Gods Advice to Young People

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Gods Advice to Young People

• Ecclesiastes 119121

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THE STATE OF YOUTH

• Our youths love luxury. They have bad
  manners, contempt for authoritythey show
  disrespect for their elders and love to chatter
  in places of exercise.
• Children are now tyrants, not the servants
  of their households. They no longer rise when
  their elders enter the room. They contradict
  their parents, chatter before company, gobble up
  food, and tyrannize teachers.
• (Attributed to Socrates, c. 400 BC)

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THE STATE OF YOUTH

• The world is passing through troublous times.
  The young people of today think of nothing but
  themselves. They have no reverence for parents or
  old age. They are impatient of all restraint.
  They talk as if they knew everything, and what
  passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with
  them. As for the girls, they are forward,
  immodest and unladylike in speech, behavior and
  dress.
• (Attributed to Peter the Hermit
  from a sermon preached in AD 1274)

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Gods Advice to Youth
Eccl.
119

• Blessing, 122-8 Prov. 2029
• God wants you to enjoy being young
• To be glad, to cheer up, be happy
• Pursue wholesome pleasure, 312-13, 22 518
  118
• God want to you know you will answer to Him for
  what you do, 2 Cor. 510 Eccl. 1214

REJOICE
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Gods Advice to Youth
Eccl.
1110

• Youth not an excuse for sin, Lk. 252
• Remove sorrow from youre life
• The cause of sorrowSIN, Psa. 1199
• Become a Christian (H-B-R-C-B)
• Live for JesusBe faithful (Matt. 721)
• Run from sin be pure, 2 Tim. 222
• Choose the right kind of friends, Prov.
  110-16
• -2 Corinthians 71-

REMOVE
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Gods Advice to Youth
Eccl.
121

• Think about God now!
• Today and every day, Prov. 31-2
• Youth who remembered God
• Joseph, Gen. 372 391
• Samuel, 1 Sam. 310
• David, 1 Sam. 1733, 36-37
• Josiah, 2 Chron. 341-3
• Daniel companions, Dan. 18-16
• Timothy, 1 Tim. 412
• Jesus, Luke 249

REMEMBER
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Gods Advice to Youth
Eccl.
121

• Things to help you remember God
• Make up your mind - NOW! Josh. 2415
• Learn the Bible, Rom. 1017 (2
  Tim. 215 314-15)
• Obey God, Heb. 59 (1 Jno. 53)
• Pray, 1 Thess. 517
• Worship God faithfully, Psa. 14812-13
• You are setting a pattern right now for the rest
  of your life! Eccl. 121

REMEMBER
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Gods Advice to Youth
119-121
Eccl.

• Rejoice, O young man, in your youth
• Remove sorrow from your heart put away evil
  from your flesh
• Remember now your Creator in the days of your
  youth
• THIS IS YOUR DUTY!
• Ecclesiastes 1213