Title Remember Your Creator!
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1. Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come, before the year draws near when you will say that I have no pleasure in it.
2. Before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars darken, before the clouds rise again after the rain.
3. In such a day those who guard the house will tremble, and the strong will be crooked, and the millers will cease because there are few, and those looking out through the windows will be darkened
4. The gates of the streets will be shut, and the sound of the millstones shall be less;
5. Such will fear the heights, and be amazed on the road, the apricots will blossom, the locusts will be a burden, and lust will cease, for a man returns to his eternal home, and mourners go to and fro in the streets.
6. The silver cords are loosed, the golden vessels are broken, the jars are broken by the springs, the wheels are broken at the wells,
7. Remember before the dust returns to the earth, and the gods return to the God who gave it.
8. The evangelist said, Vanity, vanity. All things are vanity.
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14. When the time came, Jesus sat down with the apostles,
15. He said to them, "I have longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer."
16. I tell you, I will not eat it again until this Passover is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
17. Then he took the cup and gave thanks, saying, Take this and share it amongst you.
18. I tell you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.
19. And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do it in remembrance of me.”
20. In the same way with the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
21. But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table.
22. The Son of Man goes as it has been decreed, but woe to him who betrays him.
23. They asked one another, "Who among us will do this?"
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Title: Remember Your Creator!
Text: Ecclesiastes 12:1-8, Luke 22:14-23
The words of Solomon, the king of wisdom. ‘Without God, everything is in vain. It is futile and impermanent.’ King Solomon, who received extraordinary wisdom from God (1 Kings 3:1-15), lived an unprecedented life not only in wisdom but in all areas of his life. The writing contains the experiences gained from living a tumultuous life. 'Learning is unsatisfying (1:7,8), wisdom causes many troubles and anxieties (1:16-18), pleasure leaves only disappointment in the end (2:1,2), and business is only a chasm (2). :17), toil is only fatigue and sorrow (2:18-23), philosophy is ephemeral and worthless (3:1-9), the heart cannot satisfy its thirst for eternity (3:11), and life is also death. This blessing (4:2), riches also cause sleeplessness (5:12), life also leads to setbacks (6:12), and good deeds are also fruitless' (11:1-8). The absence of God turns everything into vain.
Overcoming nothingness (虛無克服) is returning to God. The second is to go to the father's house (Luke 15:20). It is the eldest son's understanding of his father's heart and turning his wrong heart (Luke 15:25-32). Going back to my father's house is the way to live. It's a way out of the way of debauchery (虛浪放蕩). This is the eldest son's way to regain his joy There is that wisdom in today's Word. “Remember your Creator!” (Ecclesiastes 12:1). ‘Remember your Redeemer!’ (Remember me! Luke 22:19). Although we live ‘under the sun’, it is telling us that we should live ‘under the sun’. It is a way to live on earth but without forgetting the sky. In this sense, our Creator God is the One who makes the meaning of all life. He gives meaning to every journey of life (birth, growth, education, marriage, parent-child relationship, death).
“Remember your Creator!” (Ecclesiastes 12:1). It reveals the majestic authority, majesty, and power of a great God that no one can match. He was made in the image of God. You have made it an object of fellowship and a channel of blessing. It makes us realize our self-esteem and identity, our rights and obligations. We are not mass-produced commodities, but the works of God the Creator (Genesis 1:26; Ephesians 2:10). The lord of all things. It is a creature created to reveal the glory of God the Creator. Westminster Great Catechism, answer number one. ‘What is man’s foremost and supreme purpose? Man's chief and supreme end is to glorify God, and to fully enjoy him forever.' “This people I have formed for myself, that they may sing my praises” (Isaiah 43:21). .
Remembering the creator is better. ‘Before the days of trouble come, before the year draws near, when I say I have no pleasure in it’. The result of that memory is “the realization of a life that fears God and keeps His commandments” (Ecclesiastes 12:13). This is the noble duty of man who was made to resemble the image of God. Our Creator made us with a will. So, we have a mission entrusted to us with blessings. Fellowship with you is, of course, governing all things according to the divine will (Genesis 1:26-28). Therefore, there is a judgment on the performance of the mission. “God will judge every deed and every secret thing, good or evil” (Ecclesiastes 12:14). There can be no emptiness here. The process of redemption through Christ and sanctification through God the Holy Spirit, also the gospel. ‘Remember your Creator!’ Amen.