1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,160 We're doing a Series 3 Ecclesiastes. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,200 If you have been here, you think how do we go from that Easter 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,200 weekend back into Ecclesiastes? I'm not quite sure we're going 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,560 to give it a go, but let me just put up a photograph to start the 5 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:19,000 sermon. Two very famous South African 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:25,240 rugby players. Some of you won't remember the 7 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:28,960 one, he's very old, but but just keep it up there. 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,040 That's that's the famous Frictu prayer. 9 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:34,600 And that's a room that we've got underneath there. 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:39,160 It's called the war Room. And I just got this message to 11 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:43,320 say Frictu prayer has come to three CR And I thought, dear 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,760 God, what have we done wrong? He's 90. 13 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,200 He'll still smack you over. He's got hands like this. 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:50,640 I walked up to him. I don't know what they call him 15 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,680 boss or manure or Sir or what I end up like. 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:04,319 And he sort of hand and wrapped my hand and his English is worse 17 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,240 than my Afrikaans, which is quite a thing. 18 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,280 And so so we got talking. And the only reason he's here is 19 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,080 because of death. You can keep the foot up. 20 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,880 Only reason is here because this time tomorrow this exact 21 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:23,040 building will be ready for a funeral and over here will be a 22 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,360 picture of a man called Heist Pitzer who played spring bug 23 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,960 rugby with him. The picture will be here and on 24 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:32,040 the screen is a picture of a very healthy Heist Pitzer 25 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:33,680 playing rugby for the Blue Bulls. 26 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:38,440 And over here will be his jersey that he played against the 27 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:44,080 British and Irish Lions. And I said to him, Frick when 28 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,160 Frick said to me you don't talk much with Wim Frick. 29 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:53,600 He told me I took pars tourist van kais Pitzer Fertel the ESA 30 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:58,400 EN is that he Franck Wright captain, Ferkais Pitzer Hislon 31 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,920 head and Tuileri Franck Wright Captain Fanny felt Afrofert 32 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:12,000 Vande had boot Polish against his face, her heart and and I 33 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:17,240 had him off with up Bechdrav and the Skunfan Pitzer hit the Frank 34 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:23,520 Wright captain's kill Kaslan. So that's the first story I 35 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,000 heard. The second one I heard was the 36 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,680 Brits and eels like captain and a darker scrum in a letter say 37 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:39,120 Vietnam of yourself Slon. You see, you're thinking bad 38 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:44,880 words, but but frickin ram up Khan up Khan like a slon. 39 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:50,760 So the inglosser and Britsa Uraciliusa captain in Afrikaan. 40 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,840 So I'm thinking Oh my hat. So I said when frag what dengue 41 00:02:55,920 --> 00:03:00,240 so hates spits of dunk, I say Vietnam, I say Engelsa Duminy 42 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:04,080 what say but craftsman's khandun I say so you're blacksm. 43 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:14,640 I said you reflect by by a donkey Excel my best Afrikaans 44 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:17,120 per beer. But tomorrow there's a funeral 45 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:19,160 here. You can take it off. 46 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,520 Thank you. And we're doing this series on 47 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,120 Ecclesiastes. And today the title is Death is 48 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,560 an evangelist. Death is an evangelist. 49 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,320 And the reality is that when Frick would probably never come 50 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,560 to three CR, there's no reason for him to come here other than 51 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,160 death. That's what brought him here. 52 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,760 And actually there will be a whole lot of people that will 53 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:44,200 come here tomorrow, ex Bulls players and ex springback 54 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,280 players and ex business people that will come here because of 55 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:49,400 Christ. Pitzer's funeral. 56 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,160 And it might be the only time that they will hear the gospel. 57 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,520 Might be the only time, 90 years old or I don't know what he's 58 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,720 standing is with God, but it might be the only time. 59 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,640 And so actually death is not a thing to fear. 60 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,280 Death is actually a thing to embrace. 61 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,840 The book of Ecclesiastes says death is actually an 62 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,040 evangelist's Death should teach us how to live. 63 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,480 I will never forget. Clearly, clearly, clearly. 64 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,600 I've worked with Clint for 25 years, being one of my very best 65 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,399 friends, 25 years that we've travelled the world together, 66 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:24,280 we've preached all over the place, we've ministered pastors, 67 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:26,800 we've cried together, we've raised funds to build the church 68 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,880 together. But I'll never, ever forget when 69 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,920 he was living in Durban, I was living in Pretoria, I was 70 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,160 driving down to Durban to go and preach. 71 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,160 I'll never forget as you come down through the toll gate at 72 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,920 the bottom of Fernandez Pass, you drive a little and then you 73 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,480 come towards the Together River. And just before there there's a 74 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:47,320 big, like a big sheer rock face. And as I came around the corner, 75 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,200 I saw O8329-O and I won't tell you the rest number come up. 76 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,200 And it was Clinton. I said, hey buddy, how's it? 77 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,080 His voice was quiet. So you're right, my mate. 78 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,960 He said, hey, roar, my dad's just died. 79 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:08,000 I said, where is he? He said we got into the truck 80 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,880 together to go out for something to eat and he grabbed his chest 81 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,120 and I pulled him out the truck and he said he's lying on the 82 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:20,000 floor or where are you? I thought the amazing thing in 83 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,760 the time of his greatest need, the person that he phoned was 84 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,400 his dearest friend. I said I'm nearly there, buddy. 85 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,000 I'm just coming down from Rena's fast, but I'll be there now. 86 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,920 I'll never forget Clint. By the time I got there, they'd 87 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:35,960 put his dad on the couch and allowance. 88 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:40,720 It covered him with a blanket. But I remember sitting with 89 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,800 Clinton with his sister and his brother. 90 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,240 We just sat in the lounge, remember? 91 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,760 And we had this deep fellowship around his dad who had died. 92 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,320 You think it's that's, but that's quite weird. 93 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,360 But it's like you sit there and you realize this man who was so 94 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,400 strong and so mighty and so fit and so healthy was gone. 95 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,600 And Case Pitzer, who was this unbelievable guy, you messed 96 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,080 with him. He knocked you out the field. 97 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,200 And he was fit and strong and healthy and he's gone. 98 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:16,800 And I can think of many times with Clint, but I will never 99 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,760 forget the time because when the when the funeral director came 100 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,560 to take Clint's dad's body away, it was a man that used to be in 101 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,040 church with us. And when he walked into the 102 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,120 house, he said, hey, Clint, hey Rory, I know you from church. 103 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,800 And all of a sudden we realized that our lives are interlinked, 104 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,160 not just on the feel good music that we sing because there's no 105 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,920 good just singing like a music and having a nice vibe and 106 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,760 having the air conditioners pumping and having the colors. 107 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,120 All right. If we don't actually face 108 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:51,000 mortality, if we don't actually say, what is this all about? 109 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,480 You've heard this story, friends, but they have a their 110 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,280 dad and husband was called Hubert. 111 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:04,800 My grandfather married him, them married them. 112 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,560 My granddad married them 55 years ago. 55 now. 113 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:15,880 No, not 75 years ago. 197550 something years. 114 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:24,280 Listen, are you the preacher? I'm the preacher 57 years ago 115 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,840 and I did the funeral with the same Bible that my grandfather 116 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:32,040 did their wedding with. And then you realize the Bible 117 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:37,160 lasts, but life doesn't. I walked through from the 118 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,480 bathrooms, coming through here. I just saw a lady talking. 119 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,920 She lost her husband and her two children in one accident. 120 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,240 People sitting on that side of the car and the people sitting 121 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,800 on this side of the car lived. We kind of sit and think, what 122 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,920 is this all about a precinct? Cape Town this week. 123 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,200 Yesterday a little 15 year old boy came to me and he said I've 124 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,520 given up on God. I'm crossed with God. 125 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,880 I don't like God. My dad has made a big mistake in 126 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,480 my life and I don't trust God. I thought I said, young man, 127 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:09,800 you're 15, you don't even know God. 128 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:12,800 Don't give up on a God you don't even know. 129 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,080 And I want to say to some of you, you've given up on God 130 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,800 because death has hit your family and death is an 131 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,960 evangelist that's meant to teach you something. 132 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,160 So when things don't go according to plan, instead of 133 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:31,320 chucking your toys out the cart because you are not God, and the 134 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,039 saying goes, life is short, you must enjoy it. 135 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,120 I want to add in eternity as long you must prepare for it. 136 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:42,320 Life is short, you must enjoy it. 137 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,280 And so we go from one pleasure to the next. 138 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,880 And we've spoken about the swallows that have their summer 139 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,080 in Europe, and then they come for their summer in France and 140 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,880 they go back to their summer in Europe and another summer in 141 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:53,880 France. And we have this perpetual 142 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,000 summer. But God does not design our 143 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,560 lives as a perpetual summer. He designed our lives in 144 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:02,160 seasons. And one of the great teachers in 145 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:06,320 that season is death. Amen. 146 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,400 And Solomon says this. He says the coffin actually 147 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:16,440 preaches better than the cot. The coffin preaches better than 148 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,400 the cot. And so tomorrow, friends, I'm 149 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,600 just introducing you to the funeral tomorrow. 150 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,200 Tomorrow there will be an evangelism taking place in this 151 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,680 building with a man called Case Pizza. 152 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,360 He's got 4 kids. Adele, beautiful lady, she's 153 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,040 going to talk about him as the dad. 154 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,280 The second son is Case, the motor guy. 155 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,600 He's going to talk about him as the rugby player. 156 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:43,640 The third son, Peter, is going to talk about him as the 157 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:47,080 businessman and then he's got a beautiful son. 158 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:48,960 They're actually all beautiful kids called Yaku. 159 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,360 Yaku is going to talk about him as a Christian. 160 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:54,640 What are they going to say at your funeral? 161 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,680 What are they going to talk about at your you said bro, 162 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:01,160 that's unbelievably morose. No, but but sometimes church is 163 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,800 meant to be like that. It's not meant to just be a 164 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,680 happy feeling. Hey, cool. 165 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:08,560 The vibe was good, the coffee was awesome, the cappuccinos 166 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:10,440 were flowing. Easter was awesome. 167 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,920 The place was overflowing. And then we get to this thing, 168 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,720 Bam, I'm going to give up on God. 169 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,960 I grabbed that 15 year old guy. I said, what sport do you do 170 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,240 boy? So if he says says rugby, I'm 171 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:23,520 going to come up with an illustration. 172 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:27,120 He said I'd do archery, Sir. I said this, I said this. 173 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,720 I certainly remembered that every time you've pulled that 174 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,800 bow back, remember this. Jesus Christ picked up your 175 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:35,120 arrow and he's stuck it in the bull's eye, boy. 176 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,840 So I said every time you miss, Jesus never missed. 177 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,040 And I want to tell you, every time you stand in front of that 178 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,960 target, just see yourself in the middle of the target, boy, 179 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,600 because God will never give up on you. 180 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,640 Don't give up on God. Are you with me, friends? 181 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:52,760 Good morning, nice to see you. Ecclesiastes Chapter 7. 182 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:55,840 Let's turn there. Ecclesiastes Chapter 7. 183 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:57,720 I hope you hope you open your hearts. 184 00:11:03,140 --> 00:11:07,420 A good name is better than fine perfume. 185 00:11:10,540 --> 00:11:14,420 You can smell good but stink inside of your character. 186 00:11:15,660 --> 00:11:18,020 You can smell like, oh, I'm going to church, I'm going to 187 00:11:18,020 --> 00:11:27,250 like. And the day of death is better 188 00:11:27,250 --> 00:11:29,770 than the day of birth. You think I don't agree with 189 00:11:29,770 --> 00:11:32,000 that? It doesn't matter what you agree 190 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:36,320 with what the word of God says. So you've got to think about it. 191 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,480 The day of death is better than the day of birth. 192 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:44,600 It is better to go to a House of mourning than to go to a House 193 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:46,920 of feasting. If you've got nothing to do 194 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,480 tomorrow, come to the funerals better than going to Voivatella. 195 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,640 For death is the destiny of every man. 196 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,200 The living should take this to heart. 197 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:02,600 Sorrow is better than laughter because a sad face is good for 198 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,640 the heart. Geez, I don't understand that. 199 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:09,880 God, the heart of the wise is in the House of mourning, but the 200 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,120 heart of fools is in the House of pleasure. 201 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:18,400 It is better to heed a wise man's rebuke than to listen to 202 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:22,240 the song of fools. Hope, hope. 203 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:34,400 Spinner Corp go up. I mean, wasn't it Amy Winehouse? 204 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,120 He told us we mustn't go to rehab. 205 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,480 Didn't she tell us that in her song? 206 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,000 Didn't Amy Winehouse sing we don't go to rehab? 207 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,880 So you listen to that fool or you listen to a wise man's 208 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,000 rebuke. And Amy Winehouse died because 209 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:56,560 she never went to rehab. Didn't Madonna and all of them 210 00:12:56,560 --> 00:13:02,120 just teach us that girls just want to have all your girls just 211 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:06,840 want to have fun and the Material Girl in the material 212 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,240 world. And so we hip hop to all these 213 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,080 things, but we're not actually dealing with the real issue. 214 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,560 The only thing that you and I have in common is we're all 215 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:16,640 going to die. And whether I'm coming to your 216 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,920 funeral, you coming to my funeral, we're going to be at 217 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:25,160 each other's funerals. And we try to drown it out with 218 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:31,920 Hop Hop Spinner Cup. We try to drown it out with 219 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,800 Branavain and the bikini of vein. 220 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,720 Amen. How you doing now? 221 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:44,240 Sobering off the Easter service. Like the crackling of thorns 222 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,480 under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. 223 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:52,640 Thorns burn very quickly. Extortion turns a Winder man 224 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,960 into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart. 225 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:59,760 The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience 226 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,920 is better than pride. The end of a matter is better 227 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:07,280 than its beginning. Yes, like I wake up, one said I 228 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:11,160 think I'm going to fix my garage, so I go to boulders. 229 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:16,920 I said I want hooks. I want things I want, I want and 230 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:21,920 now it's just a big pile of hooks in my garage and in my 231 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,480 imagination I could see my bicycle hanging and my ladder up 232 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,320 against the wall and the firewood in the thing. 233 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:37,040 Now I just got flipping hooks. Can anybody fix my hooks? 234 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,600 The end of a matter is better in the beginning. 235 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,880 I've seen some of you. You want to take up golf. 236 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,440 You look unbelievable, but you're rubbish golfers. 237 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,320 Your clothes are awesome, your shoes are awesome. 238 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,560 You've got those special things you wrap so the sun doesn't 239 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,800 burn. You've got matching hats, you've 240 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,640 got these unbelievable titlists that are designed for 241 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,120 professionals. You've got the cover, you've got 242 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:12,120 the bag. You've got to practice to play 243 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:17,120 golf. I've seen you, Gustav. 244 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:22,400 God. No mind you joking. 245 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:28,160 I know you play well because he do not be quickly provoked in 246 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,240 your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools. 247 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,360 Do not say. Why were the old days better 248 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,960 than these? Hey, you know when we used to go 249 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:44,640 to Hatfield with Pastor Rabbit? Remember those days? 250 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,320 Remember when Dirky was at India? 251 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,640 Remember those days when when actually the bulls used to 252 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:58,880 remember those days? It's a long time ago and for all 253 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,120 you Manchester United people, you can't remember how far back 254 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:07,040 it actually goes. For it is not wise to ask such 255 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,080 questions. Wisdom, like an inheritance, is 256 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,320 a good thing and benefits those who see the sun. 257 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,120 Wisdom is a shelter, as many as a shelter. 258 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,520 But the advantage of knowledge is this, that wisdom preserves 259 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,840 the life of its possessor. Consider what God has done, who 260 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,680 can straighten what he has made crooked. 261 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:24,600 You can't make life work in your head. 262 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,640 You don't have control. When times are good, be happy. 263 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,440 But when times are bad, consider God has made the one as well as 264 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,200 the other. I'm giving up on God. 265 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,680 Rory, you 15 years old, young man, you've got no idea how God 266 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:40,920 works. When times are good, that's God. 267 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,760 When times are not good, that's also God, and you're going to 268 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:49,520 have to work it out. God has made the one as well as 269 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,680 the other. Therefore a man cannot discover 270 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:56,080 anything about his future. You can go to fortune tellers, 271 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:57,840 you can put all the money in the bank. 272 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,240 The only thing you'll do is make a greater lining for your 273 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:04,760 coffin. Let's start with this. 274 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,480 A good name is better than fine perfume. 275 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,520 You can just put that picture of the pens up please. 276 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,119 I don't want to tell you what bank I bank with, 277 00:17:25,670 --> 00:17:30,950 but during COVID I felt God say that I must pay my staff their 278 00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:33,510 full salaries. The business I paid staff full 279 00:17:33,510 --> 00:17:35,950 salaries. Everybody told me I was mad. 280 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,520 Everybody says not going to work, you're going to bankrupt 281 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,520 your business. And I very nearly did bankrupt 282 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,800 my business. But when COVID was over, I had 283 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,400 to raise 14,000,000 Rand to get my business going again. 284 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:52,000 And I sat with the accountants and I sat with my partners and I 285 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:57,280 sat with the bank manager to apply for 14,000,000 Rand loan 286 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:00,080 with a business that hasn't traded for five months. 287 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:04,120 And he said, Rory, we can look at it, but you're going to have 288 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:07,040 to sign surety. And I said, no, I don't sign 289 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,880 surety. And they said, why not? 290 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,280 I said, because the Bible says that I can't. 291 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:17,840 And like, even bank manager laughed, accountant laughed, 292 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,760 everybody laughed. I said, it's not funny. 293 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,360 I don't sign surety. The Bible says I don't sign 294 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:25,760 surety. I said, Mr. Dyer, in the history 295 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,880 of this particular institution, I don't want to mention it 296 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,760 because the head of credit is sitting in a meeting this 297 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,480 morning. I hope the man doesn't get 298 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,520 fired. Said in the history of our 299 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:42,120 institution we have never given a loan without personal surety. 300 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:48,040 So I took out those two pens that were given to my dad for 30 301 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,960 years of faithful service to this banking institution and 50 302 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,000 years of the bank account of our business with with this 303 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,600 institution. I took out these pens and I gave 304 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,200 them to the bank manager. This is the photograph he took. 305 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:04,040 I said take a photograph of these pens and phone me back 306 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:07,120 tomorrow and ask me if I need to sign surety for the loan. 307 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,920 And he phoned me back the next day and he said in the history 308 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,440 of our bank this has never happened. 309 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:16,400 But you don't have to sign surety. 310 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:22,600 The pens are good enough because a good name, a good name is 311 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:30,480 better than fine perfume. You doctors and your lawyers in 312 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,120 this church, and I know you and I know we tease each other a 313 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:37,560 little bit, but the reality why your practices, your law and 314 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:43,240 medical practices are successful is because you have a good have 315 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,040 a good name. My doctor walked in this 316 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:51,040 morning. It's a lady doctor, and because 317 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:53,520 she's so good, I've referred people to her and people have 318 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,960 referred people to her and people have referred people to 319 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:57,400 her. People have referred people to 320 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:02,280 her because she's got a good. And Ecclesiastes says, you know 321 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,080 what, you can smell good and you can look successful and all 322 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,000 those things, but God is looking for a good name. 323 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:17,560 And if you've messed your name up, then Jesus Christ can save 324 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:21,880 you and it can heal you. And instead of sitting here with 325 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:29,920 the label that people have given to you, slut, God can redeem 326 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:43,550 that and call you daughter or liar, and God can redeem that 327 00:20:43,550 --> 00:20:46,750 and call you son. Amen. 328 00:20:46,750 --> 00:20:53,110 And the second part that goes and says a good name is better 329 00:20:53,110 --> 00:20:56,720 than fine perfume. The day of death is better than 330 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:03,880 the day of birth. Why, why? 331 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:08,320 Why? Nicole? 332 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,800 You're going to be with Jesus, I guess. 333 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,840 Awesome. But what do you say at the day 334 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,040 of birth? All you can say ha ha ha ha ha. 335 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:24,040 So cute. They're not the only body who 336 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,160 finds a baby cute is the parents. 337 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:28,760 They wrinkle. They like. 338 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,040 Yeah. Haha. 339 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,920 So beautiful. You look just like your mother. 340 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:36,040 Think. Oh, my head. 341 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:37,840 She's much more beautiful than that. 342 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,680 I mean, look at my wife. She's awesome. 343 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,120 She's 57. She looks like a queen. 344 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:45,560 Your kids never look anything like you at birth. 345 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:49,280 I mean seriously, you're one of the ugliest babies I've ever 346 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:53,560 shit honestly in my whole life. I looked at you, I thought, Oh 347 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:59,280 dear God no, Lord Jesus, I'm only joking. 348 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:04,160 How many You say the only person who thinks a child is beautiful 349 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,040 is its mother and the father has to act because you've been 350 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:11,720 through and you're so disappointed you'd hopefully 351 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,960 come out with a spring bug rugby jersey or something. 352 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,680 But the reason, friends, the reason is because in the day of 353 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:22,440 birth, it's just potential. You can only say a few things. 354 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,800 It's just potential. But the day of death, you can 355 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,120 talk about fulfillment. So tomorrow they're going to 356 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:31,160 speak about Case Pitzer, the father. 357 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,400 And when you look at Adele, his daughter, he's a beautiful lady. 358 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,320 You know how she got married? She came to one Home group AT3CI 359 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,080 and her husband was at that Home group and they met at that Home 360 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,520 group and that's how they got married. 361 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:48,880 They came to one. She only went to one Home group. 362 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:54,040 She met her husband. But if you look at Adele and you 363 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:59,560 say Adele, tell me about your dad, just tears fill her eyes 364 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,880 because the day of death, although it's sad, has got this 365 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,880 unbelievable legacy of a good dad. 366 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,680 And then you say to the son, Christ, Christ, tell me about 367 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,400 your dad. The rugby place is youth. 368 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:19,960 Rory Avastai strongman. But then you say to the other 369 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,840 son, tell me about Yaku. Tell me about your dad, the 370 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,400 Christian. He said, Rory Kanak, your say 371 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,680 Babel vase Kanak, your say babe, connect for your say very Loftus 372 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:33,480 on the on for the year and for us familiar. 373 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:38,280 And so you start to talk about fulfillment and about life and, 374 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,520 and, and it's basically saying, hey, guys, what do you want 375 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:52,520 people to say at your funeral? And now he's 17, now 17. 376 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,640 His day of birth was a great celebration, but I can tell you 377 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:01,760 much more about him now. He's humble and he's gracious 378 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,880 and he's determined and he played hockey and he got too 379 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,160 tall. And so last year he played 380 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,800 rubbish hockey. I thought, wonder why my son's 381 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,280 hockey's gone down so much? I realized he's too tall. 382 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,640 And he said, dad, I can't control the hockey ball anymore. 383 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:18,600 I said, what are you going to do? 384 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,360 He said, dad, I think I have to play rugby. 385 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:22,480 I said, jeepers, well, you're Grade 11, you haven't played 386 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:28,280 rugby for eight or nine years. He's going on tour tomorrow and 387 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,280 he got his reserve jersey for the first team. 388 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,920 I can tell you about determination. 389 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:34,360 I can tell you about digging deep. 390 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,000 I can tell you about a young man going to gym and doing gym in 391 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,920 the middle of them in the hot afternoons doing gym because he 392 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,240 has to change sport. But when he was born, I didn't 393 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,360 know that about him. I didn't know that about him. 394 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,200 I can tell you about this young man. 395 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,240 I saw him when he was born. I saw him when he was born. 396 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,600 I mean, he's got lovely, beautiful parents with that 397 00:24:58,600 --> 00:24:59,880 beautiful mom. They're always going to be 398 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:03,400 pretty. But but but, but this guy was 399 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,000 wild. He was wild. 400 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,360 And then I saw him go to boarding school and I saw him 401 00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:10,160 learn respect. And then I saw him write him a 402 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,480 trick and it was difficult for him to study in the early years. 403 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:17,720 And then I saw him get a complete full university pass. 404 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:22,360 And you start to speak about fulfillment and he's got manners 405 00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:24,960 and he sends you SM s s and he says thank you. 406 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,200 And but when you're bored, you don't know that. 407 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:35,640 It's just potential, but when you die, people will speak about 408 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:41,040 how you've lived. Friends, God designed you, Johan 409 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:45,840 and Yvonne, God designed you with a special DNA. 410 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,640 Who are taking our kids ministry buildings down at the back here. 411 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,920 And Johan came and said, hey, do you mind if I take 1? 412 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,520 And I think for what, Johan, what are you going to take it 413 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:57,640 for? I said, I'm going to take it and 414 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,080 I'm going to put it on my property. 415 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:03,880 And anybody that's in trouble, anybody that's in trouble, they 416 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,520 can just come to my property and they can stay in that house and 417 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:08,920 they can just rest and be restored. 418 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,720 And Yvonne will take their food and they will get to recover. 419 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,080 And so people come from Mozambique to stay in the 420 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,120 property that used to be a kids ministry building here. 421 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:20,640 And and, and, and and they just get restored at their house and 422 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,960 they get served food and they get loved and they don't pay 423 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,120 accommodation And they just, and I think that's what I'm going to 424 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:44,920 tell people at your funeral. You know, Prattles Patty, all of 425 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,320 you know Prattles Patty. His dad invented it. 426 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,040 He's just visiting us some Cape Town because he loves the 427 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,440 church. Him and his wife have served the 428 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,840 church their whole lives. They're friends of them When 429 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:58,600 they planted a church. These are my friends, some 430 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,720 Qatar. I remember when he was a young 431 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,360 man, he used to come and sit in my office in Durban, say, hey, 432 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:06,600 Ro, what's God called me to? We planted a church in Cape 433 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:10,880 Place to phone him there. Most amazing job. 434 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:19,360 Beautiful man, beautiful wife. The third son's name is Clint. 435 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:23,280 Now I'm joking. He's Rory. 436 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,680 But we've walked together, we've journeyed together. 437 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:34,080 Start to turn 21 this weekend. Happy birthday, Abby. 438 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,200 We journey together and we we're starting to know each other. 439 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,200 He's coming to spend time in my house on Sunday. 440 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,080 He moves into my house for a few days. 441 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,120 We talk about life and about the Lord and about disappointments 442 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:49,600 and about heartache and about breakthroughs and about ministry 443 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,280 and about prophecy. I saw him at his very worst. 444 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,080 I saw him about to have a nervous breakdown. 445 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,480 I walked in and I was in a meeting about the size and he 446 00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,840 wasn't there and I walked into the kitchen behind the building. 447 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,160 I saw him there. He was melting down. 448 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,840 I hugged him because it's better that we face mortality. 449 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:08,880 It's better better that we face our failure. 450 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:15,760 It's better than just Joeling. Hip hop spinner cop, hop, hop 451 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:22,800 spinner cop. Sobering, eh? 452 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,840 Sobering. Better to go to the House of 453 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:33,040 mourning, into the House of celebration because in the House 454 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,480 of celebration you don't ask the real questions. 455 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,960 How is your marriage? How is your marriage? 456 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,920 How are your children? And there are four things that 457 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,680 the scripture speaks about. I'll quickly look at it. 458 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,640 You can just put it up again quickly. 4 things that we 459 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,760 finish. The first one is greed, 460 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,760 extortion and bribery. Said, if you don't understand 461 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,560 death properly, you're going to get a completely 462 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,160 misunderstanding of money and you're going to try and make 463 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:07,160 money however you can through extortion and through bribery. 464 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,920 And we start, you get a job, you get a salary. 465 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:14,160 Live with it. Live with it. 466 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,040 Honor guard with it. Don't live above your means. 467 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,760 Live within your salary. The second one is patience. 468 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,200 The end of something is better than the beginning. 469 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,440 The end of something is better than the beginning. 470 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:29,640 Live with patience. Don't become impatient. 471 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,360 Don't become impatient with your wife or your children or your 472 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,800 boss, because death's coming, and if I knew that death was 473 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,120 coming, I'd be much more patient. 474 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,520 The third one is anger. You can read it in there. 475 00:29:46,140 --> 00:29:49,820 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides 476 00:29:49,820 --> 00:29:53,260 in the lap of fools, just with a quick show of your hands. 477 00:29:53,260 --> 00:29:54,620 How many of you battle with anger? 478 00:29:58,180 --> 00:30:01,020 50% Can I say this to you? You. 479 00:30:01,420 --> 00:30:07,080 You're going to die. You're going to die and you're 480 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,600 going to die sooner than you think. 481 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:10,440 And you don't know when you're going to die. 482 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,760 And Solomon says you don't. You cannot control the future. 483 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,000 You don't know what phone call you're going to get tomorrow. 484 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:17,960 You don't know what's going to happen. 485 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,160 I got a phone call from a member of this church. 486 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,840 I was preaching in Cape Town on Friday and I was about to get up 487 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:25,560 and preach. And he phoned me with a shaky 488 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:29,960 voice, and he said, Rory, I've been diagnosed with stage 4 489 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,680 prostate cancer that has spread to all my organs. 490 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:35,840 He's listening now. He's listening. 491 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:42,920 He's, yeah, listening. And if you knew that, then you 492 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,640 would not become angry with your wife and you would not become 493 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,240 angry with your children. Anger, friends. 494 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,160 There's some good anger, righteous anger. 495 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,680 But the anger that is being let loose on your families is not 496 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,160 right. Your life is short. 497 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:05,000 Eternity is long. Prepare for it, Prepare for it, 498 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:15,000 prepare for it. I've realized this boy is a 499 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,880 precious boy. Great gift to me. 500 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:20,160 He's a lot Lamicky. You've got two children, are 501 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,600 married. But this is a gift to me. 502 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,040 If I asked you Honestly, boy, have you ever lived under my 503 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:31,360 anger? I can't be angry with him. 504 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:36,440 I don't know how long I've got him for, I don't know how long 505 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,600 he's got me for. And when he stands up at my 506 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,560 funeral I don't want him to stand up and say my dad was an 507 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:47,320 angry man. I have got anger issues but I 508 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,720 don't want him to stand up and say my dad was an angry man. 509 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:54,640 I want him to say my dad dig me. My dad was kind to my mum. 510 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,640 And I want you to leave 3 CR when you move to Cape Town. 511 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,760 I think there was a pastor there, but he was angry. 512 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,400 He was crossed. He was always, there was a 513 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:15,600 pastor there is conga. He was really passionate about 514 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:21,240 God and about life and about honesty and about never got 515 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:25,600 crossed with us. He was quite direct and he was 516 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,520 quite honest and he was quite, but he wasn't angry. 517 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,040 I want to say to you and a woman, you must deal with your 518 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:39,160 anger now because mortality is true. 519 00:32:44,530 --> 00:32:48,250 And on your funeral day, you don't want anybody to say, oh, 520 00:32:48,810 --> 00:32:51,970 he was successful. Oh, he was this, he was that. 521 00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:55,490 But my goodness, he was impatient and angry. 522 00:33:02,230 --> 00:33:05,510 And finish with you. You've been an amazing son to 523 00:33:05,510 --> 00:33:08,590 your dad. You've been an amazing son to 524 00:33:08,590 --> 00:33:11,560 your dad. You've been an amazing servant 525 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:15,280 of the church. You've been an amazing father to 526 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,920 your children. You've been an amazing supporter 527 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:22,560 of the church. And I saw when your leaders 528 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,720 decided to go to Qatar in a conference you just came across 529 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:30,640 just because you wanted to make sure your dad invented Pratley's 530 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,960 Patty. But what you've done is you've 531 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:37,280 been the glue of your friendships way beyond what your 532 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:40,760 dad did in the natural. You have done in the spiritual. 533 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,720 You have glued together years of friendship. 534 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:47,120 You have stuck like glue to that beautiful woman God gave to you. 535 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:53,600 You are the spiritual artworking of your earthly father's natural 536 00:33:53,960 --> 00:34:05,960 invention. Better a good name. 537 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:15,480 Better a good name than fine perfume and many days because 538 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:19,000 you've got your hands dirty and you've worked in the soil of the 539 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,159 factories. Many days you don't come home 540 00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:28,320 smelling great. But the character, the name is a 541 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:36,000 great fragrance to God. Nostalgia says. 542 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,199 Why do we say the days of the past the better? 543 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,080 You know, friends, I've been to the Kruger many times and I know 544 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:45,199 you'll all shout at me, but the Kruger is never quite as good as 545 00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:50,400 I remember it when I went with my mom and dad and we bride 546 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:54,239 outside the Pretoria's Corp. I always go back and I try and 547 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:57,320 rekindle those memories and it's nice and you see things, but 548 00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:58,960 it's not as nice as it used to be. 549 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,280 But in my mind I romanticize it to this. 550 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,640 Now you go to the, I think like leopard, lion, leopard, lion, 551 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,200 leopard, lion, leopard, lion. And sometimes I go to the Kruger 552 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:12,640 and I drive for five days and I don't see anything but Impala. 553 00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:15,920 Roy Booker. Roy Booker in mere donors. 554 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:23,720 Roy Booker flap just like Roy. That's like Roy. 555 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:25,880 How was the crew get awesome. What did you see? 556 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,320 Roy Booker? I don't want to see another Roy 557 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:30,480 book. I don't want to see another 558 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:31,960 giraffe. I've seen every job. 559 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:37,400 Not the elephant, but but somehow the nostalgia. 560 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,200 And then you go to a restaurant and you have this unbelievable 561 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,920 meal and you tell everybody and six or eight weeks later the 562 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,920 meal tastes better and you think I want to go back. 563 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,240 And you go back and the lettuce is not quite as crispy. 564 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,160 And that starter that salmon started, it's not quite the 565 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:53,360 same. It's a little bit more like 566 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:57,800 slippery. The snails are not quite as 567 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:02,360 fresh. And yet, Solomon says, you're 568 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,760 watching a lot of photographs, but you've got to start thinking 569 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,320 about the future. You've got to start thinking. 570 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,360 Forget what is behind and start thinking about what is ahead. 571 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,920 You spend a lot of time thinking about the past. 572 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:19,440 When I was a schoolboy rugby player, when I was, and some of 573 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,800 you bad when I grew up, it was really tough. 574 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,440 And some of you like when I was a rugby player, I was. 575 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:26,440 There's too much time in the past, Solomon says. 576 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:30,000 You know what, guys? Start thinking about the future. 577 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:36,600 Don't be greedy, don't be impatient, don't be angry. 578 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,640 Think about the future. And on your funeral day, which 579 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:45,080 will happen, maybe they'll speak well of your name. 580 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:47,160 Amen.