citizenship was offered freely to the Jews, for where the Jews came money and trade followed. The picture is of a man looking at a map. He points at a certain spot on it, and says, "Here is a new city where there are great trade chances. I'll go there; I'll get in on the ground floor; I'll trade for a year or so; I'll make my fortune and come back rich." James' answer is that no man has a right to make confident plans for the future, for he does not know what even a day may bring forth. Thomas but God à Kempis, “Man proposes disposes.” The Brevity of life shall be is 14] Whereas ye know not what on the morrow. For what your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. The foolishness of ignoring the will of God: [1] The Brevity of life. Job 7:6 - My days are swifter than a and are spent weaver’s shuttle, without hope.” Job 7:9 - the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he “As that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.” Job 8:9 - we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because “(For our days upon earth are a shadow:)” Job 9:25 - my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, “Now they see no good.” was probably faster than ours!] [Their “post” We count our years at each birthday but God tells us to number our days Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. How many weekends do YOU have left? For an actuarial estimate, take and subtract your 70 (“threescore ten”), age, and multiply by 52. If you are 30, you have about 2,080 weekends left... If you are 40, you have about 1,560 weekends left...
citizenship was offered freely to the Jews, for where the Jews came money and trade followed. The picture is of a man looking at a map. He points at a certain spot on it, and says, "Here is a new city where there are great trade chances. I'll go there; I'll get in on the ground floor; I'll trade for a year or so; I'll make my fortune and come back rich." James' answer is that no man has a right to make confident plans for the future, for he does not know what even a day may bring forth. Thomas à Kempis, “Man proposes but God disposes.” The Brevity of life 14] Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. The foolishness of ignoring the will of God: [1] The Brevity of life. Job 7:6 - My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.” Job 7:9 - “As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.” Job 8:9 - “(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)” Job 9:25 - “Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.” [Their “post” was probably faster than ours!] We count our years at each birthday but God tells us to number our days Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. How many weekends do YOU have left? For an actuarial estimate, take 70 (“threescore and ten”), subtract your age, and multiply by 52. If you are 30, you have about 2,080 weekends left... If you are 40, you have about 1,560 weekends left...
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