What Jesus Would Say''' To Bill Gates

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The BIG Question

• What do you hope to get from this life?

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The BIG Question

• What do you hope to get from this life?

Career
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The BIG Question

• What do you hope to get from this life?

CareerFame
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The BIG Question

• What do you hope to get from this life?

CareerFame...Wisdom
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The BIG Question

• What do you hope to get from this life?

CareerFame...Wisdom Education
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The BIG Question

• What do you hope to get from this life?

CareerFame...Wisdom Education..Youth
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The BIG Question

• What do you hope to get from this life?

CareerFame...Wisdom Education..Youth
Money Wealth
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Bill Gates on Religion
In terms of allocation of time and resources,
religion is not very efficienttheres a lot more
I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
Wisest man to ever live (wisdom came from
God) (II Chronicles 111-12)
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
Wisest man to ever live (wisdom came from
God) (II Chronicles 111-12)
Got a perfect score on his S.A.T. Went to Harvard
to learn from people who were smarter and left
disappointed.
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
Wisest man to ever live (wisdom came from
God) (II Chronicles 111-12)
Got a perfect score on his S.A.T. Went to Harvard
to learn from people who were smarter and left
disappointed.
Greatest King there ever was (Third King of
Israel, Davids son)
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
Wisest man to ever live (wisdom came from
God) (II Chronicles 111-12)
Got a perfect score on his S.A.T. Went to Harvard
to learn from people who were smarter and left
disappointed.
Greatest King there ever was (Third King of
Israel, Davids son)
Richest man in the world Founded Microsoft 2 on
Peoples Top Ten Most Influential People
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
Earned 25 tons of gold a year (5.4 million)
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
Earned 25 tons of gold a year (5.4 million)
Earns 450,000 a year in salary
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
Earned 25 tons of gold a year (5.4 million)
Earns 450,000 a year in salary
Does not include revenue from merchants and
traders and what other kings and governors would
give him as gifts (II Chronicles 9)
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
Earned 25 tons of gold a year (5.4 million)
Earns 450,000 a year in salary
Does not include revenue from merchants and
traders and what other kings and governors would
give him as gifts (II Chronicles 9)
Does not include money from stocks or other
sources of income Net worth 40.7 billion Earns
250 a second
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
Earned 25 tons of gold a year (5.4 million)
Earns 450,000 a year in salary
Does not include revenue from merchants and
traders and what other kings and governors would
give him as gifts (II Chronicles 9)
Does not include money from stocks or other
sources of income Net worth 40.7 billion Earns
250 a second
700 wives
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
Earned 25 tons of gold a year (5.4 million)
Earns 450,000 a year in salary
Does not include revenue from merchants and
traders and what other kings and governors would
give him as gifts (II Chronicles 9)
Does not include money from stocks or other
sources of income Net worth 40.7 billion Earns
250 a second
700 wives
One wife and 3 kids
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• King Solomon

Bill Gates
Earned 25 tons of gold a year (5.4 million)
Earns 450,000 a year in salary
Does not include revenue from merchants and
traders and what other kings and governors would
give him as gifts (II Chronicles 9)
Does not include money from stocks or other
sources of income Net worth 40.7 billion Earns
250 a second
700 wives
One wife and 3 kids
All of his drinking cups and utensils were solid
gold Had a fleet of ship 12,000 horses, etc.
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What Did Solomon Hope to Get from His Life?
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Ecclesiastes 2
page 658
page 464
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What Did Solomon Hope to Get from His Life?

• Pleasure

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What Did Solomon Hope to Get from His Life?

• Pleasure
• Result Meaningless

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What Did Solomon Hope to Get from His Life?

• Pleasure
• Result Meaningless
• Materialism

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What Did Solomon Hope to Get from His Life?

• Pleasure
• Result Meaningless
• Materialism
• Result Meaningless

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What Did Solomon Hope to Get from His Life?

• Pleasure
• Result Meaningless
• Materialism
• Result Meaningless
• Career

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What Did Solomon Hope to Get from His Life?

• Pleasure
• Result Meaningless
• Materialism
• Result Meaningless
• Career
• Result Meaningless, like chasing the wind

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STUDY SAYS MONEY DOESNT LEAD TO HAPPINESS
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STUDY SAYS MONEY DOESNT LEAD TO HAPPINESS

• If you have more money,
• are you necessarily happier?
• A new study says no.
• A University of Southern California researcher
  says a study of 1,500 people surveyed annually
  over three decades showed many werent happier as
  they got more money. Richard Easterlin says one
  of the reasons money doesnt necessarily lead to
  happiness is because people who have more money
  want more things.
• (Source Associated Press News)

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If Everything I have Accomplished isMeaningless,
then What is the Point of Life?
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If Everything I have Accomplished isMeaningless,
then What is the Point of Life?

• Here is my final conclusion Fear God and obey
  His commands, for this is the duty of every
  person.
• Ecclesiastes 1213

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What Does it Mean to Focus on God?
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What Does it Mean to Focus on God?

• If you try to keep your life for yourself, you
  will lose it. But if you give up your life for
  me, you will find true life. And how do you
  benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your
  own soul in the process?
• Matthew 1625-26

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Thought for the Week
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Thought for the Week

• What needs to change in my life so I can focus
  more on God?