2018-01-08 ILC Chapel — Brief life is here our…
Brief life is here our portion. Because of sin our life is short and full of trouble, but because of Christ a life of eternal joy awaits
Date : 2018-01-08
Speaker : Professor Paul Naumann
Job 14:1–5
Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
14:1 “Man who is born of a woman
is few of days and full of trouble.
2 He comes out like a flower and withers;
he flees like a shadow and continues not.
3 And do you open your eyes on such a one
and bring me into judgment with you?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
5 Since his days are determined,
and the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
(ESV)
Hymn: TLH 448, st. 1,5: Brief Life Is here our Portion
1. Brief life is here our portion;
Brief sorrow, short-lived care.
The life that knows no ending,
The tearless life, is there.
O happy retribution:
Short toil, eternal rest;
For mortals and for sinners
A mansion with the blest!
5. O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God’s elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest,
Who art, with God the Father
And Spirit, ever blest.