![]() ![]() God gives time God gives enough time God gives limited time God judges our use of time God commands us to redeem time. So there is a very brief theology of time. And that price (as we shall see) is self-discipline and self-denial. To redeem time, therefore, means to act to secure the recovery of wasted time by paying a price. To redeem a person means to act to secure a captured person’s rescue by paying a price. God Commands Us to Redeem Time ← ↰ ⤒ □įifthly, God commands us to redeem time (Ephesians 5:16). Yet, as it is his gift, we will be called to give an account for our use of it. Words are audible, money is visible, but time seems so much more nebulous and so much more difficult to get ahold of. We are used to the idea of God judging our words or our use of money, but the idea of God watching over our use of time is not often at the forefront of our thoughts. ![]() God Judges Our Use of Time ← ↰ ⤒ □įourthly, God judges our use of time (Romans 14:12). However long it may be, it does have a limit that we shall not pass. Our arrival and departure times are on God’s timetable. Thirdly, God gives limited time (Psalm 90:10). Perhaps (as we shall see) your perceived lack of time is due to doing more than God requires of you. But God has given us enough time to do all that he requires of us in this world. If someone gave you a 100 tasks to do in one minute, you would view that person as unjust and unfair. Secondly, God gives enough time (John 11:9). We sometimes say, “I just don’t have enough time!” I know we are rarely saying it a complaint against God, but it does reflect upon God. If a man were standing beside me giving me a dollar bill every second or every minute, I would love him! But God is standing beside us and giving us something far more valuable than dollars: he is giving us the seconds, the minutes and the hours themselves. Therefore, every moment of life is a gift of God. ![]() Through sin we have forfeited our right to exist. We do not deserve a second of time in this world. A Theology of Time ⤒ □ God Gives Time ← ↰ ⤒ □įirstly, God gives time (James 1:17). And then we look at two kinds of life: the well-planned life and the summoned life. Thirdly we will look at the management of time. Then we will look at the dangers of time. We are going to look first of all today at a theology of time. It is far more limited and far more difficult to recover when lost. ![]()
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