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1/20/2008 ~ Redeeming The Time


... Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. ...
~ Colossians 4:1-6


We are ALL living on borrowed TIME.

... do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink?
or What shall we wear? ... ~ Matthew 6:25-34

                  
The aspiration to get only more for yourself is what the shallow seek.
~ We are called to a higher mindset.


Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor,
working with his hands what is good, ... ~ Ephesians 4:28


The compulsive desire for things curtails ones righteousness.

... How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?
~ Proverbs 6:6-9


The message is to use time to benefit God’s will and not sinfulness.

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth,
Before the difficult days come, ... ~ Ecclesiastes 12:1


No one wants to get old but it comes to all if you live long enough.
~ As you stand before God, what will your life show?


... not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor
that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. ~ James 4:13-16


Don’t think you have tomorrow to repair mistakes if sin is your leisure.

Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
~ James 4:17


Redeeming the time means today is your last day, and we are all behind.
Prepare as death stands at a hands moment notice.

... give your bondservants what is just and fair, ... ~ Colossians 4:1
└─> Be honest.                                                                     
                         THE TIME IS NOW.
┌─> Pray today.                                                                    

Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; ...
~ Colossians 4:2


... that God would open to us a door for the word, ... ~ Colossians 4:3
└─> The gospel will only be available to us for a short time.              

Do you talk about Christ with others?


┌─> Now is the time.                                                               
... Walk with wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
~ Colossians 4:4-5


┌─> Speak kindly to all.                                                            
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, ...
~ Colossians 4:6


... the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. ... ~ James 3:5-10

The tongue is like a wicked wildfire ready to torch those closest.

Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth,
but what is good for necessary edification, ... ~ Ephesians 4:29-32


God has given His instructions.
~ We only have so much time.

Today is the day.

"... Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is."
~ Mark 13:31-33


... Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
~ 2nd Corinthians 6:1-2


... Be ready in season and out of season. ... For the time will come
when they will not endure sound doctrine, ... ~ 2nd Timothy 4:2-5


... how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time
who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. ~ Jude 1:17-18


One needs to search scripture for individual soul salvation.

... See that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
redeeming the time, because the days are evil. ... ~ Ephesians 5:14-21


... humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you
in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares ... ~ 1st Peter 5:5-7


... he who does not love his brother whom he has seen,
how can he love God whom he has not seen? ... ~ 1st John 4:19-21


Any hate in ones heart is a waste of time.
    └─> To bitterly destroy.                     |
                     Not redeeming the time. <─┘


'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. ...' ~ Leviticus 19:17

Hate neutralizes the self.

"No one can serve two masters; ..." ~ Matthew 6:24

... brethren, ... Hebrews 2:11 <─┐      
To hate or to love, Christ is our brother and more.
 ... children of God ... Romans 8:16-17 <─┘                 

... why do you show contempt for your brother? ~ Romans 14:10

God simply has asked us to care for one another.

"But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
All those who hate me love death." ~ Proverbs 8:36


NOW
TODAY IS THE TIME
NOW

To Love God or Not To Love God?



 

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