Matt Chandler - TGC Session 7 "Youth"

Chandler began by sharing about trials at the Village Church and in his own walk through brain cancer. The Book of Ecclesiastes speaks into the reality of life and gives a message we need to hear.

God constantly calls us back to remember—remember who he is, what he’s done, and his commands intended for our joy. Remembering God’s work on our behalf rightly redeems our rejoicing in him.

Revisiting the Ecclesiastes 11:9 command to rejoice, Chandler explains that by remembering God, we get beneath our rejoicing in mere youth to rejoice in what God has done for us in Christ.

He concluded with three exhortations:

   1. Be regenerate: believe the gospel
   2. Live in constant meditation on the gospel
   3. Walk by spirit, not by flesh: marvel at the gospel

Listen to the audio of “Youth” by Matt Chandler.

(via desiringgod.org)