Ecclesiastes Chapter 3

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Baruch is pleased to share this weekly address in English to find out more about our work in Israel please visit us on the web at love Israel you are G that's one word love Israel dot o-r-g now here's Baruch with today's lesson well as most of you know we are in a midst of a study of the book of Ecclesiastes and what King or Solomon is struggling with is finding satisfaction finding that which has eternal significance but as we go through each section we're going to see that there's going to be growth maturity and truth revealed in the midst of his disappointment despair and and shouts that all is vanity underneath the the Sun so with that said look with me to a very famous part probably the most well known portion of this book of Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes and chapter 3 also known as the book of qohelet and chapter 3 now what do we read here well we're gonna be very conscience as we go through chapter 3 and let me simply say that in chapter 3 we're going to see more and more examples of shall Solomon revealing very important principles for life in the midst of these things of as I said despair discouragement and shouts of vanity he's going to more and more reveal to us principles by which week and establish our life and have our lives established by God look with me to chapter 3 and verse 1 for every time and season now pay close attention to those words they Co Zaman and at Zaman is time it is time but more the sense of season and when we move into this second part beginning in verse 2 through verse 8 it's going to be the word at season and not the word some salmon salmon which is going to repeat itself over and over so we see here they call the Mandvi at for every time and season for every offense now I realize that most Bibles say for every purpose but it's not the word purpose it's a word desire and what he's saying here is this we have a multiplicity of desires expressions that we want to to let out and he's saying all of these things that we have within us there is a fitting season time if you would to display that and that gives us the full spectrum of life in this world see God wants all people to experience this world why well the more that you experience this world the more you're going to be driven to the kingdom so in this world he has set up times for each person to have these expressive expressive feelings release to demonstrate them that's what he's saying here in chapter 3 so look again he says for every time and season for every desire offense under the the heavens there is a season for being born and a season for death so in the world that we live right now there is both life and death being born and coming to an end of that and there's a season and one of the things that we're going to learn later on in this book is discernment we have to understand the seasons that we're living in so we can express that right desire have those right feelings and understand how to respond in a way that glorifies God so there's a season for being born a season for for dying a season for planting and a season for uprooting that which was planted a season for killing now this isn't the word murder its word lahar oak and it's bringing something to an end it's putting something to its self its conclusion and there's also a season for healing now this is important because someone's going through a disease and discernment we need to know what to pray for and there's people who always want to say we should pray for healing know pray for discernment this might be the season of death and you want to pray according to God's will see one of the worst things that can happen is this that someone is misled to believe that that healings coming when it's not and they need to express the fact that they're dying now today unfortunately it's rather popular within the believing movement to always believe that healing healing and that God wants everyone to live to 120 and be healthy throughout those 120 years that's not the world we're living in now that may not be popular it may not fill stadiums but the fact of the matter is what Solomon is teaching us is that there are a different seasons of our life and sometimes we're in a season for healing sometimes it's a season for death and we just don't apply that to our physical or health but also we have to apply it for different aspects sometimes a person has a business and that business is not going well but it can be saved it can be healed so to speak you can work and bring that business around into becoming successful and other times it's a season to say I need to let go of this I need to realize that it's time for this endeavor to to die off to be done away with so discernment this whole section it's so popular we know it well and what it's all about is crying out for discernment that we might know this season that we're in or the season that someone else is in so that we can provide godly counsel to them well move on to to the second half of verse 3 there's a time for for the throats that is tearing down and there's a time or a season for building there's a season for weeping and there's a season for laughing a season so food is lamentation and there's a season for dancing there's a season for casting stones and there's a season for gathering up stones so we have two extremes and we must know what season were in that's what Solomon is teaching us verse 5 the second half there's a season for hugging and there's a season and I like this translation for refraining from hug and it's literally the word leer hope may huh Beck witches too to put far from the hugging there's a season for seeking or acquiring and there's a season for for losing there's a season for holding on to keeping and there's a season for casting away there's a season for Terry and there's a season for sowing there's a season llaha shot now some will say be silent and that's a legitimate translation or it can be to think so there's a season for thinking and this is pondering in your mind and there's a season for speaking sometimes we need to think other times we need to speak like why sometimes we need to be silent and other times we need to to vocalize something there's a season to love and there's a season to hate there's a time for war and there's a time for peace so what we find here is that there's a time as we're going to read in a moment for everything under the Sun and once again our challenge our task is to act in discernment to know which season it is so that we can respond in obedience to God's will for that time but look if you would to verse 9 slow mo asks a question he says what advantage is it for the one who works his toil what advantage is the one who works in all of his toil that's what he wants to know I mean what is it going to bring about in the end well he's going to answer that question in the second half of chapter 3 and that's where we're gonna go through a little bit slowly slower look at verse 10 still Solomon Tipene he says I see the matter now this is a word we talked about it last week the word inyoung it is a matter but it's also related to that which can be very abhava some were troublesome or afflicting and he says I see the matter which God has given to this God has given to the sons of men so human beings and then it says same word as any on matter but it's the infinitive to la note bow that is 2:2 flicked him or to trouble him now what is it saying that God likes to cause affliction on people no but we have to read this and understand it in the context here this idea of affliction or trouble now that same word law note can be to respond or answer they say well what's the relationship between them very simple as we go through these different seasons God wants us to discern so that we can respond in the proper way to answer in the right form and when we don't well it's going to turn to affliction is going to be troublesome for us but when we respond in the right season in the right way then we're going to demonstrate discernment and we're going to be an instrument of God because living a life that's rooted in discernment is what's going to manifest God's glory well look now to verse 11 for everything is is your fame appropriate pleasing the word ufa literally means pretty but I think in this context it means appropriate everything that's done is it's in its season is appropriate and that's what we have to do EFA appropriate we have to know what's appropriate for the season that we're in verse verse 11 the second half also and this is where it gets important he says also ha olam now the word ha-olam has to do with the world or all of time or or the kingdom it is used in those three different ways if we say or larvae IDI we're talking about forever and ever if we say how olam has a this world if we say Olam haba it's the kingdom so in this passage when we look at it we have to be very clear on the intent of this this usage he says also he has given or set in your their heart eternity now Solomon is revealing this and by the way as we've talked about Solomon is writing this book from a confessional standpoint he knows how it's going to conclude he's not writing this down over a period of years he has lived many many years and he has grown wise through being able to discern the very experiences that he went through and in the final chapter he's going to tell us what is the conclusion of all matter of living life in a discernible way meaning living a life which gives evidence to discernment being able to discern the seasons the situations and respond appropriately he's going to tell us how to do that but right now in this the beauty of Ecclesiastes is that continuously throughout this book and the various chapters he plants seeds and this is a big one right here look again he says also he puts in their heart ha hola and I believe he's speaking about what Solomon has been been speaking about for for many verses and that is something of significance something that's lasting something that's eternal something that's more in this world because when Solomon looks at this world and how does he speak about the world that which is under the Sun under the Sun that's where we are and it says it's vanity among vanities it's futile there's nothing lasting eternal about it that's right because ultimately God has created us not for this world but for the world which is coming which is the kingdom so he says here God has also put in their heart this this eternity this desire for something more something significant something that is going to last and look at the last part of verse 11 now we read me Bailey assure lo M Saddam at Hamas say a sheer asylum may Roche pod herself now I said that because I want us to understand the littleness of what he's saying he's telling us without something this cannot be found by man on our own with our intellect with the best knowledge and wisdom that man can muster up in and of himself this simply cannot be found this eternal quality it says and the deed and this is important Hamas a which God's done from beginning to end now here's what Solomon is revealing God in His Providence God in His omniscience and his omnipotence God has done something he has created perfection but we don't see the beginning to the end we just see small parts and even though we may live let's say that 120 years that the book of Genesis speaks - even if we took were to live in perfect health with the greatest wisdom and knowledge that anyone has ever obtained on this planet and we live without any sickness or injuries or problems for a hundred and twenty years what is that compared to eternity we just see a small snippet of this world and that's why today people are looking things and they see changes that's happening in this world and they're all excited and and just confused about it and they're acting like this is verbum know what his solemn has said over and over what is was and it will be again there seems to be these cycles and therefore if we're not careful we're gonna say oh this world is just going to go on and on and on from one cycle to another it repeats itself what is here now will be again and and what was and is not it is coming again well realize there is coming and end and the only way that we can discern the end is through understanding prophetic events and it's only the uniqueness of prophecy now these events many have happened before there's been earthquakes there's been famine there's been disasters there's been Wars there's been a snick groups fighting with one another and these empires that was are going to rise up again but it's only when we have discernment to see other things that the Prophet tell us that we'll be able to understand and respond appropriately so we in and of ourselves cannot see the big picture we can't see the changes because God's created something from beginning to end and we just have a small picture it's like this think about a movie reel that are comprised of what hundreds thousands of pictures and if you go and you take that movie reel and you string it out across probably several football fields and you look at a picture you just take one and you look at that can you tell what that movies about do you know what's gonna happen in the future after that picture or what's going to take place what did take place previous to that picture absolutely not you're just getting one picture all you can know is what you see in that picture well it's the same way for us and the so called hundred and twenty ears that that maybe you'll live in olive is just a small picture we don't have the discernment that's what Solomon is trying to say here and in light of that how should we respond well he's had to come to that as he concludes his study so that's what he's saying at the end of verse eleven God's done something but God does things with the beginning and the end in mind and we're unable to understand it in and of ourselves look at verse 12 for I know that there is nothing better in them now what's in them well you have to understand that this is poetry here what is Hebrew poetry well it's all about it's all about parallelism one thing is parallel to something else and in this we have the prefix ba which is in and the third-person plural them in them the question is what's then well it's not until we read the second half of this poetic verse that we see when we read it for what's the best thing we can do nothing better rather than to rejoice and to do good in his life now in Hebrew the word for life is high it's plural and because this first section in parallelism is relating to it we see it in the plural this helps us to understand and to render the interpretation properly so now having known this we can go back and look at this verse he says I have known that is I've experienced something for there is nothing better in them meaning in life rather than rejoicing and doing good in his life now someone will ask why is the word for for life plural well that's just like why is the Day of Atonement literally the day of atonement and the messages we need atonement not just for life here but we need atonement for the life that's coming so we have two lights here and the hereafter now someone will say does it not say in the book of Hebrews chapter 9 and verse 27 it's appointed to man to die once and after that the judgment yes it does but that is speaking about our existence up until judgment why do we want to have judgment being taken care of for us by Messiah and his death so that that judgment leads to something and that is abundancy in the kingdom of God see we need to remember what Daniel says that there's a resurrection that is after death it's appointed to man to die once after that judgment but that judgment comes through the resurrection we are resurrected look at the book of Revelation for judgment and that's why we need to realize that there's going to be this judgment and some are going to receive everlasting life and glory and others are going to reap eternal condemnation and contempt that's the judgment it's for the life to come not this life but the life to come and therefore what he's talking about here is that there's nothing better in this life and in the life to come that we do good while we're on this planet look now to verse 13 and also for every man that he should eat and drink and see good in all of his Labor's which is under God now another time that Sawin may a major change I mean this verse as you read it should stand out in a mighty way why is that well because we have seen Todd Hashem --is-- Under the Sun taaha Shah maíam under the heavens but now he keeps broaden Asst he uses the phrase tohat Elohim under God and under God this expression has to do with God's authority so when you read it in this way it stands out in a major major way because he writes there is nothing better than man that he eats and drinks remember what we said about that last week we talked about how that has to do with fellowship you don't eat and drink alone it's with friends and family so being able to spend time with people understand the significance of that that's why you've never seen someone who is a hermit that is walking with God what does the scripture say says that a man should not treat himself like an island being alone no we need interaction we should seek people and fellowship with people interact with them and be an influence in their life you know I've said this many times but one of the things that's pointed out among the Hasidim I can remember coming to Israel we've been in Israel now going on our 17th year and and in the city that we first were living in I was talking individual and he says well if you have any questions about it he was giving a lecture he said if you have any questions you know here's my cart and I took it and I looked and it says what his role was much SPEA I look at that and I what is a mush spear now there's a word last spear to influence my spear would be an influencer and that's exactly how he saw himself and I loved that that idea that he said we're in this world to influence other people and everyone is a mush Pia you're either to be influencing them for good or influencing them for evil either influence them for the God's will or influencing them to not be part of God's will but everyone is so what we need to realize in this passage it says that it's important to have fellowship to be with people to eat and drink and to see the good in all his labor what's good well it's that which is me taught Elohim he which is under God is it it's good because it's brought under the authority of God now this is a big thing in this book because this is the first time that Solomon's just not acknowledge God he's done that but that he's done so in a unique way that we have to be brought under his authority and to see good the will of God in our labor that's what he's saying verse 14 and I know that all which God does he will do for eternity now here's another big statement that he's making he's saying here that God always does things for the purpose of eternity well how can we understand that God always says whatever he does there's always Kingdom implications to it and this is a great help to us why well when you make a decision when you're doing something think to yourself how can what I'm doing have eternal consequences how can I bring this action into a kingdom relationship what is it that I can do differently in the midst of this to to tie it united with the kingdom of God that's what he's talking about here so read again verse 14 I know that all which god he will do it will be for eternity now this is something this is what Solomon wants and what he's revealing here there's just a hint a ramus would be what the Hasidim would say and that is if I want something of meaningfulness that which is enduring that lasts that has a eternal aspect to it well I need to be participating with God because what God does it is for eternity it is for the kingdom and notice something else last half of verse 14 a love and lo sifu momenta and the gras he says you can't add anything to it and you can't take anything away from it for for God does and what should we do well we should be the one that fears from before him he's the one that makes things established and we can't ultimately alter that there is a kingdom that kingdom is going to be righteous we can't make it more righteous we can't make it less righteous but we can participate with the perfection of God we he allows us he invites us to serve alongside now we don't bring a change to it no we have the privilege of fulfilling what God has called to be we participate with him he gets all the glory because it's his will but we share in serving with him and don't think that and the scripture is trying to say is don't think that God needs us it's a privilege to serve Him it's not a a what we would say in Hebrew that's the god it's not a play that is all just just already determined but the point is this it makes all the difference in the world when we participate with God for us it doesn't change him it changes us and it changes what our eternity because in eternity there's going to be those blessings so what you do with your life if you participate with God it makes a difference not in God but in your life and in the life of others verse 15 now he tells us for that which already was well it is going to be because it's already was so what he's saying here that which is was is going to be and that which is going to be already was there's a cycle here he's putting this in to say don't get caught up in the world because it just repeats it's like a merry-go-round I mean sometimes you want to get off the merry-go-round you want to do something different because that merry-go-round is never going to arrive at any different position you get on it you're just going to be making circles and in that same way if we put everything into this world and we never have a plan to exit this world meaning to enter into the kingdom of God it is futility it is vain that's what Solomon is saying and God well he seeks or he we require that which was pursued now what he's saying here he's saying that he's going to give an account or we're gonna have to give an account to him excuse me that which is sought that is he's seeking that is what how can I say this properly what that which is pursued by us he's gonna require an account from we're going to have to give a rendering of all the things that we pursued what was of interest to us he's gonna require an accounting verse 16 and more that's what verse 16 says they owed and more I have seen Under the Sun in a place of justice a place it should render justice he says there there's wickedness and in the place of righteousness there also is the the unwitnessed or excuse me the wickedness so he's saying in this world we don't see what it should be where it should be justice there's wickedness and a place where there should be righteousness there's unrighteousness there's wickedness so this world is not what we want to invest in because all of this is telling us that judgments coming destructions coming no we want to be participants of another place of the kingdom to be investing there verse 17 and I have said in my heart that the righteous one and the wicked one God will judge no one escapes judgment now I want to say something because if you look at several places in the scripture when we're talking about glorifying God praising God exalting God you know why because he's judge and he is going to bring judgment to this world it is so tragic in my opinion that people stay away from the book of Revelation the book of Revelation shows praise worship throughout there's many times we're taken to heaven taken into the kingdom and we see praise and so frequently there is a connection between judgment and praise and today people want to stay away from judgment altogether they just want to focus in on what they think is the positive things the good things the pleasing things well this is showing someone who does not have the mind of Messiah that doesn't understand the revelation of Scripture because here Solomon makes a very strong case for the necessity of understanding God as judge look again at what he says verse 17 and I have said in my heart that is I know this to be true that the righteous one and the wicked one God will judge meaning no one escapes judgment now why is that so vital that we understand that because if I'm not going to escape judgment that I need to be prepared for that judgment I need to know that it's coming and what I have to do to be able to stand before God in judgment and the only thing that I can do is rely upon His grace to find His grace his forgiveness so when he looks at me he doesn't see my sinfulness my frailty my rebellion my foul mouth my demented thoughts my actions which are a a abomination I don't want him to see those things I want him to see the very righteousness of his son and when we enter into that New Covenant by the gospel that's exactly what happens he takes fact we were teaching this very principle at one of our studies in Israel this week where and of course we read this in the scripture and what a glorious verse it is that God took upon himself upon his son all the sins of the world what does John say not just our sins but all the sins of the world he took upon himself so there was a transfer our guiltiness upon him and he suffered the punishment of our sins of our guilt but that transfer was not just one way but it was two ways he took our unrighteousness but he placed upon us he trans word into our account his righteousness that's the message and therefore why can I be so assured of my salvation that I am going to be welcomed into his kingdom because for the kingdom entrance sake when I walk up to those gates he is going to see not my sinfulness but he is going to see the very righteousness of Messiah schewe that was imputed to me and therefore because he was absolute righteousness I can walk in absolutely with assurance here again not to anything I have done but to him be the glory in the price but there is judgment coming we're not talking about simply entered into the kingdom but there is for the believer as well that God's going to judge all of our deeds and we need to be ready for that judgment notice what it says in the last half of verse 17 for there is a season for every covets every desire and upon all that it's done there now where's there well you have a debate among scholars he says here that there's judgment and that judgment ultimately is not here in this world but it's before his throne if we read for example the book of Revelation chapter 20 so there it's going to be for every desire everything that we express God's going to judge that and that's why it's so vital as we've talked about earlier that we learned discernment look now to verse 18 I have said in my heart concerning that wrought bernard de Raadt believed the king Jamin says the estate or the affairs it's the things of man of human beings so he says I have said in my heart concerning the affairs of man and then he says too well to clarify them that word can be to purify them that God wants to show something of them that they are beasts they really are so he wants us to understand that we're what we're just bahama beasts in this world that is because we are created from the same things as animals when God formed creatures as we'll see from Solomon standpoint there was a similarity why do I say that verse 19 for there is one event for the sons of man human humanity and for one event for the the beasts two animals one event for them what is that death this one dies and thus the other one dies there is one spirit some will say breath but it's a word rock one spirit for all and then he says they asked a question is man any better than the beasts and he says no what does that mean well very simple if we do not find redemption if we do not find God's forgiveness well we're not any better than the animals in fact we may be worse because animals we see we're studying the book of Genesis and we saw several weeks ago in our study that God provided for the animals that they were in the ark as well people one of the most frequent questions I receive is this are we going to see animals in the kingdom of God I believe we will and the point is are we any better than them well if we reject Messiah if we do not embrace his message of forgiveness we're going to be worse than the animals read on to what he says here look again are we is man any better than the animals and he says I ain't know for all is what well if we don't know that message of the kingdom everything is head low everything's in vain everything that we've done it's not going to make a change we're gonna die and the animals are gonna die and he says here because he doesn't have that Kingdom experience or he's not speaking about that Kingdom experience he's saying is there going to be anything really different for them than us verse verse 24 everything goes to one place for all was from afar now this is what I was referring to earlier from Solomon's standpoint he says for everything speaking of mankind and also animals from all is from the ground and everything returns to - dirt or dust so he says if this is the case without a kingdom without a kingdom perspective a kingdom hope it's all vanity because without this Redemption without this hope that Messiah offers it's all going to lead to the same place and that's destruction no contentment no satisfaction nothing of any substance and significance in this world verse verse 21 he says he he asks a question who knows that the spirit of man it goes up and the spirit of beasts well it goes down to two below the earth he says what where do you know that now the message is this he says how do you know you're going up what is the basis for this this distinction between going down animals go down and and and man goes up how do you know that what is the basis of a hope that your go going to be going up to God that's the key here it's a reference to going up to heavens or the kingdom how do we know that well at this time the gospel hadn't been revealed now there were were messages there were hints in the text but what Solomon's doing here in this book is that although at times he plants seed of scriptural truth of revelation from God this book is written for one whose very humanistic one who bases things upon what he can see and what he can know and what he experiences that's how he's writing it and so many people live in this way and he wants to communicate to them what a hopeless hopeless existence there living and it's only going to get worse well let me say about this that we can draw something from it and that is we don't know in a surety what's gonna happen to the animals I personally believe based upon this and other things that we see that animals are going to have a place in the kingdom of God now they did not what we could say is that they were not created in that same accountability as we are but animals there is according to the story of Noah's Ark there is a measure of hope of salvation of preservation from God to them for and we see this all the time for that remnant always God works with the remnant well now look at verse verse 22 our last verse and I've seen that there is nothing better than a man rejoice in his works now here again he moves forward and it kind of comes back he says you know in this age you should rejoice in what you do with your deeds for this is his portion for who will bring him to see with what will be after him or after him or after this this deed after his life after what he's done and I think this is one of the most important questions that we should really struggle with because as a relative of mine used to say he used to say you know what when you're dead you're just dead there's no more it's over and you were were made of dust you returned to dust and that's it well he takes half the question because yes we can say how were we made we were made from dust but that's only half of it we need to remember who made us that there's a maker and he wanted to say all we are are dirt became from dust and will return to dust but he forgets God in this question well this is what Solomon's asking us he says for who will bring us to see or bring the man to see what will be after him or the effects of his life who's going to bring that into being well the answer is Messiah only Messiah has been ordained to take us into the kingdom so that we can see the real substance of our life everything that we said everything that we did now in one sense everyone's gonna have that experience why well because in the book of Revelation it tells us that there's going to be a great white throne and there's gonna be books open up and those books are gonna contain everything of your life and you are gonna be judged meaning you are going to be punished for all your transgressions and for those things that you did right well if you don't know God you haven't done anything right it's impossible to do that which is pleasing to God without knowing God you're always gonna have the wrong intent the wrong motivation behind it so the point here is this God's good and manifest to all people to sum total of our life but it's only going to be those who have experienced Redemption who has the potential to as we read about redeem the times for they are evil to take this world that is outside of God's will that's in darkness and redeem it to do things which are reflecting the kingdom and not the nature of this world and we're going to see and this is what Solomon is talking about who is the one who's going to bring us I mean it can be an exciting time when God shows you all that you did for him every sacrifice every good deed that you did to glorify Him and we see the effects of it not too long ago I was speaking to an individual and he went with a group of individuals on a mission trip I forget I think it was in Asia but I'm not sure and the leader of that as they were traveling and it was about four o'clock in the afternoon and they had roughly a three-hour journey from where they were at that moment to get to the place where they were going to eat dinner and as they were passing they saw this sign and a leader I mean it was unique in that place he said we didn't pass any signs whatsoever it was all dirt roads we were traveling so slowly it was so rough the roads and he said I saw sign I said to our guide the person who was leading us he says what does that sign say and he says oh there's a village down there he says how far he said about two hours from this road what's its name and this man said what it was and the leader said let's go there what's there he said not much he said let's go now he just felt within his heart they should go there he said if we go there it's two hours there two hours back and then three hours we're going to be seven hours on the road and instead of getting there at 7:00 to eat we're not going to get there until 11 or 11:30 he said let's go so he was the boss they made the move and they went for two hours they came to this village and there was virtually nothing there as a guide said but there was a small place where they could get something to eat so they came in to this place and by the way this group was all african-americans that came to serve God and they were in a place where there were no other black skinned people so they came into this place to eat and you can imagine the the surprise upon some of these people's face they had never seen someone with color and so as the guy began to speak and stuff they want to know why are you here who are these people why have they come and the guide began to tell them well these are people who love God and they have a story about the Son of God and this group of people at their restaurant not all of them were eating it was just kind of the the central place in town for people together they heard the story of the gospel and many of them responded and they ate and they went back on the road and they didn't get back to that place until after midnight to sleep but here's the point it was the most fruitful part of their mission trip going off what they had planned because one person was sensitive when God kind of touched his heart now they were there for maybe an hour hour and a half and the probably never go back they won't know what really came about because they went there and that guy told the people what these individuals believed about the Son of God who died upon that cross who was buried who rose again so that there could be forgiveness of sins but isn't it going to be exciting because I believe in the Providence of God I believe and the power the good work that God has began he's faithful to bring to a conclusion and these six or seven men that went there they won't know until they enter into the kingdom what came about because one individual said I feel move to go to that place see don't underestimate what God may do we may not know the outcome the effects the results in this lifetime but as the scripture says one day we will God is going to bring into being before all people what really was the result of our life for good and for bad there's going to be tears but he's able to wipe away those tears well let's conclude our time of worship by looking at one piece of Scripture look with me as we conclude first Peter chapter 5 and verse 6 first Peter chapter 5 and verse 6 just a few verses and this will serve as our benediction it says here humble yourselves verse 6 humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God and order that he might exalt you in his season in his time and cast upon him all of your worries or cares and this word can also be translated hopes give all your hopes worries and cares to him for he is able to care for you and wake up or be alert and be diligent because of the adversary your adversary the devil for he goes around like a roaring lion seeking whom he can devour and stand against him steadfastly or that working me powerfully stand against them how in faith and know that your affliction or suffering as these that you're going through they have come upon your brothers who were in the world for the God of all Grace who has called you for his glory his eternal glory how in Messiah Yeshua for after a little bit of your reflection meaning our trials our troubles our afflictions are from a kingdom perspective very short and what is he going to do who yes lean he will eventually complete make us perfect and he will empower us and he will strengthen us and he will establish us literally it says you and to him is a glory and the power forever and ever amen well we hope you will benefit from today's message and share it with others please plan to join us each week at this time and on this channel for our broadcast of love Israel org again to find out more about us please visit our website love Israel not bow RG there you will find articles in numerous other lectures by Baruch these teachings are in video form may download them or watch them in streaming video until next week may the Lord bless you in our Messiah Yeshua that is Jesus as you walk with Him Shalom from Israel

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Published: Fri Jan 12 2018