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2024 Graduation Service - Building On the Legacy Already Left - Proverbs 16:1-9 · Mount Eaton Church

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  You guys. You guys would like you can turn to Proverbs 16.
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  That's my that's my encouragement to you to you young adults to Reese to Nick and to Ashley known as Sarah to me.
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  Just being honest.
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  One, I'm so happy that I'm done.
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  You know, for graduates, praise God.
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  It's going through the pictures and I think.
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  Bri and Bob have a couple more years of this, but it's nonetheless.
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  This is your oldest daughter.
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  Is our last two.
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  Oh, man.
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  I didn't expect this part.
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  Seeing the smiles on their faces in the innocence.
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  Which we would assume is innocence as much as I preach against no no innocence.
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  I don't think they realize this day was going to come.
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  And that we knew it's coming.
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  It's still hard, isn't it?
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  Boy.
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  Proverbs 16.
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  Let's pray.
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  Father, I want to thank you that you're righteous, holy and good.
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  Thank you again for your wisdom in your word.
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  Your word is living and active.
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  It does exactly as you intended it to be and to do.
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  We thank you, Lord Jesus, that you are the word.
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  You are you are the one who gives us life, the source of all things and the source of life itself.
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  Lord, I pray that these young women and this young man.
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  We really grasp the importance to build a build upon what you have already left.
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  You being the chief cornerstone.
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  And your truth that has been brought to us by your prophets and the apostles that that foundation is unmovable.
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  And that you are you are true in all that you do.
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  So, Lord, I pray as we walk through these few verses that we see your holiness, your righteousness and your goodness toward your people.
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  And really.
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  The power of our mighty and holy God, Lord, we praise you and thank you in Jesus name.
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  Amen.
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  Psalm six, Proverbs 16, verse one through nine says this, the plans of the heart belong to man.
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  But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
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  All the ways of a man are pure in his own in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.
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  Commit your work to the Lord and your plans will be established.
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  The Lord has made everything for his for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
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  Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord.
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  Be assured he will not go unpunished by steadfast love and faithfulness.
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  Iniquity is atoned for and by the fear of the Lord, one turns from evil.
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  When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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  Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.
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  The heart of a man plans his ways, but the Lord establishes his step.
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  These are the nine verses I really thought about.
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  If I was to give a legacy, one, what would I want to do?
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  I'd want to give some wisdom.
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  So you guys need to pay attention.
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  You need wisdom.
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  Solomon wrote these Proverbs, these sayings of wisdom for his son, a young man around your age.
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  This is for you.
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  And what happens in many times is that when you're walking in life as a young man, you think one, you're invincible or young woman.
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  You think you're invincible and nothing can harm you or touch you.
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  Solomon says differently and scripture says differently.
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  And so this is I think one of the things I want to give you that you can build upon the chief cornerstone Christ and the foundation which he gave,
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  his word so that you live a life in such a way that honors and glorifies him.
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  Because if you don't, believe me, your life will be a struggle.
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  You will struggle all the days of your life if you don't carry these some of these basic truths.
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  There's a lot more truths.
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  I just want to give you some basic ones here.
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  First is this man purposes.
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  God disposes.
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  The word disposes here means he brings you to the right state of mind.
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  Now, I say this in jest because I'm trying to be a little funny, but I mean this in all reality.
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  When you turn 25, it'll all make sense.
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  Until then, your brain damaged.
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  Just saying.
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  If you have any questions about that, you can blame that on your age and your physiology.
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  You're still developing and your brain doesn't stop developing until you're 25.
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  So we have a bunch of crazy people.
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  No, I'm only kidding.
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  I'm only teasing you.
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  But you purpose to do a lot of things in life.
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  But God brings you to the right state of mind.
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  Lesson one is everything in your life starts here.
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  Here.
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  You change the way you think.
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  You change your heart.
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  You change your heart.
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  You do righteously.
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  Now, I'll clarify this in a minute.
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  So your legacy starts in the smallest of muscles, but sets the course of your life.
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  People think it's your heart.
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  It's your brain.
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  Your brain is a muscle.
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  It's an amazing computer.
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  But man, you got to exercise it.
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  So the good person out of the good treasures of his heart produces good.
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  And the evil person out of the evil treasures produces evil.
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  Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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  You probably heard this term, a man thinketh so he is.
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  Proverbs 16, verse one and two, the plans, the preparations, the arrangements of the heart, the heart, the inner part of man, the mind,
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  the mind you're thinking belong to you, belong to man.
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  But the answer, the ability to answer, the response of the tongue, of the language that you speak in your mind is from the Lord.
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  All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes.
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  All the direc is the word here.
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  All the ways, direc is way, road, journey, path, course of life.
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  You think that you have set your journey.
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  You think that you have set the course of your life.
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  You think that you know what you're going to do.
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  But then God flips the script.
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  So, and I think many, as the scripture says, we think that the ways, our journey, our path, our course of life are pure in our own eyes.
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  We think that they are clean and righteous and good.
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  And this word eyes is the word that means mental or spiritual qualities or the fountain of your life.
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  That these mental and spiritual qualities are good.
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  The scripture says that the heart of man is wicked above all else who can know it.
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  You must be changed.
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  There has to be a change in your life, a commitment to the only living and true God.
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  But the Lord weighs, the Lord measures, token is the word here.
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  Token means to measure, to test, or to prove the spirit.
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  God measures, tests, or proves your mental acts, your dispositions of various kinds.
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  He is the one who weighs the reality of your heart.
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  The ruwak is the word here.
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  Matthew Henry states it this way, mene mene tekel, the handwriting on the wall, upon that which passed our scale of approbation.
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  In other words, the things that we think we've done that are good, worthy of praise and approval,
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  they've been placed on the scale that God has weighed, weighed by God in the balance and found wanting.
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  The good that you have to offer is not enough without Christ.
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  Christ is what makes your good weighty, beyond measure.
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  You must establish him as King and Lord of your life.
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  This is what this means.
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  Weighed by God in the balance and the found wanting, and by his judgment and judgment alone, we must stand or fall.
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  He is not, he not only sees man's ways, but tries them.
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  He tests them for genuineness.
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  And they're spirits, and we are, we are as our spirits are.
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  In other words, I am what I am, right?
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  Dead without Christ.
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  James 3, 6 says this way, and the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness.
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  The tongue is set among our members, sustaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
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  In other words, our tongue, our language, our vocabulary concerning the reality of our life will determine where you go in life.
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  It's not, not in just what you say, it's how you say it.
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  And what you say and how you say it tells me where your heart is.
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  That's what this means.
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  Old Testament Proverbs 423 says this, keep your heart with all vigilance for from it flow the springs of life.
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  Your heart guides your mouth, change the way you think changes the heart, change the heart changes your language.
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  Speak Jesus's language.
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  That's what you need to see.
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  Next principle, give it all to him.
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  So if you purpose, God disposes.
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  If God disposes, the only way to make sure that you're in line is to give it all to him.
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  All that the Lord God has made is for his purpose and plan.
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  Nothing is made to just exist, but made for his wonderful name and glory.
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  You weren't made to just be.
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  You were made and created for the sole purpose of the glory of God and to be used by him for the purpose of his kingdom.
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  There is a plan and it's not yours.
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  It's his plan.
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  That doesn't mean that you can't make plans in life as young people, as young men and women.
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  You can.
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  But whatever you purpose to do, do it all for the glory of God.
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  You'll see this very shortly.
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  For the scripture says to the Pharaoh, for this very purpose I have raised you up that I might show my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
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  Even the wicked are created, brought into life for the sole purpose of the glory of God.
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  Romans 9, 17.
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  So Proverbs 16, 3 through 4 says this, commit, roll up to.
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  It means to take the scroll and roll it to the one who is doing the work.
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  Commit, roll up to.
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  Roll your scroll of life and give it to Christ.
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  Commit your work, your acts, your pursuits, your achievements to the Lord.
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  And your plans, your devices, your purpose will be established, will be made firm, stable and fixed.
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  If you do this and you commit everything to him, you will absolutely succeed in life.
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  The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
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  New Testament.
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  And whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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  Colossians 3, 17.
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  Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God and thank him for the opportunity.
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  The Old Testament.
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  The end of the matter.
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  All has been heard.
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  Fear God.
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  Keep his commandments.
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  For this is the whole duty of man.
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  Ecclesiastes 12, 13.
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  Your responsibility is to glorify God.
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  Your responsibility is to keep his commandments, to show respect and honor and reverence for the God of all creation, who you will give an account to one day.
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  Just like in every presentation of, I think, every graduation presentation, the speaker always gives a warning, I think.
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  Like, hey, there's something you guys need to pay attention to.
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  The world is hard.
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  That's what you typically hear.
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  And you've been equipped.
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  You have trained.
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  You have studied to win.
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  That's not a, I'm not giving you a speech, but let me give you this warning.
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  The warning here is to, a warning to run from pride.
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  Life is not about you.
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  It's about Christ and always will be.
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  If my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land.
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  Second Chronicles 7, 14.
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  Now, I understand that this is a verse that's used many times out of context.
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  And he's talking to the people of Israel concerning their entering into the promised land, that if they repent, God will do what he's promised.
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  But this verse does fit very well.
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  Proverbs 16, 5 through 6.
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  And here is why.
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  Everyone who is arrogant, gava is the word here, proud in heart.
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  Everyone who is proud in the inner man, in the mind or in the heart is an abomination.
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  The word abomination here is a disgusting thing.
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  An abomination, a disgusting thing to the Lord.
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  Pride is what Satan has done.
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  And pride is what we do.
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  Lust of the heart, lust of the eyes, pride of life is an abomination to the Lord.
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  Be assured.
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  This word be assured means to put the hand to.
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  Be assured that God will put the hand to everyone who is not committed and humbled before him.
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  He will not, the person will not go unpunished.
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  This word unpunished means he will not be free.
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  He will not be pure.
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  He will not be clean.
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  He will not be innocent and he will not be guiltless.
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  That's what this word means.
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  By steadfast love, by goodness and kindness and faithfulness and by faithfulness, truth, firmness, sureness, reliability, iniquity, our perversity, our depravity, our guilt is atoned for.
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  Purged, covered, reconciled.
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  God is the one who is steadfast in love and faithful.
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  God is the one who has atoned for our iniquity, for himself.
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  And by the Lord, and by the fear of the Lord, the word fear of the Lord here means reverence and respect.
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  One turns away, repents, to dispose, to depart.
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  One turns and runs the opposite way from evil.
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  Turn from your sin and cling to him.
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  But he gives more grace, therefore it says, God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
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  James 4.6.
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  If my people who are called by my name would humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways,
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  then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land.
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  See, God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
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  Love God, love his word, love his ways, and love his things.
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  There's nothing of greatest value that you've been given in Christ.
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  Christ is your greatest value and his word.
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  Christ and his word is the greatest value that God the Father has given to you.
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  Not your stuff.
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  It's not your cell phone.
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  Girls, it's not whether you have a good hair day.
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  Gentlemen, it's not, oh my gosh, I've got to get rid of the pimple.
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  It's not your looks, it's him.
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  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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  Also Matthew 6.21, Proverbs 16, 7 through 8 says,
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  When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies at peace with him.
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  When, roshah is the word here, pleasing and acceptable a man is, and his ways will be pleasing and acceptable.
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  His journey, his road, his path, his course of life will be pleasing.
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  If you are right with God and he's made you acceptable to himself, then your ways will be considered acceptable.
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  That's what this verse 7 means.
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  It's interesting you use the word when.
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  The word when is pleasing.
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  I was like, that's interesting.
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  Pleasing is the man and his ways are pleasing.
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  And if the man is pleasing and his ways are pleasing, then even his enemies, shalem is how you say it, means to make anyone a friend.
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  God even makes his enemies, your enemies, a friend.
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  I've had a lot of enemies.
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  Many are friends today.
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  Because I've committed my ways to be pleasing to him and I've committed myself, my mind, and it's a hard struggle.
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  But if you do that, God will make even your enemies, your friend.
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  Better is a little with righteousness.
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  A little what?
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  Here's the answer.
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  Then great or abundance revenue, income.
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  So let me say it this way.
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  I'd rather live in a shack and be totally happy and committed to Christ than to be a millionaire or billionaire and be completely miserable and lost.
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  That's what this means.
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  Better is a little with righteousness than great income, great wealth with injustice.
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  It's not this issue of injustice in the sense that you would think is justice.
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  It means it's better, better is a little than great income with no right or no rectitude, with no attributes of God, with no character of Christ.
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  If you don't establish the character of Christ in your lives as young men and women, you will be absolutely miserable, especially when you will not have anything.
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  Because there will be a day that you will struggle and not have much.
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  Everybody in this room has known about those days.
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  Then we look back and you go, well, my parents have all this.
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  That's because they put the work in when they were when they were struggling.
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  They put the work in.
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  They've committed their ways.
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  New Testament, if you keep my commandments, you will you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my father's commandments and abide in his love.
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  These things I have spoken to you that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be full.
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  The greatest value have is Christ and his word, his commandments.
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  And this is what this is what the scripture says here that David says, teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth.
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  Unite my heart to fear your name.
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  And Moses also says the same thing in Exodus 33 13.
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  Now, therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight.
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  Show me now your ways that I may know you in order to that this nation is your people.
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  This is the end.
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  Last thing.
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  God is in control.
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  Make no bones about that.
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  You may look around the world and you think the world is out of control.
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  But you have to use your sovereign hand to bring about the plan.
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  Oh, I just made that up, Mary Ellen.
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  Ben's like,
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  I got right that down.
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  I had recorded it because I totally forgot how to say.
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  That's funny.
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  All right, here we go.
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  I am the one who was seated on the throne said, behold, I am making all things new.
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  Revelation 21 5a.
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  See, in Proverbs 16 9, it says this, the heart of man, the lave, the inner man, the mind, the heart, the soul, the heart of man plans.
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  You will make all kinds of plans.
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  You will calculate whether this is a good idea or not.
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  And you will make a judgment on whether you should or shouldn't.
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  See, that's where our mind is as young people.
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  What am I going to do with the rest of my life?
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  You see, the heart of man plans his way.
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  The heart of man plans his way.
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  The heart of man plans his way.
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  The heart of man plans his direct, his course of life.
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  You have plans.
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  Make plans.
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  Planning is fun.
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  But when God changes your plan, don't get upset because he knows far better than you do.
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  And this is what it says here.
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  Why?
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  Because God establishes, he coons, he coons you.
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  He establishes, makes firm, stable your steps.
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  Sa'ad is the word here.
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  Your course of life.
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  You think you have set a plan.
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  But God has established your course of life to accomplish his purpose, his plan to bring about his kingdom for his glory to make his name great.
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  That is, if you can get this as young people, you will learn to live in such a way that glorifies him and you will enjoy life immensely wherever you go.
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  So here you go.
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  They cast their crowns before the throne saying, worthy are you, O Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things and by your will they exist and were created.
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  Revelation 4, 10 through 11.
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  The whole reason is because God has established that for you, that you would glorify him.
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  That's the point.
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  Old Testament.
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  I am the Lord and there is no other.
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  Besides me, there is no God.
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  I equip you, though you do not know me, that my people may know from the rising of the sun and from the west that there is none besides me.
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  I am the Lord and there is no other.
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  I form light and create darkness.
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  I make well-being and create calamity.
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  What?
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  So when things are good in people's lives, that's God.
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  And when God wrecks your stuff and calamity happens, that's God too.
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  I don't know about that, but that's what?
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  God creates calamity.
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  God brings about your well-being and he creates crisis.
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  Everything that happens in the world is the hand of God, providentially and sovereignly working for the purpose of his plan.
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  I am the Lord who does all these things, Isaiah 45, 5 through 7.
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  Think about that.
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  I don't know about you, but that's power.
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  And then he says this in Psalm 115, verse 3.
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  Our God is in the heavens and he does all that he pleases.
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  God does all that he pleases.
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  And you are a pleasure to him.
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  So that's my words of wisdom to you adults.
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  And now we're getting to the very end of this service.
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  And I pray that you listen to this.
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  Maybe go back and listen to it.
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  If you don't, I will find you.
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  I know where you live.
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  Next is the diploma presentation.