1/20/2008 ~ Redeeming The Time |
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... 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.
"... 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
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