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But,<00:14:51.029><c> you</c><00:14:51.210><c> know,</c><00:14:51.330><c> isn't</c><00:14:51.529><c> that</c><00:14:51.789><c> ironic?</c>

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Chapter<00:14:58.009><c> seven</c><00:14:58.669><c> and</c><00:14:59.610><c> verse</c><00:15:01.049><c> one.</c>

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isn't<00:15:41.769><c> it?</c>

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Well,<00:16:31.590><c> at</c><00:16:31.710><c> least</c><00:16:31.889><c> when</c><00:16:32.029><c> you're</c><00:16:32.230><c> dead,</c><00:16:32.769><c> you</c><00:16:33.029><c> don't</c><00:16:33.210><c> have</c><00:16:33.330><c> the</c>

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they<00:16:54.070><c> can</c><00:16:54.269><c> have</c><00:16:54.429><c> short</c><00:16:54.710><c> lifespans.</c>

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Let's<00:16:56.250><c> have</c><00:16:56.370><c> a</c><00:16:56.409><c> quick</c><00:16:56.529><c> look</c><00:16:56.730><c> at</c><00:16:56.789><c> chapter</c><00:16:58.230><c> 9.</c>

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start<00:17:03.090><c> to</c><00:17:03.289><c> think</c><00:17:03.509><c> about</c>

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what<00:17:04.289><c> some</c><00:17:04.450><c> of</c><00:17:04.549><c> the</c><00:17:04.690><c> positive</c><00:17:05.049><c> exhortation</c><00:17:05.630><c> from</c><00:17:05.829><c> all</c><00:17:06.069><c> this</c>

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would<00:17:06.470><c> be.</c>

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So<00:17:09.710><c> chapter</c><00:17:09.950><c> 9</c><00:17:10.730><c> and</c><00:17:12.390><c> verse...</c>

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Let's<00:17:18.490><c> come</c><00:17:18.670><c> in</c><00:17:18.829><c> at</c><00:17:19.009><c> verse</c><00:17:19.630><c> 2.</c>

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All<00:17:21.150><c> things</c><00:17:21.630><c> come</c><00:17:21.930><c> alike</c><00:17:22.329><c> to</c><00:17:22.630><c> all.</c>

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There<00:17:23.089><c> is</c><00:17:23.309><c> one</c><00:17:23.589><c> event</c><00:17:23.930><c> to</c><00:17:24.170><c> the</c><00:17:24.349><c> righteous</c><00:17:24.710><c> and</c><00:17:25.210><c> to</c><00:17:25.329><c> the</c><00:17:25.470><c> wicked,</c><00:17:25.829><c> to</c><00:17:25.910><c> the</c><00:17:26.109><c> good,</c>

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to<00:17:26.589><c> the</c><00:17:26.789><c> clean</c><00:17:26.950><c> and</c><00:17:27.109><c> to</c><00:17:27.230><c> the</c><00:17:27.390><c> unclean.</c>

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So<00:17:28.049><c> we're</c><00:17:28.190><c> all</c><00:17:28.349><c> going</c><00:17:28.470><c> to</c><00:17:28.630><c> die</c><00:17:29.009><c> and,</c><00:17:29.730><c> you</c><00:17:29.890><c> know,</c><00:17:29.990><c> there's</c><00:17:30.190><c> going</c><00:17:30.329><c> to</c><00:17:30.490><c> be</c>

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some<00:17:31.589><c> suffering</c><00:17:32.529><c> that's</c><00:17:32.970><c> going</c><00:17:33.089><c> to</c><00:17:33.269><c> happen</c><00:17:33.490><c> and</c><00:17:33.690><c> it's</c><00:17:33.930><c> going</c>

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to<00:17:34.170><c> happen</c><00:17:34.349><c> to</c><00:17:34.569><c> bad</c><00:17:34.710><c> people</c>

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how<00:17:41.670><c> life</c><00:17:42.309><c> is.</c>

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Verse<00:17:47.569><c> 4,</c><00:17:48.170><c> the</c><00:17:48.250><c> same</c><00:17:48.490><c> thing.</c>

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This<00:17:48.950><c> is</c><00:17:49.190><c> an</c><00:17:49.289><c> evil</c><00:17:49.569><c> among</c><00:17:49.910><c> all</c><00:17:50.210><c> the</c><00:17:50.349><c> things</c><00:17:50.549><c> that</c><00:17:50.849><c> are</c><00:17:50.849><c> done</c>

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under<00:17:51.210><c> the</c><00:17:51.390><c> sun,</c>

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that<00:17:51.710><c> there</c><00:17:51.869><c> is</c><00:17:52.049><c> one</c><00:17:52.269><c> event</c><00:17:52.529><c> unto</c><00:17:52.829><c> all.</c>

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Yea,<00:17:53.730><c> also</c><00:17:54.269><c> the</c><00:17:54.569><c> heart</c><00:17:54.829><c> of</c><00:17:55.170><c> sons</c><00:17:55.390><c> of</c><00:17:55.549><c> men</c><00:17:55.670><c> is</c><00:17:55.910><c> fully</c><00:17:56.190><c> set</c>

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and<00:17:57.490><c> madness</c><00:17:57.750><c> is</c><00:17:58.009><c> in</c><00:17:58.049><c> their</c><00:17:58.289><c> heart</c><00:17:58.490><c> while</c><00:17:58.690><c> they</c><00:17:58.970><c> live</c><00:17:59.210><c> and</c><00:17:59.569><c> after</c><00:17:59.849><c> that</c><00:18:00.069><c> they</c><00:18:00.230><c> go</c>

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to<00:18:00.609><c> the</c><00:18:00.789><c> dead.</c>

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Great<00:18:01.569><c> summary</c><00:18:02.589><c> of</c><00:18:02.910><c> the</c><00:18:03.650><c> human</c><00:18:03.849><c> condition,</c><00:18:04.309><c> isn't</c><00:18:04.549><c> it?</c>

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Verse<00:18:06.329><c> 4,</c><00:18:06.849><c> for</c><00:18:07.049><c> him</c><00:18:07.269><c> that</c><00:18:07.410><c> is</c><00:18:07.650><c> joined</c><00:18:07.829><c> to</c><00:18:08.049><c> all</c><00:18:08.210><c> the</c><00:18:08.369><c> living,</c><00:18:08.789><c> there</c><00:18:09.009><c> is</c><00:18:09.150><c> hope.</c>

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So<00:18:12.730><c> it's</c><00:18:12.809><c> good</c><00:18:12.950><c> to</c><00:18:13.109><c> be</c><00:18:13.250><c> alive</c><00:18:13.589><c> then.</c>

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So<00:18:14.309><c> if</c><00:18:14.450><c> you're</c><00:18:14.650><c> alive,</c><00:18:15.089><c> there's</c><00:18:15.210><c> hope.</c>

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We're<00:18:17.069><c> not</c><00:18:17.190><c> quite</c><00:18:17.430><c> sure</c><00:18:17.630><c> hope</c><00:18:17.890><c> what</c><00:18:18.190><c> for,</c><00:18:18.829><c> as</c><00:18:18.970><c> far</c><00:18:19.109><c> as</c><00:18:19.230><c> the</c><00:18:19.309><c> book</c><00:18:19.430><c> of</c>

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Ecclesiastes<00:18:20.089><c> is</c><00:18:20.329><c> concerned,</c>

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but<00:18:21.109><c> you</c><00:18:21.190><c> know,</c><00:18:21.369><c> at</c><00:18:21.430><c> least</c><00:18:21.609><c> you're</c><00:18:21.849><c> alive,</c><00:18:22.589><c> so</c><00:18:22.750><c> that's</c><00:18:23.069><c> good.</c>

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For<00:18:24.690><c> a</c><00:18:24.769><c> living</c><00:18:25.009><c> dog</c><00:18:25.289><c> is</c><00:18:25.490><c> better</c><00:18:25.730><c> than</c><00:18:25.890><c> a</c><00:18:26.089><c> dead</c><00:18:26.329><c> lion.</c>

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So<00:18:27.089><c> he</c><00:18:27.250><c> quotes</c><00:18:27.410><c> this</c><00:18:27.690><c> little</c><00:18:27.970><c> proverb</c><00:18:28.369><c> now</c><00:18:28.710><c> and</c><00:18:29.109><c> again</c><00:18:29.369><c> you</c><00:18:29.450><c> can</c><00:18:29.670><c> see</c><00:18:29.789><c> the</c><00:18:29.890><c> logic</c><00:18:30.190><c> of</c><00:18:30.349><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:18:30.890><c> better</c><00:18:31.009><c> to</c><00:18:31.130><c> be</c><00:18:31.269><c> a</c><00:18:31.410><c> dog</c><00:18:31.609><c> and</c><00:18:31.809><c> to</c><00:18:31.910><c> be</c><00:18:32.130><c> alive</c><00:18:32.509><c> than</c><00:18:32.690><c> to</c><00:18:32.890><c> be</c><00:18:33.309><c> a</c>

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lion<00:18:33.849><c> that's</c><00:18:34.990><c> dead.</c>

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What<00:18:35.829><c> use</c><00:18:35.970><c> is</c><00:18:36.150><c> a</c><00:18:36.250><c> dead</c><00:18:36.430><c> lion</c><00:18:36.690><c> to</c><00:18:36.930><c> anyone?</c>

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And<00:18:39.569><c> then</c><00:18:40.009><c> he</c><00:18:40.190><c> says,</c><00:18:40.630><c> and</c><00:18:40.630><c> this</c><00:18:41.089><c> is</c><00:18:41.269><c> I</c><00:18:41.349><c> think</c><00:18:41.609><c> the</c><00:18:41.809><c> bit</c><00:18:41.970><c> that's</c>

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really<00:18:43.589><c> powerful,</c>

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for<00:18:44.569><c> the</c><00:18:44.809><c> living</c><00:18:45.230><c> know</c><00:18:45.690><c> that</c><00:18:45.869><c> they</c><00:18:46.109><c> shall</c><00:18:46.309><c> die,</c><00:18:46.990><c> but</c><00:18:47.190><c> the</c><00:18:47.430><c> dead</c>

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know<00:18:47.789><c> not</c><00:18:48.069><c> anything.</c>

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So<00:18:49.029><c> that's</c><00:18:49.210><c> why</c><00:18:49.390><c> the</c><00:18:49.609><c> living</c><00:18:49.730><c> are</c><00:18:49.869><c> better</c><00:18:50.089><c> than</c><00:18:50.250><c> the</c><00:18:50.470><c> dead,</c>

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because<00:18:51.109><c> at</c><00:18:51.269><c> least</c><00:18:51.430><c> the</c><00:18:51.650><c> living</c><00:18:51.789><c> know</c><00:18:52.029><c> something</c><00:18:52.410><c> and</c><00:18:52.549><c> what</c>

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do<00:18:52.849><c> they</c><00:18:53.009><c> know?</c>

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They<00:18:53.670><c> know</c><00:18:53.849><c> they're</c><00:18:54.130><c> going</c><00:18:54.190><c> to</c><00:18:54.390><c> die.</c>

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Great.

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You<00:18:56.490><c> know,</c><00:18:57.710><c> and</c><00:18:57.769><c> again,</c><00:18:58.509><c> it's</c><00:18:59.589><c> a</c><00:18:59.829><c> mocking</c><00:19:00.150><c> of</c><00:19:00.450><c> the</c><00:19:00.710><c> human</c><00:19:00.930><c> condition,</c><00:19:01.569><c> isn't</c><00:19:01.730><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:19:02.410><c> telling</c><00:19:02.589><c> it</c><00:19:02.869><c> like</c><00:19:03.049><c> it</c><00:19:03.289><c> is.</c>

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You<00:19:03.869><c> know,</c><00:19:03.950><c> if</c><00:19:04.009><c> this</c><00:19:04.190><c> is</c><00:19:04.390><c> all</c><00:19:04.509><c> there</c><00:19:04.750><c> is,</c><00:19:05.910><c> then</c><00:19:06.049><c> all</c><00:19:08.450><c> men</c><00:19:08.650><c> are</c>

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miserable,<00:19:09.410><c> aren't</c><00:19:09.529><c> they?</c>

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And<00:19:12.230><c> as</c><00:19:12.410><c> Paul</c><00:19:12.529><c> says,</c><00:19:12.730><c> if</c><00:19:12.849><c> there's</c><00:19:13.069><c> no</c><00:19:13.230><c> resurrection</c><00:19:13.670><c> of</c><00:19:13.869><c> the</c><00:19:13.990><c> dead,</c>

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then<00:19:14.630><c> we</c><00:19:14.890><c> of</c><00:19:15.069><c> all</c><00:19:15.230><c> men</c><00:19:15.349><c> are</c><00:19:15.470><c> most</c><00:19:15.769><c> miserable.</c>

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But<00:19:17.309><c> there</c><00:19:17.509><c> is,</c><00:19:17.970><c> and</c><00:19:18.109><c> we're</c><00:19:18.309><c> going</c><00:19:18.349><c> to</c><00:19:18.430><c> get</c><00:19:18.569><c> to</c><00:19:18.670><c> that</c><00:19:18.829><c> in</c><00:19:18.950><c> a</c><00:19:19.069><c> minute.</c>

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So<00:19:21.309><c> then</c><00:19:21.750><c> he</c><00:19:23.410><c> goes</c><00:19:23.650><c> on</c><00:19:24.009><c> to</c><00:19:24.190><c> talk</c><00:19:24.450><c> about</c><00:19:24.869><c> death</c><00:19:25.369><c> and</c><00:19:25.589><c> how</c><00:19:25.789><c> all</c>

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our<00:19:26.349><c> love</c><00:19:26.549><c> and</c><00:19:26.809><c> memory</c>

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and<00:19:27.210><c> everything</c><00:19:27.549><c> is</c><00:19:27.849><c> gone</c><00:19:28.069><c> when</c><00:19:28.210><c> we're</c><00:19:28.990><c> dead.</c>

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So<00:19:29.970><c> all</c><00:19:30.150><c> that</c><00:19:30.329><c> is</c><00:19:30.490><c> grim,</c><00:19:30.829><c> isn't</c><00:19:30.930><c> it?</c>

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So<00:19:31.549><c> what</c><00:19:31.990><c> have</c><00:19:32.089><c> we</c><00:19:32.329><c> seen?</c>

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We've<00:19:32.750><c> seen</c><00:19:32.910><c> that</c><00:19:33.069><c> life</c><00:19:33.269><c> is</c><00:19:33.430><c> full</c><00:19:33.630><c> of</c><00:19:33.849><c> inconsistencies,</c><00:19:34.750><c> contradictions,</c>

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there's<00:19:35.849><c> death</c><00:19:36.049><c> at</c><00:19:36.250><c> the</c><00:19:36.369><c> end</c><00:19:36.529><c> of</c><00:19:36.690><c> it,</c><00:19:38.609><c> all</c><00:19:39.170><c> those</c><00:19:39.349><c> problems</c>

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with<00:19:40.009><c> human</c><00:19:40.329><c> life.</c>

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So<00:19:41.509><c> why</c><00:19:41.690><c> is</c><00:19:41.869><c> life</c><00:19:42.069><c> like</c><00:19:42.390><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:19:43.170><c> he</c><00:19:43.430><c> provides</c><00:19:43.750><c> the</c><00:19:43.910><c> answer</c><00:19:44.170><c> to</c><00:19:44.289><c> that.</c>

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Life<00:19:44.609><c> is</c><00:19:44.829><c> like</c><00:19:45.049><c> that</c><00:19:45.410><c> because</c><00:19:45.710><c> God</c><00:19:45.950><c> made</c><00:19:46.210><c> it</c><00:19:46.430><c> so,</c><00:19:46.930><c> and</c><00:19:47.029><c> God</c><00:19:47.190><c> made</c><00:19:47.410><c> it</c>

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so<00:19:47.769><c> very</c><00:19:47.990><c> deliberately.</c>

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Now,<00:20:23.269><c> you</c><00:20:23.349><c> don't</c><00:20:23.690><c> exercise</c><00:20:24.650><c> just</c><00:20:25.710><c> for</c><00:20:25.869><c> the</c><00:20:26.049><c> sake</c><00:20:26.230><c> of</c><00:20:26.410><c> it,</c><00:20:26.869><c> do</c><00:20:27.009><c> you?</c>

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so<00:20:54.369><c> that</c><00:20:54.690><c> we</c><00:20:54.849><c> can</c><00:20:55.250><c> see</c><00:20:55.789><c> the</c><00:20:56.529><c> futility</c><00:20:57.049><c> of</c><00:20:57.269><c> our</c><00:20:57.609><c> existence</c>

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make<00:21:21.390><c> that</c><00:21:21.750><c> point.</c>

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to<00:21:41.329><c> be</c><00:21:41.650><c> exercised</c><00:21:42.750><c> in</c><00:21:42.970><c> it.</c>

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these<00:21:48.069><c> inconsistencies,</c><00:21:49.289><c> these</c><00:21:49.430><c> frustrations,</c>

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and<00:22:01.170><c> yet</c><00:22:01.769><c> we</c><00:22:03.009><c> have</c><00:22:03.650><c> this</c><00:22:04.549><c> futile</c><00:22:05.630><c> life.</c>

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for<00:22:19.390><c> that</c><00:22:19.569><c> which</c><00:22:19.789><c> befalleth</c><00:22:20.210><c> men</c><00:22:20.430><c> befalleth</c><00:22:20.970><c> beasts.</c>

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This<00:22:25.390><c> potential</c><00:22:25.869><c> to</c><00:22:26.109><c> think</c><00:22:26.430><c> great</c><00:22:26.829><c> thoughts,</c>

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to<00:22:31.829><c> carry</c><00:22:32.069><c> on</c><00:22:32.410><c> conversations,</c><00:22:33.309><c> emotional,</c><00:22:34.089><c> intellectual</c><00:22:34.549><c> relationships,</c>

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to<00:22:36.190><c> speak</c><00:22:36.450><c> to</c><00:22:36.650><c> God</c><00:22:36.910><c> in</c><00:22:37.190><c> prayer,</c><00:22:37.529><c> to</c><00:22:37.670><c> read</c><00:22:37.890><c> his</c><00:22:38.109><c> word,</c>

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psychological,<00:22:41.349><c> artistic,</c><00:22:42.109><c> aesthetic,</c><00:22:43.369><c> intellectual</c><00:22:44.049><c> capabilities.</c>

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We<00:22:44.869><c> have</c><00:22:45.069><c> all</c><00:22:45.210><c> those</c><00:22:45.369><c> things</c><00:22:45.589><c> that</c><00:22:45.910><c> distinguish</c><00:22:46.190><c> us</c><00:22:46.349><c> from</c><00:22:46.549><c> all</c>

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We<00:22:51.710><c> have</c><00:22:51.950><c> this</c><00:22:52.170><c> pointless</c><00:22:52.569><c> existence.</c>

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So<00:22:53.809><c> what's</c><00:22:54.069><c> going</c><00:22:54.309><c> on</c><00:22:54.509><c> here?</c>

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Well,<00:22:58.529><c> the</c><00:22:58.569><c> answer</c><00:22:58.930><c> goes</c><00:22:59.230><c> right</c><00:22:59.490><c> back</c><00:22:59.670><c> to</c><00:22:59.829><c> Genesis,</c><00:23:00.349><c> doesn't</c><00:23:00.569><c> it?</c>

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study<00:23:03.430><c> class.</c>

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that<00:23:11.189><c> that's</c><00:23:11.829><c> the</c><00:23:11.950><c> punishment</c><00:23:12.309><c> for</c><00:23:12.569><c> our</c><00:23:12.769><c> sinfulness.</c>

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And<00:23:14.369><c> the</c><00:23:14.869><c> vanities</c><00:23:15.349><c> and</c><00:23:15.829><c> futilities</c><00:23:16.430><c> of</c><00:23:16.910><c> contradictions</c><00:23:17.349><c> of</c>

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this<00:23:17.809><c> life</c>

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are<00:23:18.950><c> to</c><00:23:19.150><c> make</c><00:23:19.369><c> us</c><00:23:19.690><c> see</c><00:23:20.109><c> that</c><00:23:20.490><c> something</c><00:23:20.829><c> is</c><00:23:21.130><c> wrong</c>

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so<00:23:22.190><c> that</c><00:23:22.329><c> we</c><00:23:22.410><c> can</c><00:23:22.690><c> turn</c><00:23:23.029><c> back</c><00:23:23.349><c> to</c><00:23:23.549><c> God</c><00:23:24.230><c> again.</c>

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Let's<00:23:26.329><c> go</c><00:23:26.670><c> to</c><00:23:27.170><c> the</c><00:23:27.329><c> book</c><00:23:27.509><c> of</c><00:23:27.809><c> Romans.</c>

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Romans<00:23:43.970><c> in</c><00:23:44.190><c> chapter</c><00:23:44.450><c> eight.</c>

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Verse<00:23:56.769><c> 20.</c>

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For<00:23:57.470><c> the</c><00:23:57.670><c> creation</c><00:23:58.230><c> was</c><00:23:58.910><c> made</c><00:23:59.509><c> subject</c><00:24:00.289><c> to</c><00:24:00.710><c> vanity.</c>

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Now<00:24:03.009><c> you</c><00:24:03.130><c> see</c><00:24:03.349><c> that</c><00:24:03.630><c> Paul</c><00:24:03.930><c> deliberately</c><00:24:04.470><c> picks</c>

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the<00:24:05.029><c> key</c><00:24:05.190><c> word</c><00:24:05.329><c> of</c><00:24:05.490><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><00:24:06.349><c> doesn't</c><00:24:06.490><c> he?</c>

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The<00:24:09.309><c> creation</c><00:24:09.670><c> was</c><00:24:09.950><c> made</c><00:24:10.170><c> subject</c><00:24:10.549><c> to</c><00:24:10.789><c> vanity.</c>

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Vanity<00:24:11.509><c> of</c><00:24:11.670><c> vanity,</c><00:24:12.210><c> said</c><00:24:12.250><c> the</c><00:24:12.470><c> preacher,</c><00:24:12.970><c> all</c><00:24:13.349><c> is</c><00:24:13.630><c> vanity.</c>

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So<00:24:15.049><c> the</c><00:24:15.170><c> book</c><00:24:15.289><c> of</c><00:24:15.430><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:24:15.930><c> is</c><00:24:16.490><c> an</c><00:24:16.650><c> exposition</c>

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of<00:24:17.410><c> what</c><00:24:17.589><c> it</c><00:24:17.730><c> is</c><00:24:17.950><c> like</c><00:24:18.109><c> to</c><00:24:18.269><c> be</c><00:24:18.430><c> human</c><00:24:18.869><c> and</c><00:24:19.650><c> it's</c><00:24:19.869><c> a</c><00:24:19.950><c> bit</c><00:24:20.130><c> frustrating.</c>

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And<00:24:23.130><c> it's</c><00:24:23.589><c> sad</c><00:24:23.910><c> in</c><00:24:24.089><c> many</c><00:24:24.289><c> ways.</c>

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There's<00:24:25.049><c> some</c><00:24:25.349><c> amazing</c><00:24:25.930><c> great</c><00:24:26.230><c> things</c><00:24:26.569><c> about</c><00:24:26.869><c> it</c>

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and<00:24:27.230><c> Solomon</c><00:24:27.589><c> says</c><00:24:27.849><c> go</c><00:24:28.109><c> and</c><00:24:28.309><c> enjoy</c><00:24:28.509><c> those</c><00:24:28.829><c> things.</c>

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That's<00:24:29.450><c> absolutely</c><00:24:29.829><c> fine.</c>

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But<00:24:30.950><c> be</c><00:24:31.250><c> aware</c><00:24:31.509><c> of</c><00:24:31.690><c> the</c><00:24:31.829><c> other</c><00:24:32.069><c> side,</c><00:24:32.369><c> the</c><00:24:32.509><c> frustration</c>

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and<00:24:33.269><c> the</c><00:24:33.490><c> sadness</c><00:24:33.869><c> about</c><00:24:34.410><c> it</c><00:24:34.730><c> too.</c>

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And<00:24:35.509><c> use</c><00:24:35.690><c> those</c><00:24:35.930><c> two</c><00:24:36.150><c> things</c><00:24:36.430><c> together</c><00:24:37.069><c> to</c><00:24:37.509><c> direct</c><00:24:37.950><c> your</c><00:24:38.349><c> way</c>

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by<00:24:39.130><c> remembering</c><00:24:39.690><c> the</c><00:24:39.930><c> creator</c>

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in<00:24:41.710><c> the</c><00:24:41.910><c> days</c><00:24:42.170><c> that</c><00:24:42.369><c> are</c><00:24:42.529><c> left</c><00:24:42.730><c> available</c><00:24:43.170><c> to</c><00:24:43.470><c> us</c>

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and<00:24:44.690><c> by</c><00:24:45.109><c> fearing</c><00:24:45.490><c> God</c><00:24:45.930><c> and</c><00:24:46.549><c> keeping</c><00:24:46.809><c> his</c><00:24:47.089><c> commandments.</c>

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So<00:24:51.029><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:24:51.630><c> as</c><00:24:52.390><c> an</c><00:24:52.630><c> exposition</c><00:24:53.109><c> of</c><00:24:53.950><c> human</c><00:24:54.190><c> life</c>

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is<00:24:55.410><c> an</c><00:24:55.630><c> expansion</c><00:24:56.130><c> of</c><00:24:56.369><c> Genesis</c><00:24:56.690><c> three.</c>

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And<00:24:58.210><c> Romans</c><00:24:58.509><c> now</c><00:24:58.950><c> is</c><00:24:59.990><c> an</c><00:25:00.369><c> explanation</c><00:25:00.789><c> of</c><00:25:01.009><c> Ecclesiastes</c>

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and<00:25:01.990><c> how</c><00:25:02.210><c> that</c><00:25:02.490><c> fits</c><00:25:02.670><c> into</c><00:25:03.049><c> God's</c><00:25:03.430><c> purpose</c><00:25:03.650><c> as</c><00:25:03.869><c> a</c><00:25:03.970><c> whole.</c>

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Romans<00:25:04.430><c> eight</c><00:25:04.630><c> again</c><00:25:04.890><c> in</c><00:25:05.009><c> verse</c><00:25:05.150><c> 20.</c>

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The<00:25:05.829><c> creation</c><00:25:06.190><c> was</c><00:25:06.430><c> made</c><00:25:06.690><c> subject</c><00:25:07.109><c> to</c><00:25:07.230><c> vanity.</c>

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Not<00:25:08.450><c> willingly,</c><00:25:09.049><c> not</c><00:25:09.269><c> because</c><00:25:09.589><c> God</c><00:25:09.869><c> wanted</c><00:25:10.250><c> to</c><00:25:10.509><c> do</c><00:25:10.670><c> that.</c>

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It<00:25:11.210><c> doesn't</c><00:25:11.430><c> give</c><00:25:11.650><c> God</c><00:25:11.849><c> any</c><00:25:12.210><c> pleasure</c><00:25:12.630><c> to</c><00:25:13.170><c> see</c><00:25:13.349><c> us</c><00:25:13.630><c> suffering</c>

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under<00:25:14.430><c> the</c><00:25:15.069><c> suffering</c><00:25:15.410><c> and</c><00:25:15.589><c> futilities</c><00:25:16.069><c> and</c><00:25:16.329><c> vanities</c>

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and<00:25:16.990><c> travails</c><00:25:17.369><c> of</c><00:25:17.650><c> life.</c>

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But<00:25:18.750><c> by</c><00:25:19.029><c> reason</c><00:25:19.269><c> of</c><00:25:19.430><c> him</c><00:25:19.609><c> who</c><00:25:19.789><c> hath</c><00:25:19.950><c> subjected</c><00:25:20.470><c> the</c><00:25:20.789><c> same</c><00:25:21.069><c> in</c><00:25:21.369><c> hope.</c>

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So<00:25:22.710><c> God</c><00:25:24.130><c> did</c><00:25:24.690><c> that</c><00:25:25.710><c> because</c><00:25:27.630><c> of</c><00:25:27.930><c> human</c><00:25:28.150><c> sinfulness</c><00:25:28.650><c> in</c><00:25:28.869><c> the</c><00:25:29.029><c> beginning</c>

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and<00:25:30.130><c> as</c><00:25:30.529><c> a</c><00:25:30.609><c> way</c><00:25:30.750><c> to</c><00:25:31.049><c> lead</c><00:25:31.250><c> us</c><00:25:31.490><c> from</c><00:25:31.829><c> our</c><00:25:32.069><c> sinfulness</c>

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back<00:25:33.289><c> into</c><00:25:33.609><c> a</c><00:25:33.769><c> relationship</c><00:25:34.210><c> with</c><00:25:34.430><c> him</c><00:25:34.609><c> again.</c>

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Because<00:25:36.670><c> verse</c><00:25:36.950><c> 21,</c><00:25:37.509><c> the</c><00:25:37.549><c> creation</c><00:25:38.049><c> itself</c>

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shall<00:25:39.569><c> also</c><00:25:40.009><c> be</c><00:25:40.250><c> delivered</c><00:25:40.730><c> from</c><00:25:41.569><c> the</c><00:25:41.890><c> bondage</c><00:25:42.430><c> of</c><00:25:42.710><c> corruption.</c>

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Isn't<00:25:43.869><c> that</c><00:25:44.069><c> what</c><00:25:44.230><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:25:44.829><c> is</c><00:25:45.009><c> all</c><00:25:45.230><c> about?</c>

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Into<00:25:46.329><c> the</c><00:25:46.690><c> glorious</c><00:25:47.170><c> liberty</c><00:25:47.869><c> of</c><00:25:48.470><c> the</c><00:25:48.670><c> children</c><00:25:48.970><c> of</c><00:25:49.190><c> God.</c>

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So<00:25:50.230><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:25:50.769><c> begins</c><00:25:51.150><c> with</c><00:25:51.430><c> death</c><00:25:51.630><c> and</c><00:25:51.910><c> ends</c><00:25:52.150><c> with</c><00:25:52.390><c> death</c>

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and<00:25:52.710><c> you</c><00:25:52.829><c> say</c><00:25:52.950><c> where's</c><00:25:53.230><c> the</c><00:25:53.390><c> liberty</c><00:25:53.670><c> in</c><00:25:53.950><c> that?</c>

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We're<00:25:54.569><c> totally</c><00:25:54.950><c> hemmed</c><00:25:55.230><c> in</c><00:25:55.470><c> by</c><00:25:55.750><c> death,</c><00:25:56.170><c> aren't</c><00:25:56.230><c> we,</c><00:25:56.410><c> in</c><00:25:56.609><c> Ecclesiastes?</c>

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And<00:25:58.329><c> Romans</c><00:25:58.670><c> is</c><00:25:58.950><c> now</c><00:25:59.210><c> telling</c><00:25:59.390><c> us</c><00:25:59.670><c> that</c><00:25:59.849><c> God</c><00:26:00.069><c> is</c><00:26:00.329><c> going</c><00:26:00.609><c> to</c><00:26:00.869><c> redeem</c><00:26:01.210><c> us</c>

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from<00:26:01.890><c> that</c><00:26:02.210><c> bondage</c><00:26:02.589><c> of</c><00:26:02.789><c> corruption,</c><00:26:03.309><c> from</c><00:26:03.549><c> that</c><00:26:03.809><c> vanity</c>

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into<00:26:04.589><c> the</c><00:26:04.930><c> glorious</c><00:26:05.349><c> liberty</c><00:26:05.970><c> that</c><00:26:06.470><c> that</c><00:26:06.809><c> boundary</c>

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is<00:26:07.430><c> going</c><00:26:07.529><c> to</c><00:26:07.630><c> be</c><00:26:07.809><c> taken</c><00:26:08.069><c> away</c><00:26:08.390><c> from</c><00:26:08.589><c> us.</c>

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Those<00:26:09.250><c> shackles</c><00:26:09.730><c> of</c><00:26:10.029><c> humanity</c><00:26:10.609><c> are</c><00:26:11.069><c> going</c><00:26:11.170><c> to</c><00:26:11.309><c> be</c><00:26:11.569><c> unleashed</c>

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and<00:26:13.309><c> there's</c><00:26:13.529><c> going</c><00:26:13.630><c> to</c><00:26:13.730><c> be</c><00:26:13.809><c> this</c><00:26:14.089><c> glorious</c><00:26:14.670><c> liberty</c>

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of<00:26:15.829><c> the</c><00:26:16.069><c> children</c><00:26:16.349><c> of</c><00:26:16.609><c> God</c><00:26:16.930><c> when</c><00:26:17.630><c> by</c><00:26:18.049><c> God's</c><00:26:18.450><c> grace</c>

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we're<00:26:18.930><c> raised</c><00:26:19.309><c> from</c><00:26:19.549><c> the</c><00:26:19.750><c> dead</c><00:26:20.029><c> at</c><00:26:20.509><c> Christ's</c><00:26:20.950><c> return.</c>

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For<00:26:22.529><c> we</c><00:26:22.710><c> know</c><00:26:22.849><c> that</c><00:26:23.029><c> the</c><00:26:23.130><c> whole</c><00:26:23.289><c> creation</c>

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groaneth<00:26:24.250><c> and</c><00:26:24.589><c> travaileth</c><00:26:25.289><c> is</c><00:26:25.589><c> another</c><00:26:25.849><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:26:26.630><c> word,</c>

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isn't<00:26:27.210><c> it,</c><00:26:27.650><c> in</c><00:26:27.910><c> pain</c><00:26:28.190><c> together</c><00:26:28.630><c> until</c><00:26:28.990><c> now.</c>

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And<00:26:29.950><c> we</c><00:26:30.210><c> also,</c><00:26:31.049><c> even</c><00:26:31.250><c> though</c><00:26:31.410><c> we</c><00:26:31.630><c> have</c><00:26:31.789><c> the</c><00:26:31.950><c> hope</c><00:26:32.069><c> of</c><00:26:32.230><c> the</c><00:26:32.369><c> gospel,</c>

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we<00:26:32.890><c> also</c><00:26:33.230><c> groan</c><00:26:33.609><c> within</c><00:26:33.849><c> ourselves</c><00:26:34.369><c> waiting</c><00:26:34.890><c> for</c><00:26:35.109><c> the</c><00:26:35.349><c> adoption</c>

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to<00:26:36.009><c> wit</c><00:26:36.109><c> the</c><00:26:36.329><c> redemption</c><00:26:36.769><c> of</c><00:26:37.009><c> our</c><00:26:37.170><c> bodies,</c>

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but<00:26:37.950><c> we</c><00:26:38.150><c> are</c><00:26:38.430><c> saved</c><00:26:38.910><c> by</c><00:26:39.450><c> hope.</c>

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We<00:26:40.769><c> have</c><00:26:41.029><c> this</c><00:26:41.329><c> hope</c><00:26:41.569><c> of</c><00:26:41.809><c> something</c><00:26:42.269><c> that</c><00:26:42.509><c> is</c><00:26:42.970><c> outside</c><00:26:43.529><c> this</c><00:26:43.890><c> life,</c>

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which<00:26:44.470><c> is</c><00:26:44.710><c> beyond</c><00:26:45.150><c> this</c><00:26:45.549><c> life,</c><00:26:46.349><c> which</c><00:26:46.509><c> is</c><00:26:46.829><c> not</c><00:26:47.849><c> a</c><00:26:48.470><c> vain</c><00:26:48.750><c> thing,</c>

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which<00:26:49.710><c> is</c><00:26:50.009><c> not</c><00:26:51.210><c> earthly</c><00:26:51.829><c> travail,</c><00:26:53.150><c> but</c><00:26:53.329><c> which</c><00:26:53.670><c> is</c><00:26:54.289><c> the</c><00:26:54.609><c> pure</c><00:26:54.970><c> service</c>

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of<00:26:56.849><c> our</c><00:26:57.069><c> worship</c><00:26:57.569><c> of</c><00:26:58.250><c> our</c><00:26:58.390><c> heavenly</c><00:26:58.750><c> father.</c>

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Let's<00:26:59.390><c> finish</c><00:26:59.829><c> in</c><00:27:00.289><c> 1</c><00:27:00.529><c> Corinthians,</c><00:27:01.890><c> where</c><00:27:02.230><c> Paul</c><00:27:02.609><c> again</c>

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borrows<00:27:03.890><c> some</c><00:27:04.269><c> key</c><00:27:04.490><c> language</c><00:27:05.049><c> from</c><00:27:05.490><c> Ecclesiastes</c>

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and<00:27:06.750><c> he</c><00:27:07.089><c> turns</c><00:27:07.289><c> it</c><00:27:07.650><c> around</c><00:27:08.170><c> to</c><00:27:08.650><c> show</c><00:27:09.009><c> that</c><00:27:09.390><c> when</c><00:27:09.589><c> we</c><00:27:09.849><c> lift</c><00:27:10.069><c> our</c><00:27:10.410><c> sights</c>

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from<00:27:11.369><c> the</c><00:27:11.609><c> things</c><00:27:11.910><c> under</c><00:27:12.269><c> the</c><00:27:12.529><c> sun,</c><00:27:12.750><c> from</c><00:27:12.970><c> the</c><00:27:13.150><c> things</c><00:27:13.410><c> of</c>

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this<00:27:13.869><c> earth</c>

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and<00:27:14.309><c> all</c><00:27:14.450><c> the</c><00:27:14.730><c> vanity</c><00:27:15.009><c> and</c><00:27:15.309><c> vanities</c><00:27:15.710><c> that</c><00:27:16.130><c> there</c><00:27:16.369><c> is</c><00:27:16.630><c> there,</c>

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and<00:27:17.430><c> focus</c><00:27:17.829><c> instead</c><00:27:18.450><c> on</c><00:27:19.069><c> God,</c><00:27:19.750><c> on</c><00:27:19.990><c> fearing</c><00:27:20.230><c> him</c>

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and<00:27:20.630><c> keeping</c><00:27:20.930><c> his</c><00:27:21.289><c> commandments</c><00:27:21.829><c> and</c><00:27:22.230><c> on</c><00:27:22.529><c> working</c><00:27:22.809><c> for</c><00:27:23.049><c> him,</c>

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then<00:27:24.710><c> at</c><00:27:25.029><c> last</c><00:27:25.609><c> there</c><00:27:26.190><c> is</c><00:27:26.470><c> profit.</c>

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Then<00:27:27.710><c> at</c><00:27:27.990><c> last</c><00:27:28.269><c> there</c><00:27:28.470><c> is</c><00:27:28.750><c> something</c><00:27:29.089><c> which</c><00:27:29.589><c> goes</c><00:27:29.990><c> beyond,</c>

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which<00:27:31.210><c> has</c><00:27:31.890><c> a</c><00:27:32.190><c> reward</c><00:27:32.490><c> for</c><00:27:32.829><c> us.</c>

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This<00:27:34.990><c> is</c><00:27:35.450><c> chapter</c><00:27:35.789><c> 15,</c><00:27:36.450><c> the</c><00:27:36.670><c> famous</c><00:27:36.990><c> resurrection</c><00:27:37.609><c> chapter,</c>

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and<00:27:38.690><c> how</c><00:27:38.910><c> does</c><00:27:39.390><c> Paul</c><00:27:39.690><c> choose</c><00:27:40.130><c> to</c><00:27:40.450><c> end</c><00:27:40.910><c> that</c><00:27:41.349><c> chapter?</c>

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He<00:27:42.190><c> ends</c><00:27:42.490><c> it</c><00:27:43.170><c> by</c><00:27:43.710><c> using</c><00:27:44.789><c> the</c><00:27:45.009><c> language</c><00:27:45.569><c> of</c><00:27:47.029><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

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So<00:27:48.210><c> verse</c><00:27:48.450><c> 54</c><00:27:49.009><c> of</c><00:27:49.190><c> 1</c><00:27:49.390><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:49.710><c> 15,</c>

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when<00:27:50.309><c> this</c><00:27:50.650><c> corruptible</c><00:27:51.349><c> shall</c><00:27:51.589><c> have</c><00:27:51.730><c> put</c><00:27:51.930><c> on</c><00:27:52.150><c> incorruption</c>

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and<00:27:53.309><c> this</c><00:27:53.589><c> mortal</c><00:27:53.869><c> shall</c><00:27:54.089><c> have</c><00:27:54.210><c> put</c><00:27:54.430><c> on</c><00:27:54.630><c> immortality,</c>

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then<00:27:55.849><c> shall</c><00:27:55.990><c> be</c><00:27:56.230><c> brought</c><00:27:56.430><c> to</c><00:27:56.670><c> pass</c><00:27:56.990><c> the</c><00:27:57.289><c> saying</c><00:27:57.529><c> that</c><00:27:57.710><c> is</c><00:27:57.869><c> written,</c>

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death<00:27:59.009><c> is</c><00:27:59.730><c> swallowed</c><00:28:00.009><c> up</c><00:28:00.630><c> in</c><00:28:01.089><c> victory</c>

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and<00:28:02.410><c> all</c><00:28:02.609><c> the</c><00:28:02.789><c> vanity</c><00:28:03.130><c> of</c><00:28:03.390><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:28:04.329><c> will</c><00:28:04.789><c> be</c><00:28:05.049><c> over.</c>

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O<00:28:05.809><c> death,</c><00:28:06.089><c> where</c><00:28:06.309><c> is</c><00:28:06.529><c> thy</c><00:28:06.690><c> sting?</c>

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O<00:28:07.230><c> grave,</c><00:28:07.829><c> where</c><00:28:08.089><c> is</c><00:28:08.349><c> thy</c><00:28:08.470><c> victory?</c>

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Verse<00:28:09.230><c> 57,</c><00:28:09.890><c> but</c><00:28:10.109><c> thanks</c><00:28:10.430><c> be</c><00:28:10.609><c> to</c><00:28:10.750><c> God,</c>

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which<00:28:11.490><c> giveth</c><00:28:11.890><c> us</c><00:28:12.150><c> the</c><00:28:12.329><c> victory</c><00:28:12.849><c> through</c><00:28:13.509><c> our</c><00:28:13.809><c> Lord</c><00:28:14.049><c> Jesus</c><00:28:14.529><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:28:15.809><c> everything</c><00:28:16.069><c> that's</c><00:28:16.390><c> in</c><00:28:16.509><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

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that's<00:28:20.230><c> part</c><00:28:20.569><c> of</c><00:28:21.329><c> the</c><00:28:21.569><c> curse,</c><00:28:21.970><c> isn't</c><00:28:22.049><c> it?</c>

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That's<00:28:22.490><c> part</c><00:28:22.750><c> of</c><00:28:22.970><c> the</c><00:28:23.150><c> punishment</c><00:28:23.950><c> that</c><00:28:25.089><c> God</c><00:28:25.349><c> ordained</c><00:28:25.789><c> upon</c><00:28:26.009><c> us,</c>

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and<00:28:26.369><c> the</c><00:28:26.490><c> good</c><00:28:26.690><c> things</c><00:28:27.029><c> of</c><00:28:27.230><c> this</c><00:28:27.490><c> life</c><00:28:27.769><c> now</c><00:28:28.170><c> are</c><00:28:28.690><c> a</c><00:28:28.829><c> gift</c><00:28:29.069><c> from</c>

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but<00:28:30.690><c> the</c><00:28:30.890><c> true</c><00:28:31.109><c> gift,</c><00:28:31.789><c> the</c><00:28:32.029><c> full</c><00:28:32.289><c> gift</c><00:28:32.710><c> is</c><00:28:33.190><c> yet</c><00:28:33.549><c> to</c><00:28:33.970><c> be</c><00:28:34.190><c> revealed,</c>

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and<00:28:34.730><c> that</c><00:28:35.049><c> will</c><00:28:35.269><c> be</c><00:28:35.750><c> brought</c><00:28:35.990><c> about</c><00:28:36.309><c> and</c><00:28:36.589><c> given</c><00:28:36.789><c> to</c><00:28:37.049><c> us</c>

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because<00:28:37.730><c> of</c><00:28:37.930><c> the</c><00:28:38.069><c> victory</c><00:28:38.490><c> of</c><00:28:38.910><c> our</c><00:28:39.049><c> Lord</c><00:28:39.210><c> Jesus</c><00:28:39.650><c> Christ.</c>

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Therefore,<00:28:40.509><c> my</c><00:28:40.750><c> beloved</c><00:28:41.109><c> brethren,</c>

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be<00:28:42.589><c> steadfast,</c><00:28:44.150><c> immovable,</c>

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always<00:28:46.130><c> abounding</c><00:28:46.650><c> in</c><00:28:46.869><c> the</c><00:28:47.069><c> work</c><00:28:47.250><c> of</c><00:28:47.450><c> the</c><00:28:47.630><c> Lord,</c>

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for<00:28:49.069><c> as</c><00:28:49.230><c> much</c><00:28:49.509><c> as</c><00:28:49.690><c> ye</c><00:28:49.829><c> know</c><00:28:50.089><c> that</c><00:28:50.329><c> your</c><00:28:50.630><c> labor,</c>

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and<00:28:52.009><c> there's</c><00:28:52.269><c> the</c><00:28:52.470><c> Ecclesiastes'</c><00:28:53.569><c> word,</c>

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is<00:28:54.650><c> not</c><00:28:55.329><c> in</c><00:28:55.849><c> vain,</c>

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and<00:28:56.730><c> there's</c><00:28:56.910><c> the</c><00:28:57.029><c> other</c><00:28:57.190><c> Ecclesiastes'</c><00:28:58.069><c> word,</c>

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our<00:28:59.210><c> labor</c><00:28:59.369><c> is</c><00:28:59.630><c> not</c><00:28:59.869><c> in</c><00:29:00.150><c> vain</c><00:29:00.569><c> when</c><00:29:01.349><c> that</c><00:29:01.650><c> labor</c><00:29:02.009><c> is</c><00:29:03.250><c> wrought</c>

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in<00:29:04.309><c> the</c><00:29:04.490><c> Lord.</c>