Remember Your Creator - Ecclesiastes 12
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Transcript of Remember Your Creator - Ecclesiastes 12
Series - ‘How can I make sense of life?’
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‘Remember your Creator’
Ecclesiastes 12
When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth
before the days of trouble come
Ecc 12:1
When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8
Before old age sets in – 12:1-5a
• Mental faculties deteriorate – 12:2a
• Senility often accompanies old age – 12:2b
• Walking can become an effort - 12:3a
When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8
Before old age sets in – 12:1-5a
• Eating food can become more challenging – 12:3b
• Eyesight becomes poorer – 12:3c
• Fear of going out - 12:5a
When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8
Before old age sets in – 12:1-5a
• Hair changes colour – 12:5b
• Desire fails – 12:5c
When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8
Value & Respect older people
Show your fear of God by standing up in the presence of elderly people and showing
respect for the aged
Lev 19:32 NLT
When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth
Ecc 12:1a
When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8
You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give
you joy in the days of your youth
Ecc 11:9a
When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8
People do turn to God in older age
95% of all believers come to Christ before they are 50
Most before they are 30
When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8
Before death occurs – 12:5b-8
Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets. Remember Him – before the silver cord is severed … and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God
who gave it – Ecc 12:5b-7
When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8
We will all face judgement
You who are young, be happy while you are young, … but know that for all these things God will bring
you into judgment - Ecc 11:9
… people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment – Heb 9:27
When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8
Christian hope of Resurrection
"I am the resurrection and the life. S/He who believes in me will live, even though S/he dies;
and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
John 11:25-26
How should I remember my Creator? 12:9-12
• Acknowledge the truth – 12:9-10
• Accept correction – 12:11
• Admit supremacy of Scripture – 12:12
Why should I remember my Creator? 12:13-14
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter
Ecc 12:13a
Why should I remember my Creator? 12:13-14
God has a purpose for each of us
fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind
Ecc 12:13b
Why should I remember my Creator? 12:13-14
God will ultimately reveal everything
For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil
Ecc 12:14