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Lesson 5Why Isn't Life Fair?
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Because of Injustice
Why doesn't our loving Godpunish sin immediately?
How Does 1 Corinthians 13:4answer this question?
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Love is patient and kind.....1 Cor 13:4
2 Peter 3:9
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Because of Injustice
What does Daniel 12:2
remind us about God'sjustice?
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Because of Injustice
Dan 12:2 "And many of thosewho sleep in the dust of the
earth shall awake, some toeverlasting life, and some to
shame and everlasting
contempt.
2 Peter 2:9
Acts 24:15
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Because of Injustice
Our bodies will one day returnto the earth.
Whatever appeases our bodiesis only temporary.
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Because of Injustice
We are different than animalsbecause God has set eternity in
our hearts. What does God tellus in Hebrews 9:27 about life
and death?
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Because of Injustice
It is appointed for man todie once, and after that come
judgment.
Unlike animals we will be
judged
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Because of Injustice
Man was created differentthan animals. When we
forget this we act more likeanimals than like our creator.What does Genesis 1:27 say
about the difference?
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Because of Injustice
So God created man in hisown image, in the image of
God he created him; maleand female he created
them.
Romans 1:25
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Because of Injustice
-Since life is short we should
enjoy the fruits of our labor,we can't come back to enjoy
it later.
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Because of Injustice
-Don't let injustice make you
bitter and miserable. If youdo we will be like what
person described in Job
21:25?
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Because of Injustice
Job 21:25, Another person,
never having tastedhappiness dies with a bitter
soul.
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Life isn't fair because of
injustice and...Because ofoppression.
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Because of Oppression
Solomon says that he has seenall the oppression under the
sun. In this world sometimesthe wicked prosper, but whatdid the psalmist come to
understand when he went intothe sanctuary of God in Psalm
73:17?
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Because of Oppression
When Iwent into the sanctuary
of God thenIdiscerned theirend.
Psalm 73:17
Mark 8:36
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Life isn't fair because of
Injustice, oppressionand....the rat race
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Because of the rat race
Many people work hard motivatedby envy. They neglect family and
meaningful relationships. Solomonis not saying that we should not
work, just not be obsessed with it.What does Solomon write about the
person on the other end of thespectrum in 4:5?
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Because of the rat race
The fool folds his hands and eatshis own flesh.
It is better to have less stuff and
enjoy life more.
1 Timothy 5:8
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Because of the rat race
You only need three things in life tobe happy.
1. Someone to love
2. To be loved3. To have a purpose
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Because of the rat race
Solomon wrote, Two are betterthan one, because they have agood reward for their toil
Personalize and write out verse 10
in your own words
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Because of the rat race
If I fall one will lift me up, but woeto me if I am alone when I fall andthere is no one there to lift me up.
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Because of the rat race
If two lie together they keep warm,
but how can one keep warm alone?And though a man might prevail
against one who is alone, two willwithstand him-a threefold cord is
not quickly broken.
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Life isn't fair because of injustice in
the world, oppression, the ratrace and...Because not everyone
will like you.
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Not Everyone will like you
Solomon writes it is better to be a
poor and wise youth than an oldfoolish king who refuses to take
advice. Everyone admires a youthin his success. However what does
4:16 declare?
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Not everyone will like you
There was no end of all the
people, all of whom he led. Yetthose who come later will not
rejoice in him. Surely this also isvanity and a striving after wind.
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Not everyone will like you
So as to walk in a manner worthyof the Lord, fully pleasing to him,
bearing fruit in every good workand increasing in the knowledge of
God.Colossians 1:10
Gal 1:10
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Life Isn't fairYou will experience:
1. Injustice2. Oppression
3. Getting caught in the rat race4. Having people not like you
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Because of the rat race