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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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    Because of Injustice

    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