Series - ‘How can I make sense of life?’

Today

‘Remember your Creator’

Ecclesiastes 12

When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth

before the days of trouble come

Ecc 12:1

When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8

Before old age sets in – 12:1-5a

• Mental faculties deteriorate – 12:2a

• Senility often accompanies old age – 12:2b

• Walking can become an effort - 12:3a

When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8

Before old age sets in – 12:1-5a

• Eating food can become more challenging – 12:3b

• Eyesight becomes poorer – 12:3c

• Fear of going out - 12:5a

When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8

Before old age sets in – 12:1-5a

• Hair changes colour – 12:5b

• Desire fails – 12:5c

When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8

Value & Respect older people

Show your fear of God by standing up in the presence of elderly people and showing

respect for the aged

Lev 19:32 NLT

When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth

Ecc 12:1a

When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8

You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give

you joy in the days of your youth

Ecc 11:9a

When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8

People do turn to God in older age

95% of all believers come to Christ before they are 50

Most before they are 30

When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8

Before death occurs – 12:5b-8

Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets. Remember Him – before the silver cord is severed … and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God

who gave it – Ecc 12:5b-7

When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8

We will all face judgement

You who are young, be happy while you are young, … but know that for all these things God will bring

you into judgment - Ecc 11:9

… people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment – Heb 9:27

When should I remember my Creator? 12:1-8

Christian hope of Resurrection

"I am the resurrection and the life. S/He who believes in me will live, even though S/he dies;

and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

John 11:25-26

How should I remember my Creator? 12:9-12

• Acknowledge the truth – 12:9-10

• Accept correction – 12:11

• Admit supremacy of Scripture – 12:12

Why should I remember my Creator? 12:13-14

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter

Ecc 12:13a

Why should I remember my Creator? 12:13-14

God has a purpose for each of us

fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind

Ecc 12:13b

Why should I remember my Creator? 12:13-14

God will ultimately reveal everything

For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing,

whether it is good or evil

Ecc 12:14