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 Please turn with me your Bibles to Ecclesiastes.

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 If you don't have a Bible, please raise your hand.

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 We'd love to give you a copy that you can use and have.

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 If you don't have a Bible, feel free to raise your hand.

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 We'll bring one over to you.

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 We're in Ecclesiastes chapter 12.

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 We are in the final passage of the book of Ecclesiastes,

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 which was a 14-week series.

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 And we'll be in verses 8 to 14 this morning.

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

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 Heavenly Father,

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 you have the words of life.

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 Where else can we turn?

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 To whom else can we go?

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 So we have come once again to you,

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 to your words of life,

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 for your word is truth.

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 Please address us from your words so that

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 all of our beliefs,

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 all of our attitudes,

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 perspectives,

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 may be conformed to your word.

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 Speak to us and transform us so that

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 all of our priorities,

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 all that we say and do,

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 might be conformed to your word.

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 Lord,

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 so that we might be a humble people,

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 governed by the word of God,

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 living in a manner that pleases you.

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 Give us listening ears,

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 listening hearts,

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 and glorify the name of your Son,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 as we behold him in your word.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Please stand,

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 and if you are able,

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 as we honor God,

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 as we read his word,

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 I'm going to read the passage I would like for us,

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 Ecclesiastes 12,

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 verses 8 to 14.

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 Vanity of vanities,

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 says the preacher,

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 all is vanity.

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 Besides being wise,

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 the preacher also taught the people knowledge,

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 weighing and studying and arranging

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 many proverbs with great care.

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 The preacher sought to find words of delight,

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 and uprightly he wrote words of truth.

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 The words of the wise are like goads,

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 and like nails firmly fixed

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 are the collected sayings.

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 They are given by one shepherd.

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 My son,

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 beware of anything beyond these.

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 Of making many books,

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 there is no end,

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 and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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 The end of the matter.

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 All has been heard.

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 Fear God,

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 and keep his commandments,

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 for this is a whole duty of man.

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 For God will bring every deed into judgment,

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 with every secret thing,

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 whether good or evil.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 You shouldn't judge a book by its cover,

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 but the cover of a book

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 does tell you important things about a book.

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 On the front cover,

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 you find the title of the book.

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 The back cover usually has a summary blurb of the book,

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 along with maybe a few endorsements.

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 And the cover of a book

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 frames the book

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 and brings all the pages together into a unity.

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 That's the function of Ecclesiastes 12, 8-14,

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 which I just read.

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 It's the back cover of this book,

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 and it matches the front cover of the book,

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 which is Ecclesiastes 1, 1-11,

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 and there are important parallels

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 between the beginning and the end of the book.

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 In chapter 1, verse 1,

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 we were introduced to the main voice of the book,

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 which is the preacher.

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 It said,

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 the words of the preacher,

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 the son of David,

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 king in Jerusalem.

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 And then in chapter 12,

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 verses 9-10,

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 we're introduced to the same preacher.

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 The preacher also taught the people knowledge.

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 The preacher sought to find words of delight,

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 and uprightly he wrote words of truth.

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 So at the beginning of the book

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 and at the end of the book,

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 we see the author of the book,

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 the redactor of the book,

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 peeking through.

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 And as it began in chapter 1, verse 2,

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 so here it ends in chapter 12, verse 8,

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 with the refrain,

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 the thesis of the book,

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 vanity of vanities,

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 says the preacher.

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 Vanity of vanities,

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 all is vanity.

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 Throughout our 14-week sermon series in this book,

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 we've seen that word,

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 vanity,

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 48 times,

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 or 38 times,

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 sorry,

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 and it's a translation of a Hebrew word

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 that means breath,

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 or wind.

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 It's the Greek equivalent of the word

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 that is used in Romans 8-20

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 to describe that all creation

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 has been subjected to futility.

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 That word,

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 futility,

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 vanity,

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 breath.

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 After Adam sinned and humanity fell,

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 we,

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 ever since then,

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 we have been living in a world

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 that is a mere breath,

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 the merest breath.

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 Our fleeting lives vanish

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 like a puff of wind

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 in the blink of an eye,

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 and all of our earthly strivings

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 and accomplishments

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 come to naught.

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 In such a world,

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 how then shall we live?

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 Ecclesiastes 12, 8-14

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 answers that question

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 and brings the book

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 to its climactic conclusion,

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 and this is the main point

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 of the passage

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 and of the book as a whole.

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 To be fully human

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 is to fear God

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 and keep his commandments.

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 And we're going to see,

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 explore this in two parts.

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 First,

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 we'll look at the words of truth

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 for every season,

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 and secondly,

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 we'll look at the words

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 of the shepherd

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 for every sinner.

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 Many Bible commentators

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 and theologians

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 think that the author

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 and the narrator

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 of Ecclesiastes

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 is here contradicting

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 the kind of the dark

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 and sobering

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 and grim message

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 of the preacher

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 throughout the book

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 and that he is now

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 finally bringing everything

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 back to the traditional

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 biblical wisdom

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 of fearing the Lord.

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 However,

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 that's a misinterpretation

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 of this book

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 and it's only a surface level

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 analysis of this book

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 and misses the main point

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 of the book

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 because this is not

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 the first time

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 that we've been told

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 to fear God.

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 We've been told

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 to fear God

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 many times already

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 in chapter 3,

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 verse 14,

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 chapter 5,

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 verse 7,

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 chapter 7,

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 verse 18,

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 and chapter 8,

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 verse 12.

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 Far from contradicting

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 the preacher,

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 the narrator here

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 endorses the preacher.

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 In verse 9 and 10,

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 besides being wise,

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 the preacher also taught

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 the people knowledge,

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 weighing and studying

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 and arranging many proverbs

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 with great care.

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 The preacher sought

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 to find words of delight

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 and uprightly he wrote

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 words of truth.

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 The narrator,

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 the author of the book,

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 the redactor of the book

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 is here affirming

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 the words of the preacher

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 that he has been relaying

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 to us all throughout

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 the book of Ecclesiastes.

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 So the main argument,

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 vanity of vanities,

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 all is vanity,

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 is still true.

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 We live in a fallen world

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 where everything is vanity.

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 All comes to naught.

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 It's all undone

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 by our last enemy, death.

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 And it's when we recognize

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 that our lives

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 are but a breath,

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 that we are fleeting creatures

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 who have no control

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 over the passage of time

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 and no control

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 over the events of life,

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 that we become

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 a humble people

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 who fear God,

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 who are submitted to him.

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 There is an intriguing parallel

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 between Ecclesiastes 12,

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 9 to 10,

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 and 7, 29,

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 that one of our

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 incoming church members,

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 Charles Dye,

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 actually pointed out to me

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 in our conversation

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 earlier this week.

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 And I have a slide

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 to show the comparison.

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 Ecclesiastes 12,

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 9 to 10 says,

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 besides being wise,

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 the preacher also taught

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 the people knowledge.

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 weighing and studying

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 and arranging

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 many proverbs

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 with great care.

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 So the preacher

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 sought to find

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 words of delight

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 and uprightly

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 he wrote words of truth.

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 Now compare that

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 to Ecclesiastes 7, 29.

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 It says,

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 see, this alone I found,

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 that God made man upright,

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 but they have sought out

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 many schemes.

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 You see the highlighted words

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 that are repeated

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 in those two verses,

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 found,

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 many,

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 sought,

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 upright.

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 It's as if the preacher

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 intends Ecclesiastes

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 to be a corrective,

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 an antidote

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 to what he found.

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 And what he found

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 was this,

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 he found that humanity

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 as a whole

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 has strayed

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 from the uprightness

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 or straightness

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 in which God created them

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 and have instead

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 sought out

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 many schemes.

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 And for that reason,

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 preachers sought

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 to find many proverbs

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 to counteract

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 their many schemes.

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 And uprightly

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 he wrote words of truth

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 so that those

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 who have strayed

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 from their uprightness

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 may be guided back

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 by these words

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 to return

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 to the righteousness

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 of the Lord.

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 This interpretation

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 is confirmed

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 by the use of the word

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 arrange in verse 9.

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 Arranging many proverbs

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 with great care,

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 the word arrange

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 means more literally

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 to make straight.

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 And that's a word

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 that's used

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 only three times

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 in the entire Bible

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 and two other times

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 also occur

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 in the book

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 of Ecclesiastes.

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 It says in Ecclesiastes 1.15,

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 what is crooked

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 cannot be made straight,

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 cannot be arranged

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 or ordered.

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 7.13,

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 consider the work of God

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 who can make straight

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 what he has made crooked.

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 In both contexts,

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 the preacher spoke

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 of the futility

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 and vanity of life.

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 Human beings

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 cannot make straight

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 what God

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 has made crooked.

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 We,

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 no matter how hard

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 we try,

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 cannot undo

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 the subjection

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 to futility

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 due to sin

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 that creation is under,

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 that all of humanity

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 is under.

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 Only God

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 can make straight

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 what he has made crooked.

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 And so the preacher

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 cannot straighten out

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 this fallen world.

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 So instead,

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 he does,

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 the best thing

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 he can do

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 is to straighten

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 and order

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 the many proverbs,

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 the words of the wise,

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 which are given

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 by the one shepherd,

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 namely God,

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 as it says

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 in verse 11.

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 And it's the word

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 of God

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 and the fear

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 of the Lord

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 that can straighten

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 out the sheep

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 that have strayed

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 away from

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 the uprightness,

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 the path of God.

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 So then the author

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 of Ecclesiastes

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 is exhorting us here

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 to cherish

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 these words of wisdom.

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 The preacher,

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 whose words

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 the author

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 has reproduced here,

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 was wise.

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 And this wise man

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 weighed and studied

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 and arranged

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 many proverbs

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 with great care.

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 In fact,

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 Ecclesiastes 1.16

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 told us

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 that this preacher

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 had acquired

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 great wisdom,

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 surpassing all

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 who were over

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 Jerusalem before him.

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 This is why I think

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 that this is an allusion

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 to King Solomon,

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 the preacher,

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 who is specifically

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 noted in 1 Kings 4

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 as possessing wisdom

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 that surpassed

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 the wisdom

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 of all the people

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 of the East

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 and all the wisdom

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 of Egypt,

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 for he was wiser

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 than all other men.

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 He also spoke

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 3,000 proverbs.

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 Verse 10

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 continues to command

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 the words

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 of the preacher

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 to us.

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 The preacher

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 sought to find

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 words of delight

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 and uprightly

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 he wrote

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 words of truth.

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 The word delight

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 in the phrase

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 words of delight

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 is used

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 in two primary senses

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 in the book

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 of Ecclesiastes.

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 In the first sense,

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 it means pleasure

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 or delight

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 and that's the way

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 it's used

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 in chapter 5,

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 verse 4

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 and chapter 12,

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 verse 1.

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 In that sense,

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 it means that

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 the preacher

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 sought to discover

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 and express

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 the many proverbs

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 not only truly

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 but in a witty

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 and memorable

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 and delightful way

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 which is evident

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 in the poetic imagery

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 and the beauty

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 of the phrasing

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 in both the book

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 of Proverbs

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 and Ecclesiastes.

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 But there's

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 an important second

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 meaning of that word,

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 delight,

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 and this is the way

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 it's more commonly

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 used in the book

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 of Ecclesiastes

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 and it means

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 matter

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 or way.

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 For example,

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 in Ecclesiastes 3,

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 verse 1,

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 it says,

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 for everything

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 there is a season

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 and a time

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 for every matter

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 under heaven.

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 The word matter

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 there is a translation

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 of the same Hebrew word

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 that is rendered

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 delight

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 in chapter 12,

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 verse 10.

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 Again,

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 Ecclesiastes 3,

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 17 says,

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 God will judge

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 the righteous

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 and the wicked

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 for there is a time

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 for every matter

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 and for every work.

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 Again,

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 Ecclesiastes 8,

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 verse 6,

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 for there is a time

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 and a way

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 for every matter

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 although man's trouble

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 lies heavy on him.

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 The preacher's concern

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 in this book

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 has been comprehensive.

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 It has encompassed

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 all of human life

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 under the sun.

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 And here

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 are the words

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 that are true

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 and delightful

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 for every time

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 and season,

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 for every matter

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 under the sun.

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 Fear God

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 and keep his commandments.

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 for this is

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 the whole duty

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 of man.

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 These are

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 the words

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 of truth

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 for every season.

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 Whether you are

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 rejoicing or weeping

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 right now

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 in your season of life,

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 whether you are

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 single or married,

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 whether you are

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 healthy or sick,

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 whether you are

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 young or old,

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 pay attention

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 to these words

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 the author

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 is telling us

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 because these are

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 the words of truth

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 for every season

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 written by

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 someone who is

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 wiser than all of us.

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 And these are also

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 the words

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 of the shepherd

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 for every sinner.

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 I mentioned this already

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 but note that

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 these words of wisdom

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 do not ultimately

00:14:33.060 --> 00:14:34.399
 belong to the preacher.

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 He is not the originator

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 or the creator

00:14:37.940 --> 00:14:38.659
 of these proverbs.

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 He doesn't say

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 that he thought

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 of these

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 or came up with these

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 or he created

00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:45.539
 these words.

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 Those are not

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 the kinds of verbs

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 that is used here.

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 Instead,

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 he says he simply

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 weighed and studied

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 arranged,

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 sought,

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 and found them.

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 The word way,

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 which means to ponder

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 or think about,

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 comes from a word

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 that means year.

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 The Hebrew word

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 for year.

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 It means to listen

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 or consider carefully.

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 The preacher

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 listened to wisdom.

00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:12.019
 He sought

00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:13.279
 and found wisdom

00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:14.299
 because the wisdom

00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:15.120
 of Ecclesiastes

00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:16.000
 does not belong

00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:17.059
 ultimately to man,

00:15:17.439 --> 00:15:18.460
 not to Solomon,

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 but to God.

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 It says in verse 11,

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 the words of the wise

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 are like goads

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 and like snails

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 firmly fixed

00:15:25.420 --> 00:15:26.560
 are the collected sayings.

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 They are given

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 by one shepherd.

00:15:28.940 --> 00:15:29.379
 The words

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 collected sayings

00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.660
 and many proverbs

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 are contrasted

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 with the emphatic word

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 one,

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 the one shepherd.

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 The many proverbs

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 and this extensive

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 collection of sayings

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 all ultimately

00:15:41.660 --> 00:15:42.879
 have one author

00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:43.960
 and one owner

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 and one originator

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 and that is God.

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 And we know

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 that the one shepherd

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 is a reference to God

00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:50.879
 because of the way

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 he is singled out

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 as the one,

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 the one shepherd

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 and because

00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:55.539
 throughout scripture

00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:56.379
 God is described

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 as the shepherd

00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:58.039
 of his people.

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 In the first book

00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.320
 of the Bible

00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:01.639
 in Genesis 48, 15

00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.960
 at the end of his life

00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.720
 Jacob says,

00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:05.899
 God has been my shepherd

00:16:05.899 --> 00:16:07.560
 all my life long

00:16:07.560 --> 00:16:08.220
 to this day.

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 In the last book

00:16:10.180 --> 00:16:10.659
 of the Bible

00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:12.360
 in Revelation 7, 17

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 it says,

00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.419
 the lamb

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 in the midst

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 of the throne

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 namely Jesus Christ

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 will be their shepherd

00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:19.120
 and he will guide them

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:20.339
 to springs of living water

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 and God will wipe away

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 every tear from their eyes.

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 And in between

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.479
 the first book

00:16:25.479 --> 00:16:25.799
 of the Bible

00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.279
 and the last book

00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:26.599
 of the Bible

00:16:26.599 --> 00:16:27.620
 there are many references

00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.079
 to God

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 as our shepherd.

00:16:29.479 --> 00:16:30.000
 We read

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:31.859
 in the assurance

00:16:31.859 --> 00:16:32.299
 of pardon,

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:32.879
 the Lord

00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.859
 is my shepherd

00:16:33.859 --> 00:16:35.199
 I shall not want

00:16:35.199 --> 00:16:36.120
 Psalm 23.

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.539
 God is the shepherd

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 and overseer

00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:40.299
 of our souls

00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:41.539
 1 Peter 2, 25

00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:43.459
 O shepherd of Israel

00:16:43.459 --> 00:16:44.259
 you who lead

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 Joseph like a flock

00:16:45.359 --> 00:16:46.579
 Psalm 80 verse 1

00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:48.259
 and this is what

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.480
 the words of the shepherd

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 the words of God

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 are like.

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 They are like goads

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 and like nails

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 firmly fixed.

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 These vivid images

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 convey two different

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 characteristics

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 of God's word.

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 First,

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 the words of God

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 are like goads.

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 We don't really use

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 goads very much

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 nowadays

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 but this is a

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 traditional farming

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 instrument.

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 It's just a long

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 stick that has

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 a pointed end

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 and the farmers

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 would use it

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 to goad oxen,

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 prod the animals

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 to go in a certain

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 direction

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 by pricking them

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 so that,

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 you know,

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 and if an ox

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 refuses to heed

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 the prodding

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 of the goat

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 then it can stray

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 and fall into a ditch

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 or it would certainly

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 be useless

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 for farming

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 because it's not

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 moving in the direction

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 that the farmer

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 wants it to move.

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 The words of God

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 are like goads

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 that direct us

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 and keep us

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 on the upright

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 path of God.

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 In Acts 26, 14

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 Saul,

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 also named Paul,

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 mentions that

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 when Jesus

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 appeared to him

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 on the road

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 to Damascus

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 he said,

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 Saul, Saul,

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 why are you

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 persecuting me?

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 It is hard for you

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 to kick against

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 the goats.

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 Saul was busy

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 persecuting

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 the church of Christ.

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 He was busy

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 trying to stamp out

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 the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 from the face

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 of the earth

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 and Jesus

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 appears to him

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 in a vision

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 and says to him,

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 it is hard for you

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 to kick against

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 the goats.

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 The word of God

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 and the way

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 he is directing

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 the course of human history

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 he is trying

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 to direct Paul,

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 here are the goats

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 pointing to him

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 with the stick,

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 they go this way

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 and Paul is kicking

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 against it

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 and resisting it

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 screaming all along

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 the way

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 but finally

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 he responds

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 to the goading

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 of the word of God

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 and he repents

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 of his sins

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 and turns around

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 and he becomes

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 the famous apostle

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 to the Gentiles

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 who perhaps

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 more widely

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 and more effectively

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 proclaim the gospel

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 and plant the churches

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 than anyone else

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 in human history.

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 Being poked by goats

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 is not fun.

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 It hurts

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 but it's pain

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 that leads to life

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 and salvation.

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 It's pain

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 for our good.

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 It's pain

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 that aligns us

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 with the purposes

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 and priorities

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 of God.

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 Where in your life

00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:25.900
 do you feel

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 the poking

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 of the goads

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 of God's word?

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 is there

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 a sin

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 or a habit

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 that you

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 refuse to give up?

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 Stop kicking

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 against the goats.

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 Follow

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 where the shepherd

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 is leading you.

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 The words of God

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 also like

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 nails firmly fixed.

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 If you've ever

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 tried to remove

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 a nail

00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.920
 that has been

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:02.240
 driven into a wall

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.819
 with a hammer

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 with your hands

00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:06.759
 you know that

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 it's impossible

00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:08.079
 to do.

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 I'm not talking

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 about a nail

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 that's loosely

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:15.240
 hanging on drywall

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 that you forgot

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.480
 to use the drywall

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 anchor in.

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 That's just kind of

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 like barely hanging

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 in there

00:20:20.360 --> 00:20:21.039
 and just falls

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 right out.

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 I'm talking about

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 a nail

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 that's driven

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 firmly into

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 a wall stud

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 into a beam

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 of wood

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 with a hammer.

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 Unless you have

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 the proper tools

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 for it

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 you will never

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 be able to

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:33.940
 pull that nail

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 out

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 no matter

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 how strong

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 you are.

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 I have

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 in my bedroom

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 above the bed

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 Matthew 11

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:45.460
 28-29

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 written in

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 Korean calligraphy

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 framed

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 and it's a big

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 heavy frame

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 it's like

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 five feet

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 by three feet

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 it's unwieldy

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.099
 to carry

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 but if I remember

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 correctly

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 that massive frame

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 is hanging

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 by one nail

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 one nail

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 firmly fixed

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 that one nail

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.799
 firmly fixed

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:10.180
 holds that entire

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.900
 weight of the frame

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 which I would have

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 a hard time

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.200
 holding for more

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 than a few minutes

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 24 hours a day

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:19.400
 365 days a year

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 year after year

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 after year

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 it's amazing

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:30.299
 on nails

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:31.519
 firmly fixed

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.799
 you can hang

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.600
 the heavy frames

00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.100
 of your life

00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:36.160
 likewise

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:37.160
 on the words

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.759
 of God

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.480
 which are like

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.799
 nails firmly fixed

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:41.360
 you can hang

00:21:41.360 --> 00:21:42.600
 your entire life

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:46.319
 every choice

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:46.959
 that you make

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 every word

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 that you speak

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 everything you believe

00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:51.359
 every relationship

00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:51.939
 you have

00:21:51.939 --> 00:21:52.759
 you can hang

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.500
 it all up

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.259
 on the word

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.679
 of God

00:21:54.679 --> 00:21:55.500
 and it can bear

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.179
 that weight

00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:59.719
 but if you hang

00:21:59.719 --> 00:22:00.199
 your life

00:22:00.199 --> 00:22:01.219
 on other words

00:22:01.219 --> 00:22:04.599
 words of men

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:06.480
 the wisdom

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.299
 of this world

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.639
 would be like

00:22:08.639 --> 00:22:09.659
 trying to hang

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:11.019
 a heavy frame

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:12.940
 on a plastic

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.720
 thumbtick

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:15.200
 pushed into a drywall

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:19.660
 it will keep

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.379
 falling off

00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:21.519
 and you've done

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.000
 this before

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.379
 I'm sure

00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:23.000
 like you're just

00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.819
 trying delicately

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.279
 to make sure

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.980
 it stays

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:27.240
 it's wobbling

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.740
 and then

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.619
 you walk away

00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.099
 and then that

00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:30.839
 footfall

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.500
 boom

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.019
 vibrates

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.579
 and it falls

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.099
 to the ground

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:37.500
 you can't bear

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:37.839
 the weight

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.359
 of your life

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:41.939
 Jesus said

00:22:41.939 --> 00:22:42.740
 in Matthew 24

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.179
 35

00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:44.179
 heaven and earth

00:22:44.179 --> 00:22:45.199
 will pass away

00:22:45.199 --> 00:22:47.299
 but my words

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.159
 will not

00:22:48.159 --> 00:22:48.959
 pass away

00:22:48.959 --> 00:22:52.799
 the word

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.339
 of God

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:54.119
 shall not

00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.659
 change

00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.259
 and shall

00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:56.259
 not be moved

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.159
 the word

00:22:57.159 --> 00:22:57.579
 of God

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.379
 is like nails

00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:59.579
 firmly fixed

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.199
 are you

00:23:00.199 --> 00:23:01.399
 betting your life

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:02.059
 on the words

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.679
 of God

00:23:02.679 --> 00:23:03.559
 or on the words

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:03.919
 of men

00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:06.359
 what do you

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.899
 give more

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.679
 weight to

00:23:07.679 --> 00:23:08.339
 in your life

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.759
 do you care

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.279
 more about

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:11.500
 what scripture

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.980
 says

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:14.199
 or

00:23:14.199 --> 00:23:16.959
 do you care

00:23:16.959 --> 00:23:17.359
 more about

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.899
 what scripture

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.459
 says about

00:23:18.459 --> 00:23:20.500
 the social

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.139
 and political

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.899
 issues in life

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:23.419
 or do you care

00:23:23.419 --> 00:23:24.179
 more about

00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:24.899
 what your

00:23:24.899 --> 00:23:25.559
 friends say

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:27.899
 or what your

00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.539
 social media

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.240
 news feed

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.599
 says

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:31.359
 what popular

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:32.339
 opinion says

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.819
 what the

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:34.299
 newspaper

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.759
 pundit

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.139
 says

00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:37.100
 do you

00:23:37.100 --> 00:23:37.680
 spend more

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.500
 time listening

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.120
 to or

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:40.020
 reading God's

00:23:40.020 --> 00:23:40.360
 word

00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:41.560
 or more

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.100
 time listening

00:23:42.100 --> 00:23:42.640
 to other

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.420
 podcasts

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:45.280
 other people

00:23:45.280 --> 00:23:45.720
 talking

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:47.580
 reading other

00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:48.080
 books

00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:49.180
 magazines

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:52.480
 every word

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.040
 of man

00:23:53.040 --> 00:23:54.040
 that is posted

00:23:54.040 --> 00:23:55.060
 and published

00:23:55.060 --> 00:23:55.700
 throughout human

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.080
 history

00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:56.960
 will fade

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.660
 and be

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.200
 forgotten

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.920
 but the

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.620
 words of God

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.100
 will remain

00:24:00.100 --> 00:24:00.520
 forever

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:05.660
 so the

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.379
 author of

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:06.859
 Ecclesiastes

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.440
 gives us some

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.319
 paternal advice

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.359
 in verse 12

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:10.500
 my son

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:12.180
 and if you're a

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.539
 woman you can

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:12.879
 hear my

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.319
 daughter

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:15.019
 beware of

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:16.139
 anything beyond

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.559
 these

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:18.599
 of making

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.480
 many books

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.160
 there is no

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.599
 end

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 and much

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 study is a

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.539
 weariness of

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 the flesh

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 the words

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 many books

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 and much

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 study form an

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.639
 intentional contrast

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 with the many

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 proverbs

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 from the

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 words of the

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 shepherd in

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 verse 9

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 every single

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 day I mentioned

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 to you a few

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.180
 weeks ago

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.820
 every single

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 day 7.5

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.940
 million blog

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 posts are

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 published online

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 every single

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:46.160
 year up to

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 1 million books

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.300
 are published

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 and if you

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.440
 include self

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.380
 published books

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 that number is

00:24:52.020 --> 00:24:52.860
 closer to 4

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 million

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 that's about

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 11,000 books

00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.840
 published every

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 single day

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 every year I

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 have I come

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 up with a

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.880
 reading plan for

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 myself at the

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.840
 beginning of the

00:25:05.840 --> 00:25:06.560
 year I work

00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:07.640
 through try to

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 work through all

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 of them I only

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.279
 get to about half

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.660
 of them and

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 and and I feel

00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:12.539
 like I'm making

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.320
 progress and I

00:25:13.320 --> 00:25:14.140
 read every day

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 but guess what my

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:16.759
 list of books to

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.500
 read or books that

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 I want to read just

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.060
 grows longer and

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 longer and longer

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 and longer every

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 single year

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 and with each

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.779
 passing year my

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:32.980
 conviction grows that

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 it's better to

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:35.160
 reread an old book

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:36.400
 that has stood the

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 test of time than

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 to read a new book

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 and with each

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.860
 passing year my

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.640
 conviction grows that

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 the best books to

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:45.059
 read are books that

00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:46.080
 contain the most

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:48.059
 scripture books that

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:49.480
 help me to understand

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:51.099
 scripture better because

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 scripture is the

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.440
 pearl of divine

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:55.180
 wisdom amidst a sea of

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:59.599
 worthless rocks I

00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:00.380
 can't count the

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.539
 number of times I've

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.559
 read something and

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:04.000
 thought it was all so

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.200
 novel and insightful

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:07.079
 only to find months

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:08.279
 later years later oh

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.200
 it's been in God's

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:12.299
 word all along I can't

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.039
 count the number of

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:14.920
 times I've read things

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:16.060
 or and heard things

00:26:16.060 --> 00:26:16.940
 and thought oh that

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:18.019
 is so true and so

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.840
 wise only to find out

00:26:19.840 --> 00:26:20.820
 in further study in

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.779
 the months down the

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.440
 line or years down

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 the line oh actually

00:26:23.100 --> 00:26:23.940
 the word of God

00:26:23.940 --> 00:26:24.940
 actually contradicts

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:26.480
 that and that thing

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.580
 very thing is exposed

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:30.380
 to be false and

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:37.039
 foolish I talk a lot

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.300
 about scripture when I

00:26:38.300 --> 00:26:39.380
 preach and you know

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:42.840
 why it's because apart

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.620
 from it I don't have

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:45.399
 anything useful or

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:46.659
 helpful to say

00:26:46.659 --> 00:26:53.299
 this is why I take

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.459
 care not to recommend

00:26:54.459 --> 00:26:55.759
 books to people by

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:57.079
 saying that oh that's a

00:26:57.079 --> 00:27:00.299
 must read I sometimes

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.439
 slip and I do say that

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:03.939
 but don't believe me when

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.619
 I say that about any

00:27:04.619 --> 00:27:05.339
 book other than the

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:06.819
 word of God there is no

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:08.579
 book outside of holy

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:11.079
 writ that is a must read

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:16.439
 second Timothy three

00:27:16.439 --> 00:27:17.460
 teaches us that in the

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.579
 last days people will

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.779
 be lovers of self

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:21.559
 lovers of money lovers

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.939
 of pleasure rather than

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:24.419
 lovers of God having

00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:25.439
 the appearance of

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:26.559
 godliness but denying

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:28.359
 its power always learning

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:29.619
 and never able to arrive

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.500
 at a knowledge of the

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:32.799
 truth second Timothy

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.599
 four verse three

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.619
 continues this morning

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.699
 for the time is coming

00:27:35.699 --> 00:27:36.899
 when people will not

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:38.199
 endure sound teaching

00:27:38.199 --> 00:27:39.779
 but having itching ears

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.759
 they will accumulate for

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.839
 themselves teachers to

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:43.200
 suit their own passions

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:48.279
 academic fashions are

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:50.920
 always changing new

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:52.720
 ideas are always being

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:54.399
 proposed new dissertations

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:55.960
 are always being written

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:57.180
 and the people of this

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:58.879
 world are always learning

00:27:58.879 --> 00:28:00.539
 but never able to arrive

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.319
 at the knowledge of the

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:05.940
 truth you can study

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:07.639
 philosophy and theology

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:09.460
 for decades and cultivate

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:11.300
 an air of sophistication

00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:12.800
 and an appearance of

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:14.720
 godliness even yet know

00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:16.080
 nothing of the power of

00:28:16.080 --> 00:28:17.060
 God for salvation for

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.720
 those who believe

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:23.720
 you can go to a therapist

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:25.160
 for decades

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:30.300
 peeling away layer after

00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:31.800
 layer of your own life

00:28:31.800 --> 00:28:33.020
 and of your own past

00:28:33.020 --> 00:28:34.660
 learn ever more about

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.900
 yourself and about your

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:37.779
 upbringing and turn every

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:39.440
 stone and every trauma

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.500
 and trigger in your life

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:43.540
 and yet never arrive at a

00:28:43.540 --> 00:28:44.400
 knowledge of the truth

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:50.860
 because transforming power

00:28:50.860 --> 00:28:53.800
 lies not in knowing self

00:28:53.800 --> 00:28:55.740
 but in knowing god

00:28:55.740 --> 00:29:03.220
 in fact you cannot even truly

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:05.779
 know yourself apart from

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.660
 knowing god

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:09.000
 john 17 verse 3 says

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:10.819
 and this is eternal life

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:12.880
 that they know you

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:14.740
 the only true god

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:16.500
 and jesus christ whom you

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.099
 have sent

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:19.740
 first corinthians 1 21 says

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:21.640
 for since in the wisdom of

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:23.519
 god the world did not know

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:25.460
 god through wisdom it

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.680
 pleased god through the

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.940
 folly of what we preach to

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:29.379
 save those who believe

00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:31.339
 the wisdom of god is

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:32.819
 revealed in the gospel of

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:34.200
 jesus christ in the folly of

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:36.240
 christ crucified not in

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.879
 worldly wisdom

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:41.319
 the great divorce is is c.s

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:42.799
 lewis's allegorical work

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:45.359
 about a bus ride from hell

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.240
 to heaven

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:49.680
 it has some theological

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:51.960
 problems but it's

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:53.360
 nonetheless insightful as all

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.380
 of lewis's writings are

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:56.220
 in the book there's a

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.799
 series of dialogues between

00:29:57.799 --> 00:30:00.079
 bright what he calls solid

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.519
 people

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:02.539
 these are the people from

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.120
 heaven

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:05.759
 there's a conversation

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.380
 there are conversations

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:07.559
 between these bright solid

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:09.380
 people and these immaterial

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.059
 ghosts

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:12.420
 they're the people from hell

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:16.240
 the bright solid people try to

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.779
 bring the ghosts that they

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:19.160
 knew in their life on earth

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:21.320
 to get them to finally repent

00:30:21.320 --> 00:30:22.620
 of their sins to confront

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.700
 their sins to repent of

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.940
 their sins so that they can

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.700
 come to heaven with them

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:30.920
 in chapter 5 the solid being

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:33.000
 named uh named dick tries to

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.519
 get a ghost who was a bishop

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:36.300
 and a theologian on earth to

00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:37.560
 repent of his heresy and

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:38.100
 apostasy

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:41.120
 instead of listening to the

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:42.880
 solid being the ghost

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:45.180
 corrects him and tries him

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.500
 saying

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:48.040
 because because this solid being

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.319
 used to be a heretic along

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.720
 with him

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:51.440
 but then later in life he

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.960
 repented

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:54.420
 and but this is what what the

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.579
 what the ghost says to the

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.099
 solid being

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:58.920
 you became rather narrow-minded

00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:00.200
 towards the end of your life

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:02.039
 believing in a literal heaven

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.500
 and hell

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:06.619
 when the solid being tells the

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:08.139
 ghost that he was right to

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:09.759
 believe in a real heaven and

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:09.980
 hell

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:12.319
 and that the ghost had in fact

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.420
 been sent to hell

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:15.819
 because of his apostasy the ghost

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.180
 is

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.960
 livid

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:18.120
 it's like what

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:21.680
 and this is what he says of

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.080
 himself

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:24.220
 mine certainly were honest

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.720
 opinions

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:27.039
 they were not only honest but

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.420
 heroic

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:29.180
 i asserted them fearlessly

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.500
 when the doctrine of the

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.620
 resurrection ceased to

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.460
 commend itself to the

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.779
 critical faculties which god

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.700
 had given me i openly

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.480
 rejected it

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:37.259
 i preached my famous sermon

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.940
 i defied the whole chapter i

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:40.140
 took every risk

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:42.740
 but the solid being challenges

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.720
 the ghost's delusion

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.799
 what risk

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:47.339
 what was at all likely to

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:48.380
 come of it except what

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:49.200
 actually came

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:50.339
 popularity

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:52.059
 sales for your books

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.059
 invitations

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:54.640
 and finally a bishopric

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:56.740
 our opinions were not

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.660
 honestly come by

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:59.620
 we simply found ourselves in

00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:00.500
 contact with a certain

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.600
 current of ideas and

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:02.480
 plunged into it

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.920
 because it seemed modern and

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.539
 successful

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:06.620
 at college you know we just

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.920
 started automatically writing

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:09.059
 the kind of essays that got

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:10.500
 good marks and saying the kind

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.839
 of things that want applause

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:13.859
 when did we put up one

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:15.420
 moment's real resistance to

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.339
 the loss of our faith

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:18.960
 we were afraid of crude

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.880
 salvationism

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:21.500
 afraid of a breach with the

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.319
 spirit of the age

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.740
 afraid of ridicule

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:25.759
 afraid above all of real

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:27.180
 spiritual fears and hopes

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:30.539
 the dialogue goes on

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:33.079
 and the solid being urges the

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.380
 ghost

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:35.720
 one wrench and the tooth will

00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.200
 be out

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:38.000
 you can begin as if nothing

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.039
 ever had gone wrong

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:41.099
 white as snow it's all true

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.539
 you know

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:43.680
 christ is in me for you

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:46.059
 with that power and i i've

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:47.359
 come a long journey to meet

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:49.339
 you you have seen hell you

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:50.799
 are inside of heaven

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:53.420
 will you even now repent and

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.879
 believe

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:58.440
 the dialogue goes on

00:32:58.440 --> 00:33:01.519
 but the ghost demurs saying

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:04.379
 that he would consider it but

00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:05.420
 that he first needs some

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.059
 assurances

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:08.879
 these are the assurances and

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:10.279
 concessions that he seeks from

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:11.139
 the solid being who is in

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.339
 heaven

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:14.919
 i think i have this to show

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:16.559
 maybe not

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:19.119
 i should want a guarantee that

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:20.319
 you are taking me to a place

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:21.940
 where i shall find a wider sphere

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.679
 of usefulness

00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:25.019
 and scope for the talents that

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.940
 god has given me

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.940
 and and

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:30.119
 and an atmosphere of free

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.619
 inquiry

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:31.899
 in short

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:33.659
 all that one means by

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.440
 civilization

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:36.440
 air

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.880
 spiritual life

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:40.519
 but then the solid being

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.400
 responds this way

00:33:41.400 --> 00:33:44.220
 no i can promise you none of

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.800
 these things

00:33:44.800 --> 00:33:47.080
 no sphere of usefulness

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:48.759
 you are not needed there at all

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:51.000
 no scope for your talents

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.580
 only forgiveness for having

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:53.380
 perverted them

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:55.560
 no atmosphere of inquiry

00:33:55.560 --> 00:33:58.220
 for i will bring you to the land

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:59.640
 not of questions

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:01.280
 but of answers

00:34:01.280 --> 00:34:03.700
 and you shall see the face

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.300
 of god

00:34:04.300 --> 00:34:13.099
 unfortunately the stubborn ghost

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.840
 insists

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:15.400
 on his need for the free

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.300
 wind of inquiry

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:18.400
 of always learning

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.619
 never arriving

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:21.760
 and then returns to hell

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:27.200
 we are always swimming

00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:29.040
 in a world of questions

00:34:29.040 --> 00:34:30.000
 and hypotheses

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:31.260
 and suggestions

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:34.060
 but here

00:34:34.060 --> 00:34:36.060
 is the book of answers

00:34:36.060 --> 00:34:43.380
 the people of this world

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.400
 are always learning

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.840
 and never able to arrive

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:47.220
 at a knowledge of the truth

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:48.859
 so beware

00:34:48.859 --> 00:34:51.179
 of anything

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.319
 beyond these

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:57.079
 of making many books

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:58.000
 there is no end

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.199
 and much study

00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.879
 is a weariness

00:34:59.879 --> 00:35:00.659
 of the flesh

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:02.059
 but here are the many

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.599
 proverbs

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:03.779
 the words of the wise

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.259
 that are given

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:05.579
 by the one shepherd

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:08.079
 are you paying attention

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:09.199
 to that word

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:13.419
 this is the end

00:35:13.419 --> 00:35:13.879
 of the matter

00:35:13.879 --> 00:35:14.819
 he says in verse 13

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:16.500
 all has been heard

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.960
 fear God

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:19.019
 and keep his commandments

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.940
 for this is

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:21.440
 the whole duty of man

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:23.000
 the word duty

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.820
 was added there

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:25.000
 to help us understand

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.700
 the main thrust

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:26.220
 of the verse

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:27.260
 but the word duty

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:28.180
 is actually absent

00:35:28.180 --> 00:35:29.080
 in the original Hebrew

00:35:29.080 --> 00:35:30.480
 so it's more literally

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:32.600
 that fear God

00:35:32.600 --> 00:35:33.940
 and keep his commandments

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:35.260
 for this is

00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:36.860
 the whole of man

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:39.460
 this is what it means

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.780
 to be man

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:42.380
 this is what it means

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.660
 to be human

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:45.899
 what is man

00:35:45.899 --> 00:35:47.639
 what is humanity's

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.279
 identity

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:49.719
 what is humanity's

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.199
 duty

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.719
 Plato claimed

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.159
 to have found

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.619
 the answer

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:56.059
 he defined human

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.519
 this way

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:58.599
 man is a two-footed

00:35:58.599 --> 00:36:00.239
 featherless animal

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:02.339
 profound

00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:05.199
 and he was much praised

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.940
 for his definition

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:07.480
 so another

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:09.179
 Greek philosopher

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.799
 he may have been

00:36:09.799 --> 00:36:10.659
 the first troll

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.420
 to ever exist

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:13.059
 Diogenes of Sinope

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:14.179
 plucked a chicken

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:14.960
 of all its feathers

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:16.219
 and brought it

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:17.320
 into Plato's academy

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.900
 and said

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.460
 behold

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:19.500
 Plato's man

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:24.639
 he's exposing

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.099
 the fact

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.579
 that merely

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.400
 describing

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.719
 and distinguishing

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:28.420
 man

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.619
 from other animals

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.199
 in terms of

00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.900
 physical features

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.900
 is not the same thing

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.519
 as defining

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.779
 what man is

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:35.219
 what is a man's

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.639
 essence

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.440
 what is a man's

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:37.039
 purpose

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:40.599
 countless philosophers

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.699
 priests and poets

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.739
 scientists have tried

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.579
 to answer the question

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.539
 what is man

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.500
 and have come up

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.539
 short just like Plato

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:48.859
 more recently

00:36:48.859 --> 00:36:49.899
 BBC Earth

00:36:49.899 --> 00:36:50.659
 launched a video

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.219
 series

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:52.239
 entitled

00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:54.779
 I forget the title

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.259
 but it's a video

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:56.000
 series attempting

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.980
 to answer that question

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:58.859
 what is man

00:36:58.859 --> 00:36:59.559
 what is human

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.699
 and this was

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.279
 their conclusion

00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:02.859
 to be human

00:37:02.859 --> 00:37:03.739
 is to be at the

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.319
 center of your

00:37:04.319 --> 00:37:05.099
 own universe

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:07.099
 to experience life

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.859
 in all its colors

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.700
 and all its potential

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:09.800
 to be

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:11.400
 the greatest wonder

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.300
 in the world

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:16.120
 that's the first thing

00:37:16.120 --> 00:37:16.599
 that came up

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.059
 when I searched

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.480
 on Google

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:22.160
 that's a boldly

00:37:22.160 --> 00:37:23.420
 man-centered way

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.760
 of looking at the world

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.539
 but hey

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:26.579
 at least it's honest

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:28.340
 because that's how

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:29.099
 most human beings

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:30.039
 in this world live

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:31.260
 like they are the

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:32.099
 center of the universe

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.300
 like the world

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:34.000
 and their life

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:35.019
 and everybody around them

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:36.480
 revolves around them

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:39.159
 but the word of God

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:40.019
 tells a very different

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.840
 tale doesn't it

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:43.179
 it says

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:44.840
 fear God

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.659
 in verse 13

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:47.619
 the word God

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:49.039
 is actually fronted

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.679
 for emphasis

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:50.280
 in the Hebrew

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:51.159
 so literally it says

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:52.880
 God you shall fear

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:54.360
 that's the way

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:55.119
 it's translated

00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.860
 that same expression

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:57.159
 Ecclesiastes 5 7

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:58.480
 God is the one

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.440
 you must fear

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:01.440
 the order of the word

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.300
 itself conveys

00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:03.039
 the point that the

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.800
 author is making

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:04.679
 wisdom

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:05.820
 does not begin

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:06.500
 with I

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.539
 or me

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.440
 or you

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.100
 it begins

00:38:09.100 --> 00:38:09.940
 with God

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:11.480
 God

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.840
 you shall fear

00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:15.380
 I heard this

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:16.280
 helpful illustration

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:17.300
 in one of the sermons

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:18.280
 at the Sovereign Grace

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.000
 Pastors Conference

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.680
 this past week

00:38:19.680 --> 00:38:20.320
 that I was at

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:22.320
 before Copernicus's

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.960
 publication

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:24.100
 of the revolutions

00:38:24.100 --> 00:38:25.039
 of the heavenly spheres

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:26.320
 in 1543

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:28.039
 most people in the world

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.740
 believed that

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:29.700
 the sun revolved

00:38:29.700 --> 00:38:30.519
 around the earth

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:31.140
 and the planets

00:38:31.140 --> 00:38:32.300
 revolved around the earth

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:34.380
 but unsurprisingly

00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:36.019
 the math didn't add up

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:37.579
 because if you observe

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.260
 the planets

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:39.720
 from the vantage point

00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.140
 of earth

00:38:40.140 --> 00:38:40.680
 it looks like

00:38:40.680 --> 00:38:41.780
 they're moving backwards

00:38:41.780 --> 00:38:42.519
 in their orbit

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.700
 which doesn't make sense

00:38:43.700 --> 00:38:47.200
 but lo and behold

00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:48.420
 when you put the sun

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:48.980
 at the center

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.960
 of this galaxy

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:51.800
 all the math

00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:52.500
 adds up

00:38:52.500 --> 00:39:00.200
 that's what spiritual life

00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:00.659
 is like

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:04.539
 man-centered philosophies

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:06.439
 man-centered theologies

00:39:06.439 --> 00:39:08.699
 man-centered psychotherapies

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.539
 never work

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:13.779
 the spiritual math

00:39:13.779 --> 00:39:15.659
 simply doesn't add up

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:21.279
 it's only when God

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:21.960
 is on the throne

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.639
 of our lives

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:24.259
 when God

00:39:24.259 --> 00:39:25.199
 is the center

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.980
 and the heartbeat

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.819
 of our lives

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:29.000
 that everything

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.980
 falls into place

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:31.980
 seek first

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.760
 the kingdom of God

00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:33.460
 and all these things

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:34.140
 will be given to you

00:39:34.140 --> 00:39:34.519
 as well

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:37.380
 if your goal in life

00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:38.680
 is to please yourself

00:39:38.680 --> 00:39:40.320
 and make yourself

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:40.860
 happy

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.320
 by doing

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:42.480
 what you want

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.080
 for yourself

00:39:43.080 --> 00:39:43.640
 rather than

00:39:43.640 --> 00:39:44.519
 what God wants

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.820
 you will never be happy

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:47.400
 I guarantee it

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:51.500
 because as long

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.039
 as you are

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.480
 the center

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:53.420
 of your universe

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.820
 the math

00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:54.680
 will never add up

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:56.940
 but if you put God

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.379
 at the center

00:39:57.379 --> 00:39:57.819
 of your life

00:39:57.819 --> 00:39:58.539
 and make your life

00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:59.919
 about glorifying him

00:39:59.919 --> 00:40:01.299
 and enjoying him

00:40:01.299 --> 00:40:02.619
 and pleasing him

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:04.339
 then you will be happier

00:40:04.339 --> 00:40:05.299
 than you ever imagined

00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:09.619
 second century church father

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:12.779
 Irenaeus

00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:14.219
 once said this

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:16.599
 the glory of God

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:18.159
 is the human being

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:19.339
 fully alive

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:24.700
 because to be fully human

00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:26.100
 is to fear God

00:40:26.100 --> 00:40:27.000
 and keep his commandments

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:29.140
 that is the whole

00:40:29.140 --> 00:40:30.400
 of what it means

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:31.300
 to be human

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:38.180
 this is the end

00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:38.740
 of the matter

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:40.059
 the fear of the Lord

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.720
 is the beginning

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:41.680
 and the end

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:42.180
 of wisdom

00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:42.519
 why

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.160
 verse 14

00:40:43.160 --> 00:40:44.200
 for God will bring

00:40:44.200 --> 00:40:44.840
 every deed

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.360
 into judgment

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:46.980
 with every secret thing

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.800
 whether good or evil

00:40:47.800 --> 00:40:49.920
 because to be human

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:50.900
 is to be a creature

00:40:50.900 --> 00:40:51.760
 that is accountable

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:52.539
 to the creator

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:54.080
 to be human

00:40:54.080 --> 00:40:55.320
 is to be a servant

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:56.220
 that does the bidding

00:40:56.220 --> 00:40:57.100
 of the master

00:40:57.100 --> 00:40:58.560
 that's why

00:40:58.560 --> 00:40:59.320
 when Jesus

00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:00.300
 the son of God

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:01.860
 took human flesh

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:02.640
 took on human flesh

00:41:02.640 --> 00:41:03.600
 and became a man

00:41:03.600 --> 00:41:05.320
 it says in Philippians 2

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:05.680
 7

00:41:05.680 --> 00:41:06.840
 that he emptied himself

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:08.180
 by taking the form

00:41:08.180 --> 00:41:08.860
 of what

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:11.019
 form of a servant

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:13.039
 being born

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.680
 in the likeness

00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:14.160
 of men

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:19.899
 what does human form

00:41:19.899 --> 00:41:20.539
 and the likeness

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:21.119
 of men

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:22.039
 entail

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:24.779
 servitude

00:41:24.779 --> 00:41:27.019
 that's what it means

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:27.899
 to be human

00:41:27.899 --> 00:41:35.420
 and we can't rightly

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:36.619
 understand ourselves

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:38.739
 with our own

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.359
 dim lights

00:41:39.359 --> 00:41:40.019
 around the world

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.519
 we need

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.359
 the word of God

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:43.960
 John Calvin

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.440
 who is probably

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:45.360
 the most influential

00:41:45.360 --> 00:41:45.980
 theologian

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:46.480
 of the Protestant

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:46.980
 Reformation

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:48.260
 begins his classic

00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:48.680
 work

00:41:48.680 --> 00:41:49.380
 the Institutes

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:49.980
 of Christian Religion

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.599
 by saying

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:51.460
 that without

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:52.460
 knowledge of God

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:53.000
 there is no

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.980
 knowledge of self

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:55.340
 why

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:55.860
 because we were

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:57.059
 created in the image

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.460
 of God

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:58.960
 and our very being

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.940
 our entire selves

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:01.160
 are contingent on God

00:42:01.160 --> 00:42:02.420
 in him we live

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:02.780
 and move

00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:03.820
 and have our being

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.420
 act 17

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:05.460
 we can only

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:06.340
 therefore rightly

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:07.240
 know ourselves

00:42:07.240 --> 00:42:08.519
 in relation to God

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:10.400
 knowledge of self

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:11.300
 apart from knowledge

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:11.599
 of God

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:12.200
 is impossible

00:42:12.200 --> 00:42:15.639
 and our standing

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.200
 with God

00:42:16.200 --> 00:42:17.420
 whether you are

00:42:17.420 --> 00:42:18.139
 righteous or not

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:18.780
 also we cannot

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.539
 understand apart

00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:20.240
 from God's own

00:42:20.240 --> 00:42:20.660
 revelation

00:42:20.660 --> 00:42:21.639
 think about it

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:22.039
 this way

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:23.480
 in a dimly lit

00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:24.079
 restaurant

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:25.300
 sometimes I

00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:27.000
 the cynical side

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:27.519
 of me assumes

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:28.160
 that this is why

00:42:28.160 --> 00:42:28.960
 restaurants always

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.579
 dim their lights

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:30.059
 so you could barely

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:30.700
 see anything

00:42:30.700 --> 00:42:31.980
 everything

00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:33.320
 in a dimly lit

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:34.539
 room looks romantic

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.119
 and warm

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:35.440
 right

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:36.500
 and then you can't

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:36.860
 see anything

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:37.400
 but imagine

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:38.079
 if you took a whole

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.780
 bunch of fluorescent

00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:39.280
 light bulbs

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:40.180
 and lit the entire

00:42:40.180 --> 00:42:40.760
 place up

00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:41.180
 right

00:42:41.180 --> 00:42:42.420
 now you can see

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:42.840
 everything

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.420
 oh those

00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:45.560
 that little stain

00:42:45.560 --> 00:42:46.360
 on that white

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:47.080
 tablecloth

00:42:47.080 --> 00:42:48.100
 and that

00:42:48.100 --> 00:42:49.920
 oil

00:42:49.920 --> 00:42:50.760
 that grease streak

00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:51.400
 on your plate

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:52.260
 and your silverware

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:53.380
 and that

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:54.280
 oh that cockroach

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:55.340
 crawling on the edges

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:56.000
 of the wall

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.920
 and then oh

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:57.680
 you could even see

00:42:57.680 --> 00:42:58.380
 the food stuck

00:42:58.380 --> 00:42:59.100
 between the teeth

00:42:59.100 --> 00:42:59.620
 of the person

00:42:59.620 --> 00:43:00.080
 that you're eating

00:43:00.080 --> 00:43:00.380
 with

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:02.720
 you can see

00:43:02.720 --> 00:43:03.280
 everything

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:10.660
 when we look

00:43:10.660 --> 00:43:11.300
 at ourselves

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:12.400
 against the

00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:12.860
 darkness

00:43:12.860 --> 00:43:13.540
 of our

00:43:13.540 --> 00:43:14.500
 surrounding world

00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:15.460
 it's easy

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:16.100
 for us to think

00:43:16.100 --> 00:43:16.380
 oh yeah

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:17.019
 I'm wise

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:17.960
 yeah

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:18.660
 I'm righteous

00:43:18.660 --> 00:43:20.960
 but when

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.920
 we look

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.340
 at ourselves

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:22.880
 against the

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:23.340
 light of the

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:23.740
 world

00:43:23.740 --> 00:43:25.860
 Jesus Christ

00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:28.320
 then we see

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:29.040
 all our sins

00:43:29.040 --> 00:43:29.700
 and shortcomings

00:43:29.700 --> 00:43:30.980
 as they really

00:43:30.980 --> 00:43:31.300
 are

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:35.100
 Calvin puts

00:43:35.100 --> 00:43:35.600
 it this way

00:43:35.600 --> 00:43:36.740
 as long

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:37.960
 as we do not

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:38.620
 look beyond

00:43:38.620 --> 00:43:39.080
 the earth

00:43:39.080 --> 00:43:39.900
 being quite

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.519
 content with

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:40.880
 our own

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.300
 righteousness

00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:41.840
 wisdom

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.420
 and virtue

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:43.360
 we flatter

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:43.800
 ourselves

00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:44.660
 most sweetly

00:43:44.660 --> 00:43:45.539
 and fancy

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:45.980
 ourselves

00:43:45.980 --> 00:43:46.519
 all but

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:47.380
 demigods

00:43:47.380 --> 00:43:48.660
 suppose

00:43:48.660 --> 00:43:49.680
 we but once

00:43:49.680 --> 00:43:50.640
 begin to raise

00:43:50.640 --> 00:43:51.220
 our thoughts

00:43:51.220 --> 00:43:51.720
 to God

00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:52.740
 and to ponder

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.600
 his nature

00:43:53.600 --> 00:43:54.300
 and how

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:54.760
 completely

00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:55.600
 perfect

00:43:55.600 --> 00:43:56.300
 are his

00:43:56.300 --> 00:43:56.800
 righteousness

00:43:56.800 --> 00:43:57.360
 wisdom

00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:57.980
 and power

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:59.300
 the straight

00:43:59.300 --> 00:43:59.580
 edge

00:43:59.580 --> 00:43:59.920
 to which

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:00.460
 we must

00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:01.039
 be shaped

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:02.199
 then what

00:44:02.199 --> 00:44:02.940
 masquerading

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.519
 earlier as

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:03.880
 righteousness

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:04.579
 was pleasing

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:04.980
 in us

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.699
 will soon

00:44:05.699 --> 00:44:06.599
 grow filthy

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.000
 in its

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.679
 consummate

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.380
 wickedness

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:11.039
 God's

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.639
 perfect

00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:12.119
 word

00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:12.860
 is the

00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:13.500
 standard

00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:14.300
 the

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:14.779
 straight

00:44:14.779 --> 00:44:15.279
 edge

00:44:15.279 --> 00:44:16.360
 the ruler

00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:17.139
 to which

00:44:17.139 --> 00:44:17.860
 our lives

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:18.800
 must be

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:19.259
 shaped

00:44:19.259 --> 00:44:21.820
 we can

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:22.400
 only know

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:22.779
 ourselves

00:44:22.779 --> 00:44:23.300
 rightly

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:24.360
 in the

00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:24.739
 light of

00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:25.159
 the knowledge

00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:25.420
 of the

00:44:25.420 --> 00:44:25.779
 glory of

00:44:25.779 --> 00:44:25.980
 God

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:26.219
 in the

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:26.420
 face

00:44:26.420 --> 00:44:26.759
 of Jesus

00:44:26.759 --> 00:44:27.199
 Christ

00:44:27.199 --> 00:44:29.099
 so then

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:29.400
 what can

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:29.779
 we do

00:44:29.780 --> 00:44:31.160
 when we

00:44:31.160 --> 00:44:31.660
 behold

00:44:31.660 --> 00:44:32.260
 our own

00:44:32.260 --> 00:44:33.019
 consummate

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:33.740
 wickedness

00:44:33.740 --> 00:44:34.940
 the hideousness

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.460
 of sin

00:44:35.460 --> 00:44:36.019
 in the

00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:36.360
 light of

00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:36.800
 the glory

00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:37.519
 and holiness

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:38.140
 of God

00:44:38.140 --> 00:44:39.400
 what can

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:39.820
 we do

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:40.940
 what can

00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:41.320
 we do

00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:41.860
 when Isaiah

00:44:41.860 --> 00:44:43.240
 53 verse 6

00:44:43.240 --> 00:44:43.680
 the word of

00:44:43.680 --> 00:44:44.240
 God tells us

00:44:44.240 --> 00:44:44.940
 that all of

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.200
 us

00:44:45.200 --> 00:44:46.060
 we like

00:44:46.060 --> 00:44:46.540
 sheep

00:44:46.540 --> 00:44:47.000
 have gone

00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:47.500
 astray

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:48.120
 we have

00:44:48.120 --> 00:44:48.519
 turned

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:49.220
 everyone

00:44:49.220 --> 00:44:49.840
 to his

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:50.740
 own way

00:44:50.740 --> 00:44:53.040
 when God's

00:44:53.040 --> 00:44:53.700
 word tells us

00:44:53.700 --> 00:44:54.120
 that God

00:44:54.120 --> 00:44:54.740
 made man

00:44:54.740 --> 00:44:55.140
 upright

00:44:55.140 --> 00:44:55.840
 but they

00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:56.420
 have sought

00:44:56.420 --> 00:44:56.900
 out many

00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:57.460
 schemes

00:44:57.460 --> 00:44:58.200
 that's what

00:44:58.200 --> 00:44:59.340
 we all

00:44:59.340 --> 00:44:59.820
 have done

00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:01.420
 we have

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:01.960
 all

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:02.559
 kicked

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:03.200
 against

00:45:03.200 --> 00:45:03.500
 the

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:03.900
 goads

00:45:03.900 --> 00:45:04.480
 of God's

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:04.740
 word

00:45:04.740 --> 00:45:05.079
 heavenly

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:09.059
 when we

00:45:09.059 --> 00:45:09.539
 are sheep

00:45:09.539 --> 00:45:09.880
 that go

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:10.440
 against the

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:10.579
 goat

00:45:10.579 --> 00:45:11.000
 and kick

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:11.460
 against the

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:11.599
 goat

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:12.260
 how can

00:45:12.260 --> 00:45:12.659
 God

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:13.740
 make us

00:45:13.740 --> 00:45:14.900
 lead us

00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:15.220
 to green

00:45:15.220 --> 00:45:15.700
 pastures

00:45:15.700 --> 00:45:16.159
 and make us

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.920
 lie down

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:17.460
 by still

00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:17.980
 waters

00:45:17.980 --> 00:45:19.200
 and restore

00:45:19.200 --> 00:45:19.700
 our souls

00:45:19.700 --> 00:45:20.039
 when we're

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:20.539
 going our

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:20.740
 way

00:45:20.740 --> 00:45:21.059
 kicking

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:21.559
 against the

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:21.760
 goat

00:45:21.760 --> 00:45:23.019
 and we've

00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:23.539
 made a mess

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:23.800
 of our

00:45:23.800 --> 00:45:24.200
 lives

00:45:24.199 --> 00:45:29.879
 that's

00:45:29.879 --> 00:45:30.259
 where the

00:45:30.259 --> 00:45:30.699
 good news

00:45:30.699 --> 00:45:31.159
 of Jesus

00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:31.559
 Christ

00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:32.739
 comes in

00:45:32.739 --> 00:45:34.199
 in

00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:34.779
 Ezekiel

00:45:34.779 --> 00:45:35.339
 34

00:45:35.339 --> 00:45:35.799
 15

00:45:35.799 --> 00:45:36.139
 God

00:45:36.139 --> 00:45:36.759
 promised

00:45:36.759 --> 00:45:37.819
 God

00:45:37.819 --> 00:45:38.079
 is the

00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:38.339
 shepherd

00:45:38.339 --> 00:45:38.699
 remember

00:45:38.699 --> 00:45:39.399
 he promised

00:45:39.399 --> 00:45:40.299
 I

00:45:40.299 --> 00:45:41.359
 myself

00:45:41.359 --> 00:45:42.759
 will be

00:45:42.759 --> 00:45:43.399
 the

00:45:43.399 --> 00:45:43.739
 shepherd

00:45:43.739 --> 00:45:44.179
 of my

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:44.539
 sheep

00:45:44.539 --> 00:45:46.879
 and I

00:45:46.879 --> 00:45:47.980
 myself

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.919
 will make

00:45:48.919 --> 00:45:49.319
 them lie

00:45:49.319 --> 00:45:49.659
 down

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:50.039
 declares

00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:50.399
 the Lord

00:45:50.399 --> 00:45:50.759
 God

00:45:50.759 --> 00:45:51.439
 because

00:45:51.439 --> 00:45:51.759
 God

00:45:51.759 --> 00:45:52.039
 saw

00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:52.239
 that

00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:52.539
 no

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:52.939
 human

00:45:52.939 --> 00:45:53.279
 shepherd

00:45:53.279 --> 00:45:53.519
 can

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:53.779
 lead

00:45:53.779 --> 00:45:53.919
 them

00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:54.099
 to

00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:54.559
 righteousness

00:45:54.559 --> 00:45:55.659
 no

00:45:55.659 --> 00:45:56.000
 human

00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.280
 shepherd

00:45:56.280 --> 00:45:56.519
 can

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:56.880
 feed

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.139
 them

00:45:57.139 --> 00:45:59.159
 God

00:45:59.159 --> 00:45:59.619
 himself

00:45:59.619 --> 00:46:00.119
 he said

00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:00.780
 I

00:46:00.780 --> 00:46:01.159
 will

00:46:01.159 --> 00:46:01.860
 be

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:02.099
 the

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:02.340
 shepherd

00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:02.599
 of my

00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:02.900
 people

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.300
 and so

00:46:03.300 --> 00:46:03.659
 he

00:46:03.659 --> 00:46:04.619
 sends

00:46:04.619 --> 00:46:04.820
 his

00:46:04.820 --> 00:46:05.099
 only

00:46:05.099 --> 00:46:05.440
 son

00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:05.619
 the

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:05.800
 son

00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:05.940
 of

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.139
 God

00:46:06.139 --> 00:46:06.420
 Jesus

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:06.920
 Christ

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:07.900
 to

00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:08.320
 become

00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:08.559
 the

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:08.880
 son

00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:09.059
 of

00:46:09.059 --> 00:46:09.599
 man

00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:10.539
 to

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:10.840
 take

00:46:10.840 --> 00:46:11.019
 on

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:11.380
 human

00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:12.000
 flesh

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:13.099
 so

00:46:13.099 --> 00:46:13.200
 that

00:46:13.200 --> 00:46:13.300
 he

00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:13.440
 is

00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:13.700
 fully

00:46:13.700 --> 00:46:14.059
 God

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:14.240
 and

00:46:14.240 --> 00:46:14.519
 fully

00:46:14.519 --> 00:46:14.860
 man

00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:15.860
 and

00:46:15.860 --> 00:46:16.180
 he

00:46:16.180 --> 00:46:16.659
 lives

00:46:16.659 --> 00:46:16.800
 a

00:46:16.800 --> 00:46:17.039
 life

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.200
 of

00:46:17.200 --> 00:46:17.500
 perfect

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:17.940
 obedience

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:18.159
 that

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.320
 we

00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:18.500
 could

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:18.780
 never

00:46:18.780 --> 00:46:19.139
 live

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:19.860
 never

00:46:19.860 --> 00:46:20.360
 once

00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:20.960
 straying

00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:21.180
 from

00:46:21.180 --> 00:46:21.340
 the

00:46:21.340 --> 00:46:21.720
 perfect

00:46:21.720 --> 00:46:22.119
 path

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.280
 of

00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:22.659
 righteousness

00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:23.139
 God

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:23.719
 set

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:24.199
 before

00:46:24.199 --> 00:46:24.539
 him

00:46:24.539 --> 00:46:26.099
 and

00:46:26.099 --> 00:46:26.480
 yet

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:28.099
 it's

00:46:28.099 --> 00:46:28.319
 not

00:46:28.319 --> 00:46:28.940
 us

00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:29.399
 the

00:46:29.399 --> 00:46:29.679
 foolish

00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:30.019
 sheep

00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:30.179
 that

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:30.259
 are

00:46:30.259 --> 00:46:30.440
 going

00:46:30.440 --> 00:46:30.759
 astray

00:46:30.759 --> 00:46:30.980
 that

00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:31.420
 die

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:32.619
 Jesus

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:33.759
 the

00:46:33.759 --> 00:46:34.339
 shepherd

00:46:34.339 --> 00:46:35.259
 who

00:46:35.259 --> 00:46:35.779
 becomes

00:46:35.779 --> 00:46:36.039
 a

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.359
 sheep

00:46:36.359 --> 00:46:36.579
 to

00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:36.879
 save

00:46:36.879 --> 00:46:37.039
 the

00:46:37.039 --> 00:46:37.319
 sheep

00:46:37.319 --> 00:46:38.659
 dies

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:39.759
 as a

00:46:39.759 --> 00:46:40.259
 sacrificial

00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:40.579
 lamb

00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:40.779
 of

00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:41.139
 God

00:46:41.139 --> 00:46:42.159
 on

00:46:42.159 --> 00:46:42.319
 the

00:46:42.319 --> 00:46:42.659
 cross

00:46:42.659 --> 00:46:42.899
 for

00:46:42.899 --> 00:46:43.099
 our

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:43.420
 sins

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:43.900
 sheep

00:46:43.900 --> 00:46:45.000
 that

00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:45.059
 is

00:46:45.059 --> 00:46:45.159
 why

00:46:45.159 --> 00:46:45.460
 Jesus

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:45.860
 said

00:46:45.860 --> 00:46:46.159
 in

00:46:46.159 --> 00:46:46.400
 John

00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:46.700
 10

00:46:46.700 --> 00:46:47.039
 11

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.559
 I

00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:48.000
 am

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:48.220
 the

00:46:48.220 --> 00:46:48.559
 good

00:46:48.559 --> 00:46:49.180
 shepherd

00:46:49.180 --> 00:46:49.840
 the

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:50.159
 good

00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:50.579
 shepherd

00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:51.079
 lays

00:46:51.079 --> 00:46:51.400
 down

00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:51.900
 his

00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:52.400
 life

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:52.780
 for

00:46:52.780 --> 00:46:53.019
 the

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.360
 sheep

00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:56.000
 this

00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:56.119
 is

00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:56.300
 all

00:46:56.300 --> 00:46:56.740
 backwards

00:46:56.740 --> 00:46:57.119
 guys

00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:59.159
 the

00:46:59.159 --> 00:46:59.559
 sheep

00:46:59.559 --> 00:47:00.119
 exists

00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:00.340
 for

00:47:00.340 --> 00:47:00.539
 the

00:47:00.539 --> 00:47:00.880
 shepherd

00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:02.880
 the

00:47:02.880 --> 00:47:03.300
 sheep

00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:03.820
 exists

00:47:03.820 --> 00:47:04.099
 to

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:04.780
 give

00:47:04.780 --> 00:47:05.000
 its

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:05.360
 wool

00:47:05.360 --> 00:47:05.579
 so

00:47:05.579 --> 00:47:05.720
 that

00:47:05.720 --> 00:47:05.900
 the

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:06.200
 shepherd

00:47:06.200 --> 00:47:06.460
 might

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:06.659
 be

00:47:06.659 --> 00:47:06.980
 warm

00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:07.720
 the

00:47:07.720 --> 00:47:08.099
 sheep

00:47:08.099 --> 00:47:08.559
 exists

00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:08.720
 so

00:47:08.720 --> 00:47:08.800
 they

00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:09.079
 might

00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:09.360
 give

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:09.559
 its

00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:10.019
 meat

00:47:10.019 --> 00:47:10.320
 in

00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:10.639
 times

00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:10.820
 of

00:47:10.820 --> 00:47:11.079
 hunger

00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:11.360
 for

00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:11.559
 the

00:47:11.559 --> 00:47:11.920
 shepherd

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:12.619
 the

00:47:12.619 --> 00:47:12.980
 sheep

00:47:12.980 --> 00:47:13.639
 exists

00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:13.980
 for

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.180
 the

00:47:14.180 --> 00:47:14.539
 shepherd

00:47:14.539 --> 00:47:15.280
 the

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:15.619
 sheep

00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:15.820
 is

00:47:15.820 --> 00:47:16.039
 the

00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:16.539
 servant

00:47:16.539 --> 00:47:17.480
 the

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:17.980
 sheep

00:47:17.980 --> 00:47:19.619
 serves

00:47:19.619 --> 00:47:19.780
 the

00:47:19.780 --> 00:47:20.200
 master

00:47:20.200 --> 00:47:22.300
 how

00:47:22.300 --> 00:47:22.579
 can

00:47:22.579 --> 00:47:22.700
 it

00:47:22.700 --> 00:47:22.840
 be

00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:23.000
 that

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:23.240
 the

00:47:23.240 --> 00:47:23.619
 shepherd

00:47:23.619 --> 00:47:23.980
 lays

00:47:23.980 --> 00:47:24.159
 down

00:47:24.159 --> 00:47:24.320
 his

00:47:24.320 --> 00:47:24.559
 life

00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:24.700
 for

00:47:24.700 --> 00:47:24.840
 the

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:25.099
 sheep

00:47:25.099 --> 00:47:28.340
 how

00:47:28.340 --> 00:47:28.559
 can

00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:28.720
 it

00:47:28.720 --> 00:47:28.940
 be

00:47:28.940 --> 00:47:29.180
 that

00:47:29.180 --> 00:47:29.680
 God

00:47:29.680 --> 00:47:30.880
 the

00:47:30.880 --> 00:47:31.220
 son

00:47:31.220 --> 00:47:31.400
 of

00:47:31.400 --> 00:47:31.760
 God

00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:32.619
 dies

00:47:32.619 --> 00:47:33.280
 to

00:47:33.280 --> 00:47:33.800
 save

00:47:33.800 --> 00:47:34.780
 sinful

00:47:34.780 --> 00:47:35.059
 men

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:35.280
 like

00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:35.460
 you

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:35.599
 and

00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:35.800
 me

00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:38.300
 and

00:47:38.300 --> 00:47:38.420
 yet

00:47:38.420 --> 00:47:38.680
 that's

00:47:38.680 --> 00:47:38.860
 what

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:39.079
 he

00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:39.360
 did

00:47:39.360 --> 00:47:40.659
 and

00:47:40.659 --> 00:47:40.900
 Jesus

00:47:40.900 --> 00:47:41.360
 died

00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:42.539
 as

00:47:42.539 --> 00:47:42.720
 the

00:47:42.720 --> 00:47:43.000
 lamb

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:43.200
 the

00:47:43.200 --> 00:47:43.620
 sacrificial

00:47:43.620 --> 00:47:43.920
 lamb

00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:44.099
 for

00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:44.260
 our

00:47:44.260 --> 00:47:44.460
 sins

00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:44.599
 and

00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:44.700
 then

00:47:44.700 --> 00:47:44.800
 he

00:47:44.800 --> 00:47:44.980
 was

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.400
 raised

00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:45.640
 from

00:47:45.640 --> 00:47:45.800
 the

00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:46.059
 dead

00:47:46.059 --> 00:47:48.059
 so

00:47:48.059 --> 00:47:48.200
 that

00:47:48.200 --> 00:47:48.460
 all

00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:48.620
 who

00:47:48.620 --> 00:47:48.900
 believe

00:47:48.900 --> 00:47:49.059
 in

00:47:49.059 --> 00:47:49.300
 him

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:50.420
 might

00:47:50.420 --> 00:47:50.579
 be

00:47:50.579 --> 00:47:51.200
 reconciled

00:47:51.200 --> 00:47:51.340
 to

00:47:51.340 --> 00:47:51.579
 God

00:47:51.579 --> 00:47:51.780
 have

00:47:51.780 --> 00:47:52.160
 eternal

00:47:52.160 --> 00:47:52.559
 life

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:52.760
 and

00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:52.960
 be

00:47:52.960 --> 00:47:53.380
 clothed

00:47:53.380 --> 00:47:53.539
 with

00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:53.720
 the

00:47:53.720 --> 00:47:54.099
 righteousness

00:47:54.099 --> 00:47:54.440
 of

00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:54.820
 Christ

00:47:54.820 --> 00:47:56.940
 that's

00:47:56.940 --> 00:47:57.220
 the

00:47:57.220 --> 00:47:57.840
 promise

00:47:57.840 --> 00:47:58.240
 I

00:47:58.240 --> 00:47:58.519
 hold

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:58.740
 out

00:47:58.740 --> 00:47:58.920
 for

00:47:58.920 --> 00:47:59.300
 all

00:47:59.300 --> 00:47:59.480
 of

00:47:59.480 --> 00:47:59.720
 you

00:47:59.720 --> 00:48:01.180
 on

00:48:01.180 --> 00:48:01.340
 the

00:48:01.340 --> 00:48:01.800
 authority

00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:02.000
 of

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:02.360
 God's

00:48:02.360 --> 00:48:02.640
 word

00:48:02.640 --> 00:48:04.800
 so

00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:05.140
 come

00:48:05.140 --> 00:48:05.340
 to

00:48:05.340 --> 00:48:05.620
 him

00:48:05.620 --> 00:48:06.720
 do

00:48:06.720 --> 00:48:06.840
 you

00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:07.079
 feel

00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:07.280
 him

00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:07.460
 go

00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:07.660
ing

00:48:07.660 --> 00:48:07.960
 you

00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:11.539
 come

00:48:11.539 --> 00:48:11.760
 to

00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:12.039
 him

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:14.280
 where

00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:14.420
 you

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:14.579
 can

00:48:14.579 --> 00:48:14.900
 be

00:48:14.900 --> 00:48:15.539
 firmly

00:48:15.539 --> 00:48:16.019
 fixed

00:48:16.019 --> 00:48:16.240
 and

00:48:16.240 --> 00:48:16.539
 stable

00:48:16.539 --> 00:48:16.820
 like

00:48:16.820 --> 00:48:17.220
 nails

00:48:17.220 --> 00:48:17.920
 firmly

00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:18.380
 fixed

00:48:18.380 --> 00:48:20.440
 let's

00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:20.639
 pray

00:48:20.639 --> 00:48:21.079
 together

00:48:21.079 --> 00:48:28.500
 father

00:48:28.500 --> 00:48:35.039
 you

00:48:35.039 --> 00:48:35.199
 are

00:48:35.199 --> 00:48:35.460
 such

00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:35.619
 a

00:48:35.619 --> 00:48:35.940
 gracious

00:48:35.940 --> 00:48:36.380
 shepherd

00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:43.699
 thank

00:48:43.699 --> 00:48:43.840
 you

00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:44.079
 for

00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:44.360
 not

00:48:44.360 --> 00:48:44.699
 leaving

00:48:44.699 --> 00:48:45.019
 us

00:48:45.019 --> 00:48:45.239
 to

00:48:45.239 --> 00:48:45.380
 our

00:48:45.380 --> 00:48:45.599
 own

00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:46.019
 devices

00:48:46.019 --> 00:48:48.159
 we

00:48:48.159 --> 00:48:48.460
 had

00:48:48.460 --> 00:48:48.719
 no

00:48:48.719 --> 00:48:49.000
 hope

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:49.159
 of

00:48:49.159 --> 00:48:49.440
 finding

00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:49.659
 the

00:48:49.659 --> 00:48:49.820
 way