,

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 going to a funeral

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 is better than

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 going to a wedding.

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 It seems very

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 counterintuitive.

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 But again,

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 remember,

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 the sage

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 is speaking

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 in a type of way

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 to shake us

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 out of our

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 fantasy life,

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 to direct our gaze

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 to what real life

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 is about.

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 So he uses

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 jarring words

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 to jar us out

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 of our malaise.

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 The thing with

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 birth and feasting

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 and festivities

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 is that as we

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 engage with them,

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 life feels endless

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 and expansive.

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 And so it should.

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 There are no

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 boundaries to what

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 the future could hold.

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 You hold a young

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 child in your hands,

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 a newborn,

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 and it's like

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 all of potential

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 goodness is in your arms.

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 This child's life

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 is just open.

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 You wish the best

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 of a child.

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 You don't hold a child

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 and somehow think

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 this kid's going to

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 really screw it up.

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 Instead you think,

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 wow,

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 life is ahead of this

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 wonderful little

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 bundle of joy.

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 Happiness and abundance

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 seem infinite.

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 Yet adversity,

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 like death and mourning,

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 remind us

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 that life is fleeting.

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 It's truly fleeting.

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 And not just fleeting,

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 but extremely limited.

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 We don't have

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 boundless bounty

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 at our fingertips.

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 We don't have

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 infinite happiness.

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 Besides,

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 even when we

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 encounter something

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 that brings us

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 happiness,

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 that seems almost

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 too good to be true,

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 these feelings

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 tend to diminish

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 over time.

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 Our experiences

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 are temporary.

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 And when we

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 continually pursue

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 these experiences

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 that seem to

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 bring us joy,

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 they do not

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 provide the same

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 joy as they did

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 the first time.

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 It's similar to

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 how a fragrance,

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 this is what the sage

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 is getting at in verse 1,

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 how a fragrance

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 smells wonderful

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 for a few hours

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 before fading away.

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 And all too often

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 as modern people,

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 we seek out mirth

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 and laughter

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 and happiness

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 not as something

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 to necessarily enjoy,

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 but as a way

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 to distract ourselves

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 from life's difficulties.

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 We embrace

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 entertainment

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 not merely as leisure,

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 but as a form

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 of survival

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 because we have

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 believed the lie

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 that reality

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 of this mortal life

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 is too hard

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 to face.

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 But again,

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 the sage is telling us

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 consider death,

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 consider the end

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 of life

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 to see what reality

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 is all about,

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 that there are

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 ups and downs

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 and hopefully

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 if we are shaken

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 from

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 our fantasy land,

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 we will see that

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 yes,

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 there is enjoyment,

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 yes,

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 there's happiness,

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 there is laughter,

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 but it is vanity,

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 it is vaporous.

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 And hopefully

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 the idea would be

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 as we see

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 that life is

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 brief

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 and fragile,

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 that we will

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 begin to live

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 a wise life,

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 we will begin

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 to reform our ways.

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 I'll give an example,

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 it's very personal.

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 My father died

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 a couple of years ago

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 as many of you guys know

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 and we were not

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 on good terms

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 when he passed away.

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 It was

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 a pretty sad situation

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 but in my mind

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 I just thought

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 I have

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 infinite

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 opportunities

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 in the future

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 to reconcile

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 with him.

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 Now it wasn't

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 all on me,

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 okay,

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 but in my mind

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 tomorrow

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 was always

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 going to happen

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 with my father.

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 I took

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 the future

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 for granted

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 and with his death

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 I was shaken up.

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 I thought

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 what I had

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 would be there

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 for the taking

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 and it was

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 snatched away.

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 And with his death

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 I reconsidered

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 my approach

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 to a few areas

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 in my life.

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 I won't get into it

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 but it shook me

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 out of a false sense

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 that I would have

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 unlimited

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 second chances

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 not just for

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 reconciliation

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 but in other areas

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 of my life.

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 The whole idea

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 of a guaranteed

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 silver lining

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 is not

00:14:47.180 --> 00:14:48.940
 a guarantee

00:14:48.940 --> 00:14:49.340
 at all.

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 Growing wiser

00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:53.040
 from that experience

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 is an ongoing journey.

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 I am far

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 from there.

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 I still

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 in many ways

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 take for granted

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 tomorrow

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 but realizing

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 that life

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 is much shorter

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 than I believed

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 it to be

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 and far more

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 fragile

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 than I'd like

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 to admit

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 friends

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 it's genuinely

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 genuinely

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 it's been a gift.

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 It's been a gift.

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 It's been a gift

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 from God

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 to me

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 and

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 in some ways

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 to my family

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 as well.

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 we see things

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 like new life

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 and feasting

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 and celebrations

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 as gifts

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 to cherish

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 this is the way

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 we should see them

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 not as goals

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 to chase

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 such things

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 cannot bring

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 eternal happiness

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 because we live

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 a mortal life

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 under the sun

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 but they can

00:15:45.220 --> 00:15:45.759
 certainly be

00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.240
 appreciated

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 for the gifts

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 they are.

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 So you see

00:15:50.820 --> 00:15:51.539
 the sage

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 when he is saying

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 consider death

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 consider mourning

00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:55.399
 being greater

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 than laughter

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 and death

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 being

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 the day of death

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 being greater

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 than the day

00:15:59.719 --> 00:16:00.139
 of your birth

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 what he is saying

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.079
 to us

00:16:02.079 --> 00:16:03.259
 is that it affords us

00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:04.000
 the opportunity

00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:04.980
 to orient

00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.699
 our life

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 our hearts

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 our minds

00:16:08.079 --> 00:16:09.279
 our priorities

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 our money

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 the things

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 that make us

00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.059
 us

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 so that we can

00:16:15.939 --> 00:16:16.980
 treasure our days

00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:17.379
 and

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:18.839
 to look

00:16:18.839 --> 00:16:20.099
 towards a future

00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:23.840
 to take advantage

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 of the opportunities

00:16:24.560 --> 00:16:25.279
 that we have

00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:26.759
 and to not assume

00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.300
 that the future

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 that is in front of us

00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:29.220
 is a given

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 it also helps us

00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:37.759
 to fight the pride

00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.940
 that blinds us

00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:39.600
 to the reality

00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.120
 of life

00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:41.620
 so it's not just

00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.100
 that we think

00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:43.240
 tomorrow is guaranteed

00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:43.899
 but we

00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:45.600
 we have a pridefulness

00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:46.399
 within us

00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:48.120
 where we think

00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:49.000
 that we can live

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.940
 on our terms

00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:52.480
 as opposed to God's

00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:53.220
 and this brings us

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:54.480
 to the second point

00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:56.259
 the sage is helping us

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:56.759
 to consider

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.500
 humility

00:16:57.500 --> 00:17:00.179
 over pride

00:17:00.179 --> 00:17:01.259
 verses 5 to 10

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:03.019
 it is better

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:03.860
 for a man

00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.819
 to hear the rebuke

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.420
 of the wise

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.059
 than to hear

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.960
 the song of fools

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:08.500
 for as the crackling

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:08.940
 of thorns

00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.579
 under a pot

00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.460
 so is the laughter

00:17:10.460 --> 00:17:11.000
 of the fools

00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:12.920
 this also is vanity

00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:14.680
 surely oppression

00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.859
 drives the wise

00:17:15.859 --> 00:17:16.519
 into madness

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.200
 and a bribe

00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:18.099
 corrupts the heart

00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:19.619
 better is the end

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.079
 of a thing

00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.759
 than its beginning

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:22.079
 and the patient

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.660
 in spirit

00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:23.220
 is better

00:17:23.220 --> 00:17:24.140
 than the proud

00:17:24.140 --> 00:17:24.900
 in spirit

00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:26.759
 be not quick

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.440
 in your spirit

00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:28.140
 to become angry

00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:29.240
 for anger

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.160
 lodges

00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:31.100
 in the heart

00:17:31.100 --> 00:17:32.019
 of fools

00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:33.640
 say not

00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.759
 why were the former

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.660
 days better

00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.220
 than these

00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:37.180
 for it is not

00:17:37.180 --> 00:17:38.160
 from wisdom

00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:39.420
 that you ask this

00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:43.140
 the sage

00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:44.820
 again

00:17:44.820 --> 00:17:45.779
 he is trying

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.220
 to show us

00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:46.740
 a better way

00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.440
 you'll notice

00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:48.000
 that he is

00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:49.220
 he is constantly

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.740
 saying

00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.640
 better is

00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:51.380
 better is

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:52.220
 better is

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:55.120
 he wants to help

00:17:55.120 --> 00:17:56.000
 us to understand

00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.300
 that

00:17:56.300 --> 00:17:58.000
 the life of pride

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.819
 is not a better

00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.420
 way to live

00:17:59.420 --> 00:17:59.900
 but rather

00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.279
 the life

00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:00.779
 of humility

00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:01.160
 listen

00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:02.140
 there are no

00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:03.539
 and maybe

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:03.960
 there's some

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.319
 actually

00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:05.579
 but I'm sure

00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:06.539
 that there are

00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:07.519
 hardly any

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:08.279
 self-confessed

00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:09.079
 fools amongst

00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:09.900
 us

00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:11.140
 you might not

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:11.460
 think you're

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.380
 overly wise

00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:13.220
 or smart

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:15.180
 but a fool

00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:17.480
 I doubt it

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.579
 yet verse 5

00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.460
 envisions a

00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:20.279
 single wise

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:21.259
 person offering

00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:22.660
 tough but godly

00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.779
 admonition

00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.519
 compared to a

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.319
 crowd of fools

00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:26.140
 singing sweet

00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:27.140
 nothings that

00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:27.740
 lead others

00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.320
 astray

00:18:28.320 --> 00:18:29.759
 the wise are

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.900
 always a

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.740
 smaller group

00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.920
 than the fools

00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:34.360
 and it serves

00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:34.860
 as a warning

00:18:34.860 --> 00:18:35.920
 for us to

00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:36.940
 humbly consider

00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:37.860
 whether we are

00:18:37.860 --> 00:18:39.000
 either singing

00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:39.940
 along with fools

00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.720
 or listening to

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.200
 their song

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:44.920
 it's hopefully

00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:46.259
 pushing us

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:46.940
 towards listening

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 to the wisdom

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 of the wise

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 and what does

00:18:50.840 --> 00:18:51.140
 the wisdom

00:18:51.140 --> 00:18:51.600
 of the wise

00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:52.060
 look like

00:18:52.060 --> 00:18:53.220
 often times

00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:53.820
 it's constructive

00:18:53.820 --> 00:18:54.400
 criticism

00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:55.759
 it's

00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:56.640
 sometimes

00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:57.400
 it's

00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.540
 unsolicited

00:18:58.540 --> 00:18:59.020
 advice

00:18:59.020 --> 00:18:59.300
 although

00:18:59.300 --> 00:19:00.120
 often times

00:19:00.120 --> 00:19:00.540
 we are

00:19:00.540 --> 00:19:01.180
 harder to

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:02.040
 accept that

00:19:02.040 --> 00:19:04.160
 nevertheless

00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:05.720
 constructive

00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.300
 criticism

00:19:06.300 --> 00:19:07.240
 unsolicited

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.820
 advice

00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:08.940
 it's not

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.920
 always pleasant

00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.480
 to hear

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 in the moment

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 certainly not

00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:12.320
 as pleasant

00:19:12.320 --> 00:19:13.640
 as the sweet

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 words of

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 flattery

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.520
 and praise

00:19:15.520 --> 00:19:17.980
 but they stand

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.560
 up much better

00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:19.100
 under the weight

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 of hardship

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 especially

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 compared to

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 the foolish

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 words that

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 as we see

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 in verse 6

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 are described

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 as insubstantial

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 as insubstantial

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 as ash

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 okay

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 it does not

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:34.420
 do us

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 any good

00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:38.779
 when suffering

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 in

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 when we are

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 suffering

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.980
 and struggling

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.539
 to hear a

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 massive

00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.480
 load of

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 flattery

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.059
 that only

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.640
 worsens

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.359
 our hardship

00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:49.699
 sometimes

00:19:49.699 --> 00:19:50.299
 the hardest

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.059
 words to

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 hear

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:51.759
 are the

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 ones that

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 bring

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 life

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 will we

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 be humble

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 enough to

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 consider them

00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.459
 the sage

00:19:58.459 --> 00:19:59.000
 is asking

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 us

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 will we

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 embrace

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 pride

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 and be

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 counted

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 as

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 amongst

00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.379
 the fools

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.699
 or will

00:20:06.699 --> 00:20:07.219
 we heed

00:20:07.219 --> 00:20:07.659
 the wisdom

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 of the wise

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 in a humble

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 way

00:20:09.179 --> 00:20:12.059
 and yet

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:12.579
 even if

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 we avoid

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 foolish

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:13.959
 advice

00:20:13.959 --> 00:20:14.339
 how do

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:14.679
 we deal

00:20:14.679 --> 00:20:14.939
 with the

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 problem

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:15.919
 of oppression

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 and corruption

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 we see this

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 in verse 7

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 and following

00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:20.539
 such issues

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.400
 are unfair

00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.279
 and they

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.680
 undermine

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 the sound

00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:23.619
 advice

00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:24.180
 of the wise

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 because with

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 corruption

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:26.299
 one tries

00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:26.740
 to enjoy

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 all the

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 benefits

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.960
 of a good

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 life

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.879
 without any

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 of the hard

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 work

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 that's entailed

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.359
 with it

00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:34.639
 it's like

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 cheating

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:36.559
 so that you

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 run the last

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 kilometer

00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:39.559
 of the marathon

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 and you claim

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 to have run

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 the previous

00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.660
 41 grueling

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.059
 kilometers

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:45.259
 it's a way

00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:45.839
 of cheating

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:49.399
 a corrupted

00:20:49.399 --> 00:20:49.899
 soul

00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:51.019
 arises

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:52.459
 within us

00:20:52.459 --> 00:20:52.799
 when we

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.240
 bribe

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.720
 and cheat

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.439
 or oppress

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 as these

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.159
 actions

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:56.799
 compromise

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.740
 our integrity

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.439
 or they

00:20:58.439 --> 00:20:58.899
 impair

00:20:58.899 --> 00:20:59.959
 our judgment

00:20:59.959 --> 00:21:00.659
 we begin

00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:01.039
 to see

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.779
 that pride

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.759
 although

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.599
 feels good

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:04.759
 it starts

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.459
 to deaden

00:21:05.459 --> 00:21:06.439
 our soul

00:21:06.439 --> 00:21:08.639
 instead of

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.099
 seeking the

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.379
 truth

00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:09.839
 we become

00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:10.279
 attached

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.599
 to our

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.019
 biases

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:12.899
 and not

00:21:12.899 --> 00:21:13.419
 the truth

00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:15.019
 we do

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.140
 not

00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:15.400
 become

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:15.800
 calm

00:21:15.800 --> 00:21:16.519
 and considerate

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.180
 but unfair

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:17.920
 and angry

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.759
 this is the

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.220
 nature of

00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.560
 pride

00:21:19.560 --> 00:21:20.200
 there is no

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:20.519
 goodness

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.120
 in pride

00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:22.500
 sages

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.340
 teaching us

00:21:23.340 --> 00:21:23.900
 to avoid

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:24.620
 such pride

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:25.740
 and anger

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:27.140
 we must be

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.539
 patient

00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.080
 and self

00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:28.600
 controlled

00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:30.519
 by the way

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:30.900
 this isn't

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:31.259
 telling us

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.680
 not to be

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.039
 angry

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:33.500
 the sage

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.019
 isn't a

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.300
 zen

00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:34.920
 sage

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:36.820
 but what

00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:37.060
 he is

00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:37.500
 telling us

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:37.880
 is not

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.759
 to nurture

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.660
 or nourish

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.080
 anger

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:41.220
 we cannot

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.599
 allow

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.059
 anger

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.659
 if our

00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:43.179
 life

00:21:43.179 --> 00:21:44.139
 is a

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.460
 garden

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.220
 I use

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:45.699
 this analogy

00:21:45.699 --> 00:21:46.000
 a lot

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.279
 with my

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.579
 boy

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.379
 if our

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:47.659
 life

00:21:47.659 --> 00:21:48.019
 is like

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.419
 a garden

00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:48.939
 we cannot

00:21:48.939 --> 00:21:49.559
 allow

00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:49.980
 weeds

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.460
 to grow

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:50.720
 up

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.519
 not one

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.599
 not one

00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.579
 square foot

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.740
 of your

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.259
 life

00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.980
 should be

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.399
 devoted

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:57.899
 to anger

00:21:57.899 --> 00:21:59.319
 or pride

00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:00.759
 do not

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.299
 set up a

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.759
 trellis

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.099
 so that

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.379
 it may

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:03.319
 grow up

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.159
 do not

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.740
 water it

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.039
 so that

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.259
 it may

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.460
 be

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.000
 nourished

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.539
 anger

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.859
 is a

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.159
 weed

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.660
 pride

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:09.960
 is a

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.160
 weed

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.360
 that

00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:10.519
 will

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:10.920
 choke

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.220
 out

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.519
 all

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.800
 other

00:22:11.800 --> 00:22:12.360
 virtues

00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:15.120
 bitterness

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.720
 as well

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.580
 it feels

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:17.240
 justified

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:18.080
 and satisfying

00:22:18.080 --> 00:22:19.100
 to engage

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:20.340
 with an

00:22:20.340 --> 00:22:21.259
 angry heart

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.720
 a bitter

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.060
 heart

00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:22.720
 even if

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.000
 you have

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.620
 truly been

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:25.019
 wronged

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.500
 engaging

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:25.960
 in sharp

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.360
 words

00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:26.940
 or damaging

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:28.100
 a reputation

00:22:28.100 --> 00:22:29.200
 behind someone's

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.540
 back

00:22:29.540 --> 00:22:30.400
 it feels

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:30.980
 good in

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.440
 the moment

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.960
 it feels

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.500
 sweet

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.700
 it's

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:35.279
 justified

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:38.180
 but allowing

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.680
 resentment

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.160
 to grow

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.539
 between

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.060
 spouses

00:22:40.060 --> 00:22:40.799
 and siblings

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.240
 parents

00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:41.740
 and children

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:43.019
 colleagues

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.700
 and neighbors

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:45.240
 it is

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.120
 not a

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.460
 recipe

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:46.960
 for a

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.560
 wise life

00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:47.860
 but a

00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:48.100
 foolish

00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.440
 one

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:50.220
 one that

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:51.259
 interestingly

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.460
 will result

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.060
 in death

00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:56.880
 relational

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:57.320
 death

00:22:57.320 --> 00:22:58.480
 emotional

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:58.920
 death

00:22:58.920 --> 00:23:00.980
 friends

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.680
 the sage

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.039
 is helping

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.500
 us to see

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.799
 that when

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.259
 adversity

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:03.740
 comes

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.039
 and it

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.279
 will

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.060
 and we

00:23:05.060 --> 00:23:05.440
 are faced

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.740
 with a

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:05.980
 choice

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.319
 between

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.000
 a prideful

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.319
 anger

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:08.099
 or a

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.339
 humble

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:08.960
 patience

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.259
 and

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.920
 forbearance

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:11.400
 only the

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:11.700
 latter

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.279
 will enable

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.660
 us to

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:12.819
 live

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.380
 soberly

00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:13.880
 and wisely

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:15.059
 finally

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.579
 the last

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:15.799
 bit

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.180
 in verse

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.759
 10

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.860
 we must

00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:18.240
 resist

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.799
 the urge

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.339
 to long

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:19.700
 for the

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.099
 past

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.440
 as if

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:20.660
 it were

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.079
 free

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.539
 from any

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.120
 difficulties

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:23.140
 we currently

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.620
 face

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:26.140
 it's another

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.900
 form of

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.500
 impatience

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.039
 and pride

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:29.299
 we

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.379
 become

00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:31.000
 unwilling

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.839
 to confront

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.519
 present

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.000
 hardships

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.019
 and find

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.519
 ways to

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.059
 overcome

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:36.039
 or work

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.399
 through

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:37.539
 the things

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:37.839
 that we

00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:38.279
 find so

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.680
 difficult

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:40.099
 this isn't

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.500
 a complete

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.159
 condemnation

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.759
 of nostalgia

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.079
 I think

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.299
 it's a

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.539
 wonderful

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:42.819
 thing

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.019
 to

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:44.460
 reminisce

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.599
 to think

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:45.879
 about

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.599
 wonderful

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.379
 memories

00:23:47.379 --> 00:23:49.500
 but it

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.879
 can also

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.200
 cause

00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.680
 problems

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.119
 for two

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.359
 big

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:51.659
 reasons

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:51.859
 the

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.139
 first

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:53.680
 we

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.059
 can

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.659
 glorify

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:54.940
 the

00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.460
 past

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.720
 in such

00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.059
 a way

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:58.119
 that forgets

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:59.179
 or excuses

00:23:59.179 --> 00:23:59.919
 the sins

00:23:59.919 --> 00:24:00.200
 of the

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.619
 past

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:03.440
 the

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.559
 1950s

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:04.919
 weren't

00:24:04.919 --> 00:24:05.519
 somehow

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:07.059
 a sin

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.539
 free

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.379
 existence

00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:10.159
 and then

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.839
 the TV

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.279
 came

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.519
 and then

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.919
 the sexual

00:24:11.919 --> 00:24:12.379
 revolution

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.859
 came

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.679
 and then

00:24:13.679 --> 00:24:14.259
 the smartphone

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.879
 came

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:16.279
 and then

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.700
 that's when

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.399
 sin really

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:18.059
 took root

00:24:18.059 --> 00:24:18.419
 okay

00:24:18.419 --> 00:24:18.740
 I mean

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:18.960
 listen

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.460
 there might

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:19.839
 be better

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.279
 eras

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.740
 than ours

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.419
 ours might

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:22.740
 be better

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.200
 than others

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.819
 the point

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.279
 is when

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.839
 we say

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.679
 that

00:24:25.679 --> 00:24:26.799
 you know

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.759
 I wish

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.159
 it were

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:28.460
 like

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.220
 yesteryear

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.619
 I wish

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:29.919
 it was

00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.099
 like

00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.720
 my parents

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.299
 generation

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.559
 we are

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:32.899
 failing

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.359
 to see

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.039
 that sin

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.519
 is a

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.039
 pervasive

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.519
 thing

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.779
 that can

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.359
 take over

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.799
 everything

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.240
 and does

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.740
 take over

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.180
 everything

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:41.779
 the second

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:43.399
 it can

00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:43.759
 diminish

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.039
 our

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.559
 motivations

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.139
 to live

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:45.759
 wisely

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:47.000
 and righteously

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.819
 in the present

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.519
 and the future

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:51.159
 we can

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.720
 become

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.480
 self-righteous

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.859
 we

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.480
 look at

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.799
 the

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.619
 fantastic

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.220
 life

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.720
 and

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.299
 of the

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.639
 previous

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.259
 generation

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.579
 and somehow

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.579
 stand morally

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.299
 higher than

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.919
 the generation

00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.279
 we are

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.839
 currently in

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:04.940
 but this

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.539
 only

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.480
 perpetuates

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:06.919
 pride

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.879
 okay

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.720
 it perpetuates

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.099
 pride

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:10.619
 it does not

00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.559
 allow us to

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.159
 take a

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.480
 self-inventory

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.339
 and deal with

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.119
 our own sin

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.859
 and our own

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:17.299
 messed up-ness

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:21.240
 this brings us

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.700
 to our final

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.099
 point

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:23.659
 as those who

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.159
 feel the

00:25:24.159 --> 00:25:24.700
 limitations

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.519
 as those who

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.119
 live under the

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.299
 sun

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.419
 verses 11

00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:27.859
 and 12

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.240
 we'll read

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.599
 together

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.839
 wisdom

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.240
 is good

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.539
 with an

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.079
 inheritance

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:32.379
 an advantage

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:32.960
 to those

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.319
 who see

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.759
 the sun

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:35.039
 for the

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.359
 protection

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:35.819
 of wisdom

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.139
 is like

00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:36.599
 the protection

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:37.059
 of money

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.359
 and the

00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:37.779
 advantage

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.460
 of knowledge

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.019
 is that

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.779
 wisdom

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.399
 preserves

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:40.859
 the life

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.279
 of him

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.819
 who has

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.079
 it

00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:44.700
 wisdom

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.220
 serves

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.940
 a

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.980
 preservative

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.259
 role

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.859
 it certainly

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.119
 does

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.559
 much like

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:48.899
 money

00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:50.000
 and even

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:51.380
 and especially

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:52.799
 surpasses

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.279
 money

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.579
 and its

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:53.900
 ability

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.500
 to safeguard

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.980
 life

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:56.240
 however

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.460
 ultimately

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.559
 wisdom

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.880
 has its

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.299
 limits

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:01.480
 in protecting

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.140
 our lives

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.759
 indefinitely

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:04.539
 it cannot

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.140
 guarantee

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.779
 a life

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.059
 free

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.680
 of hardship

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:08.460
 or a

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:09.059
 certain future

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.579
 for the next

00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:10.240
 generation

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:12.000
 mortal beings

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.720
 who rely on

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.079
 wisdom

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.700
 in their

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.079
 lives

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:14.420
 do not

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.759
 become

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.299
 immortal

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.819
 or even

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.420
 superhuman

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.680
 wisdom

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.680
 is still

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.740
 in this

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.359
 realm

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.779
 of

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.779
 under the

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.059
 sun

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:24.000
 even

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.359
 as we

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:24.599
 grow

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:24.819
 in

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.139
 wisdom

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:26.720
 we

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.139
 still

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.379
 are

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:27.599
 living

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.119
 lives

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.279
 that

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.379
 are

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.759
 often

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.519
 full

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.859
 of

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.579
 vanity

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.019
 and

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.619
 prone

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:31.799
 to

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.379
 frustration

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:32.859
 and

00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.379
 confusion

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:35.819
 and I'm

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.259
 not saying

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.720
 that you

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.079
 should

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.740
 then not

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.059
 bother

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.259
 with

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.519
 wisdom

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:38.839
 you should

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.220
 totally

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.500
 bother

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.679
 with

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:39.940
 wisdom

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.279
 embrace

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.539
 it

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:42.079
 but just

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.399
 know

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:42.720
 that

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.440
 the

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.740
 life

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.019
 you are

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.440
 living

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:47.099
 where you

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.559
 are pursuing

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:47.919
 wisdom

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.240
 is

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.700
 temporary

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.339
 and it's

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.720
 fleeting

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:51.819
 and while

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.539
 wisdom

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.919
 certainly

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:53.500
 can preserve

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.099
 our life

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:55.159
 making good

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.619
 decisions

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.559
 usually results

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.859
 in a

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:58.339
 better life

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.659
 lived

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.839
 a healthier

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.159
 life

00:27:00.159 --> 00:27:00.500
 lived

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.559
 it does

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.259
 so only

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.679
 in an

00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:02.919
 earthly

00:27:02.919 --> 00:27:03.279
 sense

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.759
 not in

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:03.899
 an

00:27:03.899 --> 00:27:04.200
 eternal

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:04.539
 one

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.839
 even

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.220
 though

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.819
 as we

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.299
 saw

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.700
 back in

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.339
 chapter 3

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.399
 verse 11

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.000
 that God

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.659
 has written

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.279
 eternity

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.919
 into our

00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:12.299
 hearts

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:15.339
 going back

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.599
 to the

00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.019
 beginning

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.779
 bit about

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.099
 us

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.579
 moderns

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.019
 we spend

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.539
 billions

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.740
 and billions

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.319
 and billions

00:27:21.319 --> 00:27:21.839
 of dollars

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.299
 trying to

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.779
 fix

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:25.139
 our

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:25.819
 life

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.599
 to make

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.220
 straight

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.619
 what the

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:27.899
 Lord

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.579
 seems to

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:28.960
 have made

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.359
 crooked

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:31.220
 yet our

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.960
 best efforts

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.579
 have not

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.079
 removed

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.679
 adversity

00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.659
 or hardships

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.679
 the problem

00:27:36.679 --> 00:27:37.240
 of pain

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.299
 still persists

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.460
 evil

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.039
 endures

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.379
 death

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:40.939
 remains the

00:27:40.939 --> 00:27:41.299
 reality

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:42.399
 for us

00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.779
 all

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.960
 and here's a

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.319
 consideration

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:44.939
 with all

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.139
 this

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.480
 are we

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.879
 really

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:47.059
 on the

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.359
 cusp

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.879
 of cracking

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.339
 the code

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.639
 that would

00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:48.919
 let us

00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:49.119
 live

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.439
 forever

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.559
 are we

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.039
 one

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.559
 invention

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.019
 away

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.279
 from

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.799
 eliminating

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.240
 evil

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:56.279
 what if

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.380
 we

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:56.740
 discovered

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.019
 a way

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.420
 to live

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.900
 forever

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:59.200
 but never

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.740
 solve the

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.140
 problem

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.779
 of pain

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.340
 we would

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:03.320
 simply seek

00:28:03.320 --> 00:28:03.740
 out death

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.140
 only to

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.559
 find it

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.000
 elusive

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.920
 perhaps we

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.559
 could eliminate

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.200
 evil

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.880
 and pain

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.920
 but still

00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.400
 have to

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.680
 face

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.360
 mortality

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.660
 it would

00:28:12.660 --> 00:28:13.140
 be like

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.660
 tasting

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.100
 heaven

00:28:14.100 --> 00:28:14.539
 for a

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:14.820
 moment

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.240
 and then

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.640
 having it

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:15.940
 stolen

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.220
 away

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.620
 forever

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.480
 it's a

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.799
 kind of

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.180
 torture

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:20.100
 therefore

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.779
 at the

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.180
 end of

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.360
 this

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.000
 investigation

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.980
 the

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.240
 sage

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.440
 does

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:23.640
 not

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.000
 state

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.200
 that

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.299
 the

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.539
 ultimate

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:24.920
 goal

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.080
 of

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.320
 human

00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:25.700
 wisdom

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.080
 is

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:27.960
 life

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.940
 is

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:30.779
 wisdom

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.420
 in life

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.380
 to find

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.900
 salvation

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.560
 in life

00:28:33.560 --> 00:28:34.080
 through

00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.480
 wisdom

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:36.019
 instead

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.720
 he encourages

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.060
 us

00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:37.840
 rather to

00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:38.500
 reflect on

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.820
 the work

00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:39.279
 of God

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:40.480
 he's saying

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.740
 listen

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.019
 wisdom

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.779
 is fantastic

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.600
 but it

00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:43.060
 has

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:43.440
 even

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:43.860
 wisdom

00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.160
 has

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.360
 its

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.720
 ends

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:47.000
 he asks

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.279
 us to

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.539
 consider

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.799
 two

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.160
 things

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:48.640
 verses

00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:49.120
 13

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.279
 and

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.680
 14

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:51.380
 consider

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:51.800
 the work

00:28:51.800 --> 00:28:52.200
 of God

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.740
 who

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:53.960
 can

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.140
 make

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.460
 straight

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.640
 what

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:54.779
 he

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:54.940
 has

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.120
 made

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.440
 crooked

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.900
 verse

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.400
 14

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 page

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.200
 28

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:59.360
 in the

00:28:59.360 --> 00:28:59.519
 day

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.660
 of

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.140
 prosperity

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.400
 be

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.779
 joyful

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.680
 and in

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:01.820
 the

00:29:01.820 --> 00:29:02.180
 day

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:02.820
 of

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.259
 adversity

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.920
 consider

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.240
 God

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.480
 has

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.779
 made

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:05.960
 the

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.240
 one

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.519
 as

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.740
 well

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:06.960
 as

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.080
 the

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:07.240
 other

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.519
 so

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:07.759
 that

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.180
 man

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.420
 may

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.600
 not

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:08.980
 find

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.240
 out

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.640
 anything

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.440
 that

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.580
 will

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:10.779
 be

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.120
 after

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.400
 him

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:13.420
 the

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.700
 sage

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.019
 tells

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.320
 us

00:29:14.320 --> 00:29:14.880
 that

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.000
 the

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.259
 ultimate

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.600
 goal

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:15.759
 of

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.040
 wisdom

00:29:16.040 --> 00:29:16.300
 is

00:29:16.300 --> 00:29:16.440
 to

00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.580
 know

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:16.880
 God

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.660
 and

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.360
 especially

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:18.740
 his

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.260
 sovereignty

00:29:19.260 --> 00:29:19.940
 over life

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:21.240
 his plans

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:22.000
 his purposes

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.560
 are ultimately

00:29:23.560 --> 00:29:24.220
 beyond our

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.840
 understanding

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:26.180
 as we cannot

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.040
 fully grasp

00:29:27.040 --> 00:29:27.500
 them

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:29.160
 he allows us

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:29.560
 to face

00:29:29.560 --> 00:29:29.940
 hardships

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.360
 that we

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:31.120
 might seem

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:31.740
 that might

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.420
 seem unfair

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.060
 or unjust

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.980
 and we

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.139
 don't

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.599
 understand

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:34.960
 why

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:36.460
 he's

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.799
 touched

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.159
 on it

00:29:37.159 --> 00:29:37.799
 in

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:38.379
 previous

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.159
 sections

00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:39.759
 but has

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.059
 not

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:41.119
 somehow

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:41.619
 offered

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:41.960
 an

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.339
 ultimate

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.879
 reason

00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:44.559
 however

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:46.379
 what the

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.740
 sage is

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.119
 trying to

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.460
 help us

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.919
 understand

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.440
 is that

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.000
 God

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.339
 is

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.740
 sovereign

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.819
 sovereign

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.240
 over

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.740
 both

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.519
 the past

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.919
 the present

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:55.259
 and future

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:57.099
 not only

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.379
 is he

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.740
 wise

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.079
 but he

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.440
 is also

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.000
 the source

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.559
 of wisdom

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.700
 recognizing

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.720
 our limitations

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.380
 in light

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.880
 of this

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.299
 in light

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:03.720
 of God's

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.080
 sovereignty

00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:05.880
 is incredibly

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.740
 good news

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.279
 for us

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.620
 for it means

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.440
 we will stop

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.279
 relying on

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.799
 our own

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.480
 ingenuity

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:11.519
!

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.740
 for salvation

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.660
 our own

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.100
 wisdom

00:30:14.100 --> 00:30:15.319
 for salvation

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:16.980
 for there is

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.740
 no salvation

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.519
 outside of him

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.960
 because we

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.720
 can't somehow

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.279
 transcend

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.019
 a life

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.740
 under the sun

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:25.340
 and yet

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:25.620
 we are

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:26.160
 destined for

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.600
 eternity

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:28.480
 I'll wrap

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:28.660
 it up

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.120
 with this

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:31.979
 will we

00:30:31.979 --> 00:30:32.399
 venture

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:33.659
 to entrust

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.199
 our lives

00:30:34.199 --> 00:30:34.559
 to the

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.839
 sovereign

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.179
 God

00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:35.419
 who

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:35.959
 instills

00:30:35.959 --> 00:30:36.279
 in us

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.839
 a longing

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.399
 for eternal

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:37.639
 life

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.000
 with him

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:39.419
 even though

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.039
 we still

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:41.059
 face adversity

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:42.199
 and hardship

00:30:42.199 --> 00:30:42.639
 in this

00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:42.919
 life

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:46.639
 will we

00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:46.979
 humble

00:30:46.979 --> 00:30:47.519
 ourselves

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.039
 or will

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.619
 we allow

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.059
 ourselves

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.399
 to get

00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:49.619
 bitter

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.039
 towards

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.299
 God

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:52.739
 although

00:30:52.739 --> 00:30:53.079
 we can

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.559
 never fully

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.039
 comprehend

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.419
 God's

00:30:54.419 --> 00:30:54.799
 character

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.259
 or his

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.619
 ways

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:56.439
 we know

00:30:56.439 --> 00:30:56.859
 that his

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.339
 desire

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.759
 is to

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.239
 resolve

00:30:58.239 --> 00:30:58.500
 our

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.819
 dilemma

00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:00.439
 to save

00:31:00.439 --> 00:31:00.779
 us from

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.319
 the hardships

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.960
 and the

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.359
 challenges

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.879
 of this

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.119
 mortal

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.500
 life

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.720
 to give

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.019
 us an

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.319
 eternal

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.819
 home

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.339
 with him

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:10.399
 Jesus

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:11.039
 in John

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.460
 11

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:14.359
 says this

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:15.220
 verse 25

00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.779
 and 26

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.279
 I am the

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.700
 resurrection

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.079
 and the

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.359
 life

00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:18.319
 whoever

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.899
 believes

00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.619
 in me

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:21.139
 though he

00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:21.679
 die

00:31:21.679 --> 00:31:23.079
 yet shall

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.939
 he live

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:25.299
 and everyone

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:25.939
 who lives

00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:26.460
 and believes

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.779
 in me

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.460
 shall never

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.939
 die

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.980
 and then

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.400
 he asks

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.820
 do you

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.160
 believe

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.559
 this

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:34.600
 this

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:35.039
 fundamentally

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.600
 changes

00:31:35.600 --> 00:31:35.980
 how we

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.180
 live

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.460
 now

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:38.420
 if we

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.799
 live

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.299
 with this

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:40.059
 understanding

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.480
 that

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.840
 through

00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.759
 Christ

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.100
 God

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.500
 has made

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.840
 a way

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.400
 for us

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:45.779
 to

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.400
 endure

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.019
 hardships

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.580
 endure

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:48.240
 adversity

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.539
 and to

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.740
 be rescued

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.200
 from it

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.820
 one day

00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:54.120
 by being

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.400
 in his

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.900
 presence

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.500
 being with

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.640
 him

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.019
 forever

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:57.259
 it will

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.680
 change

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:57.940
 the way

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.380
 we live

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:58.960
 in the

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.300
 present

00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:00.660
 for we

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.300
 can enjoy

00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:01.780
 life's

00:32:01.780 --> 00:32:02.220
 joys

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:04.200
 and endure

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.840
 adversity

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.500
 and pain

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.340
 in a

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:07.019
 virtuous way

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.280
 because our

00:32:08.280 --> 00:32:08.580
 hope

00:32:08.580 --> 00:32:09.640
 is in the

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:09.920
 Lord

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:11.560
 and he

00:32:11.560 --> 00:32:12.060
 is sovereign

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:14.299
 the

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.559
 apostle

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.000
 Paul

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.559
 after

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:17.460
 quite

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.579
 the

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.119
 few

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.599
 chapters

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.000
 chapters

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.419
 9

00:32:20.419 --> 00:32:20.720
 10

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.179
 and 11

00:32:21.179 --> 00:32:21.440
 he

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.919
 ends

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:25.000
 this

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.599
 kind of

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.619
 mini gospel

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.139
 within

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.679
 Romans

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:29.039
 with this

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.599
 verses

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.179
 33

00:32:30.179 --> 00:32:31.039
 and 36

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:51.359
 friends

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.059
 this is

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:53.859
 a life

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.659
 that

00:32:54.659 --> 00:32:55.599
 understands

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.460
 the difficulties

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.980
 that we

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.420
 face

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 and yet

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.259
 looks to

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.799
 eternity

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.960
 and can

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.299
 endure

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:01.619
 all

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:01.980
 things

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.299
 because

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.899
 Christ

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:03.619
 is with

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:03.839
 him

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:05.779
 let this

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.159
 be our

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.599
 cry

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:08.099
 by God's

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.519
 strength

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:10.240
 let us

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.859
 follow suit

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.759
 to Christ

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.139
 alone be

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:12.480
 the glory

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:12.759
 amen

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:14.139
 let us

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.379
 pray

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:17.480
 father

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.000
 when we

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.940
 experience

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.839
 hardships

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.539
 and

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.819
 difficulties

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.799
 and adversities

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:22.819
!

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.680
 Help us

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.319
 not to

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:27.740
 quickly

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.460
 find

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.059
 distraction

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.619
 from them

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:31.099
 but

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.339
 Lord

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:31.639
 rather

00:33:31.639 --> 00:33:32.019
 bring

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.219
 them

00:33:32.219 --> 00:33:32.439
 to

00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:32.679
 you

00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.879
 and

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.259
 trust

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.539
 that

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:34.759
 you

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.000
 will

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.279
 help

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.459
 us

00:33:35.459 --> 00:33:35.659
 to

00:33:35.659 --> 00:33:36.019
 endure

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:37.679
 that

00:33:37.679 --> 00:33:37.919
 they

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.339
 will

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:39.239
 through

00:33:39.239 --> 00:33:39.439
 the

00:33:39.439 --> 00:33:40.039
 consideration

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.759
 of

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.399
 death

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:41.659
 and

00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:42.959
 and

00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:43.319
 the

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:44.219
 foolishness

00:33:44.219 --> 00:33:44.679
 of

00:33:44.679 --> 00:33:45.559
 pride

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.579
 and our

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:46.819
 own

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.339
 limitations

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.719
 that

00:33:47.719 --> 00:33:48.339
 we

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:48.500
 will

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.839
 become

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.479
 wise

00:33:49.479 --> 00:33:49.919
 unto

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.459
 salvation

00:33:50.459 --> 00:33:52.000
 that

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.099
 we

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.259
 will

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.419
 look

00:33:52.419 --> 00:33:52.599
 to

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:52.799
 you

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:52.939
 and

00:33:52.939 --> 00:33:53.099
 not

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.559
 ourselves

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:55.919
 Lord

00:33:55.919 --> 00:33:56.159
 help

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.459
 us

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:58.019
 we

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.500
 believe

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.740
 but

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:58.940
 Lord

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.259
 help

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.460
 our

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.039
 unbelief

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.759
 in

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.120
 Christ's

00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:02.299
 name

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.700
 amen