Ecclesiastes 12:1

1. Remember The One True God, Who Is The Creator

1 Remember also your Creator...

2. Remember Him In Your Youth

1 ...in the days of your youth,...

3. Remember Him Before You Get Old

1 ...before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

John 1:1-18

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ​‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

Ephesians 4:30

1. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit

30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,...

2. The Holy Spirit seals for the day of redemption

30 ...by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Philippians 2:1-11

1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that​ is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Chapter 26: Of the Church

PARAGRAPH 5

In the execution of this power wherewith He is so entrusted, the Lord Jesus calleth out of the world unto Himself, through the ministry of His word, by His Spirit, those that are given unto Him by His Father,9 that they may walk before Him in all the ways of obedience, which He prescribeth to them in His word.10 Those thus called, He commandeth to walk together in particular societies, or churches, for their mutual edification, and the due performance of that public worship, which he requireth of them in the world.11

9 John 10:16; John 12:32
10 Matt. 28:20
11 Matt. 18:15–20

Ecclesiastes 11:7-10

1. Rejoice In Your Old Age But Remember That The Days Of Darkness Will Be Many (vv.7-8).

7 Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. 8 So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.

2. Rejoice In Your Youth But Remember That For All Things God Will Bring You Into Judgment (vv.9-10).

9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 10 Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Ephesians 4:29

1. Watch Out For Rotten Speech!

29 Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths,

2. Use Your Words To Build Others Up

29 ...but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion,

3. So That It May Give Grace To Others

29 ...that it may give grace to those who hear.

Philippians 2:1-11

1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

1. His pre-incarnate exaltation.

2. His Self-denying humiliation

Chapter 26: Of the Church

PARAGRAPH 4

The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the church, in whom, by the appointment of the Father, all power for the calling, institution, order or government of the church, is invested in a supreme and sovereign manner;7 neither can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof, but is that antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalts himself in the church against Christ, and all that is called God; whom the Lord shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.8

7 Col. 1:18; Matt. 28:18–20; Eph. 4:11–12
8 2 Thess. 2:2–9

Ecclesiastes 11:1-6

1. Sow Good And You Will In Due Time Reap (v.1).

1 Cast your bread upon the waters,

for you will find it after many days.

2. Do Good When You Have The Opportunity (vv.2-3).

3. Take Hold Of Opportunities As Often As You Can (vv.4-6).

4 He who observes the wind will not sow,