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There's three things that you've got to translate from Ecclesiastes and vanity into the Christian life

informed by the vitality of Christ.

And that number one is this, you're going to get sick.

It's not always a judgment.

And by the way, it's not always to the glory of God in that sense.

We get all of those dynamics of a fallen world except this one.

We don't get the condemning judgments of God that has been taken care of in Christ.

And we get a promise.

Not that all things are good, but that he's going to work all things for good.

Welcome to Help Me Teach the Bible. I'm Nancy Guthrie. Help Me Teach the Bible is a production of

the Gospel Coalition, sponsored by Crossway, a not-for-profit publisher of the ESV Bible Christian

books and tracks. Learn more at crossway.org. It's my great joy to be sitting in the office of

Dr. Harry Reeder at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama today. Dr. Reeder,

thank you for being willing to help us teach the Bible.

Nancy, thank you. The occasion, of course, is you coming here to minister to our women.

It is, as you can see, our folks have responded enthusiastically and looking forward to your ministry.

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