HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

I am not smart by any means.  In fact I feel

embarrassed around truly smart intelligent

people.  But at times like that I try to keep

my mouth shut.  Why expose my ignorance

to them?

Consequently I want to spend some time 

trying to understand the writings of someone

who was truly smart - Solomon.  Maybe I 

can learn a little from him.

God gave Solomon more wisdom than any

person that ever lived, or will live.

[I know.  You and I both have friends and

neighbors who think they are the "SMARTEST"

thing that ever lived.]

So that puts me into what we call the book of

Ecclesiastes.

  

""Everything is meaningless," says the Teacher,

"completely meaningless!"

What do people get for all their hard work

under the sun?  Generations come and 

generations go, but the earth never changes."

"History merely repeats itself.  It has all been

done before."

(Ecclesiastes 1:1-4 and 9 NLT)

I am looking at it from a different vantage point

than you are.  I am old.  Really really old.  And

after looking back over a life of hard work I have

to agree with Solomon - what's the point?

Some day I will die and all that effort will

be lost, gone forever - that is in this material

world if that is all I have worked for.

But there is a realm that will last forever,

the Spiritual realm.  If I shift my focus from

the things of this material world to the world

or realm of the Spirit - everything changes.

Solomon comes to the conclusion at the end

of his book which we will probably look at
a number of times:

"That's the whole story.  Here now is my final

conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands,

for this is everyone's duty.  God will judge us

for everything we do, including every secret

thing, whether good or bad."

(Ecclesiastes 12:13,14 NLT)

MISS JUDGING

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For many years I worked for a luxury auto dealership.

Understandably most of our customers were older, 

"well to do" people.  They were the kind of people

who once their decision was made about the car they

wanted did not ask "How much a month will that be?"

But, "How much do I make the check out for?"

But there was one habit they had that used to get under

my skin.  These old geezers would talk to me all right.

But it seemed that they always looked down their nose

at me.  You know, as if to say, "Why are you polluting

my air space?"  Or, "What rock did you come out from

under?"

But I learned something.

The first pair of bifocals I got, I learned that if I wanted

to see someones face clearly - I had to jack my nose up 

in the air to see though the bifocals.

"Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

For in the way you judge, you will be judged;

and by your standard of measure, it will be 

measured to you."

(Matthew 7:1,2 NASB)

I DON'T BELIEVE IN JAIL

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Can you imagine someone standing before a judge who

has sentenced them to some jail time for; too many 

speeding tickets or too many parking tickets or for 

showing disrespect for the judge or something else,

and saying;

"I don't believe in jail.  There is no such thing as a 

jail.  I have never seen one or known anyone who

has seen or been in one.  

There is something else that some people do not think

exists.  But God does not agree with them.

Whether we like it or not,

every human being that has ever lived on this earth

is going to stand before Jesus Christ in judgement.

To some he will have to say;

"Away from me, you that are under

God's curse!  Away to the eternal

fire which has been prepared for the

Devil and his angels!"

(Matthew 25:41 GNT)

Don't be one of them.

Get personally acquainted with

Jesus Christ, NOW.

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach

them that they should always pray and never

become discouraged.  'In a certain town there 

was a judge who neither feared God nor respected

people.  And there was a widow in that same

town who kept coming to him and pleading for

her rights, saying, 'Help me against my opponent!'

For a long time the judge refused to act, but at

last he said to himself, ' Even though I don't fear

God or respect people, yet because of all the 

trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to

it that she gets her rights.  If I don't, she will

keep on coming and finally wear me out!'

And the Lord continued, 'Listen to what that 

corrupt judge said.  Now, will God not judge

in favor of his own people who cry to him

day and night for help?  Will he be slow to

help them?  I tell you, he will judge in their 

favor and do it quickly.  But will the Son of

man find faith on earth when he comes?"

(Luke 18:1-8 TEV)

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"The promises of the Lord can be trusted;

they are as genuine as silver refined

seven times in the furnace."

(Psalms 12:6 GNT)

1. Meditate on God's Promises.

2. Plead the Promises at the throne of Grace.

3. Act in Faith that God Will Perform His Promises.

(William Gurnall)

WHOSE STANDARDS

"O course we would not dare classify ourselves

or compare ourselves with those who rate

themselves so highly.  How stupid they are!

They make up their own standards to measure

themselves by, and they judge themselves by

their own standards!"

(2 Corinthians 10:12 TEV)

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YOU ARE FULL OF IT

YOUR ARE FULL OF IT.

I AM FULL OF IT.

WE ARE ALL FULL OF IT.

FULL OF WHAT?????

WELL!

Just listen to your mouth.

What you talk about all day is what you are full of.

"For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

(Matthew 12:34 TEV)

Let's just hope that what comes out of our mouth is

pleasing to God.

Because:

"Your words will be used to judge you--

to declare you either innocent or guilty."

(Matthew 12:37 TEV)