The Preacher's Sermon to Young People
The Text for this sermon is Ecclesiastes 11: 9-12:1a:
Ecclesiastes 11:9 & 10:
"Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in
the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the
sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity."
Ecclesiastes 12:1a:
"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth."
The Preacher's Sermon to Aging People
The Text for this sermon is Ecclesiastes 12:1-7:
"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil
days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no
pleasure in them;
2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
3 In
the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men
shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and
those that look out of the windows be darkened,
4 And
the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding
is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the
daughters of musick shall be brought low;
5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be
in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper
shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long
home, and the mourners go about the streets:
6 Or
ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the
pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."
Note: the scripture references above come from my favorite Bible website, https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org
Here are a couple of more sermons for young people (and the not-so-young!)
How to Benefit from a Funeral (Text: Ecclesiastes 7:2,3)
I Saw the Dead (Text: Revelation 22:11,12)
