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us.<00:11:39.320><c> And</c><00:11:39.539><c> so</c><00:11:39.899><c> all</c><00:11:40.379><c> of</c><00:11:40.580><c> that</c><00:11:40.820><c> sounds</c><00:11:41.179><c> pretty</c><00:11:41.580><c> bleak,</c><00:11:42.039><c> right?</c>

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And<00:11:43.860><c> I</c><00:11:43.960><c> would</c><00:11:44.159><c> say</c><00:11:44.700><c> if</c><00:11:45.740><c> that's</c><00:11:46.059><c> our</c><00:11:46.379><c> life's</c><00:11:47.480><c> consistency,</c><00:11:47.840><c> if</c>

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it<00:11:50.279><c> is</c><00:11:50.559><c> bleak.</c><00:11:51.080><c> And</c><00:11:51.539><c> that's</c><00:11:52.059><c> sadly</c><00:11:52.279><c> the</c><00:11:52.519><c> case</c><00:11:52.740><c> for</c><00:11:52.940><c> the</c><00:11:53.100><c> majority</c><00:11:53.600><c> of</c><00:11:54.100><c> humankind.</c>

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However,<00:11:56.299><c> the</c><00:11:56.480><c> teacher</c><00:11:56.820><c> doesn't</c><00:11:57.279><c> leave</c><00:11:57.500><c> it</c><00:11:57.720><c> there.</c>

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I<00:12:03.879><c> also</c><00:12:04.440><c> said</c><00:12:05.100><c> at</c><00:12:05.620><c> the</c><00:12:05.700><c> beginning</c><00:12:05.940><c> of</c><00:12:06.139><c> this</c><00:12:06.679><c> theme</c><00:12:07.019><c> that</c><00:12:07.679><c> the</c>

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timing<00:12:10.100><c> for</c><00:12:10.559><c> events,</c><00:12:10.960><c> both</c><00:12:11.279><c> good</c><00:12:11.519><c> and</c><00:12:11.759><c> bad,</c><00:12:12.519><c> through</c><00:12:12.779><c> the</c><00:12:13.159><c> experiences</c><00:12:13.580><c> of</c><00:12:13.860><c> life.</c>

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everything,<00:12:19.580><c> there's</c><00:12:19.779><c> a</c><00:12:19.960><c> season</c>

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to<00:12:30.700><c> break</c><00:12:31.039><c> down,</c><00:12:31.480><c> and</c><00:12:31.620><c> a</c><00:12:31.740><c> time</c><00:12:31.919><c> to</c><00:12:32.200><c> build</c><00:12:32.360><c> up,</c><00:12:33.120><c> a</c><00:12:33.279><c> time</c><00:12:33.480><c> to</c><00:12:33.779><c> weep,</c><00:12:34.000><c> and</c>

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and<00:12:37.019><c> a</c><00:12:37.139><c> time</c><00:12:37.279><c> to</c><00:12:37.559><c> dance,</c><00:12:38.340><c> a</c><00:12:38.500><c> time</c><00:12:38.620><c> to</c><00:12:38.879><c> cast</c><00:12:39.139><c> away</c><00:12:39.440><c> stones,</c><00:12:40.559><c> and</c>

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to<00:12:43.419><c> embrace,</c><00:12:44.580><c> and</c><00:12:44.679><c> a</c><00:12:44.820><c> time</c><00:12:45.039><c> to</c><00:12:45.320><c> refrain</c><00:12:45.879><c> from</c><00:12:46.259><c> embracing,</c><00:12:47.159><c> a</c><00:12:47.379><c> time</c><00:12:47.679><c> to</c><00:12:48.019><c> seek,</c><00:12:48.799><c> and</c><00:12:48.919><c> a</c>

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to<00:12:51.159><c> keep,</c><00:12:51.240><c> and</c><00:12:51.299><c> a</c><00:12:51.480><c> time</c><00:12:51.620><c> to</c><00:12:51.840><c> cast</c><00:12:52.139><c> away,</c><00:12:53.100><c> a</c><00:12:53.259><c> time</c><00:12:53.440><c> to</c><00:12:53.759><c> tear,</c><00:12:54.019><c> and</c>

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peace<00:13:10.639><c> are</c><00:13:11.279><c> all</c><00:13:11.559><c> wonderful</c><00:13:12.000><c> elements</c>

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to<00:13:36.200><c> Dust.</c>

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So<00:13:55.339><c> here</c><00:13:55.899><c> Solomon</c><00:13:56.679><c> reminds</c><00:13:57.139><c> us</c><00:13:57.440><c> that</c><00:13:57.580><c> there</c><00:13:57.779><c> will</c><00:13:57.960><c> be</c><00:13:58.139><c> a</c><00:13:58.299><c> time</c>

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for<00:13:58.659><c> judgment</c><00:13:59.000><c> also.</c>

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Solomon's<00:14:07.200><c> pointing</c><00:14:07.500><c> out</c><00:14:08.019><c> our</c><00:14:08.440><c> nature,</c><00:14:09.179><c> despite</c><00:14:09.379><c> our</c><00:14:09.779><c> successes</c><00:14:10.519><c> with</c>

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obedience,<00:14:12.419><c> and</c><00:14:12.620><c> righteousness,</c>

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to<00:14:22.799><c> rely</c><00:14:23.259><c> on</c><00:14:23.860><c> God's</c><00:14:24.360><c> grace</c><00:14:24.740><c> when</c><00:14:25.480><c> judgment</c><00:14:25.899><c> comes.</c>

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death.

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maturity<00:16:22.659><c> and</c><00:16:22.980><c> then</c><00:16:23.299><c> finally</c><00:16:23.600><c> death.</c>

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They<00:17:01.899><c> all</c><00:17:02.100><c> have</c><00:17:02.259><c> the</c><00:17:02.500><c> same</c><00:17:02.720><c> breath,</c><00:17:03.720><c> and</c><00:17:03.980><c> man</c><00:17:04.279><c> has</c><00:17:04.619><c> no</c><00:17:04.900><c> advantage</c><00:17:05.319><c> over</c><00:17:05.539><c> the</c><00:17:05.759><c> beasts,</c><00:17:06.200><c> for</c><00:17:06.480><c> all</c><00:17:06.799><c> is</c><00:17:07.079><c> vanity.</c>

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And<00:17:24.700><c> I</c><00:17:24.759><c> think</c><00:17:24.980><c> that's</c><00:17:25.259><c> the</c><00:17:25.440><c> thing</c><00:17:26.099><c> that</c><00:17:26.619><c> separates</c><00:17:27.059><c> us</c><00:17:27.720><c> from</c>

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comfort<00:18:04.779><c> them.</c>

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there<00:18:09.099><c> was</c><00:18:09.420><c> no</c><00:18:09.579><c> one</c><00:18:09.700><c> to</c><00:18:09.960><c> comfort</c><00:18:10.180><c> them.</c>

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alive.

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But<00:18:17.380><c> better</c><00:18:17.720><c> than</c><00:18:17.960><c> both</c><00:18:18.240><c> is</c><00:18:18.420><c> he</c><00:18:18.579><c> who</c><00:18:18.720><c> has</c><00:18:18.819><c> not</c><00:18:19.059><c> yet</c><00:18:19.279><c> been</c><00:18:19.640><c> and</c>

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are<00:18:22.299><c> done</c><00:18:22.500><c> under</c><00:18:22.759><c> the</c><00:18:22.960><c> sun.</c>

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Again,<00:18:23.700><c> pretty</c><00:18:23.819><c> discouraging</c><00:18:25.000><c> language</c><00:18:25.519><c> here,</c><00:18:25.799><c> right?</c>

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The<00:18:27.220><c> phrase</c><00:18:27.819><c> that</c><00:18:28.799><c> comes</c><00:18:29.359><c> to</c><00:18:29.700><c> mind</c><00:18:30.220><c> is</c><00:18:31.299><c> there</c><00:18:31.680><c> are</c><00:18:31.960><c> fates</c><00:18:32.180><c> worse</c><00:18:32.480><c> than</c><00:18:32.700><c> death.</c>

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are<00:18:37.400><c> enduring</c><00:18:37.940><c> the</c><00:18:38.660><c> oppression</c>

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and<00:18:39.779><c> persecution</c><00:18:40.400><c> of</c><00:18:40.900><c> brutal</c><00:18:41.319><c> civil</c><00:18:41.839><c> war.</c>

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We<00:18:43.200><c> can</c><00:18:43.420><c> think</c><00:18:43.660><c> of</c><00:18:43.880><c> our</c><00:18:44.119><c> Iranian</c><00:18:44.740><c> brothers</c><00:18:45.400><c> and</c><00:18:45.660><c> sisters</c><00:18:45.940><c> who</c>

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flee<00:18:46.619><c> for</c><00:18:46.819><c> their</c><00:18:47.059><c> lives</c><00:18:47.740><c> and</c><00:18:48.940><c> live</c><00:18:49.339><c> as</c><00:18:49.660><c> refugees</c>

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to<00:18:50.740><c> escape</c><00:18:51.279><c> torture</c><00:18:52.099><c> and</c><00:18:52.839><c> a</c><00:18:53.140><c> death</c><00:18:53.299><c> sentence</c><00:18:53.839><c> for</c><00:18:54.059><c> the</c><00:18:54.279><c> sake</c>

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of<00:18:54.940><c> following</c><00:18:55.200><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:18:57.039><c> it's</c><00:18:57.319><c> not</c><00:18:57.579><c> just</c><00:18:57.819><c> that,</c><00:18:58.380><c> though,</c><00:18:58.740><c> you</c><00:18:58.839><c> know,</c><00:18:59.059><c> coming</c><00:18:59.339><c> from</c>

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in<00:19:02.240><c> the</c><00:19:02.440><c> medical</c><00:19:02.799><c> field,</c><00:19:03.740><c> I've</c><00:19:04.039><c> seen</c><00:19:04.339><c> countless</c><00:19:05.440><c> cases</c><00:19:06.319><c> of</c><00:19:06.680><c> people</c><00:19:07.599><c> enduring</c><00:19:08.420><c> suffering</c><00:19:09.319><c> that</c><00:19:10.599><c> is</c>

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fates<00:19:12.000><c> worse</c><00:19:12.420><c> than</c><00:19:12.640><c> death.</c>

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But<00:19:15.740><c> we</c><00:19:16.220><c> still</c><00:19:16.539><c> don't</c><00:19:17.039><c> need</c><00:19:17.240><c> to</c><00:19:17.359><c> be</c><00:19:17.559><c> hopeless.</c>

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We<00:19:18.599><c> don't</c><00:19:18.839><c> need</c><00:19:19.019><c> to</c><00:19:19.140><c> be</c><00:19:19.400><c> discouraged.</c>

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And<00:19:20.680><c> there</c><00:19:20.920><c> is</c><00:19:21.180><c> a</c><00:19:21.299><c> good</c><00:19:21.519><c> part,</c><00:19:21.819><c> and</c><00:19:22.000><c> we're</c><00:19:22.180><c> going</c><00:19:22.279><c> to</c><00:19:22.400><c> get</c><00:19:22.539><c> to</c><00:19:22.740><c> that.</c>

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In<00:19:26.119><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:19:26.720><c> 8,</c><00:19:27.660><c> verse</c><00:19:27.799><c> 7,</c><00:19:29.160><c> Solomon</c><00:19:29.279><c> says,</c><00:19:29.660><c> For</c><00:19:29.660><c> he</c><00:19:30.220><c> does</c>

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not<00:19:31.079><c> know</c><00:19:31.259><c> what</c><00:19:31.460><c> is</c><00:19:31.700><c> to</c><00:19:31.880><c> be.</c>

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For<00:19:32.680><c> who</c><00:19:32.880><c> can</c><00:19:33.099><c> tell</c><00:19:33.319><c> him</c><00:19:33.579><c> how</c><00:19:33.839><c> it</c><00:19:34.019><c> will</c><00:19:34.160><c> be?</c>

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No<00:19:34.619><c> man</c><00:19:34.839><c> has</c><00:19:35.059><c> the</c><00:19:35.259><c> power</c><00:19:35.460><c> to</c><00:19:35.680><c> retain</c><00:19:36.039><c> the</c><00:19:36.359><c> spirit</c><00:19:36.779><c> or</c><00:19:37.819><c> power</c><00:19:38.279><c> over</c><00:19:38.539><c> the</c><00:19:38.700><c> day</c><00:19:38.839><c> of</c><00:19:39.039><c> death.</c>

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There's<00:19:40.160><c> no</c><00:19:40.380><c> discharge</c><00:19:40.920><c> from</c><00:19:41.279><c> war,</c><00:19:41.640><c> nor</c><00:19:41.779><c> will</c><00:19:42.059><c> wickedness</c><00:19:42.720><c> deliver</c><00:19:43.119><c> those</c><00:19:43.440><c> who</c><00:19:43.599><c> are</c><00:19:43.799><c> given</c><00:19:43.980><c> to</c><00:19:44.240><c> it.</c>

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Also<00:19:45.140><c> pretty</c><00:19:45.480><c> hopeless</c><00:19:45.900><c> sounding.</c>

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We<00:19:46.900><c> have</c><00:19:47.099><c> no</c><00:19:47.319><c> control.</c>

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When<00:19:51.140><c> it</c><00:19:51.319><c> does</c><00:19:51.660><c> come,</c><00:19:52.460><c> there's</c><00:19:52.779><c> no</c><00:19:52.980><c> way</c><00:19:53.180><c> for</c><00:19:53.380><c> us</c><00:19:53.539><c> to</c><00:19:53.759><c> retain</c><00:19:54.000><c> life.</c>

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However,<00:19:56.440><c> that</c><00:19:56.759><c> last</c><00:19:57.259><c> statement</c><00:19:57.720><c> there,</c><00:19:59.200><c> nor</c><00:19:59.500><c> will</c><00:19:59.859><c> wickedness</c><00:20:00.519><c> deliver</c>

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it,<00:20:03.880><c> implies</c><00:20:04.180><c> hope.</c>

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If<00:20:05.799><c> we</c><00:20:06.000><c> give</c><00:20:06.200><c> ourselves</c><00:20:06.619><c> to</c><00:20:06.900><c> wickedness,</c><00:20:07.480><c> it</c><00:20:07.759><c> will</c><00:20:08.119><c> not,</c><00:20:08.319><c> it</c>

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cannot<00:20:09.019><c> deliver</c><00:20:09.480><c> us.</c>

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But<00:20:10.259><c> there's</c><00:20:10.640><c> an</c><00:20:10.960><c> implied</c><00:20:11.299><c> alternative,</c><00:20:12.339><c> and</c><00:20:13.200><c> that's</c><00:20:13.660><c> what</c>

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we'll<00:20:13.960><c> be</c><00:20:14.180><c> focusing</c><00:20:14.579><c> on.</c>

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He<00:20:18.640><c> comes</c><00:20:19.200><c> in</c><00:20:20.279><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:20:21.019><c> 9,</c><00:20:21.579><c> verse</c><00:20:21.779><c> 2,</c><00:20:22.000><c> to</c><00:20:22.200><c> say,</c><00:20:22.980><c> It</c><00:20:23.000><c> is</c>

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the<00:20:23.519><c> same</c><00:20:24.039><c> for</c><00:20:24.500><c> all,</c><00:20:25.259><c> since</c><00:20:25.539><c> the</c><00:20:25.799><c> same</c><00:20:26.019><c> event</c>

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happens<00:20:26.779><c> to</c><00:20:26.980><c> the</c><00:20:27.200><c> righteous</c><00:20:27.579><c> and</c><00:20:27.960><c> the</c><00:20:28.140><c> wicked,</c><00:20:28.359><c> to</c><00:20:28.500><c> the</c><00:20:28.700><c> good</c>

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and<00:20:29.119><c> the</c><00:20:29.400><c> evil,</c><00:20:29.599><c> to</c><00:20:29.720><c> the</c><00:20:30.000><c> clean</c><00:20:30.319><c> and</c><00:20:30.859><c> the</c>

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unclean,<00:20:31.579><c> to</c><00:20:31.700><c> him</c><00:20:31.859><c> who</c><00:20:32.079><c> sacrifices</c><00:20:32.819><c> and</c><00:20:33.299><c> him</c><00:20:33.519><c> who</c><00:20:33.660><c> does</c><00:20:33.960><c> not</c><00:20:34.200><c> sacrifice.</c>

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This<00:20:35.859><c> is</c><00:20:36.259><c> an</c><00:20:36.420><c> evil</c><00:20:36.740><c> in</c><00:20:36.920><c> all</c><00:20:37.200><c> that</c><00:20:37.319><c> is</c><00:20:37.460><c> done</c><00:20:37.640><c> unto</c><00:20:37.859><c> the</c><00:20:38.000><c> Son,</c><00:20:38.599><c> that</c><00:20:38.759><c> the</c>

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same<00:20:39.259><c> event</c><00:20:39.500><c> happens</c><00:20:39.859><c> to</c><00:20:40.200><c> all.</c>

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For<00:20:41.160><c> the</c><00:20:41.440><c> living</c><00:20:41.700><c> know</c><00:20:42.099><c> that</c><00:20:42.240><c> they</c><00:20:42.420><c> will</c><00:20:42.660><c> die,</c><00:20:43.240><c> but</c><00:20:43.480><c> the</c><00:20:43.680><c> dead</c>

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know<00:20:44.079><c> nothing,</c><00:20:44.740><c> and</c><00:20:44.880><c> they</c><00:20:45.039><c> have</c><00:20:45.240><c> no</c><00:20:45.480><c> more</c>

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reward<00:20:46.180><c> for</c><00:20:46.460><c> the</c><00:20:46.660><c> memory</c><00:20:46.980><c> of</c><00:20:47.160><c> them</c><00:20:47.460><c> is</c><00:20:48.059><c> forgotten.</c>

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Solomon<00:20:49.799><c> points</c><00:20:50.220><c> out</c><00:20:50.799><c> that</c><00:20:51.380><c> death</c><00:20:51.759><c> is</c><00:20:52.160><c> the</c><00:20:52.400><c> great</c><00:20:52.640><c> equalizer.</c>

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Good<00:20:54.140><c> or</c><00:20:54.420><c> bad,</c><00:20:54.799><c> rich</c><00:20:55.059><c> or</c><00:20:55.339><c> poor,</c><00:20:55.759><c> clean</c><00:20:56.019><c> or</c><00:20:56.279><c> unclean,</c><00:20:57.339><c> worshiper</c><00:20:57.759><c> or</c><00:20:58.039><c> atheist,</c><00:20:59.220><c> death</c>

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comes<00:20:59.859><c> to</c><00:21:00.180><c> all.</c>

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And<00:21:01.319><c> we're</c><00:21:01.700><c> resigned</c><00:21:02.059><c> to</c><00:21:02.359><c> that,</c><00:21:02.660><c> we</c><00:21:02.880><c> know</c><00:21:03.200><c> that.</c>

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But<00:21:04.640><c> thanks</c><00:21:05.299><c> be</c><00:21:05.740><c> to</c><00:21:05.940><c> God</c><00:21:06.420><c> and</c><00:21:06.799><c> our</c><00:21:06.980><c> Lord</c><00:21:07.140><c> Jesus</c><00:21:07.579><c> Christ,</c><00:21:09.259><c> death</c>

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and<00:21:10.200><c> hopelessness</c><00:21:11.000><c> are</c><00:21:11.400><c> not</c><00:21:11.680><c> the</c><00:21:11.880><c> same</c><00:21:12.119><c> thing.</c>

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As<00:21:13.579><c> Paul</c><00:21:13.880><c> says</c><00:21:14.299><c> to</c><00:21:14.839><c> the</c><00:21:15.019><c> Romans</c><00:21:15.319><c> in</c><00:21:15.700><c> Romans</c><00:21:16.119><c> chapter</c><00:21:16.460><c> 3,</c><00:21:17.460><c> For</c>

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all<00:21:17.980><c> have</c><00:21:18.299><c> sinned</c><00:21:18.900><c> and</c><00:21:19.039><c> fall</c><00:21:19.359><c> short</c><00:21:19.700><c> of</c><00:21:19.819><c> the</c>

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as<00:21:24.680><c> a</c><00:21:24.920><c> gift</c><00:21:25.339><c> through</c><00:21:26.200><c> the</c><00:21:26.519><c> redemption</c><00:21:27.079><c> that</c><00:21:27.680><c> is</c><00:21:27.960><c> in</c><00:21:28.240><c> Christ</c><00:21:28.539><c> Jesus.</c>

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third<00:21:36.240><c> theme.</c>

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And<00:21:37.940><c> that</c><00:21:38.319><c> is</c><00:21:39.200><c> one</c><00:21:39.759><c> of</c><00:21:40.579><c> what</c><00:21:40.839><c> I</c><00:21:40.960><c> would</c><00:21:41.160><c> call</c><00:21:41.339><c> chance</c><00:21:41.859><c> and</c><00:21:42.299><c> irony.</c>

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The<00:21:44.180><c> actual</c><00:21:44.759><c> word</c><00:21:45.359><c> chance</c><00:21:46.240><c> that's</c><00:21:47.759><c> used</c><00:21:48.339><c> once</c><00:21:48.980><c> in</c><00:21:49.680><c> the</c><00:21:49.880><c> Ecclesiastes</c>

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is<00:21:53.319><c> the</c><00:21:53.819><c> Hebrew</c><00:21:54.160><c> word</c><00:21:54.480><c> pegga.</c>

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And<00:21:56.400><c> it's</c><00:21:56.680><c> here</c><00:21:57.000><c> in</c><00:21:57.220><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:21:57.839><c> 9</c><00:21:58.400><c> and</c><00:21:58.559><c> verse</c><00:21:58.859><c> 11</c><00:21:59.380><c> where</c><00:22:00.400><c> Solomon</c><00:22:00.700><c> says,</c><00:22:01.180><c> again,</c><00:22:01.299><c> I</c>

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saw<00:22:01.559><c> that</c><00:22:01.740><c> under</c><00:22:01.920><c> the</c><00:22:02.240><c> Son,</c>

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strong,<00:22:07.140><c> nor</c><00:22:07.339><c> bread</c><00:22:07.700><c> to</c><00:22:07.920><c> the</c><00:22:08.200><c> wise,</c>

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nor<00:22:09.380><c> riches</c><00:22:09.740><c> to</c><00:22:09.980><c> the</c><00:22:10.279><c> intelligent,</c><00:22:10.839><c> nor</c><00:22:11.019><c> favor</c><00:22:11.359><c> to</c><00:22:11.539><c> those</c>

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with<00:22:12.099><c> knowledge,</c>

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but<00:22:13.519><c> time</c><00:22:13.980><c> and</c><00:22:14.380><c> chance,</c><00:22:14.819><c> pegga,</c><00:22:15.660><c> happen</c><00:22:15.859><c> to</c><00:22:16.099><c> them</c><00:22:16.319><c> all.</c>

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In<00:22:17.099><c> itself,</c><00:22:18.339><c> this</c><00:22:18.559><c> is</c><00:22:18.799><c> a</c><00:22:19.119><c> very</c><00:22:19.460><c> obscure</c><00:22:20.319><c> word.</c>

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It<00:22:21.240><c> occurs</c><00:22:21.460><c> only</c><00:22:21.880><c> one</c><00:22:22.119><c> other</c><00:22:22.460><c> time</c><00:22:22.940><c> in</c><00:22:24.500><c> the</c><00:22:25.099><c> Old</c><00:22:25.099><c> Testament,</c><00:22:25.299><c> it's</c><00:22:25.859><c> a</c>

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Hebrew<00:22:26.180><c> word,</c>

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so<00:22:26.799><c> only</c><00:22:27.720><c> one</c><00:22:27.920><c> other</c><00:22:28.079><c> time</c><00:22:28.339><c> in</c><00:22:28.460><c> the</c><00:22:28.500><c> Old</c><00:22:28.680><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:22:29.180><c> interestingly,</c><00:22:30.059><c> that</c><00:22:30.200><c> occurrence</c><00:22:30.519><c> is</c><00:22:30.799><c> also</c><00:22:31.400><c> in</c><00:22:31.839><c> the</c><00:22:32.019><c> words</c><00:22:32.279><c> of</c><00:22:32.559><c> Solomon.</c>

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It<00:22:33.559><c> comes</c><00:22:33.880><c> in</c><00:22:34.660><c> 1</c><00:22:34.940><c> Kings</c><00:22:35.240><c> chapter</c><00:22:35.759><c> 5</c><00:22:36.079><c> where</c><00:22:36.339><c> Solomon</c><00:22:36.940><c> says</c><00:22:37.599><c> to</c>

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Hiram<00:22:38.259><c> the</c><00:22:38.359><c> king</c><00:22:38.579><c> of</c><00:22:38.839><c> Tyre,</c>

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You<00:22:40.220><c> know</c><00:22:40.519><c> that</c><00:22:40.740><c> David</c><00:22:41.119><c> my</c><00:22:41.339><c> father</c><00:22:41.839><c> could</c><00:22:42.180><c> not</c><00:22:42.400><c> build</c><00:22:42.680><c> a</c><00:22:42.839><c> house</c>

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for<00:22:43.460><c> the</c><00:22:43.599><c> name</c><00:22:43.819><c> of</c><00:22:44.019><c> the</c><00:22:44.160><c> Lord</c><00:22:44.339><c> his</c><00:22:44.539><c> God,</c>

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because<00:22:45.160><c> of</c><00:22:45.420><c> the</c><00:22:45.740><c> warfare</c><00:22:46.400><c> with</c><00:22:47.160><c> which</c><00:22:47.380><c> his</c><00:22:47.680><c> enemies</c><00:22:48.000><c> surrounded</c><00:22:48.579><c> him,</c>

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But<00:22:52.880><c> now</c><00:22:53.240><c> the</c><00:22:53.440><c> Lord</c><00:22:53.680><c> my</c><00:22:53.920><c> God</c><00:22:54.119><c> has</c><00:22:54.400><c> given</c><00:22:54.599><c> me</c><00:22:54.900><c> rest</c><00:22:55.200><c> on</c><00:22:55.480><c> every</c><00:22:55.880><c> side.</c>

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There<00:22:56.380><c> is</c><00:22:56.660><c> neither</c><00:22:56.940><c> adversary</c><00:22:57.740><c> nor</c><00:22:58.500><c> misfortune.</c>

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And<00:22:59.720><c> that</c><00:22:59.940><c> word</c><00:23:00.180><c> misfortune</c><00:23:00.960><c> is</c><00:23:01.480><c> the</c><00:23:01.680><c> other</c><00:23:01.900><c> usage</c><00:23:02.259><c> of</c><00:23:02.940><c> pegga.</c>

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That's<00:23:03.539><c> the</c><00:23:03.680><c> other</c><00:23:04.319><c> translation</c><00:23:04.960><c> from</c><00:23:05.299><c> pegga.</c>

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And<00:23:07.779><c> that</c><00:23:08.160><c> really</c><00:23:09.019><c> fits</c><00:23:09.940><c> the</c><00:23:10.220><c> context</c><00:23:10.660><c> here</c><00:23:10.960><c> in</c><00:23:11.180><c> Ecclesiastes</c>

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2,<00:23:12.180><c> I</c><00:23:12.359><c> think.</c>

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When<00:23:13.619><c> the</c><00:23:14.099><c> slow</c><00:23:14.400><c> win</c><00:23:14.880><c> the</c><00:23:15.099><c> race,</c><00:23:15.940><c> when</c><00:23:16.079><c> the</c><00:23:16.339><c> weak</c><00:23:16.539><c> win</c><00:23:16.799><c> the</c><00:23:17.039><c> battle,</c>

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when<00:23:17.539><c> the</c><00:23:17.839><c> wise</c><00:23:18.180><c> starve</c><00:23:18.740><c> and</c><00:23:18.880><c> the</c><00:23:19.140><c> idiot</c><00:23:19.380><c> is</c><00:23:19.680><c> rich,</c>

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we<00:23:20.660><c> could</c><00:23:20.880><c> rightly</c><00:23:21.180><c> call</c><00:23:21.539><c> that</c><00:23:21.880><c> misfortune,</c><00:23:22.539><c> or</c><00:23:22.740><c> at</c><00:23:22.759><c> least</c>

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perhaps<00:23:23.420><c> undeserved,</c><00:23:24.339><c> right?</c>

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But<00:23:25.619><c> Solomon's</c><00:23:26.160><c> point,</c><00:23:26.519><c> I</c><00:23:26.819><c> think,</c><00:23:27.119><c> is</c><00:23:27.299><c> that</c><00:23:27.440><c> there</c><00:23:27.640><c> are</c><00:23:27.799><c> no</c><00:23:27.940><c> guarantees</c><00:23:28.440><c> in</c>

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this<00:23:28.839><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:23:31.460><c> kind</c><00:23:31.740><c> of</c><00:23:32.039><c> like</c><00:23:32.559><c> playing</c><00:23:33.220><c> plinko</c><00:23:33.980><c> on</c><00:23:34.279><c> the</c><00:23:34.500><c> price</c><00:23:34.680><c> is</c><00:23:34.880><c> right,</c><00:23:35.079><c> you</c><00:23:35.079><c> know,</c>

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pardon<00:23:35.880><c> the</c><00:23:36.500><c> secular</c><00:23:36.839><c> reference,</c><00:23:37.420><c> but</c><00:23:37.880><c> there's</c><00:23:38.519><c> this</c><00:23:38.799><c> board</c>

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of<00:23:39.480><c> pegs,</c>

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and<00:23:40.619><c> we</c><00:23:40.859><c> drop</c><00:23:41.119><c> a</c><00:23:41.440><c> disc</c><00:23:41.799><c> to</c><00:23:42.400><c> randomly</c><00:23:42.980><c> bounce</c><00:23:43.440><c> through</c><00:23:43.680><c> the</c><00:23:43.920><c> pegs</c><00:23:44.339><c> and</c>

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end<00:23:44.839><c> up</c><00:23:45.059><c> in</c><00:23:45.200><c> a</c><00:23:45.500><c> slot</c><00:23:45.680><c> at</c><00:23:45.880><c> the</c><00:23:46.000><c> bottom.</c>

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And<00:23:46.480><c> the</c><00:23:46.599><c> slot</c><00:23:46.819><c> might</c><00:23:47.019><c> be</c><00:23:47.279><c> $20</c><00:23:47.539><c>,000</c><00:23:48.119><c> or</c><00:23:48.299><c> the</c><00:23:48.440><c> slot</c><00:23:48.599><c> might</c><00:23:48.799><c> be</c><00:23:49.059><c> zero.</c>

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And<00:23:50.440><c> that's</c><00:23:50.880><c> oversimplification.</c>

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But<00:23:52.380><c> bad</c><00:23:52.680><c> things</c><00:23:52.940><c> happen</c><00:23:53.259><c> to</c><00:23:53.400><c> good</c><00:23:53.579><c> people,</c><00:23:54.420><c> and</c><00:23:54.779><c> good</c><00:23:54.980><c> things</c>

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happen<00:23:55.539><c> to</c><00:23:55.720><c> bad</c><00:23:55.920><c> people.</c>

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In<00:23:59.559><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:24:00.180><c> chapter</c><00:24:00.680><c> 5,</c><00:24:02.839><c> Solomon</c><00:24:02.960><c> says,</c>

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He<00:24:03.359><c> who</c><00:24:03.500><c> loves</c><00:24:03.859><c> money</c><00:24:04.420><c> will</c><00:24:04.759><c> not</c><00:24:04.920><c> be</c><00:24:05.220><c> satisfied</c><00:24:05.779><c> with</c><00:24:05.960><c> money,</c>

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nor<00:24:06.740><c> he</c><00:24:07.000><c> who</c><00:24:07.119><c> loves</c><00:24:07.480><c> wealth</c><00:24:08.119><c> with</c><00:24:08.460><c> his</c><00:24:08.700><c> income.</c>

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Sweet<00:24:10.380><c> is</c><00:24:10.680><c> the</c><00:24:10.900><c> sleep</c><00:24:11.140><c> of</c><00:24:11.339><c> a</c><00:24:11.480><c> laborer,</c><00:24:12.039><c> whether</c><00:24:12.279><c> he</c><00:24:12.460><c> eats</c><00:24:12.660><c> little</c><00:24:12.920><c> or</c><00:24:13.119><c> much,</c>

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but<00:24:13.799><c> the</c><00:24:13.980><c> full</c><00:24:14.180><c> stomach</c><00:24:14.480><c> of</c><00:24:14.700><c> the</c><00:24:14.839><c> rich</c><00:24:14.980><c> will</c><00:24:15.240><c> not</c><00:24:15.420><c> let</c><00:24:15.579><c> him</c><00:24:15.859><c> sleep.</c>

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So<00:24:19.120><c> more</c><00:24:19.680><c> irony</c><00:24:20.079><c> here,</c><00:24:20.500><c> right?</c>

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He<00:24:21.339><c> who</c><00:24:21.519><c> wants</c><00:24:22.000><c> more</c><00:24:22.640><c> is</c><00:24:23.079><c> never</c><00:24:23.319><c> satisfied.</c>

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They<00:24:24.599><c> who</c><00:24:24.799><c> love</c><00:24:25.200><c> being</c><00:24:25.579><c> rich</c><00:24:25.980><c> are</c><00:24:26.299><c> never</c><00:24:26.599><c> rich</c><00:24:26.839><c> enough.</c>

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The<00:24:28.220><c> poor</c><00:24:28.559><c> hungry</c><00:24:29.140><c> ditch</c><00:24:29.539><c>-digger</c><00:24:30.019><c> will</c><00:24:30.759><c> always</c><00:24:31.140><c> get</c><00:24:31.319><c> a</c><00:24:31.460><c> better</c>

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night's<00:24:32.079><c> sleep</c>

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than<00:24:32.380><c> the</c><00:24:32.599><c> fat</c><00:24:32.799><c> rich</c><00:24:33.039><c> guy</c><00:24:33.420><c> who</c><00:24:33.680><c> can</c><00:24:34.000><c> buy</c><00:24:34.259><c> all</c><00:24:34.720><c> the</c><00:24:34.940><c> comforts</c><00:24:35.359><c> of</c><00:24:35.440><c> life.</c>

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In<00:24:36.480><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:24:39.619><c> 6,</c><00:24:40.259><c> Solomon</c><00:24:40.380><c> says,</c>

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There<00:24:40.720><c> is</c><00:24:40.900><c> an</c><00:24:41.220><c> evil</c><00:24:41.480><c> that</c><00:24:41.740><c> I</c><00:24:41.839><c> have</c><00:24:42.000><c> seen</c><00:24:42.240><c> under</c><00:24:42.480><c> the</c><00:24:42.619><c> sun,</c><00:24:42.839><c> and</c>

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it<00:24:43.079><c> lies</c><00:24:43.380><c> heavy</c><00:24:43.740><c> on</c><00:24:43.980><c> mankind.</c>

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A<00:24:45.740><c> man</c><00:24:45.980><c> to</c><00:24:46.160><c> whom</c><00:24:46.279><c> God</c><00:24:46.579><c> gives</c><00:24:47.000><c> wealth,</c><00:24:47.640><c> possessions,</c><00:24:48.279><c> and</c><00:24:48.500><c> honor,</c>

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so<00:24:49.039><c> that</c><00:24:49.140><c> he</c><00:24:49.359><c> lacks</c><00:24:49.579><c> nothing</c><00:24:49.960><c> of</c><00:24:50.160><c> all</c><00:24:50.299><c> that</c><00:24:50.380><c> he</c><00:24:50.579><c> desires,</c>

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yet<00:24:51.920><c> God</c><00:24:52.200><c> does</c><00:24:52.440><c> not</c><00:24:52.660><c> give</c><00:24:52.799><c> him</c><00:24:53.000><c> power</c><00:24:53.279><c> to</c><00:24:53.519><c> enjoy</c><00:24:53.839><c> them,</c><00:24:54.180><c> but</c><00:24:54.380><c> a</c>

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stranger<00:24:55.079><c> enjoys</c><00:24:55.599><c> them.</c>

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Again,<00:24:57.619><c> this</c><00:24:57.799><c> is</c><00:24:58.000><c> the</c><00:24:58.180><c> irony</c><00:24:58.400><c> of</c><00:24:58.599><c> life,</c><00:24:58.880><c> isn't</c><00:24:59.099><c> it?</c>

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And<00:24:59.980><c> other</c><00:25:00.180><c> passages</c><00:25:00.619><c> come</c><00:25:00.940><c> to</c><00:25:01.200><c> mind</c><00:25:01.460><c> here.</c>

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Back<00:25:02.660><c> in</c><00:25:02.839><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:25:03.480><c> 5,</c><00:25:05.240><c> in</c><00:25:05.240><c> verse</c><00:25:05.500><c> 15,</c><00:25:06.519><c> Solomon</c><00:25:06.519><c> says,</c>

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As<00:25:06.859><c> he</c><00:25:07.059><c> came</c><00:25:07.380><c> from</c><00:25:07.559><c> his</c><00:25:07.839><c> mother's</c><00:25:08.440><c> womb,</c><00:25:09.380><c> he</c><00:25:09.559><c> shall</c><00:25:09.779><c> go</c><00:25:10.039><c> again,</c>

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naked<00:25:11.819><c> as</c><00:25:12.079><c> he</c><00:25:12.220><c> came,</c><00:25:13.119><c> and</c><00:25:13.319><c> shall</c><00:25:13.519><c> take</c><00:25:13.819><c> nothing</c><00:25:14.119><c> for</c><00:25:14.359><c> his</c><00:25:14.640><c> toil,</c>

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that<00:25:15.019><c> he</c><00:25:15.140><c> may</c><00:25:15.319><c> carry</c><00:25:15.640><c> away</c><00:25:15.880><c> in</c><00:25:16.039><c> his</c><00:25:16.240><c> hand.</c>

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Just<00:25:17.339><c> as</c><00:25:17.539><c> he</c><00:25:17.599><c> came,</c><00:25:17.960><c> so</c><00:25:18.119><c> shall</c><00:25:18.279><c> he</c><00:25:18.480><c> go.</c>

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So<00:25:21.860><c> we're</c><00:25:22.380><c> born</c><00:25:22.660><c> with</c><00:25:22.900><c> nothing,</c><00:25:23.160><c> we</c><00:25:23.359><c> go</c><00:25:23.579><c> with</c><00:25:23.819><c> nothing.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:25.140><c> has</c><00:25:25.420><c> a</c><00:25:25.660><c> parable</c><00:25:25.960><c> for</c><00:25:26.200><c> this</c><00:25:26.500><c> in</c><00:25:26.740><c> Luke</c><00:25:27.079><c> 12,</c><00:25:28.380><c> the</c><00:25:28.599><c> parable</c>

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of<00:25:29.160><c> the</c><00:25:29.319><c> rich</c><00:25:29.640><c> fool.</c>

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In<00:25:30.880><c> verse</c><00:25:31.460><c> 15,</c><00:25:32.180><c> Jesus</c><00:25:32.339><c> said</c><00:25:32.599><c> to</c><00:25:32.700><c> them,</c>

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Take<00:25:33.200><c> care,</c><00:25:34.859><c> and</c><00:25:35.000><c> be</c><00:25:35.299><c> on</c><00:25:35.539><c> your</c><00:25:35.839><c> guard</c><00:25:36.079><c> against</c><00:25:36.500><c> all</c><00:25:37.000><c> covetousness.</c>

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For<00:25:38.319><c> one's</c><00:25:38.640><c> life</c><00:25:38.920><c> does</c><00:25:39.200><c> not</c><00:25:39.480><c> consist</c><00:25:40.000><c> in</c><00:25:40.140><c> the</c><00:25:40.380><c> abundance</c><00:25:40.740><c> of</c>

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his<00:25:41.180><c> possessions.</c>

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And<00:25:42.440><c> he</c><00:25:42.500><c> told</c><00:25:42.680><c> them</c><00:25:42.859><c> a</c><00:25:43.059><c> parable,</c><00:25:43.640><c> saying,</c>

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The<00:25:44.140><c> land</c><00:25:44.440><c> of</c><00:25:44.619><c> a</c><00:25:44.779><c> rich</c><00:25:45.000><c> man</c><00:25:45.279><c> produced</c><00:25:45.779><c> plentifully.</c>

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And<00:25:46.559><c> he</c><00:25:46.700><c> thought</c><00:25:46.940><c> to</c><00:25:47.079><c> himself,</c><00:25:47.400><c> what</c><00:25:47.579><c> shall</c><00:25:47.779><c> I</c><00:25:48.019><c> do?</c>

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For<00:25:48.359><c> I</c><00:25:48.500><c> have</c><00:25:48.700><c> nowhere</c><00:25:48.880><c> to</c><00:25:49.180><c> store</c><00:25:49.359><c> my</c><00:25:49.640><c> crops.</c>

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And<00:25:50.059><c> he</c><00:25:50.160><c> said,</c><00:25:50.619><c> I'll</c><00:25:50.900><c> do</c><00:25:51.119><c> this.</c>

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I<00:25:51.579><c> will</c><00:25:51.799><c> tear</c><00:25:52.099><c> down</c><00:25:52.359><c> my</c><00:25:52.619><c> barns</c><00:25:52.880><c> and</c><00:25:53.000><c> build</c><00:25:53.220><c> larger</c><00:25:53.619><c> ones.</c>

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And<00:25:54.539><c> there</c><00:25:54.759><c> I</c><00:25:54.859><c> will</c><00:25:55.099><c> store</c><00:25:55.339><c> all</c><00:25:55.680><c> my</c><00:25:55.960><c> grain</c><00:25:56.359><c> and</c><00:25:56.640><c> my</c><00:25:56.880><c> goods.</c>

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And<00:25:57.680><c> I'll</c><00:25:57.880><c> say</c><00:25:58.059><c> to</c><00:25:58.180><c> my</c><00:25:58.480><c> soul,</c>

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Soul,<00:25:59.140><c> you</c><00:25:59.279><c> have</c><00:25:59.599><c> ample</c><00:26:00.000><c> goods</c><00:26:00.259><c> laid</c><00:26:00.460><c> up</c><00:26:00.640><c> for</c><00:26:00.900><c> many</c><00:26:01.220><c> years.</c>

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Relax,<00:26:02.319><c> eat,</c><00:26:02.660><c> drink,</c><00:26:02.960><c> and</c><00:26:03.079><c> be</c><00:26:03.339><c> merry.</c>

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But<00:26:04.420><c> God</c><00:26:04.640><c> said</c><00:26:04.819><c> to</c><00:26:04.920><c> him,</c><00:26:05.259><c> Fool,</c><00:26:06.200><c> this</c><00:26:06.480><c> night</c><00:26:06.799><c> your</c><00:26:07.079><c> soul</c><00:26:07.319><c> is</c><00:26:07.559><c> required</c><00:26:07.980><c> of</c><00:26:08.200><c> you.</c>

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And<00:26:08.859><c> the</c><00:26:09.039><c> things</c><00:26:09.339><c> you</c><00:26:09.480><c> have</c><00:26:09.700><c> prepared,</c><00:26:10.759><c> whose</c><00:26:10.960><c> will</c><00:26:11.259><c> they</c><00:26:11.500><c> be?</c>

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So<00:26:12.920><c> is</c><00:26:13.119><c> the</c><00:26:13.259><c> one</c><00:26:13.380><c> who</c><00:26:13.539><c> lays</c><00:26:13.759><c> up</c><00:26:13.980><c> treasure</c><00:26:14.220><c> for</c><00:26:14.480><c> himself</c><00:26:14.940><c> and</c><00:26:15.079><c> is</c>

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not<00:26:15.539><c> rich</c><00:26:16.119><c> toward</c><00:26:16.519><c> God.</c>

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One's<00:26:17.720><c> life</c><00:26:18.279><c> does</c><00:26:18.680><c> not</c><00:26:19.059><c> consist</c><00:26:19.599><c> in</c><00:26:19.779><c> the</c><00:26:20.039><c> abundance</c><00:26:20.400><c> of</c><00:26:20.599><c> one's</c><00:26:21.039><c> belongings.</c>

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That's<00:26:22.420><c> the</c><00:26:22.579><c> doctrine</c><00:26:22.880><c> of</c><00:26:23.099><c> the</c><00:26:23.339><c> world.</c>

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He<00:26:24.380><c> who</c><00:26:24.500><c> has</c><00:26:24.660><c> the</c><00:26:24.880><c> most</c><00:26:25.220><c> toys</c><00:26:25.539><c> doesn't</c><00:26:26.019><c> win.</c>

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He<00:26:27.000><c> just</c><00:26:27.319><c> leaves</c><00:26:27.799><c> behind</c><00:26:28.420><c> the</c><00:26:28.619><c> most</c><00:26:28.900><c> toys.</c>

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And<00:26:30.460><c> Jesus's</c><00:26:31.019><c> point</c><00:26:31.359><c> at</c><00:26:32.440><c> the</c><00:26:32.599><c> end</c><00:26:32.740><c> of</c><00:26:32.880><c> the</c><00:26:33.099><c> parable,</c>

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and<00:26:35.059><c> this</c><00:26:35.259><c> is</c><00:26:35.420><c> the</c><00:26:35.619><c> big</c><00:26:35.900><c> unless</c><00:26:36.619><c> that</c><00:26:37.000><c> we're</c><00:26:37.180><c> coming</c><00:26:37.480><c> to,</c><00:26:37.819><c> is</c>

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be<00:26:38.339><c> rich</c><00:26:38.720><c> toward</c><00:26:39.000><c> God.</c>

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When<00:26:39.740><c> we</c><00:26:39.960><c> lay</c><00:26:40.140><c> up</c><00:26:40.359><c> treasure</c><00:26:40.799><c> in</c><00:26:41.220><c> heaven,</c><00:26:42.279><c> we're</c><00:26:42.619><c> promised</c><00:26:43.079><c> incorruption</c>

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just<00:26:44.819><c> like</c><00:26:45.059><c> that</c><00:26:45.359><c> treasure</c><00:26:45.640><c> is</c><00:26:45.920><c> incorruptible.</c>

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When<00:26:47.160><c> our</c><00:26:47.460><c> treasure</c><00:26:47.680><c> is</c><00:26:47.920><c> here</c><00:26:48.140><c> and</c><00:26:48.359><c> now,</c>

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expect<00:26:49.859><c> the</c><00:26:50.220><c> corruption</c><00:26:50.720><c> of</c><00:26:51.079><c> the</c><00:26:51.319><c> moth</c><00:26:51.720><c> and</c><00:26:52.000><c> rust</c><00:26:52.420><c> that</c><00:26:52.880><c> corrupts</c><00:26:53.660><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:53.960><c> future.</c>

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And<00:26:55.859><c> we'll</c><00:26:56.039><c> come</c><00:26:56.240><c> back</c><00:26:56.500><c> now</c><00:26:56.799><c> to</c><00:26:57.099><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:26:57.599><c> for</c><00:26:57.799><c> one</c><00:26:58.220><c> final</c><00:26:58.720><c> passage</c>

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in<00:26:59.559><c> this</c><00:27:00.039><c> theme</c><00:27:00.299><c> of</c><00:27:00.640><c> chance</c><00:27:00.940><c> and</c><00:27:01.279><c> irony.</c>

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It's<00:27:01.779><c> back</c><00:27:02.000><c> in</c><00:27:02.160><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:27:02.700><c> 7,</c><00:27:03.359><c> verse</c><00:27:03.599><c> 15,</c><00:27:04.099><c> Solomon</c><00:27:04.480><c> says,</c>

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In<00:27:05.359><c> my</c><00:27:05.859><c> vain</c><00:27:06.240><c> life</c><00:27:06.660><c> I</c><00:27:06.839><c> have</c><00:27:07.019><c> seen</c><00:27:07.279><c> everything.</c>

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There<00:27:07.900><c> is</c><00:27:08.140><c> a</c><00:27:08.299><c> righteous</c><00:27:08.680><c> man</c><00:27:09.279><c> who</c><00:27:09.779><c> perishes</c><00:27:10.220><c> in</c><00:27:10.440><c> his</c><00:27:10.660><c> righteousness,</c>

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and<00:27:11.839><c> there's</c><00:27:12.079><c> a</c><00:27:12.240><c> wicked</c><00:27:12.480><c> man</c><00:27:12.819><c> who</c><00:27:13.079><c> prolongs</c><00:27:13.640><c> his</c><00:27:13.859><c> life</c><00:27:14.019><c> in</c><00:27:14.180><c> his</c>

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evil<00:27:14.660><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:27:15.519><c> again,</c><00:27:16.079><c> Solomon</c><00:27:16.519><c> is</c><00:27:16.779><c> observing</c><00:27:17.339><c> that</c><00:27:17.599><c> there's</c><00:27:18.980><c> this</c>

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irony,<00:27:19.799><c> right?</c>

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There's<00:27:20.140><c> no</c><00:27:20.380><c> guarantees</c><00:27:21.119><c> or</c><00:27:21.339><c> what</c><00:27:21.480><c> we</c><00:27:21.680><c> might</c><00:27:21.839><c> consider</c><00:27:22.200><c> fairness</c><00:27:22.920><c> in</c>

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this<00:27:23.920><c> life.</c>

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Good<00:27:24.759><c> people</c><00:27:25.380><c> may</c><00:27:25.680><c> have</c><00:27:25.880><c> their</c><00:27:26.079><c> lives</c><00:27:26.319><c> cut</c><00:27:26.599><c> short,</c>

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bad<00:27:27.539><c> people</c><00:27:27.819><c> may</c><00:27:28.079><c> prosper</c><00:27:28.720><c> and</c><00:27:29.380><c> die</c><00:27:29.680><c> at</c><00:27:29.839><c> a</c><00:27:29.960><c> good</c><00:27:30.140><c> old</c><00:27:30.359><c> age.</c>

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And<00:27:31.759><c> we</c><00:27:31.819><c> can</c><00:27:32.019><c> either</c><00:27:32.319><c> look</c><00:27:32.619><c> at</c><00:27:32.720><c> this</c><00:27:33.079><c> as</c><00:27:33.640><c> an</c><00:27:34.180><c> element</c><00:27:34.599><c> of</c><00:27:35.200><c> the</c>

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hopelessness<00:27:36.140><c> of</c><00:27:36.359><c> life,</c>

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or<00:27:37.880><c> we</c><00:27:38.059><c> can</c><00:27:38.359><c> look</c><00:27:38.619><c> at</c><00:27:38.839><c> it</c><00:27:39.079><c> as</c><00:27:39.380><c> a</c><00:27:39.720><c> wake</c><00:27:39.900><c>-up</c><00:27:40.099><c> call</c>

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to<00:27:41.000><c> prioritize</c><00:27:41.980><c> how</c><00:27:42.480><c> we</c><00:27:42.980><c> live</c><00:27:43.380><c> our</c><00:27:43.920><c> life</c><00:27:44.359><c> every</c><00:27:44.799><c> day</c><00:27:45.220><c> that</c>

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we're<00:27:45.680><c> given.</c>

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And<00:27:47.960><c> so</c><00:27:48.440><c> we'll</c><00:27:49.140><c> look</c><00:27:49.440><c> at</c><00:27:49.559><c> the</c><00:27:49.779><c> last</c><00:27:50.200><c> and</c><00:27:50.460><c> the</c><00:27:50.720><c> largest</c><00:27:51.119><c> theme</c>

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of<00:27:51.819><c> Ecclesiastes</c>

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and<00:27:52.759><c> then</c><00:27:53.079><c> make</c><00:27:53.460><c> some</c><00:27:53.700><c> important</c><00:27:54.259><c> conclusions.</c>

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The<00:27:58.059><c> final</c><00:27:58.400><c> theme</c><00:27:58.839><c> is</c><00:27:59.900><c> vanity</c><00:28:00.660><c> or</c><00:28:01.160><c> this</c><00:28:01.700><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:02.039><c> word,</c><00:28:02.940><c> habel.</c>

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That<00:28:04.619><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:04.980><c> word</c><00:28:05.619><c> is</c><00:28:06.359><c> translated</c><00:28:06.859><c> vanity,</c><00:28:07.660><c> futility,</c><00:28:08.160><c> or</c><00:28:08.359><c> meaningless.</c>

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And<00:28:09.920><c> as</c><00:28:10.160><c> I</c><00:28:10.400><c> said,</c><00:28:10.619><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:28:11.119><c> has</c><00:28:11.279><c> more</c><00:28:11.500><c> than</c><00:28:11.720><c> half</c><00:28:12.000><c> of</c><00:28:12.180><c> the</c><00:28:12.380><c> usage</c>

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of<00:28:13.000><c> that</c><00:28:13.259><c> word</c><00:28:13.380><c> in</c><00:28:13.519><c> the</c><00:28:13.660><c> entire</c><00:28:13.960><c> Old</c><00:28:14.180><c> Testament.</c>

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So<00:28:15.619><c> we</c><00:28:15.799><c> have</c><00:28:15.940><c> it</c><00:28:16.240><c> right</c><00:28:16.420><c> in</c><00:28:16.660><c> the</c><00:28:16.759><c> first</c><00:28:17.099><c> chapter</c><00:28:17.779><c> in</c><00:28:18.900><c> verses</c><00:28:19.220><c> 12</c>

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to<00:28:19.619><c> 14.</c>

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I,<00:28:20.519><c> the</c><00:28:20.859><c> preacher,</c><00:28:21.980><c> have</c><00:28:22.079><c> been</c><00:28:22.319><c> king</c><00:28:22.539><c> over</c><00:28:22.779><c> Israel</c><00:28:23.160><c> and</c><00:28:23.339><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:28:23.880><c> I</c><00:28:24.140><c> applied</c><00:28:24.359><c> my</c><00:28:24.700><c> heart</c><00:28:24.880><c> to</c><00:28:25.200><c> seek</c><00:28:25.460><c> and</c><00:28:25.640><c> to</c><00:28:25.859><c> search</c><00:28:26.119><c> out</c><00:28:26.380><c> by</c><00:28:26.680><c> wisdom</c>

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all<00:28:27.440><c> that</c><00:28:27.579><c> is</c><00:28:27.779><c> done</c><00:28:27.960><c> under</c><00:28:28.220><c> heaven.</c>

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It<00:28:29.819><c> is</c><00:28:30.019><c> an</c><00:28:30.180><c> unhappy</c><00:28:30.579><c> business</c><00:28:31.140><c> that</c><00:28:31.420><c> God</c><00:28:31.700><c> has</c><00:28:31.980><c> given</c><00:28:32.119><c> to</c><00:28:32.299><c> the</c>

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children<00:28:32.720><c> of</c><00:28:32.920><c> man</c><00:28:33.079><c> to</c><00:28:33.220><c> be</c><00:28:33.420><c> busy</c><00:28:33.660><c> with.</c>

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I<00:28:34.400><c> have</c><00:28:34.640><c> seen</c><00:28:34.859><c> everything</c><00:28:35.359><c> that</c><00:28:35.519><c> is</c><00:28:35.720><c> done</c><00:28:35.900><c> under</c><00:28:36.140><c> the</c><00:28:36.319><c> sun,</c>

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and<00:28:36.579><c> behold,</c><00:28:37.000><c> all</c><00:28:37.480><c> is</c><00:28:37.819><c> vanity</c><00:28:38.359><c> and</c><00:28:38.960><c> a</c><00:28:39.259><c> striving</c><00:28:39.519><c> after</c><00:28:39.940><c> the</c><00:28:40.240><c> wind.</c>

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Solomon<00:28:41.339><c> in</c><00:28:43.180><c> his</c><00:28:43.599><c> wisdom</c><00:28:44.200><c> saw</c><00:28:44.799><c> the</c><00:28:45.099><c> futility</c><00:28:45.920><c> in</c><00:28:46.359><c> the</c><00:28:46.660><c> busyness</c><00:28:47.099><c> of</c><00:28:47.339><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:28:48.559><c> like</c><00:28:49.019><c> smoke,</c><00:28:49.799><c> which</c><00:28:49.920><c> appears</c><00:28:50.539><c> to</c><00:28:50.819><c> be</c><00:28:51.279><c> solid</c><00:28:51.700><c> and</c><00:28:52.039><c> tangible,</c>

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but<00:28:53.099><c> when</c><00:28:53.240><c> you</c><00:28:53.440><c> try</c><00:28:53.640><c> to</c><00:28:53.920><c> grasp</c><00:28:54.259><c> it,</c><00:28:54.380><c> it</c><00:28:54.500><c> just</c><00:28:54.839><c> flows</c><00:28:55.079><c> through</c>

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your<00:28:55.539><c> fingers.</c>

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The<00:28:57.480><c> endless</c><00:28:57.880><c> pursuits</c><00:28:58.500><c> of</c><00:28:58.819><c> humankind</c><00:28:59.220><c> are</c><00:28:59.579><c> ultimately</c><00:29:00.099><c> pointless,</c>

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like<00:29:00.980><c> striving</c><00:29:01.660><c> to</c><00:29:02.180><c> chase</c><00:29:02.660><c> and</c><00:29:03.059><c> capture</c><00:29:03.619><c> the</c><00:29:03.839><c> wind.</c>

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Then<00:29:07.779><c> in</c><00:29:08.460><c> chapter</c><00:29:09.019><c> 2</c><00:29:09.259><c> verse</c><00:29:09.559><c> 1,</c><00:29:10.220><c> I</c><00:29:10.319><c> said</c><00:29:10.539><c> in</c><00:29:10.660><c> my</c><00:29:10.980><c> heart,</c>

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Come<00:29:11.500><c> now,</c><00:29:12.140><c> I</c><00:29:12.519><c> will</c><00:29:12.819><c> test</c><00:29:13.099><c> you</c><00:29:13.299><c> with</c><00:29:13.500><c> pleasure.</c>

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Enjoy<00:29:15.059><c> yourself.</c>

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But<00:29:16.619><c> behold,</c><00:29:16.920><c> this</c><00:29:17.140><c> also</c><00:29:17.519><c> was</c><00:29:17.859><c> vanity.</c>

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I<00:29:18.500><c> said</c><00:29:18.660><c> of</c><00:29:18.859><c> laughter</c><00:29:19.279><c> it</c><00:29:19.500><c> is</c><00:29:19.700><c> mad,</c><00:29:20.279><c> and</c><00:29:20.420><c> of</c><00:29:20.599><c> pleasure</c><00:29:20.920><c> what</c><00:29:21.200><c> use</c><00:29:21.480><c> is</c><00:29:21.660><c> it?</c>

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I<00:29:22.519><c> searched</c><00:29:22.799><c> with</c><00:29:23.019><c> my</c><00:29:23.259><c> heart</c><00:29:23.440><c> how</c><00:29:23.619><c> to</c><00:29:23.839><c> cheer</c><00:29:24.019><c> my</c><00:29:24.339><c> body</c><00:29:24.579><c> with</c><00:29:24.900><c> wine,</c>

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my<00:29:26.099><c> heart</c><00:29:26.359><c> still</c><00:29:26.720><c> guiding</c><00:29:27.019><c> me</c><00:29:27.240><c> with</c><00:29:27.460><c> wisdom,</c><00:29:27.980><c> and</c><00:29:28.160><c> how</c><00:29:28.339><c> to</c><00:29:28.460><c> lay</c>

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hold<00:29:28.799><c> on</c><00:29:29.180><c> folly</c>

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till<00:29:30.039><c> I</c><00:29:30.220><c> might</c><00:29:30.440><c> see</c><00:29:30.900><c> what</c><00:29:31.380><c> was</c><00:29:31.680><c> good</c><00:29:31.839><c> for</c><00:29:32.019><c> the</c><00:29:32.200><c> children</c><00:29:32.440><c> of</c><00:29:32.640><c> man</c><00:29:32.880><c> to</c><00:29:33.140><c> do</c>

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under<00:29:33.579><c> heaven</c><00:29:33.880><c> during</c><00:29:34.240><c> the</c><00:29:34.500><c> few</c><00:29:34.799><c> days</c><00:29:35.279><c> of</c><00:29:35.460><c> their</c><00:29:35.740><c> life.</c>

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Solomon<00:29:37.440><c> was</c><00:29:37.619><c> in</c><00:29:37.740><c> a</c><00:29:38.019><c> unique</c><00:29:38.380><c> position</c><00:29:38.960><c> with</c><00:29:39.259><c> his</c><00:29:39.579><c> riches</c><00:29:39.880><c> and</c>

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his<00:29:40.400><c> wisdom</c>

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to<00:29:41.019><c> dabble</c><00:29:41.400><c> in</c><00:29:41.559><c> all</c><00:29:41.819><c> the</c><00:29:41.980><c> pleasures</c><00:29:42.240><c> of</c><00:29:42.480><c> life,</c><00:29:42.900><c> and</c><00:29:43.579><c> we</c><00:29:43.740><c> know</c>

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he<00:29:44.099><c> did,</c><00:29:44.400><c> right?</c>

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What<00:29:45.359><c> was</c><00:29:45.579><c> his</c><00:29:45.819><c> conclusion?</c>

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They're<00:29:46.960><c> all</c><00:29:47.400><c> vain</c><00:29:47.839><c> pursuits.</c>

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At<00:29:49.059><c> least</c><00:29:50.059><c> they</c><00:29:50.660><c> are</c><00:29:51.000><c> if</c><00:29:51.259><c> those</c><00:29:51.559><c> things</c><00:29:51.759><c> are</c><00:29:51.980><c> the</c><00:29:52.200><c> focus</c><00:29:52.640><c> of</c>

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our<00:29:53.059><c> lives.</c>

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They're<00:29:54.480><c> vain</c><00:29:54.740><c> pursuits.</c>

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And<00:29:57.680><c> Solomon</c><00:29:58.240><c> proceeds</c><00:29:59.240><c> in</c><00:29:59.799><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:30:00.619><c> to</c><00:30:01.119><c> go</c><00:30:01.319><c> into</c><00:30:01.539><c> a</c>

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pretty<00:30:01.900><c> dark</c><00:30:02.200><c> place,</c>

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and<00:30:04.240><c> we</c><00:30:04.400><c> come</c><00:30:04.599><c> over</c><00:30:04.980><c> to</c><00:30:05.599><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:30:06.240><c> 2</c><00:30:06.420><c> verse</c><00:30:06.619><c> 17,</c>

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So<00:30:08.099><c> I</c><00:30:08.259><c> hated</c><00:30:08.640><c> life,</c><00:30:10.019><c> because</c><00:30:10.400><c> what</c><00:30:10.579><c> is</c><00:30:10.759><c> done</c><00:30:10.960><c> under</c><00:30:11.160><c> the</c><00:30:11.339><c> sun</c>

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was<00:30:11.839><c> grievous</c><00:30:12.299><c> to</c><00:30:12.500><c> me,</c>

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for<00:30:12.960><c> all</c><00:30:13.519><c> is</c><00:30:13.940><c> vanity</c><00:30:14.599><c> and</c><00:30:15.240><c> a</c><00:30:15.559><c> striving</c><00:30:15.960><c> after</c><00:30:16.660><c> wind.</c>

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This<00:30:18.519><c> is</c><00:30:19.259><c> strong,</c><00:30:20.460><c> sad</c><00:30:21.059><c> language,</c><00:30:22.259><c> right?</c>

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Depression<00:30:23.079><c> is</c><00:30:23.539><c> a</c><00:30:23.640><c> real</c><00:30:23.900><c> problem.</c>

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It<00:30:25.279><c> can</c><00:30:25.420><c> be</c><00:30:25.660><c> easy</c><00:30:26.299><c> to</c><00:30:26.740><c> get</c><00:30:26.940><c> into</c><00:30:27.339><c> a</c><00:30:27.559><c> rut</c><00:30:27.839><c> and</c><00:30:28.740><c> feel</c><00:30:29.180><c> like</c><00:30:29.799><c> life</c>

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is<00:30:30.420><c> meaningless,</c>

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even<00:30:31.079><c> hate</c><00:30:31.500><c> life.</c>

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Getting<00:30:33.519><c> motivation,</c><00:30:35.339><c> finding</c><00:30:35.839><c> satisfaction,</c><00:30:37.000><c> finding</c><00:30:37.420><c> meaning</c><00:30:37.980><c> and</c><00:30:38.319><c> purpose</c>

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can<00:30:39.380><c> all</c><00:30:39.799><c> evade</c><00:30:40.279><c> us</c><00:30:40.519><c> from</c><00:30:40.759><c> time</c><00:30:41.000><c> to</c><00:30:41.220><c> time.</c>

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And<00:30:42.599><c> I</c><00:30:42.720><c> think</c><00:30:42.940><c> like</c><00:30:43.240><c> Solomon</c><00:30:43.740><c> here</c><00:30:44.299><c> is</c><00:30:44.920><c> airing</c><00:30:45.500><c> his</c><00:30:45.859><c> heart,</c>

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it's<00:30:47.680><c> important</c><00:30:48.039><c> for</c><00:30:48.220><c> us</c><00:30:48.339><c> to</c><00:30:48.619><c> share</c><00:30:48.920><c> those</c><00:30:49.359><c> difficulties</c><00:30:50.000><c> and</c>

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burdens<00:30:50.759><c> with</c><00:30:50.980><c> each</c><00:30:51.240><c> other.</c>

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I<00:30:52.059><c> think</c><00:30:52.339><c> of</c><00:30:52.599><c> Paul's</c><00:30:53.640><c> words</c><00:30:54.000><c> in</c><00:30:54.160><c> his</c><00:30:54.400><c> first</c><00:30:54.599><c> letter</c><00:30:54.839><c> to</c><00:30:55.059><c> the</c><00:30:55.299><c> Corinthians.</c>

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He<00:30:56.680><c> says</c><00:30:57.160><c> in</c><00:30:57.900><c> chapter</c><00:30:58.299><c> 12,</c>

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But<00:30:58.940><c> God</c><00:30:59.339><c> has</c><00:30:59.720><c> so</c><00:31:00.099><c> composed</c><00:31:00.720><c> the</c><00:31:00.980><c> body</c><00:31:01.539><c> that</c><00:31:02.480><c> there</c><00:31:02.740><c> may</c><00:31:03.059><c> be</c><00:31:03.279><c> no</c>

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division<00:31:03.920><c> in</c><00:31:04.119><c> the</c><00:31:04.279><c> body,</c>

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x
but<00:31:04.880><c> that</c><00:31:05.119><c> the</c><00:31:05.319><c> members</c><00:31:05.619><c> may</c><00:31:05.940><c> have</c><00:31:06.180><c> the</c><00:31:06.480><c> same</c><00:31:06.779><c> care</c><00:31:07.299><c> for</c><00:31:07.539><c> one</c><00:31:07.779><c> another.</c>

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If<00:31:08.359><c> one</c><00:31:08.619><c> member</c><00:31:08.920><c> suffers,</c><00:31:10.200><c> all</c><00:31:10.680><c> suffer</c><00:31:11.140><c> together.</c>

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If<00:31:12.539><c> one</c><00:31:12.759><c> member</c><00:31:12.960><c> is</c><00:31:13.299><c> honored,</c><00:31:13.599><c> all</c><00:31:13.859><c> rejoice</c><00:31:14.460><c> together.</c>

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x
Now<00:31:15.819><c> you</c><00:31:16.119><c> are</c><00:31:16.359><c> the</c><00:31:16.460><c> body</c><00:31:16.740><c> of</c><00:31:16.940><c> Christ</c><00:31:17.519><c> and</c><00:31:18.259><c> individually</c><00:31:19.019><c> members</c><00:31:19.700><c> of</c><00:31:20.019><c> it.</c>

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x
When<00:31:21.240><c> life</c><00:31:21.680><c> seems</c><00:31:22.339><c> hopeless</c>

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and<00:31:24.339><c> we</c><00:31:24.519><c> feel</c><00:31:24.880><c> nothing</c><00:31:25.259><c> but</c><00:31:25.599><c> despair,</c><00:31:26.299><c> let's</c><00:31:26.700><c> reach</c><00:31:27.000><c> out</c><00:31:27.220><c> for</c><00:31:27.480><c> help.</c>

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And<00:31:28.400><c> let's</c><00:31:28.640><c> be</c><00:31:28.839><c> willing</c><00:31:29.019><c> to</c><00:31:29.380><c> offer</c><00:31:29.720><c> help,</c><00:31:30.720><c> not</c><00:31:30.980><c> only</c><00:31:31.220><c> in</c><00:31:31.599><c> prayer,</c>

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x
but<00:31:32.079><c> in</c><00:31:32.420><c> support</c><00:31:32.839><c> and</c><00:31:33.119><c> love</c><00:31:33.279><c> for</c><00:31:33.460><c> one</c><00:31:33.599><c> another,</c><00:31:34.299><c> knowing</c><00:31:34.839><c> that</c>

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x
we're<00:31:35.480><c> all</c><00:31:35.839><c> in</c><00:31:36.059><c> this</c><00:31:36.339><c> together.</c>

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And<00:31:38.279><c> of</c><00:31:38.640><c> course,</c><00:31:38.819><c> as</c><00:31:39.039><c> we</c><00:31:39.220><c> go</c><00:31:39.500><c> through</c><00:31:40.500><c> the</c><00:31:40.819><c> body</c><00:31:41.140><c> of</c><00:31:41.380><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

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there<00:31:42.259><c> are</c><00:31:42.660><c> many</c><00:31:43.019><c> other</c><00:31:43.380><c> examples</c><00:31:43.900><c> of</c><00:31:44.240><c> vanity,</c><00:31:45.240><c> futility,</c><00:31:46.400><c> meaninglessness</c><00:31:47.119><c> in</c><00:31:47.960><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

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But<00:31:48.960><c> it's</c><00:31:49.640><c> time,</c><00:31:50.079><c> I</c><00:31:50.200><c> think,</c><00:31:50.460><c> now</c><00:31:50.740><c> to</c><00:31:50.920><c> focus</c><00:31:51.440><c> on</c><00:31:52.319><c> that</c><00:31:52.759><c> big</c><00:31:53.160><c> unless</c><00:31:53.740><c> that</c>

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we've<00:31:54.319><c> been</c><00:31:55.359><c> alluding</c><00:31:55.940><c> to.</c>

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Focus<00:31:57.900><c> on</c><00:31:58.119><c> the</c><00:31:58.420><c> hope</c><00:31:58.859><c> that</c><00:31:59.339><c> the</c><00:31:59.500><c> book</c><00:31:59.660><c> brings.</c>

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Is<00:32:03.579><c> all</c><00:32:03.880><c> hopeless?</c>

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Is<00:32:05.740><c> all</c><00:32:06.380><c> vanity</c><00:32:06.980><c> our</c><00:32:07.980><c> efforts</c><00:32:08.500><c> all</c><00:32:08.839><c> for</c><00:32:09.039><c> naught?</c>

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Well,<00:32:09.700><c> absolutely</c><00:32:10.119><c> not.</c>

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It<00:32:11.579><c> depends</c><00:32:11.819><c> on</c><00:32:12.000><c> where</c><00:32:12.220><c> our</c><00:32:12.460><c> focus</c><00:32:12.740><c> is.</c>

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It<00:32:13.500><c> depends</c><00:32:13.799><c> on</c><00:32:14.140><c> what</c><00:32:14.359><c> we</c><00:32:14.720><c> value</c><00:32:15.339><c> in</c><00:32:15.900><c> this</c><00:32:16.220><c> life</c><00:32:16.380><c> that</c><00:32:16.539><c> God</c><00:32:16.740><c> has</c>

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given<00:32:17.140><c> us.</c>

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It<00:32:17.700><c> depends</c><00:32:17.880><c> on</c><00:32:18.319><c> how</c><00:32:18.819><c> we</c><00:32:19.220><c> feel</c><00:32:19.619><c> about</c><00:32:20.200><c> and</c><00:32:20.539><c> how</c><00:32:20.799><c> we</c><00:32:21.140><c> respond</c>

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to<00:32:22.559><c> the</c><00:32:22.859><c> redemptive</c><00:32:23.359><c> work</c><00:32:23.559><c> of</c><00:32:23.759><c> our</c><00:32:23.920><c> Lord</c><00:32:24.099><c> Jesus</c><00:32:24.519><c> Christ</c><00:32:24.880><c> for</c><00:32:25.160><c> us.</c>

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Solomon<00:32:27.339><c> punctuates</c><00:32:27.980><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:32:28.779><c> with</c><00:32:28.940><c> these</c><00:32:29.220><c> little</c><00:32:29.500><c> visions</c><00:32:29.880><c> of</c>

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hope<00:32:30.400><c> and</c><00:32:30.720><c> meaning.</c>

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He<00:32:34.779><c> says</c><00:32:35.240><c> in</c><00:32:35.660><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:32:36.220><c> 5</c><00:32:36.500><c> verse</c><00:32:36.680><c> 1,</c>

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Guard<00:32:37.299><c> your</c><00:32:37.599><c> steps</c><00:32:37.980><c> when</c><00:32:38.119><c> you</c><00:32:38.259><c> go</c><00:32:38.400><c> to</c><00:32:38.539><c> the</c><00:32:38.700><c> house</c><00:32:38.900><c> of</c><00:32:39.160><c> God.</c>

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To<00:32:40.539><c> draw</c><00:32:40.880><c> near</c><00:32:41.339><c> to</c><00:32:41.720><c> listen</c><00:32:42.200><c> is</c><00:32:43.200><c> better</c><00:32:43.539><c> than</c><00:32:43.799><c> to</c><00:32:44.059><c> offer</c><00:32:44.259><c> the</c><00:32:44.579><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:45.039><c> of</c><00:32:45.359><c> fools,</c>

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for<00:32:46.000><c> they</c><00:32:46.180><c> do</c><00:32:46.460><c> not</c><00:32:46.720><c> know</c><00:32:47.279><c> that</c><00:32:47.740><c> they</c><00:32:47.880><c> are</c><00:32:48.079><c> doing</c><00:32:48.299><c> evil.</c>

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Be<00:32:49.720><c> not</c><00:32:50.039><c> rash</c><00:32:50.319><c> with</c><00:32:50.539><c> your</c><00:32:50.799><c> mouth,</c><00:32:52.000><c> nor</c><00:32:52.279><c> let</c><00:32:52.619><c> your</c><00:32:52.960><c> heart</c><00:32:53.140><c> be</c><00:32:53.480><c> hasty</c><00:32:53.859><c> to</c>

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utter<00:32:54.299><c> a</c><00:32:54.539><c> word</c><00:32:54.759><c> before</c><00:32:55.160><c> God,</c>

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for<00:32:55.680><c> God</c><00:32:56.079><c> is</c><00:32:56.359><c> in</c><00:32:56.559><c> heaven</c><00:32:56.980><c> and</c><00:32:57.400><c> you</c><00:32:57.779><c> are</c><00:32:58.059><c> on</c><00:32:58.259><c> earth.</c>

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Therefore,<00:32:59.759><c> let</c><00:32:59.960><c> your</c><00:33:00.259><c> words</c><00:33:00.480><c> be</c><00:33:00.880><c> few.</c>

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When<00:33:01.720><c> you</c><00:33:02.000><c> vow</c><00:33:02.220><c> a</c><00:33:02.420><c> vow</c><00:33:02.539><c> to</c><00:33:02.759><c> God,</c><00:33:03.240><c> do</c><00:33:03.420><c> not</c><00:33:03.599><c> delay</c><00:33:03.940><c> paying</c><00:33:04.319><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:33:05.259><c> better</c><00:33:05.539><c> that</c><00:33:05.779><c> you</c><00:33:05.980><c> should</c><00:33:06.180><c> not</c><00:33:06.519><c> vow</c><00:33:06.980><c> than</c><00:33:07.579><c> that</c><00:33:07.720><c> you</c><00:33:07.920><c> should</c><00:33:08.140><c> vow</c>

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and<00:33:08.720><c> not</c><00:33:08.980><c> pay.</c>

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Let<00:33:10.500><c> not</c><00:33:10.700><c> your</c><00:33:10.880><c> mouth</c><00:33:11.220><c> lead</c><00:33:11.519><c> you</c><00:33:11.720><c> into</c><00:33:11.960><c> sin,</c>

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for<00:33:12.759><c> when</c><00:33:13.039><c> dreams</c><00:33:13.440><c> increase</c><00:33:14.220><c> and</c><00:33:14.420><c> words</c><00:33:14.880><c> grow</c><00:33:15.259><c> many,</c><00:33:16.299><c> there</c>

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is<00:33:16.819><c> vanity,</c><00:33:17.619><c> but</c><00:33:17.819><c> God</c><00:33:18.299><c> is</c><00:33:18.640><c> the</c><00:33:18.779><c> one</c><00:33:18.920><c> you</c><00:33:19.099><c> must</c><00:33:19.359><c> fear.</c>

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Let's<00:33:20.960><c> not</c><00:33:21.180><c> be</c><00:33:21.500><c> rash.</c>

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Let's<00:33:23.359><c> listen</c><00:33:23.819><c> more</c><00:33:24.279><c> than</c><00:33:24.480><c> we</c><00:33:24.779><c> talk.</c>

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Let's<00:33:25.380><c> keep</c><00:33:25.680><c> our</c><00:33:26.019><c> promises</c><00:33:26.420><c> to</c><00:33:26.720><c> God</c><00:33:27.079><c> and</c><00:33:27.259><c> our</c><00:33:27.480><c> Lord</c><00:33:27.660><c> Jesus</c><00:33:28.000><c> Christ</c><00:33:28.319><c> and</c>

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each<00:33:28.720><c> other.</c>

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Let's<00:33:29.920><c> not</c><00:33:30.519><c> let</c><00:33:30.920><c> our</c><00:33:31.220><c> mouths</c><00:33:31.799><c> lead</c><00:33:32.259><c> us</c><00:33:32.559><c> into</c><00:33:32.960><c> sin,</c><00:33:33.559><c> but</c><00:33:33.819><c> instead</c><00:33:34.259><c> be</c><00:33:34.680><c> quiet</c><00:33:35.140><c> and</c>

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fear<00:33:35.799><c> God.</c>

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Why?

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Why<00:33:38.059><c> should</c><00:33:38.240><c> we</c><00:33:38.420><c> do</c><00:33:38.680><c> that?</c>

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Because<00:33:39.420><c> in</c><00:33:39.599><c> the</c><00:33:39.819><c> reverence</c><00:33:40.140><c> and</c><00:33:40.740><c> in</c><00:33:41.200><c> the</c><00:33:41.240><c> love</c><00:33:41.400><c> of</c><00:33:41.599><c> God,</c>

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there's<00:33:42.240><c> deliverance.</c>

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We<00:33:43.819><c> come</c><00:33:44.019><c> over</c><00:33:44.660><c> to</c><00:33:44.980><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:33:45.539><c> 7</c><00:33:46.539><c> verse</c><00:33:46.900><c> 17,</c>

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Be<00:33:47.539><c> not</c><00:33:47.920><c> overly</c><00:33:48.400><c> wicked,</c><00:33:49.200><c> neither</c><00:33:49.420><c> be</c><00:33:49.680><c> a</c><00:33:49.920><c> fool.</c>

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It<00:33:50.240><c> is</c><00:33:50.500><c> good</c><00:33:50.819><c> that</c><00:33:50.980><c> you</c><00:33:51.200><c> should</c><00:33:51.319><c> take</c><00:33:51.619><c> hold</c><00:33:51.839><c> of</c><00:33:52.039><c> this,</c><00:33:52.319><c> and</c><00:33:52.519><c> from</c><00:33:52.839><c> that</c><00:33:53.460><c> withhold</c><00:33:53.900><c> not</c>

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your<00:33:54.500><c> hand.</c>

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For<00:33:55.480><c> the</c><00:33:55.700><c> one</c><00:33:55.839><c> who</c><00:33:56.039><c> fears</c><00:33:56.279><c> God</c><00:33:56.720><c> shall</c><00:33:56.980><c> come</c><00:33:57.220><c> out</c><00:33:57.559><c> from</c><00:33:57.819><c> both</c><00:33:58.119><c> of</c><00:33:58.319><c> them.</c>

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Wisdom<00:33:59.319><c> gives</c><00:33:59.599><c> strength</c><00:34:00.079><c> to</c><00:34:00.319><c> the</c><00:34:00.519><c> wise</c><00:34:00.819><c> man</c><00:34:01.119><c> more</c><00:34:01.500><c> than</c><00:34:01.720><c> ten</c><00:34:02.059><c> rulers</c><00:34:02.599><c> who</c><00:34:03.039><c> are</c><00:34:03.180><c> in</c><00:34:03.339><c> a</c><00:34:03.440><c> city.</c>

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Surely<00:34:05.140><c> there</c><00:34:05.500><c> is</c><00:34:05.680><c> not</c><00:34:05.920><c> a</c><00:34:06.039><c> righteous</c><00:34:06.359><c> man</c><00:34:06.579><c> on</c><00:34:06.819><c> earth</c><00:34:07.000><c> who</c><00:34:07.180><c> does</c>

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good<00:34:07.660><c> and</c><00:34:07.859><c> never</c><00:34:08.199><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:34:09.519><c> I</c><00:34:09.619><c> think</c><00:34:09.760><c> it's</c><00:34:10.000><c> important</c><00:34:10.440><c> here</c><00:34:10.880><c> to</c><00:34:11.340><c> recognize</c><00:34:12.039><c> that</c><00:34:12.599><c> Solomon</c><00:34:13.039><c> reminds</c><00:34:13.699><c> us</c>

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that<00:34:14.679><c> we're</c><00:34:15.099><c> not</c><00:34:15.320><c> going</c><00:34:15.480><c> to</c><00:34:15.559><c> be</c><00:34:15.780><c> perfect.</c>

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We're<00:34:17.079><c> failing</c><00:34:17.420><c> creatures,</c><00:34:18.559><c> right?</c>

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There's<00:34:19.639><c> not</c><00:34:19.860><c> a</c><00:34:20.039><c> righteous</c><00:34:20.280><c> man</c><00:34:20.460><c> on</c><00:34:20.639><c> earth</c><00:34:20.760><c> who</c><00:34:20.940><c> does</c><00:34:21.099><c> good</c>

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and<00:34:21.480><c> never</c><00:34:21.800><c> sins,</c><00:34:23.000><c> all</c><00:34:23.239><c> but</c><00:34:23.460><c> one.</c>

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And<00:34:26.179><c> so</c><00:34:26.440><c> seeking</c><00:34:26.860><c> righteousness</c><00:34:27.380><c> and</c><00:34:27.800><c> focusing</c><00:34:28.400><c> on</c><00:34:28.840><c> a</c><00:34:29.059><c> life</c>

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which<00:34:29.460><c> is</c><00:34:29.780><c> dependent</c><00:34:30.119><c> on</c><00:34:30.420><c> God</c><00:34:30.860><c> brings</c><00:34:31.559><c> meaning,</c>

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it<00:34:32.400><c> brings</c><00:34:32.679><c> purpose,</c><00:34:33.239><c> and</c><00:34:33.599><c> it</c><00:34:33.800><c> brings</c><00:34:34.079><c> deliverance</c><00:34:35.119><c> to</c><00:34:35.519><c> an</c>

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otherwise<00:34:36.400><c> vain</c><00:34:37.019><c> and</c><00:34:37.480><c> meaningless</c><00:34:37.920><c> existence</c>

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that<00:34:38.880><c> ends</c><00:34:39.199><c> only</c><00:34:39.579><c> in</c><00:34:39.820><c> death.</c>

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Solomon<00:34:42.199><c> tells</c><00:34:42.780><c> us</c><00:34:42.960><c> that</c><00:34:43.059><c> we</c><00:34:43.159><c> have</c><00:34:43.360><c> a</c><00:34:43.539><c> choice</c><00:34:43.840><c> to</c><00:34:44.059><c> make.</c>

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x
He<00:34:45.460><c> says</c><00:34:45.800><c> in</c><00:34:46.099><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:34:46.639><c> 8</c><00:34:47.039><c> verse</c><00:34:47.380><c> 10,</c>

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Then<00:34:49.000><c> I</c><00:34:49.139><c> saw</c><00:34:49.460><c> the</c><00:34:49.699><c> wicked</c><00:34:49.980><c> buried.</c>

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x
They<00:34:51.280><c> used</c><00:34:51.519><c> to</c><00:34:51.579><c> go</c><00:34:51.719><c> in</c><00:34:51.900><c> and</c><00:34:52.059><c> out</c><00:34:52.199><c> of</c><00:34:52.300><c> the</c><00:34:52.480><c> holy</c><00:34:52.679><c> place,</c>

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and<00:34:53.239><c> were</c><00:34:53.539><c> praised</c><00:34:54.059><c> in</c><00:34:54.300><c> the</c><00:34:54.519><c> city</c><00:34:54.760><c> where</c><00:34:54.940><c> they</c><00:34:55.079><c> had</c><00:34:55.280><c> done</c><00:34:55.500><c> such</c><00:34:55.780><c> things.</c>

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This<00:34:57.039><c> also</c><00:34:57.360><c> is</c><00:34:57.579><c> vanity,</c><00:34:58.079><c> because</c><00:34:58.360><c> the</c><00:34:58.579><c> sentence</c><00:34:58.960><c> against</c><00:34:59.360><c> an</c>

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evil<00:34:59.920><c> deed</c><00:35:00.300><c> is</c><00:35:00.679><c> not</c><00:35:00.960><c> executed</c><00:35:01.519><c> speedily.</c>

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The<00:35:02.739><c> heart</c><00:35:02.980><c> of</c><00:35:03.119><c> the</c><00:35:03.260><c> children</c><00:35:03.500><c> of</c><00:35:03.699><c> man</c><00:35:03.860><c> is</c><00:35:04.179><c> fully</c><00:35:04.559><c> set</c><00:35:05.099><c> to</c><00:35:05.360><c> do</c><00:35:05.579><c> evil.</c>

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x
Though<00:35:06.960><c> a</c><00:35:07.260><c> sinner</c><00:35:07.440><c> does</c><00:35:07.780><c> evil</c><00:35:08.019><c> a</c><00:35:08.239><c> hundred</c><00:35:08.480><c> times</c><00:35:08.940><c> and</c><00:35:09.139><c> prolongs</c><00:35:09.739><c> his</c><00:35:09.960><c> life,</c>

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yet<00:35:11.099><c> I</c><00:35:11.320><c> know</c><00:35:11.780><c> that</c><00:35:11.960><c> it</c><00:35:12.039><c> will</c><00:35:12.199><c> be</c><00:35:12.460><c> well</c><00:35:12.760><c> with</c><00:35:12.960><c> those</c><00:35:13.320><c> who</c><00:35:13.599><c> fear</c>

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God<00:35:14.280><c> because</c><00:35:14.760><c> they</c><00:35:15.079><c> fear</c><00:35:15.320><c> before</c><00:35:15.739><c> him.</c>

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Neither<00:35:18.639><c> will</c><00:35:18.800><c> he</c><00:35:19.039><c> prolong</c><00:35:19.440><c> his</c><00:35:19.800><c> days</c><00:35:20.219><c> like</c><00:35:20.599><c> a</c><00:35:20.860><c> shadow,</c><00:35:21.400><c> because</c><00:35:21.940><c> he</c>

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does<00:35:22.659><c> not</c><00:35:22.980><c> fear</c><00:35:23.280><c> before</c><00:35:23.679><c> God.</c>

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It<00:35:25.860><c> ultimately</c><00:35:26.360><c> will</c><00:35:27.159><c> not</c><00:35:27.340><c> go</c><00:35:27.599><c> well</c><00:35:27.880><c> for</c><00:35:28.079><c> the</c><00:35:28.260><c> wicked.</c>

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It<00:35:28.820><c> ultimately</c><00:35:29.800><c> will</c><00:35:30.340><c> go</c><00:35:30.659><c> well</c><00:35:30.980><c> for</c><00:35:31.199><c> those</c><00:35:31.659><c> whose</c><00:35:32.699><c> faith</c><00:35:32.940><c> is</c>

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attributed<00:35:33.599><c> to</c><00:35:33.840><c> them</c><00:35:34.239><c> as</c><00:35:35.000><c> righteousness.</c>

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There<00:35:35.980><c> is</c><00:35:36.420><c> hope.</c>

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There<00:35:37.400><c> is</c><00:35:37.900><c> meaning</c><00:35:38.420><c> to</c><00:35:38.699><c> life.</c>

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And<00:35:39.920><c> Solomon</c><00:35:40.179><c> is</c><00:35:40.559><c> trying</c><00:35:41.019><c> to</c><00:35:41.460><c> teach</c><00:35:41.760><c> the</c><00:35:42.039><c> Ecclesia</c><00:35:42.440><c> this.</c>

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Let's<00:35:43.719><c> have</c><00:35:43.940><c> open</c><00:35:44.260><c> hearts</c><00:35:44.679><c> to</c><00:35:44.840><c> his</c><00:35:45.119><c> wisdom.</c>

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They<00:35:46.500><c> should</c><00:35:46.699><c> be</c><00:35:46.960><c> like</c><00:35:47.400><c> goads</c><00:35:48.079><c> whose</c><00:35:48.559><c> sharp</c><00:35:49.039><c> points</c><00:35:49.380><c> direct</c>

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us<00:35:50.219><c> on</c><00:35:50.440><c> the</c><00:35:50.579><c> way</c><00:35:50.780><c> to</c><00:35:51.059><c> life.</c>

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These<00:35:52.699><c> words</c><00:35:53.159><c> of</c><00:35:53.440><c> Solomon</c><00:35:53.739><c> are</c><00:35:53.980><c> ultimately</c><00:35:54.500><c> the</c><00:35:54.699><c> words</c><00:35:54.960><c> of</c><00:35:55.219><c> our</c><00:35:55.519><c> one</c><00:35:55.820><c> shepherd,</c><00:35:56.679><c> as</c>

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the<00:35:57.019><c> book</c><00:35:57.300><c> closes,</c>

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who<00:35:58.300><c> we</c><00:35:58.619><c> long</c><00:35:58.860><c> to</c><00:35:59.179><c> see</c><00:35:59.539><c> and</c><00:36:00.079><c> whose</c><00:36:00.599><c> reign</c><00:36:01.340><c> and</c><00:36:01.980><c> rule</c><00:36:02.239><c> we</c><00:36:03.099><c> long</c>

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to<00:36:03.679><c> be</c><00:36:03.880><c> under.</c>

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We<00:36:07.000><c> close</c><00:36:07.559><c> with</c><00:36:07.900><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:36:08.579><c> 12</c><00:36:08.960><c> verse</c><00:36:09.260><c> 11.</c>

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The<00:36:09.840><c> words</c><00:36:10.320><c> of</c><00:36:10.579><c> the</c><00:36:10.820><c> wise</c><00:36:11.119><c> are</c><00:36:11.340><c> like</c><00:36:11.679><c> goads,</c><00:36:12.199><c> and</c><00:36:12.340><c> like</c><00:36:12.639><c> nails.</c>

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Firmly<00:36:14.219><c> fixed</c><00:36:14.500><c> are</c><00:36:14.679><c> the</c><00:36:14.940><c> collected</c><00:36:15.340><c> sayings.</c>

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They<00:36:15.920><c> are</c><00:36:16.139><c> given</c><00:36:16.340><c> by</c><00:36:16.619><c> one</c><00:36:16.900><c> shepherd.</c>

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My<00:36:18.380><c> son,</c><00:36:18.760><c> beware</c><00:36:18.980><c> of</c><00:36:19.219><c> anything</c><00:36:19.500><c> beyond</c><00:36:19.940><c> these.</c>

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The<00:36:20.760><c> end</c><00:36:20.940><c> of</c><00:36:21.139><c> the</c><00:36:21.300><c> matter?</c>

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All<00:36:22.840><c> has</c><00:36:23.119><c> been</c><00:36:23.400><c> heard.</c>

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Fear<00:36:24.719><c> God</c><00:36:25.119><c> and</c><00:36:25.460><c> keep</c><00:36:25.679><c> his</c><00:36:25.900><c> commandments,</c><00:36:26.460><c> for</c><00:36:26.639><c> this</c><00:36:27.219><c> is</c><00:36:27.699><c> the</c>

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whole<00:36:28.460><c> duty</c><00:36:28.880><c> of</c><00:36:29.280><c> man.</c>

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And<00:36:30.820><c> so</c><00:36:31.059><c> thanks</c><00:36:31.260><c> for</c><00:36:31.480><c> your</c><00:36:31.760><c> patience</c><00:36:32.019><c> and</c><00:36:32.219><c> your</c><00:36:32.659><c> time</c><00:36:33.039><c> this</c><00:36:33.300><c> evening.</c>