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 Now let's turn in our Bibles to Ecclesiastes chapter 2 and we're going to read from verse 12 to verse 26.

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 And today we're going to think about how the teacher of Ecclesiastes helps us to begin to topple some of our idols.

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 So Ecclesiastes chapter 2 and at verse 12.

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 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom and also madness and folly.

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 What more can the king's successor do than what has already been done?

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 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.

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 The wise have eyes in their heads while the fool walks in the darkness.

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 But I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both.

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 Then I said to myself, the fate of the fool will also overtake me.

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 What then do I gain by being wise?

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 I said to myself, this too is meaningless.

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 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered.

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 The days have already come when both have been forgotten.

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 Like the fool, the wise too must die.

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 So I hated life.

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 Because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me.

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 All of it is meaningless.

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 A chasing after the wind.

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 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun.

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 Because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.

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 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish.

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 Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil,

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 into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun.

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 This too is meaningless.

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 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.

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 For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge, and skill.

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 And then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it.

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 This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

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 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?

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 All their days their work is grief and pain.

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 Even at night their minds do not rest.

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 This too is meaningless.

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 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil.

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 This too, I see, is from the hand of God.

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 For without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?

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 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness.

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 But to the sinner, he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth

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 to hand it over to the one who pleases God.

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 This too is meaningless.

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 A chasing after the wind.

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 Amen.

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 I wonder if we are familiar with the idea of achievement addiction.

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 I was reading a short article from an employment counselor this week,

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 and she was talking about that idea,

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 and she was arguing that achievement is the alcohol of our time.

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 So she works with high-level business folks,

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 and she says these days the best people don't abuse alcohol,

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 they abuse their lives.

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 Everything else is sacrificed for the sake of achievement

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 in their particular field.

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 And again, she argued that an achievement addict

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 is no different from any other kind of addict.

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 And so how this looks in business and in the workplace

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 is that you find people,

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 and perhaps we recognize this in ourselves,

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 we're living for the high of a completed project or a big sale,

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 and you can live off that for a while,

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 but after a time, that feeling wears off,

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 and what happens, you're chasing after it again,

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 but not just the same level.

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 You want something bigger, something more significant.

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 An achievement addict is no different from any other kind of addict.

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 Two realms where this achievement addiction can be a big issue

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 are addressed here by our teacher.

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 Education and employment.

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 In our city of Edinburgh,

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 education and employment,

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 two avenues where people can look for their significance.

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 And so it's good for us that, again,

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 our teacher returns to focus on these two topics.

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 Because wisdom and work

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 can become idols to us.

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 What do we mean when we talk about idols and idolatry?

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 Well, if something provides our sense of security

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 and satisfaction,

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 and it's not God,

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 then that thing has become an idol to us.

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 If we are looking to our wisdom

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 or our work to create a sense of pride,

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 an inflated view of ourself,

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 where we're thinking,

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 well, I am somebody because I have this level,

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 and we look down on others

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 because they haven't reached that level,

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 then our wisdom or our work is an idol to us.

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 If when we measure our lives,

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 we say,

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 I am someone,

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 I have value

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 because of what I know or what I do,

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 or the other way around,

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 I have no significance

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 and I have no value

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 because I feel like my job is worth nothing,

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 then, again,

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 it's a sign that we're looking to

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 something

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 to give to us

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 what God is

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 only able to give.

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 Our sense of identity

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 and worth and significance

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 are supposed to come from

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 our relationship with God.

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 And when we look to find our sense of self

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 from a created thing,

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 that has become

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 an idol to us.

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 So our teacher here,

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 we've seen him,

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 he's on a search for gain,

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 he's on a search for

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 ultimate happiness.

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 In some ways,

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 he sounds like that child

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 who's always asking the question,

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 but why,

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 but why,

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 but why?

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 He returns again

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 to wisdom

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 and to work

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 to ask the question,

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 is that where we can find

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 ultimate gain

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 and significance?

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 Or should we look

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 somewhere else?

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 as a wise king,

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 he claims to give us

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 the final word.

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 And that final word

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 that we have in this section

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 is that since all worldly efforts

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 are futile

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 in giving eternal happiness,

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 we should find our joy in God

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 and in his everyday gifts.

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 gifts.

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 Let's see how he gets us there.

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 Beginning with the reality

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 that there is no gain

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 from wisdom

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 or folly.

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 So this is the first section,

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 verse 12

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 to 16.

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 He's returning

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 in his thoughts

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 to consider wisdom.

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 He's already taken us there

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 in chapter 1,

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 verses 13

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 and 17.

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 Asking the question,

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 can wisdom

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 or can folly

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 answer the search

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 for something final,

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 something absolute?

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 Look at what he says

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 in verse 12.

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 He says,

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 I turn my thoughts

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 to consider wisdom

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 and madness and folly.

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 What more can the king's

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 successor do

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 than what has already

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 been done?

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 What's he trying to say there?

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 He's trying to say,

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 if anyone should know

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 the answer to this,

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 it's me.

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 Because Solomon

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 was a king

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 who was famous

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 for his wisdom.

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 His wisdom was given

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 to him by God.

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 We know the queen

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 of Sheba

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 travelled many hundreds

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 of miles

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 because Solomon's wisdom

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 was world famous.

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 And as he searches

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 deeply

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 and as he probes

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 these questions,

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 he is confident

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 that he is able

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 to provide a better answer

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 than anyone

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 following him.

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 And to help

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 in this question

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 of do wisdom

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 or folly

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 provide ultimate meaning,

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 he takes two different

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 points of view

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 for us.

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 One point of view,

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 just daily life,

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 a day in the life,

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 but the other point of view

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 is from a gravesite.

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 So in verses 13 and 14,

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 he's considering

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 wisdom and folly

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 from a relative

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 point of view.

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 And from that point of view,

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 he can say,

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 I saw that wisdom

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 is better than folly,

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 just as light

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 is better

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 than darkness.

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 So wisdom

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 is like light,

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 folly

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 is like darkness.

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 It's better

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 to have eyes

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 that can see

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 rather than be blind

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 so that you are

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 alert to danger

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 so that you can choose

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 the right direction.

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 Moral instruction

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 is good

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 to listen to.

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 King Solomon

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 would tell us,

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 relatively speaking,

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 wisdom is better

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 than folly.

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 But then,

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 ultimately,

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 end of verse 14,

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 I came to realize

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 that the same fate

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 overtakes them both.

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 Verse 16,

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 the wise,

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 like the fool,

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 will not be long remembered.

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 The days have already come

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 when both have been forgotten.

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 Like the fool,

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 the wise, too,

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 must die.

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 So when we think

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 about our ultimate destiny

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 and when we realize

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 we all share

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 that same fate,

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 whether we are wise

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 or foolish,

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 in a worldly setting,

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 when we will die

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 and be forgotten,

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 when you can't take

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 wisdom with you

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 or you can't use

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 that wisdom

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 you value

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 in the grave,

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 we can see why

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 the teacher says,

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 well, actually,

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 in the end,

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 it makes no difference.

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 Death is like

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 that trump card

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 that's played over

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 every pleasure,

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 that's played over

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 the value of wisdom.

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 There was a minister

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 by the name

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 of Haddon Robinson

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 who's also written

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 a good few books

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 and he spoke about

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 conducting a funeral service

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 for a man

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 who had a working knowledge

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 of 34 different languages

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 when he died.

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 Now, I don't know about you,

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 but that, to me,

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 seems mind-boggling.

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 That is an incredible achievement,

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 but

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 no eternal game.

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 We can be dazzled

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 by wisdom

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 and knowledge,

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 but without God,

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 it doesn't lead

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 to eternal gain.

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 In this search

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 for happiness,

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 death brings

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 that sudden stop.

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 And so,

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 our teacher will say,

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 wisdom is meaningless

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 or vanity.

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 It's like that morning mist.

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 It's short-lived.

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 You cannot hold on to it.

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 And most of all,

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 it cannot save us

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 in the end.

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 And so,

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 the wisdom of our teacher

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 makes us reflect.

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 Am I basing

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 my sense of self,

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 my sense of security,

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 on my knowledge

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 and wisdom?

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 Or does my hope

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 lie in the fact

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 that I know

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 my God?

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 Am I consuming

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 the information

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 and the knowledge

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 of this age,

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 but ignoring

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 the wisdom

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 of God?

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 We have an invitation

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 in our own lives

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 to follow the example

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 of this teacher,

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 assess our lives

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 on the basis

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 of our day-to-day,

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 think about the wisdom

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 that we live by,

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 but also

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 go to the day

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 of your death.

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 Are we wise

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 towards God?

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 Do we know God?

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 That's the only wisdom

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 that counts in the end.

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 So our teacher

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 can say

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 there's no gain

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 from wisdom

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 or folly.

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 And then he turns

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 in verse 17

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 to 23

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 to say there's no gain

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 from work.

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 Verse 17,

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 So I hated life

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 because the work

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 that is done

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 under the sun

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 was grievous to me.

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 All of it

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 is meaningless.

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 A chasing

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 after the wind.

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 So our teacher

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 King,

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 he knows

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 the toil

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 of work.

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 Of course,

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 his situation

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 is different

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 than ours,

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 thoroughly different

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 than ours.

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 We do not exercise

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 a kingly role.

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 We are not

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 controlling

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 a nation.

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 But he too

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 in that

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 elevated position

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 felt the burden

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 of work.

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 The Bible

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 teaches us

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 that God

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 gave

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 to Adam

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 and Eve

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 to humanity

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 work as a good

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 gift.

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 But since

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 in Genesis

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 chapter 3

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 we read about this

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 Adam and Eve

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 turned away

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 from God

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 and his word

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 choosing

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 their own path

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 the earth

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 was cursed.

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 there were

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 those thorns

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 and thistles

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 which means

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 for us

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 work comes

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 with exhaustion

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 and frustration.

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 It comes

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 with pain

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 attached.

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 So we were

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 made for it

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 but now

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 it's been

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 spoiled

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 by the fall.

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 And so

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 our teacher

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 who knows

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 that

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 then leads

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 us to the

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 conclusion

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 well in that

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 case work

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 is the wrong

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 place to look

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 for your

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 ultimate sense

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 of meaning

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 and significance.

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 And again

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 because it's

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 all done

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 under the sun.

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 Verse 18

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 I hated

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 all the

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 things

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 I had

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 toiled

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 for

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 under

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 the sun

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 because I

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 must leave

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 them to the

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 one who

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 comes after

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 me.

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 That under

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 the sun

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 repetition

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 in Ecclesiastes

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 becomes something

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 of a time

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 marker

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 reminding us

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 of eternity

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 beyond death.

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 So again

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 to help us

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 to follow

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 his conclusion

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 he considers

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 both working

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 life

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 and the

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 end of

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 life

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 in these

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 few verses.

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 We'll think

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 about

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 first of all

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 how he speaks

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 about the

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 nine to five

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 in verses

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 22 and

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 23.

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 What language

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 does he use

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 to describe

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 work?

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 Just listen

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 to it again.

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 What do

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 people get

00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:51.800
 for all

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 the toil

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 and anxious

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 striving

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 with which

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 they labor

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 under the sun?

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 All their

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 days their

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 work is

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 grief and

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 pain.

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 Even at

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 night their

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 minds do

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 not rest.

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 I wonder

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 if we can

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 relate to

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 that.

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 Maybe it's

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 the anxiety

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 of having

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 an uncertain

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 job future

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 or uncertain

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 finances.

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 Perhaps we

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 know in our

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 workplace the

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 pressure of

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 being under

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 staffed or

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 under

00:14:27.719 --> 00:14:29.419
 resourced for

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 our role.

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 Perhaps we

00:14:32.979 --> 00:14:33.639
 have known

00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.979
 grief and

00:14:34.979 --> 00:14:35.919
 pain from

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 our colleagues

00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:37.799
 or grief and

00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:38.379
 pain because

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 we've been

00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:39.699
 asked to do

00:14:39.699 --> 00:14:40.699
 unethical

00:14:40.699 --> 00:14:41.879
 things in

00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:42.799
 the workplace.

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 Have you

00:14:46.179 --> 00:14:46.779
 found your

00:14:46.779 --> 00:14:48.159
 work making

00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:48.879
 it difficult

00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.500
 for you to

00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:49.819
 sleep?

00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:52.959
 Your work

00:14:52.959 --> 00:14:53.759
 making it

00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:54.399
 difficult to

00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.519
 leave it at

00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.359
 the office so

00:14:56.359 --> 00:14:56.959
 you come home

00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:57.280
 and you're

00:14:57.280 --> 00:14:58.180
 distracted and

00:14:58.180 --> 00:14:59.080
 unable to

00:14:59.080 --> 00:14:59.860
 fully engage

00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:00.220
 with the

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 people in

00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:01.019
 your life

00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:02.340
 because of

00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:03.540
 the consuming

00:15:03.540 --> 00:15:05.080
 burden of

00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:05.480
 work.

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 Our work is

00:15:08.560 --> 00:15:09.360
 a gift from

00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:11.400
 God and it

00:15:11.400 --> 00:15:12.240
 causes us to

00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:12.780
 groan.

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 Both those

00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:15.100
 things are

00:15:15.100 --> 00:15:16.379
 true and

00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:17.120
 both these are

00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:18.639
 recognized by

00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.500
 our teacher.

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 So that's in the

00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:21.860
 context of the

00:15:21.860 --> 00:15:22.620
 nine to five but

00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:23.940
 again he takes us

00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:24.920
 to our destiny

00:15:24.920 --> 00:15:26.200
 verses 18 to

00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:26.980
 21.

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 From the point

00:15:28.280 --> 00:15:28.820
 of view of the

00:15:28.820 --> 00:15:30.300
 day of our

00:15:30.300 --> 00:15:31.080
 death what does

00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:32.780
 he say there?

00:15:33.420 --> 00:15:34.000
 Verse 18

00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:34.660
 again I hated

00:15:34.660 --> 00:15:35.360
 all the things I

00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:36.180
 toiled for under

00:15:36.180 --> 00:15:37.680
 the sun because I

00:15:37.680 --> 00:15:38.560
 must leave them to

00:15:38.560 --> 00:15:39.140
 the one who comes

00:15:39.140 --> 00:15:39.940
 after me and who

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 knows whether that

00:15:40.660 --> 00:15:41.420
 person will be

00:15:41.420 --> 00:15:43.500
 wise or foolish.

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 Just as we

00:15:45.420 --> 00:15:46.020
 cannot take our

00:15:46.020 --> 00:15:47.040
 possessions with us

00:15:47.040 --> 00:15:47.900
 we cannot take our

00:15:47.900 --> 00:15:49.820
 work with us it

00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:50.680
 will at some

00:15:50.680 --> 00:15:51.520
 point be handed

00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:52.960
 over to somebody

00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:54.439
 else and the

00:15:54.439 --> 00:15:55.199
 other person may

00:15:55.199 --> 00:15:55.699
 do a brilliant

00:15:55.699 --> 00:15:56.340
 job of it or

00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:57.000
 may wreck it

00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.259
 all.

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 And actually we

00:16:00.319 --> 00:16:00.720
 just need to

00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.299
 think about King

00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:02.000
 Solomon's own

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.939
 life to realize

00:16:02.939 --> 00:16:03.539
 this happening.

00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:04.279
 So King

00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:07.399
 Solomon would

00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:09.039
 pass his

00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:10.079
 kingdom on to

00:16:10.079 --> 00:16:10.840
 his son

00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:11.620
 Rehoboam and

00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.740
 Rehoboam through

00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.980
 his folly would

00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:15.139
 lose ten of

00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:16.179
 the twelve

00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:17.379
 tribes.

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 I think if we

00:16:21.779 --> 00:16:22.759
 think even in

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:24.120
 terms of retirement

00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:25.259
 we begin to get a

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:27.120
 glimpse into the

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:28.539
 wisdom of our

00:16:28.539 --> 00:16:29.080
 teacher.

00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:31.899
 For some

00:16:31.899 --> 00:16:33.019
 retirement has

00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:33.559
 already happened

00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:34.379
 for others it's

00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:34.879
 approaching.

00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:36.039
 You come to

00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:36.799
 retirement and you

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.799
 may get the gold

00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:38.460
 watch, the nice

00:16:38.460 --> 00:16:39.460
 pen, the lump

00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.679
 sum payout.

00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:42.820
 But there are

00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:43.720
 lots of losses

00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:44.360
 also.

00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:46.220
 Someone else

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:47.240
 will come and

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.039
 will take over

00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:48.899
 your work and

00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:50.220
 they will likely

00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:51.180
 change your

00:16:51.180 --> 00:16:51.720
 systems.

00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:53.019
 They will do

00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.940
 things their own

00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.180
 way.

00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:54.779
 They will take

00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:55.580
 over your desk,

00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:56.139
 your office,

00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:56.740
 they may take

00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.220
 over your

00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:57.720
 company.

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.120
 And that is for

00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:00.480
 better or for

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.000
 worse.

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:02.000
 And either way

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:03.419
 we have no

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.620
 control over

00:17:04.620 --> 00:17:05.059
 that.

00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:06.299
 And that's just

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.859
 retirement.

00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:09.759
 It's much more

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.339
 final when we

00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:10.859
 think about our

00:17:10.859 --> 00:17:11.140
 day.

00:17:12.700 --> 00:17:13.500
 And so the

00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.299
 teacher wants to

00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:15.599
 remind us again

00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:17.220
 of, in that

00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:18.519
 sense, the curse

00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:19.839
 associated worth

00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.480
 with work.

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 There is too

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 much strain for

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 too little

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:24.000
 gain.

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 To help us to

00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:26.360
 see that we

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 need more than

00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:29.220
 work to give

00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:30.019
 us ultimate

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:32.059
 significance and

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:32.579
 happiness.

00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.380
 As our

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 teacher has

00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:38.740
 been thinking

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.600
 about wisdom

00:17:39.600 --> 00:17:41.259
 and folly

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.640
 has been

00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:42.339
 thinking about

00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:43.960
 work, did you

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.640
 notice in verse

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 17 and 18 the

00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:46.439
 language of

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 hate.

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 A strong

00:17:48.159 --> 00:17:48.980
 language, very

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.799
 striking language

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.220
 in the middle

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 of this section.

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 And what's

00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:54.039
 happening there

00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:55.179
 is that our

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 teacher is

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:58.019
 hating what

00:17:58.019 --> 00:17:58.919
 has become

00:17:58.919 --> 00:18:00.359
 of Eden.

00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:03.079
 The world

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.579
 as God

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 intended it

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 to be.

00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:08.539
 This isn't

00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.639
 cynicism or

00:18:09.639 --> 00:18:10.419
 blind despair.

00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:12.319
 This is the

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 lament of a

00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:13.879
 wise king.

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 When he says

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 in verse 17,

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 so I hated

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 life because

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 the work that's

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 done under the

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 sun was grievous

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 to me.

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 This is an

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 ache for the

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 way in which

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 the world is

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 broken and for

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 the way that

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 that impacts us

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 in so many

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 ways.

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 So let's just

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 turn our minds

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 for a moment

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 back to the

00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:33.379
 Garden of Eden

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 to think about

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 what wisdom

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 and work

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 looked like

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 then.

00:18:37.419 --> 00:18:38.019
 Wisdom in the

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 Garden of Eden

00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:39.459
 for Adam and

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 Eve was knowing

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 and enjoying

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 life with

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 their God.

00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:44.620
 Gladly submitting

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 to and

00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:47.259
 obeying their

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 God.

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 Enjoying the

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 privilege of

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 being made in

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 the image of

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 God and

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 ruling under

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 God for

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 him and

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 enjoying his

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 presence.

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 And work in

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.620
 that setting

00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.860
 was gift.

00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.259
 And work in

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.819
 that setting

00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:05.580
 was also an

00:19:05.580 --> 00:19:06.340
 act of worship.

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:07.960
 It was duty

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:08.440
 but it was

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:10.240
 also delight.

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.019
 But here

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.840
 our teacher is

00:19:14.840 --> 00:19:15.420
 coming from a

00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:16.299
 different perspective.

00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:16.740
 He's coming

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.140
 from the

00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:18.380
 under the sun

00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:19.100
 perspective.

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 Coming from

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 the imagine

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.640
 if you think

00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:22.160
 there is no

00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.700
 God and you

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.220
 live without

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.779
 God in your

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.660
 life perspective

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.740
 and then when

00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.920
 you face death

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:29.340
 there's real

00:19:29.340 --> 00:19:30.079
 sadness because

00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.640
 of all these

00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:31.259
 losses.

00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:32.720
 All that we

00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.299
 do not take

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:34.079
 with us.

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.680
 Losses because

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:37.100
 we are east

00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:37.639
 of Eden.

00:19:39.699 --> 00:19:40.339
 We've seen

00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:40.699
 it a few

00:19:40.699 --> 00:19:41.159
 times the

00:19:41.159 --> 00:19:41.799
 sense of

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:43.579
 discontent

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.859
 that is

00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.480
 present.

00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:47.019
 To remind us

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.379
 again of

00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:47.980
 chapter 3

00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.859
 in verse 11.

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 God has

00:19:50.459 --> 00:19:51.059
 made everything

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:51.879
 beautiful in

00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:52.359
 its time.

00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.799
 He has also

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.679
 set eternity

00:19:54.679 --> 00:19:55.279
 in the human

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.779
 heart yet no

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.480
 one can fathom

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.099
 what God has

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.539
 done from

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.059
 beginning to

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.379
 end.

00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:00.059
 We are

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.959
 longing for,

00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:01.799
 we are made

00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:03.059
 for permanence

00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:04.099
 and stability.

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.980
 But when we

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.559
 look for that

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:06.980
 sense of

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.639
 permanence and

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.279
 stability in

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:09.039
 what we know

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.399
 and in what

00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:09.980
 we do we

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.859
 will only be

00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:11.619
 disappointed.

00:20:11.919 --> 00:20:12.639
 Death comes as

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.179
 the ultimate

00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:14.720
 game over.

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.099
 And our

00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.500
 teacher is

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:16.960
 trying to

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.819
 show us

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.319
 this.

00:20:18.919 --> 00:20:19.659
 We strive

00:20:19.659 --> 00:20:20.179
 for wisdom,

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:20.980
 we strive for

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.539
 work but they

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.159
 do not in

00:20:22.159 --> 00:20:22.839
 the end

00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:24.799
 save us.

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.740
 And so he

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.259
 wants to

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:30.000
 show that

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.419
 sense of

00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:31.139
 discontent but

00:20:31.139 --> 00:20:31.859
 he also

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:33.960
 wants to

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.519
 let God's

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.019
 light in.

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:39.159
 verses 24

00:20:39.159 --> 00:20:40.240
 to 26.

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 It's the

00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.639
 first break

00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.579
 in our

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:42.759
 book,

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.240
 first major

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.759
 section

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.240
 completed,

00:20:44.399 --> 00:20:44.940
 first time

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.859
 the light

00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:46.339
 of God

00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.759
 really breaks

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:49.279
 in for

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.879
 us.

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.279
 Sometimes

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.759
 reading

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.500
 Ecclesiastes

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.279
 you can feel

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.700
 like you're

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.599
 in the

00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:55.980
 darkness.

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:56.259
 I don't

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.440
 know if

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:56.720
 you've ever

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.399
 been caving

00:20:57.399 --> 00:20:58.579
 or potholing

00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.500
 but if you

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.039
 find yourself

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.659
 caving you

00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:01.039
 will find

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.359
 yourself

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.839
 underground

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.500
 for hours

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.099
 at a time

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:04.279
 and confined

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.899
 spaces,

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.399
 it can be

00:21:05.399 --> 00:21:05.799
 painful,

00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.219
 it can be

00:21:06.219 --> 00:21:06.679
 exhausting

00:21:06.679 --> 00:21:07.079
 and after

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.259
 a while

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.539
 you're just

00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.240
 desperate to

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.619
 see even

00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:08.959
 just a

00:21:08.959 --> 00:21:09.899
 glimpse of

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:11.199
 natural light

00:21:11.199 --> 00:21:11.980
 well here

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:13.299
 is light

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:14.219
 in Ecclesiastes

00:21:14.219 --> 00:21:14.879
 and why is

00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.339
 there light

00:21:15.339 --> 00:21:15.759
 all of a

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:15.980
 sudden?

00:21:17.399 --> 00:21:17.919
 Because we're

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:18.559
 reminded of

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.039
 the reality

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.559
 of God

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.899
 because God

00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.480
 is introduced

00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:22.480
 because now

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:22.799
 we're being

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.459
 pointed away

00:21:23.459 --> 00:21:23.899
 from these

00:21:23.899 --> 00:21:24.799
 small idols

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.419
 of work and

00:21:25.419 --> 00:21:25.859
 wisdom to

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.279
 the one

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:27.779
 true God

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.559
 now we're

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.199
 being directed

00:21:29.199 --> 00:21:29.779
 beyond life

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.359
 just under

00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:30.740
 the sun

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.240
 thinking on

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.939
 the horizontal

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.980
 to lift our

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.360
 eyes to

00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:33.820
 remember the

00:21:33.820 --> 00:21:34.039
 one who

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.720
 created and

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.220
 is above

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.900
 the sun

00:21:35.900 --> 00:21:36.820
 and he's

00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:37.200
 leading us

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.660
 to walk

00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:37.900
 in the

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.259
 light of

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.600
 faith

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:40.039
 so as we

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:40.380
 look at this

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:40.920
 little section

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.600
 three wisdom

00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.299
 choices

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:43.759
 to make

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.140
 in the light

00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:44.440
 of this

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.779
 text

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.160
 one

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:46.980
 we are

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.360
 invited

00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:48.640
 to choose

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.400
 to enjoy

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:50.000
 God's

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.460
 ordinary

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.120
 gifts

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:52.440
 today

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.660
 to live

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.240
 for today

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.080
 to enjoy

00:21:55.080 --> 00:21:55.539
 God's

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:55.940
 gifts

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.920
 today

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:58.160
 verse 24

00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:58.480
 and verse

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.080
 25

00:21:59.080 --> 00:22:00.360
 a person

00:22:00.360 --> 00:22:00.960
 can do

00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.340
 nothing

00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:01.840
 better

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.919
 than to

00:22:02.919 --> 00:22:03.319
 eat

00:22:03.319 --> 00:22:04.480
 and drink

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.659
 and find

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.500
 satisfaction

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:07.159
 in their

00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:07.519
 own

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.000
 toil

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:09.119
 this too

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.480
 I see

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:09.720
 is from

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.039
 the hand

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.419
 of God

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:10.779
 for without

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.319
 him who

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.980
 can eat

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.839
 or find

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:14.179
 enjoyment

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:18.299
 work

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:19.819
 is not

00:22:19.819 --> 00:22:20.419
 a God

00:22:20.419 --> 00:22:21.339
 to serve

00:22:21.339 --> 00:22:23.399
 but work

00:22:23.399 --> 00:22:24.619
 is a

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.099
 gift from

00:22:25.099 --> 00:22:25.579
 God to

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.159
 enjoy

00:22:26.159 --> 00:22:27.319
 so is

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.619
 food

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.159
 so is

00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:28.480
 drink

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:30.460
 one

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:30.559
 one of

00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:30.640
 the

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:30.920
 American

00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.539
 presidents

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:31.940
 Roosevelt

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.360
 said

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:32.759
 far and

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:32.960
 away

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.160
 the

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.440
 best

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.819
 prize

00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.000
 that

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.299
 life

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.799
 offers

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.860
 is

00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.019
 the

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.319
 chance

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.500
 to

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.799
 work

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.180
 hard

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.720
 at work

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.120
 worth

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.680
 doing

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:40.599
 now as

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:40.880
 Christians

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.160
 we would

00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:41.559
 say that

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.099
 the greatest

00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:42.900
 thing is to

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.519
 know God

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.180
 through faith

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.620
 in Jesus

00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:45.559
 but we

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.259
 recognize

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.559
 that God

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.079
 has given

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.480
 work

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.019
 as

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.519
 a

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.859
 gift

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:52.700
 it's

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.059
 important

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.400
 that we

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:53.859
 understand

00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.579
 why we

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:54.859
 work

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.299
 and how

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.740
 we work

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.019
 we're not

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.660
 working to

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.440
 establish a

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.160
 sense of

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:59.099
 self

00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:00.920
 we are not

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.579
 invited to

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.119
 work to

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:03.000
 boost our

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.740
 pride

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:05.519
 we are not

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.160
 invited to

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.759
 work simply

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.480
 to pay

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.440
 our bills

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.559
 rather

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:12.359
 we work

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.640
 with an

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.039
 awareness

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.799
 of God

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:15.460
 we work

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:15.740
 with a

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.159
 sense of

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:16.740
 thankfulness

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.099
 that God

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.639
 has given

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:18.099
 me this

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:18.399
 work

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:19.139
 this task

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:19.799
 to do

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:21.559
 whether our

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:21.980
 work is

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.399
 paid or

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:22.779
 unpaid

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.220
 it is an

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.759
 opportunity

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.680
 for us

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.159
 to be

00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:25.859
 faithful

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.659
 to our

00:23:26.659 --> 00:23:27.019
 God

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.940
 to be a

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.460
 blessing

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.379
 to others

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:29.659
 in the

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:29.919
 way that

00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:30.559
 we serve

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.419
 and if

00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:31.779
 we're paid

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.000
 in the

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.319
 money that

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:32.779
 we get

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.139
 that we

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:33.879
 can bless

00:23:33.879 --> 00:23:34.859
 others

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:38.119
 God's

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.599
 word gives

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:38.940
 us a

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.980
 new lens

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.559
 through which

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.299
 to view

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.359
 our work

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:43.519
 reminding

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.960
 us that

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.440
 we go

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.059
 to work

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.579
 with

00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.259
 God

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:47.460
 and we

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:47.980
 go to

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.400
 work

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.220
 for

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.000
 God

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.980
 I think

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.559
 Paul put

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:52.859
 it really

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.539
 helpfully

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.359
 in

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.139
 Colossians

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:55.440
 3

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.480
 verse 23

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.420
 and 24

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.700
 whatever

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.599
 you do

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.599
 work at

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:00.859
 it with

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.279
 all your

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.700
 heart

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.859
 as working

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.240
 for the

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.579
 Lord

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.660
 not for

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.019
 human

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.579
 masters

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:07.039
 since you

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.460
 know that

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.680
 you will

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.299
 receive an

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.859
 inheritance

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.359
 from a

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:09.779
 Lord as

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.339
 a reward

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:11.680
 it is a

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.019
 Lord

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.720
 Christ

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.940
 you are

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.600
 serving

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:16.960
 so the

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.339
 author

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.839
 the teacher

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.500
 of Ecclesiastes

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.180
 says work

00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.660
 is a gift

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.059
 food and

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.460
 drink are

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.779
 a gift

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:22.279
 so practically

00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.200
 speaking I

00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:23.740
 imagine for

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.319
 many of us

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.140
 we we grew

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.600
 up and we

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.440
 practice the

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.039
 saying of

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.799
 grace before

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.360
 our meals and

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:28.839
 that's a good

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.279
 thing it

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.140
 reminds us

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:32.160
 God gave us

00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:32.860
 these things

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.420
 God gave us

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.100
 the resources

00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:34.920
 to have

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.740
 these things

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:37.279
 do we

00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.140
 say grace

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.120
 for our

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.500
 work

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.900
 too

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:42.059
 do we

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.579
 go to

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:42.799
 our

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.420
 workplaces

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:43.859
 or do we

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.400
 sit at

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.079
 our desk

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:46.039
 with a

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.779
 sense of

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:47.779
 thankfulness

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:49.099
 for being

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.559
 able to

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.160
 serve God

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.519
 and to

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.019
 serve

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.740
 others

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.759
 in the

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.079
 way that

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.380
 he has

00:24:53.380 --> 00:24:53.720
 called

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.160
 us to

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:57.319
 we need

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.779
 to choose

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.319
 to enjoy

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.960
 the everyday

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.640
 gifts of

00:24:59.640 --> 00:24:59.859
 God

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.220
 in the

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.579
 way that

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:00.880
 God

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.500
 intended

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:03.720
 and we

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.000
 can go

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.440
 wrong in

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:04.680
 that

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:07.220
 I enjoy

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.960
 a game

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.480
 of tennis

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.920
 and I

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.440
 enjoy

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.380
 oranges

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:13.500
 when you

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.920
 think about

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.500
 tennis and

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.099
 oranges you're

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.519
 supposed to

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.940
 have them

00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:16.180
 as a

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.559
 wee half

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:16.819
 time

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.619
 refreshment

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.619
 but if you

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.039
 choose to

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.319
 make an

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.759
 orange a

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.279
 tennis ball

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.700
 it will

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.099
 not go

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.480
 well

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.599
 you will

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.160
 end up

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.740
 with a

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.240
 mess

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:27.140
 we are

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.940
 supposed to

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.839
 use God's

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.359
 gifts

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:30.579
 properly

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:32.199
 not to

00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:32.799
 make them

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.319
 into

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.079
 God's

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:35.419
 for us

00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:36.619
 food

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.519
 and drink

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.359
 and work

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.419
 are good

00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:40.119
 gifts

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.439
 and we

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:40.779
 should take

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.939
 real pleasure

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.879
 in them

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.199
 but the

00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:43.859
 problem for

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.279
 us comes

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.779
 that often

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.819
 we hunger

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.519
 for more

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.019
 from them

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.339
 than they

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.799
 were ever

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.379
 designed

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.159
 to give

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:50.619
 it's that

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.319
 problem of

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.039
 idolatry

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:52.519
 that keeps

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.259
 creeping

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.019
 in

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:56.799
 again to

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.199
 help us

00:25:57.199 --> 00:25:57.899
 to remember

00:25:57.899 --> 00:25:58.799
 1st

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.059
 Corinthians

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.960
 10 31

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.440
 whether you

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:00.819
 eat or

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.240
 drink or

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.779
 whatever you

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.059
 do

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.799
 do it

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.240
 all for

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.740
 the glory

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.299
 of

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.660
 God

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.640
 not

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.019
 sell

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:08.779
 now we

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.120
 thought a

00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:09.420
 number of

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.860
 times about

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.579
 Matthew chapter

00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:11.120
 6 where

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:11.640
 Jesus says

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.120
 don't store

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.740
 up treasures

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.380
 on earth

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.059
 but treasures

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:15.079
 in heaven

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.519
 for where your

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.059
 treasure is

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.519
 your heart

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.220
 will be

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:18.360
 also

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:21.579
 have that

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.279
 perspective

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:26.299
 the wisdom

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.660
 that we

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.240
 find in

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.980
 Ecclesiastes

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.819
 holds two

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:29.319
 realities

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.939
 together

00:26:29.939 --> 00:26:31.319
 all of

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.720
 life is

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.059
 like a

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.359
 mist

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.679
 life is

00:26:33.679 --> 00:26:34.079
 short

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.960
 compared to

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.419
 eternity

00:26:35.419 --> 00:26:36.079
 and

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:37.279
 even as we

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.119
 recognize life

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.579
 is like a

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:38.879
 mist and

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.819
 sometimes that's

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.500
 really difficult

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.039
 and confusing

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:42.039
 joy is

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.619
 possible

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.939
 and good

00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:46.659
 as Dickens

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:46.980
 would say

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.579
 it is both

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.279
 the best of

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.700
 times

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:50.019
 and the

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.539
 worst of

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.059
 times

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:52.579
 second

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:52.960
 wisdom

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.639
 choice

00:26:53.639 --> 00:26:54.500
 choose

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.480
 to honor

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.420
 God

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.480
 today

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:59.839
 verse 26

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.740
 to the

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.400
 person who

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.380
 pleases him

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.759
 God gives

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.140
 wisdom

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.460
 knowledge

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.220
 and happiness

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.400
 but to the

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.019
 sinner he gives

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.660
 the task of

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.200
 gathering and

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.019
 storing up wealth

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.660
 to hand it

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.200
 over to the

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.660
 one who

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.900
 pleases God

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:13.180
 there is the

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:14.180
 contrast here of

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:15.519
 the two ways

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.339
 to live

00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:18.039
 person one

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.539
 lives to

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.480
 please God

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.220
 chooses to

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.799
 live under

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.740
 the mercy

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.319
 of God

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.159
 chooses to

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:24.919
 honor God

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:26.059
 pleasing God

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.619
 in faith

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:27.399
 and trust

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.139
 and worship

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.859
 and enjoying

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.819
 God's gift

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.039
 and the

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.519
 result

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:32.700
 God gives

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.180
 wisdom

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.599
 knowledge

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.339
 and happiness

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:35.159
 that happiness

00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:35.700
 which is not

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.399
 just temporary

00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:37.039
 but is

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.980
 eternal

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:39.740
 when we're in

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.460
 right relationship

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.180
 with God

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:42.759
 but then there's

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.379
 the other way

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:43.960
 to live

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.819
 the way of

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.539
 the sinner

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.639
 who chooses

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.099
 to live

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:49.159
 without God

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:50.779
 God is not

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.660
 the solid rock

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.200
 that life

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:53.139
 is built on

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.980
 Jesus is not

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.920
 the center

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:56.059
 around which

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.639
 our life

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:57.599
 orbits

00:27:57.599 --> 00:28:00.779
 and the result

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.720
 is loss

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:04.720
 and no gain

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:06.539
 just as Jesus

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.160
 said in that

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.920
 parable in Luke

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.579
 19

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.980
 to everyone who

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.579
 has more

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.240
 will be given

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:12.639
 but as for the

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.000
 one who has

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.500
 nothing even

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.160
 what they have

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.899
 will be taken

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:16.000
 away

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:19.240
 our teacher

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.119
 reminds us

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.839
 of total

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.639
 loss

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:23.159
 that we

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:23.619
 might by

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.319
 God's grace

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.279
 topple those

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.019
 idols that

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.399
 would seek

00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:27.099
 to replace

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.819
 God in

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.539
 our hearts

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.599
 so that we

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.039
 would serve

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.539
 and worship

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.579
 him only

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:33.819
 which takes

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.219
 us to our

00:28:34.219 --> 00:28:34.719
 last piece

00:28:34.719 --> 00:28:35.199
 of wisdom

00:28:35.199 --> 00:28:37.199
 wisdom choice

00:28:37.199 --> 00:28:37.459
 three

00:28:37.459 --> 00:28:38.219
 choose to

00:28:38.219 --> 00:28:39.000
 rest in

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.619
 the wisdom

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:41.039
 and work

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.039
 of Jesus

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:43.619
 because ultimately

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.399
 that's the one

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.399
 work we all

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:46.159
 need

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.580
 it's the work

00:28:47.580 --> 00:28:48.000
 of Jesus

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.680
 John chapter

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.220
 four verse

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.840
 thirty four

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.440
 Jesus said

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.040
 my food

00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:52.279
 is to do

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.740
 the will

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.220
 of him

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.820
 who sent

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.100
 me

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:54.980
 and to

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.720
 finish

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.980
 his work

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:59.000
 Jesus came

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.820
 to do

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.660
 the work

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.360
 of God

00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:02.200
 Jesus came

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.000
 to perform

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.560
 the work

00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:04.100
 of the

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:04.660
 suffering

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.700
 servant

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:07.259
 read the

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.880
 gospels

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.160
 and you

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.620
 discover

00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:09.380
 Jesus

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:10.080
 toiling

00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:10.759
 under the

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:11.000
 sun

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.600
 you discover

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.879
 Jesus tears

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:14.259
 under the

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.639
 sun

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.339
 as he

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:16.179
 came to

00:29:16.179 --> 00:29:16.639
 a world

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.439
 of poverty

00:29:17.439 --> 00:29:18.639
 as he

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.240
 was not

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.039
 believed in

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.579
 by many

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.099
 as he was

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.639
 rejected

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.799
 by many

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.740
 as ultimately

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.459
 he would go

00:29:24.459 --> 00:29:25.659
 to the cross

00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:27.980
 to be punished

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:30.179
 for us

00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:31.000
 to be pierced

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.539
 for our

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.399
 transgressions

00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:33.099
 to be crushed

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.899
 for our

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:35.079
 iniquities

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.699
 that his

00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:36.459
 father made

00:29:36.459 --> 00:29:37.639
 him a sin

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.099
 offering

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.959
 that was his

00:29:38.959 --> 00:29:39.659
 work

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:41.759
 the work

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.120
 that he

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.880
 completed

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:46.160
 those

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.800
 toil

00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:48.080
 toils

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.779
 and tears

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.519
 of Jesus

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.460
 would then

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.920
 on the third

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.480
 day give way

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.180
 to triumph

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.519
 in his

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.120
 resurrection

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:55.380
 the work

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.820
 of Jesus

00:29:55.820 --> 00:29:56.240
 the work

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.880
 of salvation

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.759
 is a

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.400
 completed

00:29:58.400 --> 00:29:59.640
 work

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:02.200
 and because

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.420
 of that

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:02.960
 Jesus says

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.440
 there's only

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.980
 one work

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.340
 that we

00:30:04.340 --> 00:30:04.740
 need

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:06.060
 the one

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:06.400
 work

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.840
 that we

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.140
 need

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.660
 is to

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.160
 believe

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:09.360
 in Jesus

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:11.599
 to have

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.359
 our faith

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.119
 in Jesus

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:14.259
 to ask

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.659
 him to

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:15.279
 forgive

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.059
 our sin

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.859
 to be

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.819
 our Lord

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.839
 and Savior

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:20.839
 the one

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.539
 wisdom

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.359
 we need

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.759
 is the

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.259
 wisdom

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.859
 of God

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:27.059
 who is

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:28.179
 Jesus

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:30.139
 1 Corinthians

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.899
 1 and 2

00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:31.539
 Paul is

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.179
 full of

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:32.959
 that language

00:30:32.959 --> 00:30:33.979
 he says

00:30:33.979 --> 00:30:34.479
 that Jesus

00:30:34.479 --> 00:30:35.959
 is for

00:30:35.959 --> 00:30:36.459
 us

00:30:36.459 --> 00:30:37.339
 wisdom

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:38.159
 from God

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.120
 that is

00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.300
 our

00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:39.800
 righteousness

00:30:39.800 --> 00:30:40.440
 holiness

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.380
 and

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.940
 redemption

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.640
 Jesus

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.200
 Christ

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.940
 crucified

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.740
 is

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.259
 God's

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.720
 wisdom

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.220
 for

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.660
 our

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.800
 salvation

00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:48.140
 it's not

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.480
 the wisdom

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.759
 of the

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.140
 world

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:50.540
 but it's

00:30:50.540 --> 00:30:51.080
 the wisdom

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.519
 of God

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:51.920
 the only

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.340
 way for

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:52.640
 us to

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.360
 be saved

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:55.300
 and knowing

00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:56.380
 that truth

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.440
 knowing

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.880
 this

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.240
 Jesus

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.560
 that's

00:30:58.560 --> 00:30:58.680
 what

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.100
 frees

00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.300
 our

00:30:59.300 --> 00:30:59.740
 hearts

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.019
 from

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.860
 captivity

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.300
 to

00:31:01.300 --> 00:31:01.580
 those

00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:01.940
 idols

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.200
 where

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.340
 we're

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.660
 not

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.380
 thinking

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:03.640
 that

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:03.820
 our

00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:04.120
 wisdom

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.279
 and

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.420
 our

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.680
 work

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:04.860
 is

00:31:04.859 --> 00:31:05.019
 all

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.159
 that

00:31:05.159 --> 00:31:05.279
 we

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.859
 need

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:07.159
 it's

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:07.539
 knowing

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.059
 Jesus

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.319
 and

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.599
 his

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.019
 finished

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.299
 work

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.419
 and

00:31:09.419 --> 00:31:09.839
 the

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.199
 wisdom

00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:10.419
 of

00:31:10.419 --> 00:31:10.619
 God

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:10.959
 that's

00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:11.079
 what

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.319
 gives

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.439
 us

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:11.619
 the

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.039
 lasting

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.539
 eternal

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.139
 happiness

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.559
 that we're

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:13.919
 seeking

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:17.619
 so the

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.399
 teacher in

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.079
 Ecclesiastes

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.659
 he's trying to

00:31:19.659 --> 00:31:20.479
 help rescue

00:31:20.479 --> 00:31:21.399
 us from

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.000
 an achievement

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.500
 addiction

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.939
 which we can

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:24.599
 all suffer

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.059
 from

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:27.240
 thinking that

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.619
 our meaning

00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:28.219
 significance

00:31:28.219 --> 00:31:28.679
 and worth

00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:29.439
 comes from

00:31:29.439 --> 00:31:30.199
 what we

00:31:30.199 --> 00:31:30.459
 know

00:31:30.459 --> 00:31:30.759
 or what

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.359
 we do

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.799
 he says

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:32.979
 to us

00:31:32.979 --> 00:31:33.219
 remember

00:31:33.219 --> 00:31:33.659
 that doesn't

00:31:33.659 --> 00:31:33.979
 last

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.180
 and it

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.420
 doesn't

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.839
 save

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:36.120
 and we're

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.720
 invited in

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:36.980
 God's

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.279
 word to

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.779
 look instead

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.299
 to Jesus

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.880
 the great

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.259
 teacher

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.880
 to his

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.559
 great

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:40.880
 work

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.240
 his

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.900
 great

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.400
 wisdom

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.860
 to

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.160
 trust

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.299
 in

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.620
 his

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.259
 achievement

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.500
 and

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.700
 bringing

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.360
 salvation

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:47.120
 and

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.539
 eternal

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.940
 life

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.480
 understanding

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:48.980
 that

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.559
 is the

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.860
 only

00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:50.460
 place

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.039
 it's

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.160
 the

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.440
 right

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:51.740
 place

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:51.940
 and the

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.160
 only

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.480
 place

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:52.660
 to

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.059
 find

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.920
 our

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.519
 identity

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.799
 so

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.079
 let's

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.420
 pray

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.299
 in

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.599
 light

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:57.779
 of

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.059
 that

00:31:58.059 --> 00:32:00.339
 Lord

00:32:00.339 --> 00:32:00.960
 God

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.779
 we

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.579
 recognize

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:02.920
 how

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.460
 easy

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.240
 it is

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:05.579
 to want

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.100
 to build

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.660
 our life

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.059
 on what

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.620
 we know

00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:08.120
 or what

00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:08.680
 we do

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:10.420
 that we

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:10.980
 can

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:12.759
 find

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.500
 our sense

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.380
 of value

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:15.079
 and self

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.620
 worth

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:17.519
 from our

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.600
 degrees

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.680
 or from

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.720
 our

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.039
 job

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:23.259
 from our

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.420
 responsibilities

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:26.120
 Lord help

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.460
 us to

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:26.940
 understand

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.400
 that while

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:27.759
 those are

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.480
 good things

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.960
 they are not

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.400
 ultimate

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:30.059
 things

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:32.639
 help us

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:33.119
 to live

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.740
 in light

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.480
 of our

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.720
 own

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.200
 death

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.720
 and in

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.000
 light

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.240
 of

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.879
 eternity

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:38.740
 and help

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.079
 us to

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.639
 trust in

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:40.220
 and rest

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.799
 in the

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.259
 work

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.700
 and the

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:42.119
 wisdom

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.700
 of the

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:42.919
 Lord

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.379
 Jesus

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:45.679
 that we

00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.099
 be so

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.619
 grateful

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.039
 that on

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.579
 the cross

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.220
 he cried

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.500
 out

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 it is

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.759
 finished

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 everything

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.399
 necessary

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:52.240
 for our

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:52.799
 salvation

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.359
 had been

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:53.679
 done

00:32:53.679 --> 00:32:54.980
 and all

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.379
 we need

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.859
 to do

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:56.859
 is to

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:57.399
 ask him

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:57.799
 to be

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.099
 our

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.419
 Lord

00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:58.720
 and

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.180
 saviour

00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.419
 and so

00:33:00.419 --> 00:33:00.839
 we pray

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.099
 that he'd

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.460
 help each

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.819
 one of

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.159
 us

00:33:02.159 --> 00:33:02.799
 to be

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.139
 looking

00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:03.579
 to

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.079
 him

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.720
 as

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.259
 saviour

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.960
 so

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.440
 then we'd

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:06.839
 be able

00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:07.319
 to

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:08.240
 approach

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.759
 each day

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:08.980
 in the

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.500
 right way

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.940
 to enjoy

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:11.559
 our food

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.079
 and drink

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.359
 and our

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.740
 family

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.079
 and our

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.399
 work

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:14.039
 as good

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.559
 gifts

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:14.980
 to be

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.579
 thankful

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.519
 and to

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:16.859
 use

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.099
 them

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.559
 well

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:19.220
 we pray

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.799
 for your

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.259
 wisdom

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.879
 and your

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.359
 help

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:21.960
 and we

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.359
 pray in

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.659
 Jesus

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.119
 name

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:24.019
 amen

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:28.700
 now we'll

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.079
 finish

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:30.259
 with

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:32.019
 the hymn

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.639
 that comes

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:32.879
 from the

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.139
 book of

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.599
 revelation

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:33.940
 but I

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.259
 think in

00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:34.879
 many ways

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.819
 helps us

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.539
 to reflect

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.700
 on some

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:37.940
 of the

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.579
 brokenness

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:38.799
 that we

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.379
 keep returning

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:39.740
 to in

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.400
 Ecclesiastes

00:33:40.400 --> 00:33:41.220
 is he

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.680
 worthy

00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.619
 so let's

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:43.019
 stand

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.720
 and let's

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:43.960
 sing

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.319
 together

00:33:44.319 --> 00:34:00.139
 there

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:04.439
 do