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Intro.
2. Young people are facing & making choices that will stay with you for the rest of
your life (education, dating/marriage, drugs, alcohol, gangs, etc.). - cf. Deut. 30:15
1. Strength - Prov. 20:29. (cf. 1 Sam. 17:35-37; Psa. 27:1)
1. Rejoice - "To be glad, to cheer up, be happy" - Pursue wholesome pleasure -
3:12-13, 22; 5:18; 11:8.
C. God Wants You To Know That You Will Answer To Him For Your Conduct While
You Are Young.
2. Cf. Parents fill role of judge for a time (teach the lesson).
3. God sees all / judges all [you will answer for all].
4. Some grown-ups do not want to put this responsibility upon their children (or
themselves) -- But God already has!
a. Do you understand sin? Is there sin in your life? What will happen to you if you
are not saved from your sins? Who Jesus is? What He did for you? What should you
do for Him?
2. Find genuine joy in your youth by removing evil which causes pain & sorrow - cf.
Lk. 2:52.
B. Remove Sin From Your Life (The Cause Of Sorrow) - Psa. 119:9. (We all sin -- it is
what we do about it that makes the difference!)
-2 Corinthians 7:1-
A. Think About God Now...Today And Every Day! - Prov. 3:1-2
1. Joseph - (Gen. 39:1) - At 17 (37:2), he remembered God though in a far away
land!
2. Samuel - (1 Sam. 3:10) - As a child he was ready to hear God speak.
3. David (1 Sam. 17:33, 37) - He remembered God's power to save. (Great faith).
4. Josiah (2 Chrn. 34:1-3); At 16 he began to seek God & aggressively combat sin.
You can seek God & defend truth, too.
5. Daniel & his companions (Dan. 1:8-16) - Remembered it is more important not
to defile themselves than to go along with the crowd.
6. Timothy (2 Tim. 4:12) - Remembered to set an example of godliness from his
youth up.
6. Eccl. 12:1 - You are setting a pattern for the rest of your life right now!
Conclusion
1. Eccl. 11:9-12:1 - Youth are to rejoice in all good things that give the heart true
happiness (v. 9).
a. Put aside sin because it interferes with true joy (v. 10).
b. Know that only by remembering God while you are young will you find true
happiness throughout life (v. 1).
Citations
“Our youths love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority—they
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)