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 But we are in a sermon series in the book of Ecclesiastes.

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 So please open up in your Bibles to Ecclesiastes,

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 which is right after Psalms and Proverbs in the Old Testament.

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 We just started this sermon series last Sunday.

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 If you did miss that Sunday,

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 you might need a little bit of orientation for the book.

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 So I do encourage you to go back and listen to that recording on our website,

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 TrinityCambridge.com.

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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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 thank you for loving us.

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 And for the way your love manifests itself to us,

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 you know, is speaking the truth.

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 Your Word is truth.

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 And even though your Word for us this morning contains some very hard truths,

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 may that sober us.

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 May that turn our gaze toward Jesus.

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 May that give us humility and wisdom

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 to be able to live in

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 this broken and sinful world

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 still with an abiding hope

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 and transcendent joy

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 that is found in Jesus Christ alone.

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 Grant that privilege and blessing to every single person here.

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 in Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 If you are willing and able,

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 please stand for the reading of God's Word

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 from Ecclesiastes 1, verse 12,

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 to chapter 2, verse 11.

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 Amen.

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 I, the preacher,

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 have been king over Israel in Jerusalem,

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 and I applied my heart to seek

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 and to search out by wisdom

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 all that is done under heaven.

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 It is an unhappy business

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 that God has given to the children of man

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 to be busy with.

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 I have seen everything that is done under the sun,

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 and behold,

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 all is vanity

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 and a striving after wind.

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 What is crooked cannot be made straight,

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 and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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 I said in my heart,

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 I have acquired great wisdom,

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 surpassing all who are over Jerusalem before me.

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 And my heart has had great experience

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 of wisdom and knowledge.

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 And I applied my heart to know wisdom

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 and to know madness and folly.

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 I perceived that this also

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 is but a striving after wind.

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 For in much wisdom is much vexation,

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 and he who increases knowledge

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 increases sorrow.

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 I said in my heart,

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 Come now, I will test you with pleasure.

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 Enjoy yourself.

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 But behold,

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 this also was vanity.

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 I said of laughter,

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 It is mad,

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 and of pleasure,

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 What use is it?

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 I searched with my heart

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 how to cheer my body with wine,

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 my heart still guiding me with wisdom,

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 and how to lay hold on folly,

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 till I might see

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 what was good for the children of man

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 to do under heaven

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 during the few days of their life.

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 I made great works.

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 I built houses

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 and planted vineyards for myself.

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 I made myself gardens and parks

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 and planted in them

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 all kinds of fruit trees.

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 I made myself pools

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 from which to water

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 the forest of growing trees.

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 I bought male and female slaves

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 and had slaves who were born in my house.

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 I had also great possessions

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 of herds and flocks,

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 more than any who had been before me

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 in Jerusalem.

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 I also gathered for myself

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 silver and gold

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 and the treasure of kings and provinces.

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 I got singers,

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 both men and women,

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 and many concubines,

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 the delight of the sons of men.

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 So I became great

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 and surpassed all who were before me

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 in Jerusalem.

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 Also my wisdom remained with me.

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 And whatever my eyes desired,

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 I did not keep from them.

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 I kept my heart from no pleasure,

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 for my heart found pleasure

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 in all my toil,

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 and this was my reward

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 for all my toil.

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 Then I considered

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 all that my hands had done

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 and the toil I had expended

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 in doing it,

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 and behold,

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 all was vanity

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 and a striving after wind,

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 and there was nothing

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 to be gained under the sun.

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 This is God's holy

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 and authoritative word.

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 You may be seated.

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 17th century French mathematician

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 and philosopher Blaise Pascal

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 said this in his book,

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 Ponce,

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 All men seek happiness.

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 This is without exception.

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 Whatever different means they use,

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 they all tend to this end.

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 The cause of some going to war

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 and of others avoiding it

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 is the same desire in both,

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 to be happy.

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 This is the motive of every action,

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 of every man,

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 even of those who hang themselves.

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 Isn't this true?

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 Even those who hang themselves,

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 who end their own lives,

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 do so to escape

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 their profound unhappiness

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 because they think

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 they'll be happier

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 if they ended their own life.

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 But as our passage

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 this morning tells us,

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 happiness in this fallen world

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 is elusive.

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 As we learned last week,

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 the eye is not satisfied

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 with seeing,

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 nor the ear filled with hearing.

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 In short,

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 we human beings

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 are never quite satisfied

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 with anything we experience

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 in this life.

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 Our pursuit of happiness

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 in this life under the sun

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 is ultimately hevel,

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 the Hebrew word

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 which means breath.

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 It is ultimately futile

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 like chasing after wind.

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 All the pleasures

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 that this world has to offer

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 are like a puff of breath,

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 a passing wind,

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 a wisp of smoke,

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 a vanishing mist.

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 And for that reason,

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 this passage tells us,

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 knowing that the pleasures

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 under the sun

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 are but a breath,

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 we should seek pleasures

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 forevermore in Jesus Christ.

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 And that's the main point

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 of my sermon this morning.

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 And we're going to talk about it

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 in two parts.

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 First, we'll talk about

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 the futility of wisdom.

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 And secondly,

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 we'll talk about

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 the fleetingness of pleasure.

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 In the introduction

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 and the conclusion

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 of the book of Ecclesiastes,

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 the author of the book

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 repeats his thesis,

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 which is vanity of vanities,

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 all is vanity.

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 And...

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 Sorry about that, guys.

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 And in the body of the book,

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 which is between

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 the introduction

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 and the conclusion

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 from 1.12 to 12.7,

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 the author uses

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 the voice of the preacher,

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 the character preacher,

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 to go through

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 a catalog of human beings,

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 the things that human beings

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 that frequently seek meaning in

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 and seek fulfillment in.

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 And then he tells us

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 one by one

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 that none of those things

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 can ultimately fulfill us

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 because all of those things

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 are but a breath.

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 And today,

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 we're looking at

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 how pleasure

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 is but a breath.

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 But before he explores that,

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 the preacher first

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 establishes his credentials

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 and he tells us

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 the futility of wisdom

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 in verses 12 to 18

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 of chapter 1.

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 He says in verse 12,

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 I, the preacher,

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 have been king

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 over Israel in Jerusalem.

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 But if you have read

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 1 Kings,

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 you know that

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 the nation of Israel

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 is split in two

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 right after Solomon's reign,

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 divided into

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 the northern kingdom of Israel

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 and the southern kingdom

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 of Judah.

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 And so,

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 after that point,

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 no king of Israel

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 reigns in Jerusalem.

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 It's only the kings of Judah

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 that reign in Jerusalem.

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 So,

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 there's only two kings

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 that actually reigned

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 in Jerusalem

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 over Israel

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 and that's King David

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 and King Solomon

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 which also makes it

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 very likely that

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 the preacher here,

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 the character here

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 is Solomon

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 who originally,

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 initially wrote

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 these wisdom,

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 words of wisdom

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 in Proverbs

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 that have been compiled

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 by the author

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 of Ecclesiastes

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 in this way.

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 And this is confirmed

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 by 1 Kings 4,

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 29, 30.

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 It says that

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 God gave Solomon

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 wisdom and understanding

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 beyond measure

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 and breath of mind

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 like the sand

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 on the seashore

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 so that Solomon's wisdom

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 surpassed 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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 That's exactly

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 what the preacher

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 in Ecclesiastes says.

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 He says in verse 16,

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 I said in my heart,

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 I have acquired

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 great wisdom

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 surpassing

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 all who were

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 over Jerusalem

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 before me.

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 Not only King David

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 but also all the other

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 pagan kings

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 that reigned

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 in Jerusalem

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 before him.

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 But he says

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 in verses 13 to 14

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 that even when

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 he applied

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 this unsurpassed

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 wisdom

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 to search out

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 the meaning

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 of our earthly

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 existence,

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 of all our

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 human endeavors,

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 he could not

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 find it.

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 It was but a breath.

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 He says,

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 and I applied

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 my heart

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 to seek

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 and to search

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 out by wisdom

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 all that is done

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 under heaven.

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 It is an unhappy

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 business that God

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 has given to the

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 children of man

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 to be busy with.

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 I've seen everything

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 that is done

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 under the sun

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 and behold,

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 all is vanity

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 and a striving

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 after wind.

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 And then the preacher

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 gives the reason

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 why all of it

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 is a striving

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 after wind

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 which is futile.

00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:13.079
 In verse 15,

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 what is crooked

00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:15.559
 cannot be made

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 straight

00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:17.299
 and what is lacking

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 cannot be counted.

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 Despite all the

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 knowledge and wisdom

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 we have gained

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 through the advancement

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 of medicine

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 and technology,

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 people still get sick.

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 Hospitals are still full.

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 And the average

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 lifespan of human beings

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 is still exactly

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 what Psalm 90.10

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 said 3,000 years ago.

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 The years of our life

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 are 70

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 or even by reason

00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:42.019
 of strength, 80.

00:10:43.500 --> 00:10:45.279
 Despite all the experience

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 and wisdom

00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:46.679
 we have gained

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 in diplomacy

00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:49.080
 and peacemaking,

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 the world is still

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 ravaged by war.

00:10:53.820 --> 00:10:55.279
 Despite all the knowledge

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 and wisdom

00:10:55.860 --> 00:10:56.480
 we have gained

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 about the human mind

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 and about mental health,

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 people are still depressed

00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:02.059
 and as anxious

00:11:02.059 --> 00:11:02.940
 as ever.

00:11:04.139 --> 00:11:04.980
 What is crooked

00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:06.679
 cannot be made straight.

00:11:07.500 --> 00:11:08.820
 This world,

00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:10.440
 this whole world

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 is bent out of shape

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 and despite our best efforts

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 we cannot straighten it out.

00:11:17.539 --> 00:11:18.139
 Likewise,

00:11:18.559 --> 00:11:19.480
 what is lacking

00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:20.960
 cannot be counted.

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 There's always something

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 missing in the world.

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 You count

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 and then there's something missing

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 and despite our best efforts

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 we cannot supply

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 that missing thing.

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 Despite all the

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 technological advancements,

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 despite all our inventions,

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 the world is still

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 not the way

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 it's supposed to be.

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 What is lacking

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 cannot be counted.

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 Then verses 16 to 18,

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 parallel verses 12 to 15,

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 again,

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 the preacher tells us

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 that he applied

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 his wisdom,

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 his heart to know

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 the wisdom

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 and to know madness

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 and folly

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 only to realize

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 that this also

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 is a striving after wind.

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 It makes sense

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 that madness and folly

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 of course

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 are striving after wind

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 but it's remarkable

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 that he says

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 wisdom is also

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 striving after wind.

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 He again gives a reason,

00:12:09.179 --> 00:12:09.960
 a second reason

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 why wisdom is futile

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 in verse 18.

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 For in much wisdom

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 is much vexation

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 and he who increases

00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:18.379
 knowledge

00:12:18.379 --> 00:12:19.779
 increases sorrow.

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 The amount of wisdom

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 we have

00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:24.860
 is proportionate

00:12:24.860 --> 00:12:26.340
 to the vexation

00:12:26.340 --> 00:12:27.179
 we experience

00:12:27.179 --> 00:12:27.759
 in our lives.

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 The amount of knowledge

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 we have

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 is proportionate

00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.000
 to the amount

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 of sorrow

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 we experience.

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 How is that the case?

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 The wiser we get,

00:12:38.419 --> 00:12:39.199
 the more clearly

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 we see how tragic

00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:41.699
 life is

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 and how broken

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 this world is.

00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:46.740
 18th century

00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:47.600
 English poet

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 Thomas Gray's poem

00:12:48.819 --> 00:12:50.519
 Ode on a Distant Prospect

00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:51.459
 of Eton College

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 has two distinct halves.

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 The first half

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 begins this way

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 about the untroubled

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 life of school children.

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 Ah, happy hills!

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 Ah, pleasing shade!

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 Ah, feels beloved in vain!

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 Where once

00:13:05.139 --> 00:13:06.480
 my careless childhood

00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:07.100
 strayed,

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 a stranger

00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:09.279
 yet to pain.

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 It's a child

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 that is yet

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 a stranger to pain.

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 And then the second half

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 of the poem

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 takes a dark turn

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 and it depicts

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 the pains

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 of growing up

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 and being an adult.

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 It says,

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 to each his sufferings

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 all are men

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 condemned alike

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 to groan.

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 The tender

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 for another's pain,

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 the unfeeling

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 for his own.

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 Yet, ah,

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 why should they

00:13:31.940 --> 00:13:32.720
 know their fate

00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:33.680
 since sorrow

00:13:33.680 --> 00:13:34.780
 never comes too late

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 and happiness

00:13:35.900 --> 00:13:37.360
 too swiftly flies.

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 Thought

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 would destroy

00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:40.120
 their paradise

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 no more.

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 Where ignorance

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 is bliss,

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 tis folly

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 to be wise.

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 This is where

00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:47.840
 we get that

00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:48.740
 famous phrase,

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 ignorance

00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:50.720
 is bliss.

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 Far less

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 eloquently

00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:55.440
 but far more

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 humorously,

00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:57.540
 comedian

00:13:57.540 --> 00:13:58.899
 Stephen Colbert

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 writes in his book,

00:14:00.580 --> 00:14:01.379
 I am America

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 and so can you.

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 Why were you

00:14:05.420 --> 00:14:05.779
 happier

00:14:05.779 --> 00:14:07.160
 when you were a kid?

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 Because you

00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:09.320
 didn't know anything.

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 The more you know,

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 the sadder you get.

00:14:12.660 --> 00:14:13.519
 Don't believe me?

00:14:13.940 --> 00:14:14.460
 By the time

00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:14.879
 you finish

00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:15.680
 reading this chapter,

00:14:15.940 --> 00:14:16.500
 over a hundred

00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:17.139
 dogs and

00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:17.840
 cats in animal

00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:18.500
 shelters around

00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:18.939
 the nation

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 will have been

00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:20.419
 euthanized.

00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:22.299
 Bet you wish

00:14:22.299 --> 00:14:22.819
 you could erase

00:14:22.819 --> 00:14:23.439
 that knowledge

00:14:23.439 --> 00:14:25.559
 but it's too late.

00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.100
 You learned

00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:27.779
 a new idea

00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:29.220
 and it made you sad.

00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:30.699
 College is just

00:14:30.699 --> 00:14:31.399
 more of the same.

00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:38.100
 Nowadays,

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.480
 we have more

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:40.159
 information

00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:40.879
 and knowledge

00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.580
 at our fingertips

00:14:41.580 --> 00:14:42.240
 than we ever

00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.439
 have had before.

00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:45.319
 But has that

00:14:45.319 --> 00:14:46.159
 made us happier?

00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:48.759
 every time

00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:49.340
 you have

00:14:49.340 --> 00:14:49.799
 some kind

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.259
 of ache

00:14:50.259 --> 00:14:50.699
 or pain

00:14:50.699 --> 00:14:51.159
 in any part

00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:51.559
 of your body

00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:51.819
 now,

00:14:51.939 --> 00:14:52.399
 now everybody

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:52.960
 goes straight

00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:53.340
 to Google.

00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:54.759
 And then it

00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:55.159
 tells you

00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:56.460
 a dozen things

00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:57.360
 that it could

00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:58.179
 possibly be

00:14:58.179 --> 00:14:59.319
 and some of them

00:14:59.319 --> 00:15:00.120
 are quite severe

00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:00.639
 and scary.

00:15:02.299 --> 00:15:03.539
 Our news feeds

00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:05.439
 are full of reports

00:15:05.439 --> 00:15:06.259
 about woe

00:15:06.259 --> 00:15:06.860
 and suffering

00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:07.620
 throughout the world.

00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:08.879
 Don't panic,

00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:10.019
 but this past week

00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:11.059
 the World Health

00:15:11.059 --> 00:15:11.620
 Organization

00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.460
 declared that

00:15:12.460 --> 00:15:13.460
 the MPOC's

00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:14.540
 outbreak in Africa

00:15:14.540 --> 00:15:15.220
 is a global

00:15:15.220 --> 00:15:15.780
 emergency.

00:15:16.780 --> 00:15:17.400
 And then earlier

00:15:17.400 --> 00:15:17.879
 this year

00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.519
 they were sounding

00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:19.200
 alarmed that

00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:20.060
 the next pandemic

00:15:20.060 --> 00:15:21.100
 could be 20 times

00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:21.580
 worse than

00:15:21.580 --> 00:15:22.379
 the COVID pandemic.

00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:23.420
 Well, great.

00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:24.540
 More information.

00:15:26.540 --> 00:15:27.560
 Does that knowledge

00:15:27.560 --> 00:15:28.320
 make us happier?

00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:31.019
 Some people rejoice

00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:32.040
 when government

00:15:32.040 --> 00:15:32.920
 hands out free money,

00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:34.560
 but people who

00:15:34.560 --> 00:15:35.740
 understand economics

00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.900
 worry that now

00:15:36.900 --> 00:15:37.259
 it's going to

00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:38.080
 cause inflation.

00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:38.200
 nutrition.

00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:40.060
 People,

00:15:40.580 --> 00:15:41.700
 some people enjoy

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.980
 hot dogs and bacon,

00:15:43.540 --> 00:15:44.480
 but then some people

00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:45.440
 who care about nutrition

00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:46.040
 say, oh no,

00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.520
 that's going to

00:15:46.520 --> 00:15:47.280
 give you cancer.

00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:50.259
 Some people live

00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:51.220
 a carefree life,

00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:52.900
 and then there are

00:15:52.900 --> 00:15:54.200
 these depressing

00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:54.820
 philosophers

00:15:54.820 --> 00:15:56.120
 who are always

00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:57.139
 asking deep questions

00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:57.940
 for which they only

00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:59.080
 have depressing answers.

00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:01.900
 The more we know,

00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:03.120
 the more we wish

00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:04.020
 we didn't know.

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.259
 And the more we know,

00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.100
 the more we know

00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:08.500
 what we don't know.

00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:10.800
 In this way,

00:16:10.920 --> 00:16:11.680
 much wisdom

00:16:11.680 --> 00:16:13.159
 is much vexation,

00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:14.100
 and he increases

00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:14.820
 knowledge,

00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:16.120
 increases sorrow.

00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:18.240
 That's why

00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:20.060
 an unnamed character

00:16:20.060 --> 00:16:21.220
 in Ernest Hemingway's

00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:21.519
 book,

00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:22.560
 The Garden of Eden,

00:16:23.040 --> 00:16:23.300
 says,

00:16:23.580 --> 00:16:24.340
 happiness in

00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:25.240
 intelligent people

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:26.220
 is the rarest

00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.159
 thing I know.

00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:29.860
 In another one

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.399
 of his novels,

00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:31.180
 Hemingway's novels,

00:16:31.300 --> 00:16:32.200
 A Farewell to Arms,

00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:33.120
 two characters,

00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:34.259
 Lieutenant Frederick Henry

00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:35.800
 and Nurse Catherine Barkley

00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.560
 fall in love

00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:37.819
 during World War I,

00:16:38.239 --> 00:16:38.979
 and then they flee

00:16:38.979 --> 00:16:39.619
 to Switzerland

00:16:39.619 --> 00:16:40.619
 in order to live

00:16:40.619 --> 00:16:41.919
 a carefree life together,

00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:42.599
 a quaint life

00:16:42.599 --> 00:16:43.339
 in the mountains,

00:16:43.599 --> 00:16:44.659
 away from the horrors

00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:45.099
 of war.

00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:46.379
 But there,

00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:47.679
 away from all

00:16:47.679 --> 00:16:48.459
 the horrors of war,

00:16:48.739 --> 00:16:49.599
 Catherine gives birth

00:16:49.599 --> 00:16:50.659
 to a stillborn child

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:52.419
 and dies from hemorrhaging

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:53.519
 after giving birth.

00:16:53.939 --> 00:16:55.099
 And her last words

00:16:55.099 --> 00:16:55.659
 to Frederick

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.479
 is this,

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:58.219
 life is just

00:16:58.219 --> 00:16:59.679
 a dirty trick.

00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:04.000
 No wonder Hemingway

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:06.059
 himself shot himself

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.480
 to death

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.359
 with a 12-gauge shotgun.

00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.539
 He understood

00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:11.779
 the futility of life

00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.659
 and wisdom.

00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:16.619
 This bold statement

00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:18.099
 of the futility of wisdom

00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:19.359
 should be shocking to us

00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:21.099
 because the Hebrew word

00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:22.399
 for wisdom here

00:17:22.399 --> 00:17:23.700
 is the exact same word

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.500
 that is used

00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:25.740
 in the book of Proverbs

00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.899
 over and over again.

00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:29.240
 And the book of Proverbs

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:31.080
 tells us again and again

00:17:31.080 --> 00:17:32.620
 to get wisdom

00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:34.080
 at all costs

00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:35.040
 because it's the most

00:17:35.040 --> 00:17:35.860
 precious thing.

00:17:36.560 --> 00:17:37.620
 It says get wisdom

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 and whatever you get,

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 get insight.

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 It says how much better

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 to get wisdom

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 than gold.

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 But Ecclesiastes

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 teaches us

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 that even acquiring wisdom

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 is futile

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 in this fallen world.

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 That's obviously

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 contradictory on the surface.

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 So how can these two truths

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:56.960
 be reconciled?

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 There is this tension

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 in the Bible's

00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.299
 wisdom literature

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:02.559
 as we can see

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.779
 in Proverbs also.

00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.700
 Proverbs is not,

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 he's not unaware of this.

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 For example,

00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.200
 Proverbs 13.25

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 says the righteous

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 has enough

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 to satisfy his appetite

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 but the belly

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 of the wicked

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 suffers want.

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 That's pretty

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 straightforward, right?

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 The righteous people,

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 the diligent people,

00:18:19.819 --> 00:18:21.940
 people who live honestly,

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 they're going to eat,

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 have plenty to eat.

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 But the wicked

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 will go hungry.

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 However,

00:18:28.399 --> 00:18:29.599
 just two verses earlier,

00:18:30.379 --> 00:18:31.319
 Proverbs 13.23

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 says the fallow ground

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 of the poor

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 would yield much food

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 but it is swept away

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 through injustice.

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 This proverb suggests

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 that though

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 the hardworking,

00:18:42.399 --> 00:18:43.180
 righteous poor

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 could have,

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 theoretically should have,

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 plenty to eat,

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 injustice robs them

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 of the fruit

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 of their labor.

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 We see a similar tension

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 in other places

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 in Proverbs as well.

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 Proverbs 15.6

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 says in the house

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 of the righteous

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 there is much treasure

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 but trouble befalls

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 the income of the wicked.

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 Once again,

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 it's straightforward.

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 If you're righteous

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 and hardworking,

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 you're going to get richer.

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 However,

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 just a few verses later

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 it says in Proverbs 15.16-17

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 better is a little

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 with the fear of the Lord

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 than great treasure

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 and trouble with it.

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 Better is a dinner of herbs

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 where love is

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 than a fattened ox

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 and hatred with it.

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 This latter proverb

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 suggests that sometimes

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 crooks acquire

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 great revenues

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 with injustice

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 and that the righteous

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 who fear the Lord

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 are sometimes poor

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 and reduced

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 to a dinner of herbs.

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 But nevertheless,

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:37.879
 it says,

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 it is better

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 to fear the Lord.

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 It is better

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 to have wisdom.

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 The interplay

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 between these

00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:46.039
 tension,

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:47.000
 these two kinds

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 of proverbs

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 reveals something

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 profound for us.

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 It is generally true

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 that honest,

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 diligent work

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 produces prosperity.

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 That's the way

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 God designed

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 the world to work.

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 That's how God

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 has ordered

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 the world to work.

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 However,

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.559
 this world

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 is marred by sin.

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 It's a fallen world.

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 It's a broken world.

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 And so that

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 even though

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 we are commended

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 to seek righteousness,

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 sometimes when we do,

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 we still end up

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.759
 in poverty.

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 Things don't always

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 pan out for us.

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.180
 Proverbs

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 is a book

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 that is weighted

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 toward the general

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 rules of wisdom

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 according to which

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 we should all

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 seek to live.

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:28.980
 Ecclesiastes

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 is weighted

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 toward the exception

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 to these general rules

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 which the person

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 must also be aware of

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.700
 lest they despair

00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.460
 when things

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.040
 don't pan out

00:20:38.040 --> 00:20:38.400
 the way

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 they expect it to.

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 It's kind of like

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 learning the rules

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 of writing.

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 When you're first

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 learning to write,

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 you learn

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 that fragments

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 are bad.

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 You want to write

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 in complete sentences

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 and you learn

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 how to not write

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 in fragments.

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 And then as you

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 get more advanced

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 in your writing,

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 they teach you

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 that fragments

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 can actually help

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 to increase

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 the pace

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 of your writing

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 and intentionally

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 convey disjointedness.

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 And in fact,

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:06.859
 a lot of the best writers

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 routinely break

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.339
 the rule

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 and write in fragments.

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 And that's just

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 what happens

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 in life.

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 In a similar way,

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.519
 the wisdom literature

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:15.940
 in scripture

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:17.059
 teaches us to know

00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:18.680
 both the general rules

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 and the exceptions

00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:21.339
 to those rules,

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.500
 both of which

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.700
 are integral parts

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:25.359
 of holistic wisdom.

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:27.879
 Overall,

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.759
 Ecclesiastes still has

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.599
 a positive view

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:30.980
 of wisdom.

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 It will say later

00:21:32.379 --> 00:21:32.980
 in chapter 2,

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:33.539
 verse 13,

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 that I saw that

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:35.319
 there is more gain

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.879
 in wisdom

00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.799
 than in folly,

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:38.220
 as there is more gain

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.639
 in light

00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:39.319
 than in darkness.

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:41.359
 It says in Ecclesiastes 7,

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:42.079
 11 to 12,

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.960
 But wisdom is good

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.819
 with an inheritance,

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.799
 an advantage

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:46.059
 to those who see the sun.

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 For the protection

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.599
 of wisdom

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.480
 is like the protection

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.039
 of money,

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.939
 and the advantage

00:21:49.939 --> 00:21:50.460
 of knowledge

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.039
 is that wisdom

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.980
 preserves the life

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:53.240
 of him who has it.

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:55.319
 But like Proverbs,

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:57.500
 Ecclesiastes also recognizes

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.980
 that time and chance

00:21:58.980 --> 00:22:00.399
 happen to the wise

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.379
 and to the fool.

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:05.339
 And the wise dies

00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.159
 and is forgotten

00:22:06.159 --> 00:22:07.579
 just like the fool.

00:22:09.339 --> 00:22:09.919
 Herein lies

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.700
 the vexation

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.640
 and sorrow

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.580
 of wisdom.

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:14.400
 Even if you live

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:15.160
 with wisdom,

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:17.560
 life does not necessarily

00:22:17.560 --> 00:22:18.680
 go according to plan

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.640
 because we live

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.039
 in a fallen

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.840
 and broken world.

00:22:21.300 --> 00:22:22.100
 And this is all

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.920
 the more vexing

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:24.100
 if you try so hard

00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:25.680
 to live the right way.

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.920
 I did all

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.840
 the right things.

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:29.120
 I said all

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:29.980
 the right things.

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:30.880
 And yet,

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.180
 these tragedies

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.960
 still hit me.

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:36.640
 And that's why

00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.319
 wisdom,

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.160
 biblical wisdom

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:39.039
 is not ultimately

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:40.539
 about controlling

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.240
 our life,

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.840
 controlling our future.

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.940
 It's about submitting

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.900
 to God

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:48.140
 who alone

00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:48.819
 has control

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.519
 over life.

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:51.799
 That's why

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.880
 Proverbs 21, 30

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.180
 says,

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.079
 no wisdom,

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.700
 no understanding,

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:57.000
 no counsel

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.799
 can avail

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:59.100
 against the Lord.

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.420
 The fear of the Lord

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.019
 is the beginning

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.519
 of wisdom.

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:04.160
 This is why

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.920
 the preachers

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.680
 who preach

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.180
 the gospel

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.859
 of health,

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.279
 wealth,

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.059
 and prosperity

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.379
 are so wrong.

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.920
 Generally speaking,

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.859
 wise living

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.740
 and obedience

00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.220
 to God

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.819
 does lead

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.259
 to greater

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.240
 health and prosperity.

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.240
 Yes, that's true.

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.660
 But as Ecclesiastes

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.420
 teaches us,

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.500
 it is also often

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.240
 not the case.

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.059
 The world is unjust

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:24.619
 and life is unfair.

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.660
 That's why

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.519
 our only hope

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.200
 must be placed

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.980
 in Jesus Christ.

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:31.000
 1 Corinthians 1,

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.859
 18-25

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.500
 says this,

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.039
 we read this

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.440
 in the call

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.859
 to worship,

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:35.279
 God destroys

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.019
 the wisdom

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.740
 of the wise

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.299
 in Jesus.

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:39.539
 He makes foolish

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.119
 the wisdom

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.720
 of the world

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.500
 in Jesus.

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.619
 For since

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.359
 in the wisdom

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:43.799
 of God

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.279
 the world

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.920
 did not know

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:46.079
 God through wisdom,

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.299
 it pleased God

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.059
 through the folly

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.859
 of what we preach

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.660
 to save those

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.379
 who believe.

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.700
 For Jews demand

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.639
 signs and Greeks

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.279
 seek wisdom,

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.299
 but we preach

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.559
 Christ crucified,

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.099
 a stumbling block

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.559
 to Jews

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.200
 and folly

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.000
 to Gentiles.

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.799
 But to those

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.460
 who are called,

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.039
 both Jews

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.619
 and Greeks,

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.139
 Christ,

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:02.960
 the power

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.359
 of God

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:03.960
 and the wisdom

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.480
 of God,

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.659
 for the foolishness

00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:06.139
 of God

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:06.740
 is wiser

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.259
 than men

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.180
 and the weakness

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.680
 of God

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.220
 is stronger

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.759
 than men.

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.460
 It's because

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.460
 of God

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:12.879
 that we are

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:14.039
 in Christ Jesus

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:15.559
 who became

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.119
 to us

00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:16.659
 wisdom

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:17.980
 from God.

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.060
 God

00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:18.080
 from God

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.800
 righteousness

00:24:18.800 --> 00:24:19.779
 and sanctification

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.380
 and redemption.

00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:22.700
 In His infinite wisdom

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.920
 God has chosen

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.620
 to save us

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.680
 not through the wisdom

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.200
 of man

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.680
 but through the folly

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:29.000
 of Christ crucified.

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.940
 It's not those

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:32.100
 who make all the wise

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:33.160
 choices in life

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.460
 and do all the right

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.279
 things in life

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.040
 who are saved.

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.680
 It's not people

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.060
 who,

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.460
 it's a people

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.480
 who acknowledge

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.519
 their desperate

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.140
 sinfulness

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.920
 and folly

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:44.039
 and their utter

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.740
 inability

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.920
 to save themselves

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.900
 and people

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:48.019
 who because of that

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.980
 trust in Jesus

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.539
 alone to save them

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.820
 and His wisdom

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:53.039
 alone to save them

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.100
 they are the ones

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.980
 for whom Jesus

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:56.080
 becomes wisdom

00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:56.680
 from God.

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:59.180
 Even the best

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.680
 of wisdom

00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:00.480
 from the greatest

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.019
 philosophers

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.759
 throughout the ages

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.539
 cannot make

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.259
 what is crooked

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.740
 straight.

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.640
 You cannot supply

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.460
 what is lacking

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:08.060
 but in fulfillment

00:25:08.060 --> 00:25:09.340
 of Isaiah's prophecy

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:10.200
 Luke 3 5

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:11.039
 says about the coming

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.620
 of Jesus

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.759
 the crooked

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.639
 shall become

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.279
 straight

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.819
 and the rough

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.559
 places shall

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.699
 become level ways

00:25:17.699 --> 00:25:19.399
 and all flesh

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:20.179
 shall see

00:25:20.179 --> 00:25:21.039
 the salvation

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:22.199
 of God.

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:24.019
 In the life

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.539
 and ministry

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.039
 of Jesus

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:26.259
 the lame walk

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.719
 the deaf hear

00:25:27.719 --> 00:25:29.199
 the blind see

00:25:29.199 --> 00:25:30.759
 the dead are raised

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.379
 the lepers

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.259
 are cleansed

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:33.699
 and most importantly

00:25:33.699 --> 00:25:34.839
 He makes sinners

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.819
 atoned

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:37.799
 and forgiven

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:39.819
 by dying on the cross

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.719
 as a sacrifice

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.720
 for our sins.

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.180
 It's so in Jesus

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.120
 alone that the

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.900
 crooked is made

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.339
 straight

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:48.220
 and what is lacking

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.000
 is counted

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.620
 what is broken

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.579
 is made whole.

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.900
 The whole of

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.460
 Ecclesiastes

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.460
 finds its ultimate

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.460
 fulfillment in Jesus

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:58.559
 and so to teach

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.319
 us that

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.920
 Solomon

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.779
 the author of

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.240
 Ecclesiastes

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.620
 put this together

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.980
 reminds us

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.740
 it is futile

00:26:05.740 --> 00:26:06.620
 to seek happiness

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:07.240
 in anything

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.019
 other than Christ.

00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:09.539
 the preacher

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.220
 reminds us

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.079
 I became

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.720
 as wiser

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.299
 than all the

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.660
 wise men

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.220
 before me

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.400
 but even still

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.980
 my wisdom

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.539
 could not

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.220
 make me

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.799
 happy

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:20.299
 unless it's

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.839
 capital

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.740
 W

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.400
 wisdom

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.720
 Jesus Christ.

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:26.139
 Then the preacher

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.839
 applies himself

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.359
 to the pursuit

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:27.859
 of pleasure

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.839
 he says in

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.440
 chapter 2

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.539
 verses 1 to 3

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:32.059
 I said in my heart

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.000
 come now

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.700
 I will test you

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.299
 with pleasure

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.259
 enjoy yourself

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.180
 but behold

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.779
 this also

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.500
 was vanity

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.599
 I said of

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.059
 laughter

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.879
 it is mad

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.200
 and of

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.599
 pleasure

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.160
 what use

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.559
 is it

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.579
 I search

00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:42.940
 with my

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.180
 heart

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.579
 to cheer

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:43.960
 my body

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.519
 with wine

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.980
 my heart

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.599
 still guiding

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:45.759
 me

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.339
 with wisdom

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.039
 and how

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.339
 to lay

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:47.660
 hold

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.319
 on folly

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.660
 till I

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.059
 might see

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.379
 what was

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:49.599
 good

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:49.920
 for the

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:50.160
 children

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.500
 of men

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.839
 to do

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.039
 under

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.319
 heaven

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.539
 during

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:51.859
 the few

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.140
 days

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.379
 of their

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:52.700
 life

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.500
 skipping

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.019
 ahead a bit

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.339
 to verses

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:54.980
 8 to 10

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.319
 he says

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.039
 I also

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.460
 gathered

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.960
 for myself

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.400
 silver

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.940
 and gold

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.240
 and the

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.559
 treasure

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.079
 of kings

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.700
 and provinces

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.379
 I got

00:27:00.379 --> 00:27:00.879
 singers

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.440
 both men

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.879
 and women

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.559
 and many

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.299
 concubines

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.819
 the delight

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.119
 of the

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.539
 sons of

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:04.779
 men

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.399
 so I

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:05.700
 became

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.119
 great

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.919
 and surpassed

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.359
 all who

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.759
 were before

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.059
 me in

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.379
 Jerusalem

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.579
 also my

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.940
 wisdom

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.419
 remained

00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:10.899
 with me

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.799
 and whatever

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.720
 my eyes

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.220
 desired

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.639
 I did

00:27:13.639 --> 00:27:14.139
 not keep

00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.659
 from them

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.259
 I kept

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.779
 my heart

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.259
 from no

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:16.700
 pleasure

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.179
 for my

00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:17.399
 heart

00:27:17.399 --> 00:27:17.659
 found

00:27:17.659 --> 00:27:18.019
 pleasure

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.359
 in all

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:18.559
 my

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:18.819
 toil

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.279
 and this

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.679
 was my

00:27:19.679 --> 00:27:20.119
 reward

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.980
 for all

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.359
 my

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:21.679
 toil

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:23.480
 I'm

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.679
 sure

00:27:23.679 --> 00:27:24.099
 some of

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:24.539
 you have

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.159
 been tempted

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.679
 in the

00:27:25.679 --> 00:27:25.980
 past

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.419
 to think

00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:27.679
 that if

00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:27.980
 I could

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.799
 just enjoy

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.539
 all the

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:29.839
 pleasures

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.359
 of life

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.299
 without

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.980
 restriction

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.160
 without

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.579
 any

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.099
 inhibition

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.140
 then I

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.680
 would be

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.299
 happy

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:37.000
 then I

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.360
 can be

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:37.839
 truly

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.640
 happy

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:40.660
 well Solomon

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.079
 says

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.980
 been there

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.799
 and done

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.079
 that

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:45.680
 he said

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.120
 whatever

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:47.259
 my eyes

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.779
 desired

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.940
 I did

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.380
 not keep

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:49.839
 from them

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.799
 whenever he

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:52.039
 saw any

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.759
 artifact

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.900
 or treasure

00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:55.319
 or clothes

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.500
 or gadgets

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.660
 that delighted

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.279
 his senses

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.200
 he said

00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:00.140
 buy it

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.420
 get it

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.120
 bring it

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:02.340
 to my

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:02.539
 home

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.900
 why not

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.140
 he has

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.400
 all the

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.580
 wealth

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:04.779
 in the

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.039
 world

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:07.920
 he

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.380
 whenever

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.820
 he saw

00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:09.100
 any

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:09.840
 delicacy

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:11.480
 rich

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.039
 foods

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.900
 choice

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.380
 wines

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.500
 he never

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.900
 said

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.160
 no

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.720
 he

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.580
 took

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:16.940
 all of

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.060
 it

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.480
 upon

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:17.920
 himself

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.580
 enjoy

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:18.800
 them

00:28:18.800 --> 00:28:19.060
 all

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:19.560
 he

00:28:19.560 --> 00:28:19.860
 drank

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.019
 the

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.180
 most

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.600
 expensive

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.080
 wines

00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:22.000
 whatever

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.900
 substances

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.500
 promised

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:26.019
 pleasure

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:27.200
 escaped

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.720
 from the

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.039
 pains

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.440
 of life

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.519
 he indulged

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.960
 himself

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:31.680
 I'm sure

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:31.920
 he didn't

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.460
 have those

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.240
 then

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.860
 he probably

00:28:33.860 --> 00:28:34.259
 had ancient

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.799
 equivalents

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.059
 of

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:36.039
 marijuana

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:37.759
 nicotine

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:40.019
 alcohol

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:42.380
 he's tried

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.039
 it all

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:44.660
 perhaps you

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:44.980
 have thought

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.500
 to yourself

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.019
 that if you

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.920
 had other

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.299
 people

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.660
 if you can

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.120
 get other

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.559
 people to

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:48.880
 do all

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.279
 your work

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.680
 for you

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:51.059
 if you

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.420
 could just

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.079
 save a lot

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.380
 of money

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.960
 really fast

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.200
 and then

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.620
 retire

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.079
 and live

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.680
 in retirement

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.200
 and constant

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.579
 vacation

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:55.960
 for the rest

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.340
 of your life

00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:56.920
 then I

00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.279
 can truly

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.799
 be happy

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:59.200
 been there

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.880
 done that

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.420
 not me

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.800
 Solomon

00:29:01.800 --> 00:29:06.780
 he said

00:29:06.780 --> 00:29:07.200
 I bought

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.720
 male and

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.480
 female slaves

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.900
 and as

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.400
 slaves were

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:10.740
 born in

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.220
 my house

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.960
 I also

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.460
 had great

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.920
 possessions

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.460
 of herds

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:13.980
 and flocks

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.460
 more than

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.900
 any who

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.140
 had been

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.660
 before me

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.120
 in Jerusalem

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:17.620
 he said

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.380
 everybody else

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:19.040
 to do all

00:29:19.040 --> 00:29:19.600
 of his work

00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:21.300
 perhaps your

00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:21.840
 idea of a

00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:22.340
 good life

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.940
 is good

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.440
 music

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.680
 going to

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.220
 concerts

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.600
 and dancing

00:29:26.600 --> 00:29:27.080
 your life

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.380
 away

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:29.320
 Solomon

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.700
 had a

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.039
 personal

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.700
 entourage

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.879
 of singers

00:29:32.879 --> 00:29:34.299
 both men

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.659
 and women

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.079
 he says

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.960
 to regale

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.519
 him with

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.539
 merry music

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.500
 whenever he

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.779
 wanted

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:41.279
 whenever he

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.399
 saw a

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:42.759
 beautiful

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.879
 or alluring

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.240
 woman

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.379
 he took

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:45.619
 her

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.480
 as his

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.859
 wife

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.639
 or as

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:47.779
 his

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.240
 concubine

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.759
 1 Kings

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.419
 11 2-3

00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:50.859
 tells us

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.220
 Solomon

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.319
 had 700

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:53.079
 wives

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.399
 who were

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:55.179
 princesses

00:29:55.179 --> 00:29:55.619
 not just

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:55.960
 any

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.659
 normal woman

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.240
 700

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.299
 princesses

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.919
 as wives

00:29:58.919 --> 00:29:59.639
 and he

00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.419
 had 300

00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:01.399
 concubines

00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:03.059
 that's a

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.440
 harem

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:04.399
 of a

00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:04.879
 thousand

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.279
 women

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:07.680
 he can

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:07.980
 sleep

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.379
 with a

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:08.599
 different

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:08.859
 woman

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.319
 every day

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.539
 of his

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.740
 life

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.079
 for two

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.339
 years

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:10.680
 and still

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.619
 have

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:11.799
 women

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.039
 he has

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.359
 not slept

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.559
 with

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:15.919
 in fact

00:30:15.919 --> 00:30:16.399
 because

00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:16.799
 Solomon

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.399
 multiplied

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:17.740
 wives

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.220
 for himself

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.819
 and married

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:20.000
 foreign

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.799
 idolatrous

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.059
 woman

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.379
 which was

00:30:21.379 --> 00:30:21.759
 forbidden

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.180
 scripture

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:23.079
 he says

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.740
 in 1 Kings

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.519
 11 4

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.919
 that when

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.420
 Solomon

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.400
 was old

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.759
 his wives

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.420
 turned away

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.860
 his heart

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.420
 after other

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.840
 gods

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.500
 and his

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.759
 heart

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.100
 was not

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.400
 wholly

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.740
 true

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.080
 to the

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.300
 Lord

00:30:32.300 --> 00:30:32.560
 his

00:30:32.560 --> 00:30:32.960
 God

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:34.900
 so this

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.220
 is a

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.840
 cautionary

00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:36.220
 tale

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.840
 about the

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.400
 corrosive

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:37.880
 effect

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.620
 of sin

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.720
 sinful

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.259
 pleasures

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.200
 over time

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.980
 but at

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.759
 the time

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.640
 he wrote

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.160
 the book

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.880
 of Ecclesiastes

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.400
 it seems

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:47.160
 Solomon still

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.740
 had his

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.300
 wits about

00:30:48.300 --> 00:30:48.560
 him

00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:49.779
 because he

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.360
 reminds us

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.000
 multiple times

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.600
 in verse 3

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:51.900
 he says

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.700
 I search

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.080
 with my

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.340
 heart

00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:53.660
 how to

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.000
 cheer my

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.220
 body

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.740
 with wine

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.220
 my

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.539
 heart

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:55.880
 still

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.259
 guiding

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.460
 me

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:56.620
 with

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.000
 wisdom

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:58.180
 and again

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.700
 in verse 9

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:58.920
 so I

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.180
 became

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.559
 great

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.180
 and surpassed

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.519
 all who

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:00.819
 were before

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.100
 me in

00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:01.400
 Jerusalem

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.400
 also my

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:02.740
 wisdom

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.299
 remained

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:04.140
 with me

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:05.059
 so at

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.400
 the time

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:05.720
 he wrote

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:05.920
 this

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:06.279
 he still

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.759
 had his

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.240
 wits about

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.460
 him

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.680
 although

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:07.980
 he'll

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.200
 lose

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.519
 that

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.100
 eventually

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.539
 because that's

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.940
 what sin

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.360
 does

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:11.920
 but he

00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:12.819
 still had

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.059
 his wits

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.360
 about him

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:13.640
 to be able

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.019
 to write

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.460
 this

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.519
 and to

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.960
 realize

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.279
 that it's

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.500
 all

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.940
 vanity

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:20.400
 so in

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:20.720
 a way

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.079
 he's

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.860
 experimenting

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.880
 with the

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.299
 risky

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:23.799
 pleasures

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.339
 of life

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:25.359
 for the

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:25.759
 sake of

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.240
 science

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.579
 you guys

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:26.819
 have heard

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.139
 that right

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.460
 yeah

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.799
 it's like

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.379
 it's not

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:29.819
 unlike the

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.259
 experiment

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.079
 conducted by

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.879
 Michael L.

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.779
 Smith at

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.639
 Cornell University

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.379
 in 2014

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:34.899
 we have a lot

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.299
 of Cornell

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.059
 grads in our

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.299
 church

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.839
 for the sake

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.779
 of science

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:40.079
 he subjected

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.940
 himself to

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.700
 bee stings

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.659
 200 times

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.259
 in 25

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.899
 different parts

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:44.440
 of his body

00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:46.159
 all so that

00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:46.859
 he can determine

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.460
 which human

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.039
 part of the

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:49.079
 body experiences

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.740
 the most pain

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.180
 when stung

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.639
 by a bee

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.860
 and now

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.320
 he created

00:31:52.320 --> 00:31:53.220
 that pain

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.720
 index

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.400
 with these

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.700
 things

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.300
 and published

00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:55.580
 it

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:55.900
 you know

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:58.000
 that's a

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.340
 vanity

00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.000
 of vanities

00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:01.740
 similarly

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.860
 to determine

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:04.580
 experientially

00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:05.400
 and to

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:05.960
 demonstrate

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.920
 concretely

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.300
 and not

00:32:07.300 --> 00:32:07.660
 merely

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.520
 abstractly

00:32:08.520 --> 00:32:09.020
 that these

00:32:09.020 --> 00:32:09.480
 pleasures

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.360
 are indeed

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:11.040
 fleeting

00:32:11.040 --> 00:32:12.320
 and ultimately

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.960
 futile

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.780
 Solomon tried

00:32:13.780 --> 00:32:14.259
 them all

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:15.580
 and this

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:15.880
 is his

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.380
 conclusion

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.740
 behold

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.940
 all was

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.460
 vanity

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.540
 and a

00:32:20.540 --> 00:32:20.980
 striving

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.340
 after

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:21.680
 wind

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.460
 and there

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:22.980
 was nothing

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.380
 to be

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.760
 gained

00:32:23.760 --> 00:32:24.120
 under

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:24.720
 the sun

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.600
 so don't

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.060
 believe the

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:26.400
 lie

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:27.140
 when the

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.760
 devil tempts

00:32:27.760 --> 00:32:27.980
 you and

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.340
 says oh

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:28.700
 if you

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.380
 get this

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.720
 you can

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.360
 be happy

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:31.560
 there's

00:32:31.560 --> 00:32:31.800
 someone

00:32:31.800 --> 00:32:32.080
 who's

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:32.340
 done

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:32.820
 it all

00:32:32.820 --> 00:32:34.220
 and it's

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.640
 vanity

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:36.880
 I think

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.320
 Anthony

00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:37.840
 Bourdain

00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:38.640
 would agree

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:40.580
 the beloved

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:41.100
 celebrity

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.520
 chef

00:32:41.520 --> 00:32:42.780
 professional

00:32:42.780 --> 00:32:43.240
 eater

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.940
 of international

00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.420
 cuisine

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.220
 and travel

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.040
 documentarian

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:47.259
 who hanged

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.579
 himself

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.319
 so that

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.480
 he could

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.879
 be happy

00:32:48.879 --> 00:32:52.000
 because all

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.480
 the pleasures

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:52.839
 that he

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.200
 enjoyed

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.740
 much more

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.119
 than any

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.420
 average

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.920
 person

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:56.220
 could not

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.519
 make him

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:56.799
 happy

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:58.399
 there's a

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:58.879
 joke that

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.279
 is dated

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.700
 at least

00:32:59.700 --> 00:32:59.980
 to the

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.259
 early

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:01.279
 1800s

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.720
 I don't

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.079
 find it

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.659
 very funny

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:04.119
 but they

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.399
 call it

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:04.680
 a joke

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.019
 for some

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.259
 reason

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:06.339
 which has

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.639
 recently

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.099
 become an

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.399
 internet

00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:07.819
 meme

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:09.059
 it goes

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.539
 like this

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.079
 a man

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.359
 who was

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:10.740
 severely

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.339
 depressed

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:11.879
 went to

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.180
 see a

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.659
 therapist

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:14.119
 I think

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:14.379
 some of

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:14.539
 you guys

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:14.779
 know

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.740
 he says

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.019
 I'm

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.500
 depressed

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.259
 life

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.440
 is

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.779
 harsh

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.819
 unforgiving

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.680
 and cruel

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:21.420
 at the

00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:21.680
 end of

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.079
 the session

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.599
 the therapist

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.319
 doesn't

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.819
 quite know

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.120
 what to

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.420
 do with

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:24.579
 him

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:24.839
 and so

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.299
 he gives

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:25.559
 him a

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:25.819
 simple

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.319
 counsel

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:27.700
 I heard

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:27.960
 that the

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.900
 great clown

00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.539
 Pagliacci

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:29.920
 is in

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.099
 town

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.440
 tonight

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.660
 go and

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.120
 see him

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:33.160
 that should

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.500
 cheer you

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:33.799
 up

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:35.019
 at that

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.220
 moment

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.579
 the man

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:35.980
 bursts

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.680
 into tears

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.099
 and then

00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:37.380
 says

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:38.019
 that will

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.220
 not

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.599
 work

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:40.259
 why

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.680
 not

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:41.440
 the therapist

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.880
 asks

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.740
 the man

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.100
 says

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:43.980
 I

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.540
 am

00:33:44.540 --> 00:33:45.260
 Pagliacci

00:33:45.260 --> 00:33:50.380
 the comics

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.540
 who can

00:33:51.540 --> 00:33:51.880
 make

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.660
 anyone

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.740
 double over

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.620
 in laughter

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.740
 surely

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.420
 they must

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:56.920
 be happy

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:59.240
 but look

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.600
 at Robin

00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:00.100
 Williams

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:01.840
 widely regarded

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:02.680
 as the greatest

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.140
 comedian

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:04.120
 of all time

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:05.380
 who hanged

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.700
 himself

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:07.160
 so that he

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:07.400
 can be

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.680
 happy

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:10.539
 it's

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.039
 madness

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:12.000
 what use

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.500
 is laughter

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.920
 behold

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.519
 this also

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:14.800
 was

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.200
 vanity

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:18.920
 but

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.300
 why

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:20.619
 the

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:20.940
 preacher

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.860
 will tell

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.019
 us

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.400
 repeatedly

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.720
 throughout

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.119
 the book

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.539
 because

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:23.800
 it's

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.099
 all

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.559
 so

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.159
 fleeting

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:26.119
 because

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.559
 it all

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:26.960
 ends

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.139
 in

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.460
 death

00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:29.260
 now

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:31.280
 Ecclesiastes

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:32.039
 doesn't teach

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.380
 us to

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.940
 never enjoy

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.119
 any

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.420
 pleasures

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.900
 in life

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.200
 we're

00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:34.360
 going to

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.619
 get to

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:34.740
 the

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.000
 passage

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.300
 next

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.579
 week

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.280
 where

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.599
 it will

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:36.840
 teach

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:37.019
 us

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.340
 how to

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:37.800
 properly

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.179
 enjoy

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.380
 the

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.639
 pleasures

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:38.820
 of

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.099
 life

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.739
 but

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:39.880
 for

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.059
 now

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.259
 we

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.400
 need

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.500
 to

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.940
 understand

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.099
 the

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.619
 futility

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:41.860
 of

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.139
 pleasure

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.300
 in

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.400
 an

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:42.639
 ultimate

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.019
 sense

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:45.079
 I've

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.440
 not seen

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.019
 the Barbie

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.400
 movie

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.980
 which came out

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.440
 last year

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.639
 but I know

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.019
 some of you

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.420
 have seen it

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.219
 multiple times

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:53.219
 but I did

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:54.079
 see a

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:55.039
 YouTube clip

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.900
 of a famous

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:57.119
 scene called

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:58.000
 Dance the Night

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.259
 Away

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.980
 you guys know

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.460
 which scene

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.800
 I'm talking

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.059
 about

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:01.099
 and in

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.639
 the scene

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:03.259
 it's

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:04.480
 so remarkably

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.039
 shallow

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:06.380
 and so remarkably

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.000
 profound

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.480
 at the same

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.820
 time

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.679
 it's

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:08.900
 it's

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.340
 a scene

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:09.599
 where a

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.000
 whole bunch

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.539
 of Barbies

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:11.079
 and Kens

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.579
 are just

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:12.500
 dancing

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.179
 the night

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.519
 away

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.500
 to a song

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.780
 called

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.260
 Dancing

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.739
 the Night

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.639
 and

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.099
 and this

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.380
 is the

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.900
 conversation

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.860
 I wish

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.239
 I could

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:21.099
 talk like

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.219
 them

00:35:21.219 --> 00:35:21.420
 but I

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.119
 can't

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:23.800
 gosh

00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:24.260
 this night

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.539
 is just

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.059
 perfect

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:26.059
 it's

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.460
 perfectly

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.960
 perfect

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.159
 and you

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.500
 look so

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:28.920
 beautiful

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.320
 Barbie

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.139
 thanks

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.440
 Barbie

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.119
 I feel

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.739
 so beautiful

00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.980
 so do

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.400
 I

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.619
 this is

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.320
 the best

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.619
 day

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.039
 ever

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.420
 it is

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.880
 the best

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.119
 day

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.440
 ever

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.220
 and so

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:39.400
 was

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.880
 yesterday

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.900
 and so

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.500
 is tomorrow

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.360
 and so

00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.760
 is the day

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.559
 after tomorrow

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.380
 and even

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.559
 Wednesdays

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.599
 and every

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.000
 day

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.820
 from now

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.380
 until

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.199
 forever

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:52.219
 and then

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.639
 right after

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.059
 that the

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.759
 main character

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.460
 of the movie

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.960
 Barbie

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.420
 the main

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:55.739
 Barbie

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.519
 asks this

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.940
 question

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:58.179
 do you guys

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.559
 ever think

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.360
 about dying

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:02.519
 which brings

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.019
 all the

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.460
 dancing

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.759
 and the

00:36:03.759 --> 00:36:04.039
 music

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.400
 to a

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.940
 screeching

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.279
 halt

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:05.599
 and then

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.079
 everybody

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:06.719
 turns around

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.619
 and stares

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.199
 aghast

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.500
 at the

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.739
 Barbie

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.079
 as if

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.380
 she has

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.699
 just

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.299
 committed

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:10.500
 the

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.079
 unpardonable

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:11.380
 sin

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:12.639
 and so

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.119
 the Barbie

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.460
 is easily

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.059
 manipulated

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.460
 by peer

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.779
 pressure

00:36:15.779 --> 00:36:16.239
 quickly

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:16.759
 repents

00:36:16.759 --> 00:36:18.079
 and then

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.400
 says

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:18.860
 I don't

00:36:18.860 --> 00:36:19.199
 know why

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.480
 I just

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.039
 said that

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:21.360
 I'm just

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.900
 dying

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:23.019
 to dance

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:24.619
 and then

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:24.940
 the party

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.320
 resumes

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.840
 like nothing

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:26.380
 ever happened

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:28.320
 it's a

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.900
 perfect

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.559
 illustration

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:31.099
 of a

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.659
 life of

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:32.219
 constant

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.659
 pleasure

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:34.000
 and the

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.739
 hollowness

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:36.199
 of all

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.539
 of it

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.380
 in the

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:37.880
 face of

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.559
 inevitable

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.460
 eventual

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.239
 death

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:45.819
 in

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.099
 verses

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.439
 40

00:36:46.439 --> 00:36:46.779
 11

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:47.699
 the

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:47.959
 Hebrew

00:36:47.959 --> 00:36:48.379
 verb

00:36:48.379 --> 00:36:48.839
 that

00:36:48.839 --> 00:36:49.099
 means

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.259
 to

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.699
 do

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:50.479
 or

00:36:50.479 --> 00:36:50.699
 to

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.119
 make

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.579
 is

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.959
 repeated

00:36:51.959 --> 00:36:52.399
 seven

00:36:52.399 --> 00:36:52.759
 times

00:36:52.759 --> 00:36:52.939
 I

00:36:52.939 --> 00:36:53.519
 made

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.000
 great

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.359
 works

00:36:54.359 --> 00:36:54.539
 I

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.139
 made

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.639
 myself

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.299
 gardens

00:36:56.299 --> 00:36:56.719
 and parks

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:56.879
 I

00:36:56.879 --> 00:36:57.319
 made

00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:57.719
 myself

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.179
 pools

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.859
 and that

00:36:58.859 --> 00:36:59.359
 echoes

00:36:59.359 --> 00:37:00.099
 the creation

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.699
 account of

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:01.299
 Genesis 1

00:37:01.299 --> 00:37:01.759
 to 2

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:02.419
 where the

00:37:02.419 --> 00:37:03.059
 exact same

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.479
 word is

00:37:03.479 --> 00:37:03.759
 used

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:04.279
 repeatedly

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:04.899
 to talk

00:37:04.899 --> 00:37:05.119
 about

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.619
 God's

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.000
 creative

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.299
 work

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:06.900
 God

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.480
 made

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.880
 the

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.580
 expanse

00:37:08.580 --> 00:37:09.260
 and separated

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:09.760
 the waters

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.120
 God

00:37:10.120 --> 00:37:10.620
 made

00:37:10.620 --> 00:37:10.820
 the

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:11.060
 two

00:37:11.060 --> 00:37:11.380
 great

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:11.860
 lights

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.440
 God

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.900
 made

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.080
 the

00:37:13.080 --> 00:37:13.400
 beasts

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.539
 of

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.640
 the

00:37:13.640 --> 00:37:13.800
 earth

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.080
 God

00:37:14.080 --> 00:37:14.500
 made

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.780
 man

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:14.920
 in

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.060
 his

00:37:15.060 --> 00:37:15.480
 image

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.200
 God

00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:16.480
 saw

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:16.860
 everything

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.100
 that

00:37:17.100 --> 00:37:17.220
 he

00:37:17.220 --> 00:37:17.380
 had

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.740
 made

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:18.260
 and behold

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:18.760
 it was

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:19.000
 very

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.400
 good

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:20.019
 and so

00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:20.220
 on

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:21.180
 this is

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:21.700
 not the

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:22.000
 only

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.300
 echo

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.600
 of the

00:37:22.600 --> 00:37:22.980
 creation

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.320
 account

00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:23.700
 the word

00:37:23.700 --> 00:37:24.360
 plant

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:25.200
 in verse

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:25.560
 4

00:37:25.560 --> 00:37:26.420
 I planted

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:27.080
 vineyards

00:37:27.080 --> 00:37:27.780
 also occurs

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.180
 in Genesis

00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:28.500
 2

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:28.840
 8

00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:29.320
 and the

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.519
 Lord

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.760
 God

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.420
 planted

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:30.740
 a

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:31.120
 garden

00:37:31.120 --> 00:37:31.440
 in

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.760
 Eden

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:32.440
 and the

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.700
 word

00:37:32.700 --> 00:37:33.280
 garden

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.760
 is the

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.060
 same

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.700
 gardens

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:37.100
 and

00:37:37.100 --> 00:37:37.640
 parks

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.440
 Solomon

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:38.720
 said

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:38.860
 that

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:38.960
 he

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.440
 planted

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:39.640
 in

00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:39.820
 them

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.100
 all

00:37:40.100 --> 00:37:40.640
 kinds

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:40.860
 of

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.160
 fruit

00:37:41.160 --> 00:37:41.620
 trees

00:37:41.620 --> 00:37:42.140
 and that

00:37:42.140 --> 00:37:42.580
 phrase

00:37:42.580 --> 00:37:43.039
 occurs

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.519
 over and

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.980
 over again

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.420
 in Genesis

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.060
 1-2

00:37:45.060 --> 00:37:45.780
 speak of

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:46.160
 the fruit

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:46.420
 trees

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.720
 bearing

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:47.019
 fruit

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.220
 that

00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:47.480
 God

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.960
 planted

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.500
 in the

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:48.740
 garden

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:48.900
 of

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.140
 Eden

00:37:49.140 --> 00:37:49.680
 in

00:37:49.680 --> 00:37:49.900
 verse

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.200
 6

00:37:50.200 --> 00:37:50.400
 the

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:50.680
 preacher

00:37:50.680 --> 00:37:50.980
 says

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.100
 that

00:37:51.100 --> 00:37:51.220
 he

00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:51.539
 made

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:51.940
 himself

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.420
 pools

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:52.660
 from

00:37:52.660 --> 00:37:52.860
 which

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.100
 to

00:37:53.100 --> 00:37:53.660
 water

00:37:53.660 --> 00:37:54.019
 his

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.420
 garden

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:54.880
 and

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.100
 that's

00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:55.200
 the

00:37:55.200 --> 00:37:55.480
 exact

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:55.760
 same

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:55.880
 word

00:37:55.880 --> 00:37:56.200
 used

00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:56.340
 in

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:56.600
 Genesis

00:37:56.600 --> 00:37:57.200
 2-10

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:57.360
 to

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.580
 speak

00:37:57.580 --> 00:37:57.680
 of

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:57.820
 how

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.120
 God

00:37:58.120 --> 00:37:58.480
 created

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:58.660
 a

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:58.920
 river

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.360
 to

00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:06.539
 that's

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:06.720
 used

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:06.840
 in

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.160
 Genesis

00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:07.820
 2-5

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:07.940
 and

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.240
 2-9

00:38:08.240 --> 00:38:08.400
 to

00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:08.560
 speak

00:38:08.560 --> 00:38:08.680
 of

00:38:08.680 --> 00:38:08.820
 how

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.160
 God

00:38:09.160 --> 00:38:09.460
 made

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.820
 the

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.200
 plants

00:38:10.200 --> 00:38:10.400
 and

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.660
 trees

00:38:10.660 --> 00:38:11.120
 spring

00:38:11.120 --> 00:38:11.500
 up

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:11.840
 to

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:12.080
 grow

00:38:12.080 --> 00:38:12.360
 up

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.500
 in

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.640
 the

00:38:12.640 --> 00:38:12.940
 garden

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.160
 of

00:38:13.160 --> 00:38:13.440
 Eden

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:16.260
 all

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:16.420
 of

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.580
 these

00:38:16.580 --> 00:38:16.900
 verbal

00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:17.320
 parallels

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:17.460
 are

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:17.820
 intended

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.039
 to

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.300
 show

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:18.660
 us

00:38:18.660 --> 00:38:19.280
 that

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.900
 Solomon

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.900
 applied

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.480
 all

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.680
 of

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:21.820
 his

00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.400
 resources

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:23.019
 all

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.180
 of

00:38:23.180 --> 00:38:23.360
 his

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.880
 power

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:24.039
 and

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.420
 authority

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:24.820
 all

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.000
 of

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.280
 his

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:25.740
 wisdom

00:38:25.740 --> 00:38:26.320
 and

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.660
 all

00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:26.820
 of

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.019
 his

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.580
 wealth

00:38:27.580 --> 00:38:28.039
 to

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:28.800
 recreate

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.800
 Eden

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:32.080
 and

00:38:32.080 --> 00:38:32.240
 he

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.660
 couldn't

00:38:32.660 --> 00:38:32.860
 do

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:33.160
 it

00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:37.559
 I

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:37.980
 considered

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.420
 all

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.619
 that

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:38.819
 my

00:38:38.819 --> 00:38:39.319
 hands

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:39.519
 had

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:39.879
 done

00:38:39.879 --> 00:38:40.319
 and

00:38:40.319 --> 00:38:40.480
 the

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.759
 toil

00:38:40.759 --> 00:38:40.920
 I

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.099
 had

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.559
 expended

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.699
 in

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:41.879
 doing

00:38:41.879 --> 00:38:41.980
 it

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.079
 and

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.379
 behold

00:38:42.379 --> 00:38:42.799
 all

00:38:42.799 --> 00:38:43.159
 was

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:43.639
 vanity

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.199
 and

00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:44.339
 a

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:44.779
 striving

00:38:44.779 --> 00:38:45.139
 after

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:45.460
 wind

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.819
 there

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:45.940
 was

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.319
 nothing

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:46.539
 to

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:46.679
 be

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.019
 gained

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.480
 under

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.759
 the

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.000
 sun

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.599
 what

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:48.819
 a

00:38:48.819 --> 00:38:49.279
 striking

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:49.859
 contrast

00:38:49.859 --> 00:38:50.079
 from

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.219
 the

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.460
 words

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:50.619
 of

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.000
 God

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.279
 after

00:38:51.279 --> 00:38:51.579
 his

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:51.920
 creative

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.219
 work

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:52.539
 that

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:52.659
 he

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.059
 saw

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.299
 what

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:53.420
 he

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.559
 had

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:53.819
 made

00:38:53.819 --> 00:38:53.940
 and

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.079
 it

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.420
 was

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:54.899
 very

00:38:54.899 --> 00:38:55.619
 good

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:59.920
 the

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.299
 difference

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:00.559
 is

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:00.899
 this

00:39:00.899 --> 00:39:01.899
 why

00:39:01.899 --> 00:39:02.559
 the

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:03.000
 difference

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:05.059
 it

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:06.119
 all

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:06.739
 hinges

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:06.980
 on

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.179
 who

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.400
 does

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:07.539
 the

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:07.840
 making

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:09.320
 in

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.639
 Genesis

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:10.079
 it's

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.460
 God

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:10.760
 made

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:12.340
 in

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:12.900
 Ecclesiastes

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.200
 2

00:39:13.200 --> 00:39:13.480
 it's

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.019
 I

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.460
 made

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:16.380
 no

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:16.780
 matter

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.079
 what

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.539
 pleasures

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:17.740
 of

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:17.920
 this

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.220
 world

00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:18.460
 we

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:18.800
 give

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.220
 ourselves

00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:19.619
 over

00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:20.000
 to

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.280
 we

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:20.599
 human

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:20.980
 beings

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.240
 can

00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.660
 never

00:39:21.660 --> 00:39:22.240
 recreate

00:39:22.240 --> 00:39:22.599
 the

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:22.880
 garden

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.039
 of

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:23.280
 Eden

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:24.320
 we

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:24.559
 can

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:24.960
 never

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.460
 recreate

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:26.059
 paradise

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.740
 we

00:39:26.740 --> 00:39:26.980
 can

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.480
 never

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:28.160
 reach

00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:28.880
 utopia

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.200
 and

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:29.639
 that's

00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:29.860
 the

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.340
 message

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:31.460
 the

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:31.900
 wise

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.119
 and

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.519
 sobering

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:32.760
 message

00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:32.880
 of

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.460
 Ecclesiastes

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:34.619
 even

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:34.820
 if

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:34.960
 we

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.360
 harness

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.840
 all

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.059
 the

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.380
 wisdom

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:36.619
 of

00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:36.900
 mankind

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.240
 to

00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:37.659
 renovate

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:37.860
 this

00:39:37.860 --> 00:39:38.119
 world

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.300
 and

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:38.679
 recreate

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.019
 this

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.300
 world

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:39.480
 we

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.619
 can

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:39.900
 never

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.199
 make

00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:40.420
 this

00:39:40.420 --> 00:39:40.800
 fallen

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:41.280
 world

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:42.199
 unfallen

00:39:42.199 --> 00:39:42.900
 again

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:44.179
 we

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.360
 can

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:44.659
 never

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:44.940
 make

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.119
 this

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.519
 broken

00:39:45.519 --> 00:39:46.000
 world

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.460
 whole

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:46.900
 again

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:49.720
 do

00:39:49.720 --> 00:39:49.880
 you

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.180
 feel

00:39:50.180 --> 00:39:50.400
 how

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:51.099
 devastating

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.360
 that

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:51.660
 is

00:39:51.660 --> 00:39:55.380
 and

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.700
 all

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:55.880
 the

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.160
 pleasures

00:39:56.160 --> 00:39:56.340
 of

00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:56.500
 this

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.820
 world

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:57.180
 will

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.480
 leave

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:57.780
 us

00:39:57.780 --> 00:39:58.160
 only

00:39:58.160 --> 00:39:58.680
 hollowed

00:39:58.680 --> 00:39:58.940
 out

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.740
 from

00:39:59.740 --> 00:39:59.920
 the

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.300
 inside

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.740
 out

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.599
 because

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:02.000
 God

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.340
 did

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:02.740
 not

00:40:02.740 --> 00:40:03.380
 intend

00:40:03.380 --> 00:40:03.740
 for

00:40:03.740 --> 00:40:04.119
 us

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.400
 to

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:04.599
 be

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.139
 satisfied

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.440
 by

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.599
 the

00:40:05.599 --> 00:40:05.860
 pleasures

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.059
 of

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.200
 this

00:40:06.200 --> 00:40:06.500
 world

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:08.940
 because

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.119
 he

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.460
 wants

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.619
 to

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:09.860
 give

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.059
 us

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:11.039
 something

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.460
 better

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:13.980
 in

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.539
 Ecclesiastes

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:14.860
 2

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:15.160
 1

00:40:15.160 --> 00:40:15.680
 preacher

00:40:15.680 --> 00:40:16.119
 concluded

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.320
 that

00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:16.480
 the

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:16.860
 pleasure

00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:17.039
 of

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.179
 this

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:17.400
 world

00:40:17.400 --> 00:40:17.579
 is

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:17.940
 vanity

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.519
 but

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:18.699
 the

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.139
 psalmist

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.400
 says

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:19.559
 to

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:19.820
 God

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:20.000
 in

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.260
 Psalm

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:20.619
 6

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:20.719
 and

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.079
 11

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:21.740
 you

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:22.059
 God

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:22.360
 make

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.679
 known

00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:22.900
 to

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.099
 me

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.280
 the

00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:23.619
 path

00:40:23.619 --> 00:40:23.780
 of

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.099
 life

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.599
 in

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:24.940
 your

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.460
 presence

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:25.740
 there

00:40:25.740 --> 00:40:25.920
 is

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.380
 fullness

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:26.880
 of

00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:27.480
 joy

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.900
 that's

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.019
 the

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.240
 same

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:28.480
 word

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.500
 at

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.679
 your

00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:30.059
 right

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.420
 hand

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:30.740
 are

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:31.360
 pleasures

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:32.300
 forever

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 more

00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:35.500
 where

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:35.920
 are

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:36.719
 everlasting

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.280
 pleasures

00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:37.539
 found

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 not

00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:38.000
 the

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.320
 pleading

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:38.840
 pleasures

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.139
 of

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 pleasures

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 of

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 this

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:39.980
 where

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.440
 are

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:41.320
 everlasting

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 pleasures

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.400
 found

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 not

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.280
 in

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:43.460
 this

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.760
 life

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:43.980
 under

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 the

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 sun

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 in

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 the

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:46.039
 presence

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 of

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 God

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 at

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 the

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 right

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.699
 hand

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:48.880
 of

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 God

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:49.360
 the

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 father

00:40:49.720 --> 00:40:50.659
 and

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.019
 what

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 is

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 at

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 the

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:51.760
 right

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 hand

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 of

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 God

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:52.460
 the

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 father

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.360
 or

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 better

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 who

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 is

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:54.699
 at

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 the

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 right

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 hand

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:55.980
 of

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 God

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:56.340
 the

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 father

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:58.039
 the

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.259
 Bible

00:40:58.259 --> 00:40:58.599
 tells

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 the

00:40:59.139 --> 00:41:00.139
 the

00:41:00.139 --> 00:41:00.819
 father

00:41:00.819 --> 00:41:02.099
 the

00:41:02.099 --> 00:41:02.480
 right

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:02.980
 hand

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.179
 of

00:41:03.179 --> 00:41:03.299
 the

00:41:03.299 --> 00:41:03.679
 father

00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:04.440
 in

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 acts

00:41:04.659 --> 00:41:04.859
 2

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 33

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 so

00:41:07.799 --> 00:41:08.059
 then

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.359
 in

00:41:08.359 --> 00:41:08.879
 whom

00:41:08.879 --> 00:41:09.460
 is

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:09.619
 the

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:09.920
 fullness

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.219
 of

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:10.480
 joy

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:10.619
 to

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:10.739
 be

00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:11.019
 found

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.219
 in

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:11.559
 whom

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:11.779
 are

00:41:11.779 --> 00:41:12.319
 pleasures

00:41:12.319 --> 00:41:13.019
 forevermore

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.299
 to be

00:41:13.299 --> 00:41:13.639
 found

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 the

00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:14.679
 answer

00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:15.259
 my

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:15.500
 friends

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:15.719
 it's

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:16.039
 Jesus

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.579
 Christ

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:17.799
 in

00:41:17.799 --> 00:41:18.319
 Jesus

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:18.839
 sinful

00:41:18.839 --> 00:41:19.239
 people

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.460
 are

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.699
 made

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:20.099
 holy

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:20.759
 in

00:41:20.759 --> 00:41:21.279
 Jesus

00:41:21.279 --> 00:41:21.779
 people

00:41:21.779 --> 00:41:21.960
 who

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.039
 are

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.639
 enslaved

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:22.859
 to

00:41:22.859 --> 00:41:23.039
 sin

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:23.239
 and

00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:23.539
 death

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:23.719
 are

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:23.920
 made

00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:24.339
 free

00:41:24.339 --> 00:41:25.079
 in

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.480
 Jesus

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:25.799
 people

00:41:25.799 --> 00:41:25.960
 who

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.079
 are

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:26.539
 sick

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.759
 with

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:27.199
 sin

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:27.420
 and

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:27.759
 sorrows

00:41:27.759 --> 00:41:27.920
 are

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:28.360
 healed

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:28.900
 in

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.340
 Jesus

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.920
 broken

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.480
 people

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:30.900
 are

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.239
 made

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:31.739
 whole

00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:33.319
 in

00:41:33.319 --> 00:41:33.779
 Jesus

00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:34.059
 the

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.599
 lost

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:35.159
 people

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.360
 are

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.880
 found

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:38.000
 do

00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:38.119
 you

00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:38.299
 know

00:41:38.299 --> 00:41:38.480
 this

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:38.940
 Jesus

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:41.940
 what

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.420
 pleasures

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:42.799
 are you

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:43.139
 seeking

00:41:43.139 --> 00:41:43.380
 to

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:43.860
 satisfy

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.440
 yourself

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:47.619
 C.S.

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:47.840
 Lewis

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:48.299
 writes

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:48.519
 in his

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:48.819
 essay

00:41:48.819 --> 00:41:49.039
 I'm

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.179
 sure

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:49.380
 I've

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:49.559
 quoted

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:49.739
 this

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:49.819
 to

00:41:49.819 --> 00:41:49.900
 you

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.239
 before

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:50.679
 from

00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:50.819
 the

00:41:50.819 --> 00:41:50.980
 weight

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.099
 of

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.380
 glory

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:53.840
 it

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:54.000
 would

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.279
 seem

00:41:54.279 --> 00:41:54.599
 that

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:55.139
 our

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.340
 Lord

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:55.860
 finds

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.140
 our

00:41:56.140 --> 00:41:56.680
 desires

00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:57.019
 not

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:57.280
 too

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.840
 strong

00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:58.460
 but

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:58.740
 too

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:59.140
 weak

00:41:59.140 --> 00:42:00.960
 we

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.099
 are

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.380
 half

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:01.760
 hearted

00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:02.340
 creatures

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:03.519
 fooling

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:03.880
 about

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.099
 with

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:04.500
 drink

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:04.780
 and

00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:05.140
 sex

00:42:05.140 --> 00:42:05.340
 and

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:05.740
 ambition

00:42:05.740 --> 00:42:06.280
 when

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:07.140
 infinite

00:42:07.140 --> 00:42:07.680
 joy

00:42:07.680 --> 00:42:07.960
 is

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.320
 offered

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:08.720
 us

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:10.320
 like

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:10.519
 an

00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:10.900
 ignorant

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.400
 child

00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:11.780
 who

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:12.079
 wants

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.280
 to

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:12.460
 go

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:12.760
 on

00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:13.120
 making

00:42:13.120 --> 00:42:13.460
 mud

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:13.960
 pies

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.140
 in

00:42:14.140 --> 00:42:14.280
 a

00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:14.640
 slum

00:42:14.640 --> 00:42:15.360
 because

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:15.559
 he

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:15.860
 cannot

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:16.420
 imagine

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:16.700
 what

00:42:16.700 --> 00:42:16.840
 is

00:42:16.840 --> 00:42:17.099
 meant

00:42:17.099 --> 00:42:17.320
 by

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.480
 the

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:17.840
 offer

00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:18.059
 of

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:18.240
 a

00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:18.599
 holiday

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:18.840
 at

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:18.980
 the

00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.180
 sea

00:42:19.180 --> 00:42:20.539
 we

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:20.700
 are

00:42:20.700 --> 00:42:21.120
 far

00:42:21.120 --> 00:42:21.660
 too

00:42:21.660 --> 00:42:22.300
 easily

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:23.039
 pleased

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:26.259
 if

00:42:26.259 --> 00:42:26.400
 you

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.840
 feel

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.039
 the

00:42:27.039 --> 00:42:27.360
 allure

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:27.519
 of

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:27.639
 the

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:28.219
 temptations

00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:28.460
 of

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:28.599
 the

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:28.920
 pleasures

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:29.119
 of

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.259
 this

00:42:29.259 --> 00:42:29.619
 life

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:30.400
 it's

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:30.559
 not

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:30.820
 because

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:30.980
 your

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:31.420
 desires

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:31.759
 are

00:42:31.759 --> 00:42:32.279
 too

00:42:32.279 --> 00:42:32.900
 strong

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.119
 for

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:33.360
 those

00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:33.639
 things

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:33.920
 it's

00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:34.179
 because

00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:34.380
 your

00:42:34.380 --> 00:42:34.860
 desire

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:35.320
 for

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:35.759
 pleasure

00:42:35.759 --> 00:42:36.079
 is

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.259
 too

00:42:36.259 --> 00:42:36.619
 weak

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:39.019
 let

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.239
 us

00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:39.699
 not

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:39.920
 be

00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.059
 a

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.299
 people

00:42:40.299 --> 00:42:40.539
 who

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:40.639
 are

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:40.819
 too

00:42:40.819 --> 00:42:41.139
 easily

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.759
 satisfied

00:42:41.759 --> 00:42:43.440
 let

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:43.579
 us

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:43.779
 not

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:43.920
 be

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:44.019
 a

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:44.199
 people

00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:44.339
 who

00:42:44.339 --> 00:42:44.440
 are

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.619
 so

00:42:44.619 --> 00:42:45.019
 easily

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:45.519
 pleased

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:46.579
 let's

00:42:46.579 --> 00:42:46.819
 heed

00:42:46.819 --> 00:42:46.980
 the

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.279
 words

00:42:47.279 --> 00:42:47.539
 of

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:47.679
 the

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:47.980
 preacher

00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:48.159
 of

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:48.699
 ecclesiastes

00:42:48.699 --> 00:42:48.900
 who

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.019
 has

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:49.239
 been

00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:49.519
 there

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:49.960
 and

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.199
 done

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:50.440
 that

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:50.599
 and

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:50.739
 has

00:42:50.739 --> 00:42:51.019
 found

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.159
 it

00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:51.420
 all

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:52.039
 wanting

00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:53.460
 let's

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:53.699
 hold

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:53.920
 on

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.199
 to

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:54.420
 the

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:54.839
 pleasures

00:42:54.839 --> 00:42:55.400
 forever

00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:55.779
 more

00:42:55.779 --> 00:42:56.679
 hold

00:42:56.679 --> 00:42:56.960
 out

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:57.119
 for

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.319
 that

00:42:57.319 --> 00:42:57.599
 that's

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:57.799
 found

00:42:57.799 --> 00:42:57.940
 in

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.159
 Jesus

00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:58.539
 Christ

00:42:58.539 --> 00:42:58.859
 alone

00:42:58.859 --> 00:42:59.500
 let's

00:42:59.500 --> 00:42:59.759
 pray

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:11.040
 heavenly

00:43:11.040 --> 00:43:11.480
 father

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:13.940
 we

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.360
 ask

00:43:14.360 --> 00:43:14.720
 that

00:43:14.720 --> 00:43:14.980
 you

00:43:14.980 --> 00:43:15.280
 would

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:18.760
 engulf

00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:19.380
 us

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:20.400
 with

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:20.740
 a

00:43:20.740 --> 00:43:21.560
 consuming

00:43:21.560 --> 00:43:22.520
 desire

00:43:22.520 --> 00:43:23.520
 passion

00:43:23.520 --> 00:43:24.940
 for

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:25.160
 the

00:43:25.160 --> 00:43:25.700
 pleasures

00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:26.340
 that

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:26.500
 are

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.940
 found

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:27.280
 in

00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:27.580
 you

00:43:27.580 --> 00:43:28.000
 alone

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:31.840
 so

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:32.000
 that

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:32.119
 we

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.320
 would

00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:32.780
 live

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:34.000
 with

00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:34.199
 a

00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:34.460
 sober

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:34.880
 mind

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:36.500
 knowing

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:36.699
 that

00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:36.980
 all

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:37.320
 these

00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:37.699
 pleasures

00:43:37.699 --> 00:43:37.940
 of

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:38.079
 the

00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:38.380
 world

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:38.820
 cannot

00:43:38.820 --> 00:43:39.559
 satisfy

00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:43.579
 enlarge

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:43.820
 our

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:44.119
 vision

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:44.280
 of

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:44.440
 you

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:44.760
 God

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:46.960
 enlarge

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.260
 our

00:43:47.260 --> 00:43:48.179
 vision

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:48.519
 of

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:48.980
 Jesus

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.840
 his

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 beauty

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 his

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 holiness

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 his

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 glory

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 the

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 the

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 unsurpassed

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 joy

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 everlasting

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 pleasure

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 Lord help

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 us to

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 grasp hold

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 of that

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 more and

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 more

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 grant

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 everyone

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 here

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 to know

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 the

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 folly

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 of

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 Christ

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 crucified

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 that

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 they

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 might

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 find

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 true

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 wisdom

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 in

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 Christ

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 and

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 be

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 found

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 by

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 him

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 forever

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 more

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 thank you

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 God

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 for the

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 wisdom

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 of your

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 word

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 we

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 pray

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 amen