TEXT: ECCLESIASTES 12:1-3
1 ¶ Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say I have no pleasure in them; (KJV)
1 ¶ Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.' (YLT)
Pr 22:6; La 3:27; 2Sa 19:35
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2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened nor the clouds return after the rain: (KJV)
2 While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain. (YLT)
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3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few and those that look out of the windows be darkened {the grinders...: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little} (KJV)
3 In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim, (YLT)
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LIFE VERY MUCH DEPENDS ON WHAT WE REMEMBER AND WHAT WE FORGET
2PETER 1:12-15
12 ¶ Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. (KJV)
12 ¶ Wherefore, I will not be careless always to remind you concerning these things, though, having known them, and having been established in the present truth, (YLT)
Ro 15:14,15; Php 3:1; 2Pe 3:1; 1Jo 2:21; Jude 1:5; 1Pe 5:12; 2Pe 3:17
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13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; (KJV)
13 and I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding you, (YLT)
2Co 5:1,4; 2Pe 3:1
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14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. (KJV)
14 having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me, (YLT)
De 4:21,22; 31:14; 2Ti 4:6; Joh 21:18,19
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15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. (KJV)
15 and I will be diligent that also at every time ye have, after my outgoing, power to make to yourselves the remembrance of these things. (YLT)

1. REMEMBER YOU HAVE A SHORT TIME TO BE HERE: 1Corinthians 7:29 “But this I say brethren, the time is short...” Revelation 12:12: ¶ Therefore rejoice ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. (KJV); Ephesians 5:16

2. REMEMBER YOU ARE HERE TO STUDY: 2TIMOTHY 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (KJV)
15 be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth; (YLT)

3. REMEMBER YOU HAVE ALL THE POTENTIALS TO MAKE IT IN LIFE:GENESIS 1: 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. {moveth: Heb. creepeth} (KJV)
28 And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.' (YLT)

4. REMEMBER WINNERS DONT QUIT AND QUITTERS DONT WIN: 1CORINTHIANS 16:13 ¶ Watch ye stand fast in the faith, quit you like men be strong (KJV)
13 ¶ Watch ye, stand in the faith; be men, be strong; (YLT)

5. REMEMBER YOUR DECISION TODAY WILL DETERMINE YOUR DESTINATION TOMORROW: ROMANS 1:16 And Ruth said Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest I will go and where thou lodgest I will lodge thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: {Intreat...: or, Be not against me} (KJV)
16 And Ruth saith, `Urge me not to leave thee--to turn back from after thee; for whither thou goest I go, and where thou lodgest I lodge; thy people is my people, and thy God my God. (YLT)
2Ki 2:2,4,6; Ru 2:11,12 COMPARE WITH MATTHEW 1: 5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; (KJV)
5 and Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse, (YLT)

6. REMEMBER YOU ARE HERE TO SERVE AND GLORIFY GOD: MATTHEW 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (KJV)
16 so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who is in the heavens. (YLT)
1Pe 2:12; Joh 15:8; 1Co 14:25

7. REMEMBER GOD WILL JUDGE YOU FOR YOUR LIFE ON CAMPUS. HOSEA 8:13; HOSEA 8:13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. {They sacrifice...: or, In the sacrifices of mine offerings they, etc} (KJV)
13 The sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They--to Egypt they turn back. (YLT)
Jer 7:21; Zec 7:6; Ho 5:6; 9:3,4,6,9; 11:5; Am 5:22; 8:7; De 28:68
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9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment. (YLT)
Nu 15:39; Ec 12:14; Ro 2:6-11
Ecclesiastes 12:14: 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing whether it be good, or whether it be evil. (KJV)
14 For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.' (YLT)

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