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00:20 Hello, friends, welcome to our A Sharper Focus
00:23 Wednesday Night Bible Study 00:25 here at the 3ABN Worship Center. 00:27 We thank you for taking the time to tune 00:28 in as we continue our topic on 00:31 "The Stewardships, the topic of Stewardship." 00:34 You know, so much as been said about stewardship 00:37 but then sometimes, 00:39 so little is really understood 00:41 as the Bible teaches stewardship. 00:43 Tonight, we're gonna look at stewardship 00:44 in five different areas 00:47 and we'd like to invite you to stay tuned with us 00:49 as we walk through the Word of God together. 00:51 In just a moment, we'll tell you 00:53 how to get a copy of the lesson 00:54 but before we go any further, 00:56 all you need really is your Bible. 00:59 I invite your family and friends to sit down 01:01 and this time we're gonna walk through the scriptures 01:05 in God's Word asking Him to teach us and guide our minds 01:09 about how we can be faithful and effective stewards 01:13 that is in charge of the property 01:15 that really belongs to Him, 01:18 but before we go any further, we're gonna have prayer. 01:20 I'll tell you how to get a copy of the lesson. 01:22 We're gonna have our theme song 01:24 and then we'll go into our Bible study. 01:26 So bow your heads with me tonight. 01:28 Loving Father in heaven, 01:29 thank You for the privilege and opportunity. 01:32 We know that we cannot understand 01:33 Your Word without Your guidance and so speak to us, we pray. 01:38 Send Your Holy Spirit to be teacher 01:40 and as we open Your Word, inspire us 01:43 with Your power and Your presence. 01:46 We pray that You'll teach us not only what we will learn, 01:50 but that You'll give us wisdom and deep understanding 01:53 to find ways to apply it through our lives 01:56 and to be empowered to live in harmony with it. 02:01 And so, Lord, come and exalt Your holy name, 02:03 we pray in Christ name, amen. 02:07 Now every now and then, we get new viewers 02:10 that we have opportunities to meet. 02:12 And not too long ago, 02:14 I found out about somebody very special to us, 02:16 a good family member actually that's watching. 02:19 Tonight I wanna gonna say hello to Aunt Joyse 02:21 who is a first time viewer of A Sharper Focus. 02:24 Can we all say amen? Amen! 02:26 And we'd like to welcome you as you join us tonight 02:28 in a wonderful Bible study. 02:31 If you'd like to download a copy of the lesson 02:33 that I have in my possession, 02:34 go to this following website ASF.3ABN.org 02:40 and download lesson number 43 which is in fact 02:43 the truth about complete stewardship. 02:46 The truth about complete stewardship. 02:48 We'll find out what that means in just a moment, 02:52 but before we go any further, 02:53 let's sing our theme song tonight 02:55 which is "Victory in Jesus." 02:57 Join me as you sing that song. 03:05 I heard an old, old story 03:09 How the Savior came from glory 03:13 How He gave His life on Calvary To save a wretch like me 03:20 I heard about His groaning Of His precious blood's atoning 03:28 Then I repented of my sin And won the victory 03:35 O victory in Jesus My Savior forever 03:43 He sought me and bought me 03:47 With His redeeming blood 03:50 He loved me ere I knew Him And all my love is due Him 03:58 He plunged me to victory Beneath the cleansing flood 04:06 I heard about a mansion He has built for me in glory 04:13 And I heard about the streets of gold Beyond the crystal sea 04:21 About the angels singing And the old redemption story 04:28 And some sweet day I'll sing up there 04:32 The song of victory Key change. 04:36 O victory in Jesus My Savior forever 04:43 He sought me and bought me With His redeeming blood 04:51 He loved me ere I knew Him And all my love is due Him 04:58 He plunged me to victory Beneath the cleansing flood 05:06 He plunged me to victory 05:10 Beneath the cleansing flood 05:16 Amen. Amen. 05:18 The topic tonight is 05:21 "The Truth about Complete Stewardship." 05:23 Say that with me, "The Truth about Complete Stewardship." 05:28 You know a lot of times 05:29 we think of the word stewardship. 05:32 There was a time when flight attendants 05:34 were called stewards or stewardesses, 05:37 remember that? 05:38 Now my wife continually reminds me 05:41 they are no longer stewardess, stewards or stewardesses, 05:43 but they are flight attendants, 05:46 a new word, but every now 05:47 and then I get pushed back into that, 05:48 you know, where is the stewardess 05:50 or the steward, 05:51 and that's an old word 05:55 but if somebody talks about stewardship, 05:57 let me just give you an overview 05:59 of what the word stewardship means. 06:01 It means someone responsible for someone else's property. 06:06 Someone responsible for someone else's property 06:11 and as we've been walking 06:13 through the truth about stewardship, 06:15 it is in reference to time, temple, 06:20 talent, testimony, and treasure. 06:24 Say that again, time, 06:27 temple, talent, testimony, and treasure. 06:32 So stewardship really is in more than one area. 06:36 A lot of times we talk about stewardship, 06:38 we think to ourselves, well, 06:41 stewardship has to do with money 06:42 and in most cases, people talk about tithe and offerings. 06:45 We're gonna talk about that, 06:47 but we're gonna talk about that last, 06:48 because that's the one that's most commonly talked about. 06:51 But if you think about it today, 06:53 how much do we really own in the world? 06:56 When you really think about it, if a person owns a home, 06:59 and they refuse to pay taxes, do they really own that home? 07:02 No because everybody that owns a home what? 07:05 Pays taxes. 07:06 If you think after you paid off your house, 07:08 that you no longer have to pay taxes, 07:10 then I got news for you, 07:12 you start paying the taxes, 07:13 you'll discover that you really don't own that home 07:17 and then when it comes to the air we breathe, 07:20 can we say because I breathe my own personal air 07:22 that I own my own air? 07:24 No, everyone, the rich and the poor, 07:27 the free and the bond, 07:28 the righteous and the unrighteous, 07:30 the birds, the animals, everyone breathe the same air. 07:34 And when it comes to the earth, 07:36 the Bible says the David the Psalmist says, 07:38 "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, 07:42 the world and those who dwell in it." 07:44 So when we really think about what we own, 07:47 there's a passage in the Bible 07:49 that really brings it to us very clearly. 07:51 I'll go ahead and find it and have you turn with me, 07:54 the Apostle Paul, let's go to the book of, 07:56 I think it's 1 Timothy, 07:58 and I'm gonna get there with you. 08:02 Yeah, yeah. 08:07 Yeah, it's in, I'll tell you right now where it is. 08:10 It's a beautiful passage in the Bible. 08:12 When I say beautiful, it brings the point home very clearly 08:17 and here it is. 08:20 1 Timothy 6:7. 08:23 Let's go to 1 Timothy 6:7. 08:27 You get the 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 08:31 then you are at 1 Timothy. 08:35 All right? 08:37 Yeah, 1 Timothy Chapter 6. 08:40 1 Timothy Chapter 6. 08:43 Yeah, that's the 1st and 2nd Timothy, 08:45 but now we're gonna go to 1 Timothy Chapter 6 08:48 and let's look at the reality of stewardship. 08:50 This is a really powerful passage and notice 08:53 what it tells us. 08:57 The Bible says, 08:58 "For we brought nothing," how much? 09:02 "Nothing into this world 09:05 and it is certain we carry nothing," 09:08 how much? 09:09 "Nothing out." 09:10 My mother-in-law used to say, my wife's mother used to say, 09:13 "Open the hand of a baby, when they are born and see 09:16 what they have. 09:17 That's what they're carrying out." 09:19 We don't own anything. 09:21 We don't own anything. 09:23 You can't even nowadays in some cases, 09:25 you can't even die for free. 09:28 Somebody's got to pay for it. 09:31 And so the world really is, in fact, 09:33 a continual test of stewardship. 09:36 And when you really, when it really comes down to it, 09:39 these aspects of ownership, and time, and your talent, 09:44 and your finances, and your body, 09:45 and your materialism, and your health, 09:48 all of those are really in fact evidences 09:51 that somebody else is giving you those things 09:54 and they are ours as long as we can breathe. 09:57 We began our lesson, we covered quite a bit. 10:00 We discovered how the Lord gave man 10:03 dominion, gave Adam and Eve dominion over the world. 10:06 He gave them control of the world, 10:10 but He never gave them ownership of the world. 10:13 In Genesis 1:26, the Bible says, 10:16 "The Lord gave man dominion." 10:18 Another word for dominion is control responsibility. 10:22 But we know that man lost that and as we go on, 10:28 we found out, we started with time, 10:30 how important time is. 10:33 How long does the Bible say 10:35 each one of us can expect to live? 10:38 Huh? 10:39 Seventy years, right? 10:41 The Bible says three score and ten 10:42 in the King James Version. 10:44 So if you pass 70 years, you are on gifted time. 10:48 I won't even say borrowed time, but gifted time. 10:51 And so we start with time, we've been talking about time. 10:54 And so tonight, we're gonna go to that question. 10:57 Question number 20, 10:58 which if you have a copy of the lesson, 11:00 you can go along with us. 11:01 Question number 20, and now when we think about time, 11:04 you know, the Bible talks about how time began. 11:08 Who owns time? Can someone tell me? 11:11 Who owns time? 11:13 God owns time. 11:14 Time is under the control of God. 11:16 But if you look at the world in which we live today, 11:20 there are so many signs around us telling us. 11:23 The Book of Daniel, the Book of Revelation 11:25 reminds us that we're living in the time of the end, 11:28 which means we're coming down to the end of time. 11:31 But now when we consider the things 11:32 that are happening around us, 11:34 let's look at question number 20. 11:38 And here it is. 11:40 In what way does the Bible express 11:43 the urgency of time? 11:53 We visited with a family 11:56 who has a somewhat of a seasonal home 12:00 and a certain time of the year, when the weather gets good, 12:04 this location is opened up where people, 12:07 it's kind of like a spring, summer, early fall home. 12:11 But when the season begins to change, 12:13 the island shuts down for the season. 12:16 Fire Island, New York, it shuts down. 12:18 You can't get there except by boat, 12:19 beautiful, peaceful, serene. 12:21 We had a chance to spend time there 12:23 with one of our family members and enjoy the serenity. 12:26 And I said, it reminds us 12:28 somewhat of where we live here in Thompsonville, 12:29 just quiet, peaceful. 12:32 The major difference is, they have ocean around them 12:36 which we have lake around us. 12:38 But in fact, one of the things I noticed 12:42 was as the seasons begin to change, 12:44 the homeowners, you notice in their behavior, 12:48 that they recognize that it's almost time to shut down 12:51 their home for the season. 12:52 So their patterns begin to change. 12:54 They begin to buy less groceries 12:56 because they're not gonna leave them 12:57 there all went along to spoil, they begin with a storm comes, 13:00 they put shutters up, 13:02 they make sure things are secure, 13:03 because they know that the season is changing 13:06 and something about the time is telling them 13:08 how urgent their activity needs to be. 13:11 Well, the question is, 13:12 in what way does the Bible tell us, 13:14 express the urgency of time? 13:15 Look at Romans 13:11, 13:18 and for those who are joining us, 13:20 this text will appear on the screen. 13:24 Romans 13:11. 13:27 And here's what the Bible says, 13:30 "And do this knowing the time 13:33 that now it is," what are the next two words? 13:36 "High time to awake out of sleep, 13:39 for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed." 13:45 Now, what does that mean? 13:46 Are we living in an urgent time? 13:48 Of course, the Bible says in 2 Timothy Chapter 3, 13:51 in the last days, perilous times will come. 13:54 So when you see the condition of the world, 13:56 the Bible say it's perilous, 13:59 and there is not a place in the world 14:01 outside of some of the isolated places 14:03 like Thompsonville, like West Frankfort, 14:05 like Southern Illinois, like Fire Island, 14:07 like some of the places in Switzerland 14:09 in the mountains, 14:10 where you're pretty much 14:12 isolated from all the bad news 14:13 and all the turbulence and the gunshots. 14:16 We were in New York not too long ago 14:18 and I tell you, 14:19 the sounds of silence are nonexistent. 14:24 Sirens and cars screeching and motorcycles and cars, 14:30 it's like, and I said to my wife, 14:32 "Oh, this is just not 14:35 what I'm really accustomed to anymore. 14:38 Being born and raised in New York, 14:39 beautiful city, it has a lot of things. 14:41 But I said, Honey, "I want to go back home, 14:43 where when I go to bed at night, 14:45 and I hear sounds on the porch, 14:46 I know it's the raccoon. 14:50 Nice, it's a good thing. 14:52 If I hear something on the roof, 14:53 I know it's the squirrel 14:55 or it's the raccoon and the squirrel. 14:56 If something's running through the yard, it's a deer or fox. 14:59 I just feel good about the sounds I hear at night. 15:02 But that's not the case in New York, 15:04 and Detroit, and Chicago, and Atlanta, and Pennsylvania, 15:07 and LA, you know, the urgency that you begin to see 15:10 when you live in the cities that this text is true, 15:13 knowing the time and what is this text saying? 15:15 When we see 15:16 the condition of the world around us, 15:18 it calls for people to be awake. 15:21 It calls for us to be awake. 15:22 Go with me to 2 Thessalonians. 15:24 Actually 1 Thessalonians. 15:26 Let's go to that book. 15:28 1 Thessalonians, I want you to see this. 15:30 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 and I want you to see verse 1 15:35 because time is so important for us to understand, 15:39 and even more so for those 15:40 who are Christians and study God's Word, 15:43 it's important that what we see happening in God's Word, 15:45 what we see being fulfilled as God's Word unfolds it. 15:48 It says to us, this world does not have long. 15:51 And when you study the Bible, you begin to become familiar 15:54 with all those signs like Matthew Chapter 24, 15:57 Daniel Chapter 2, Daniel Chapter 7, Revelation, 16:01 the whole book, Isaiah 24, Jeremiah, 16:05 all these prophets in the Old Testament 16:07 and New Testament begin to inform us 16:09 of the condition of the world. 16:11 And notice this, the Apostle Paul 16:13 in this passage is speaking to the Christians 16:16 at a place called Thessalonica, 16:19 and he's saying, "I've told you so much, 16:22 I really don't need to tell you anymore." 16:24 Listen to what he says in 1 Thessalonians 5:1, 16:29 notice he says, "But concerning the," 16:31 what's the next word? 16:33 "The times and the seasons," the very thing we live by, 16:37 "brethren, you have no need that I should write to you." 16:41 He says, "You should know," verse two, 16:44 "For you yourselves know perfectly 16:48 that the day of the Lord 16:49 so comes as a thief in the night." 16:52 For those in the world that are living for the world, 16:55 they have no idea. 16:57 It's like a storm that's not even being forecasted. 17:01 It's like a coming tsunami that nobody has even detected. 17:05 It's like a building storm out there in the Atlantic 17:08 coming off the coast of Africa that meteorologists 17:10 haven't even picked up 17:12 and it's coming at a rapid pace, 17:14 it's coming at a fury of unimaginable proportions, 17:18 and the Apostle Paul says in verse 3, 17:21 "For when they say peace and safety," 17:23 in other words, when they say everything is just fine, 17:25 look what's gonna happen. 17:27 "Then sudden destruction comes upon them 17:29 as labor pains upon a pregnant woman," 17:32 and what's gonna happen? 17:33 "And they shall not escape." 17:35 But look at verse 4, 17:37 and this is about time once again. 17:40 "But you brethren are not in darkness, 17:42 so that this day should overtake you as a thief." 17:46 Verse 5 "You are all sons of the light, 17:49 and sons of the day. 17:51 We are not of the night, nor of darkness." 17:54 So then he says, "What should we do?" 17:56 And here's going back to this very passage, 17:59 it's time to wake out of sleep. 18:00 Notice what it says in the very next verse. 18:02 Verse 6, "Therefore let us not sleep, 18:07 let us not sleep as others do, 18:10 but let us watch and be sober," 18:13 that is, be awake, be aware, 18:15 be self controlled, be on the lookout. 18:18 When you know what's coming, it's time to be awake. 18:21 Amen. 18:23 Let's go to question number 21. 18:24 So, fill the answer in, 18:25 in what way does the Bible express 18:27 the urgency of time? 18:29 The urgency is, it's time to awake. 18:32 It's time to awake. 18:34 How many of you set your alarm clocks? 18:37 I think we all do. 18:39 Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. 18:43 But at least we know there's a time 18:45 that we must be awake. 18:46 Let's go to question number 21. 18:49 All right, it says, when we understand 18:53 the fragility of time, what impact should it have? 18:58 When we understand how fragile time is, 19:01 what impact should it have? 19:04 Let's go to the Book of Psalms 90:12. 19:07 Psalms Chapter 90, and we're looking together 19:10 at the 12th verse. 19:12 All right? 19:14 Here's what we learn in the Bible. 19:18 The apostle says to us, "So teach us," to do what? 19:22 "Number our days 19:24 that we may gain a heart of wisdom." 19:27 Teach us to number our days, 19:30 so that we may gain a heart of wisdom. 19:32 So put that down. 19:34 What impact should it have? 19:36 Number our days, 19:38 that means be aware of the time, 19:40 be aware of how you spend your time, 19:43 because one thing I've heard before and this is very true, 19:46 when you spend time, you can't get it back. 19:50 There is no refund on time. 19:52 You can't say, well, I remember 19:54 one week when I did nothing for two days 19:57 and when you're living 19:59 in those closing hours of your life, 20:00 you can't say, could I have those two days back? 20:03 So the patriarch here is saying to us, number your days, 20:09 make your time count, 20:11 instead of counting time, make time count. 20:14 As the person who's preparing for the coming storm, 20:18 if he or she doesn't get his roof covered, 20:21 the storm is gonna come and find them unaware. 20:24 For those of us that know that life is changing, 20:27 our seasons are changing. 20:29 We're getting older, older. 20:33 This hair is not colored, it's actually gray. 20:36 Seasons is changing. 20:38 And when we know and we see that we say, "Wow, 20:41 Lord, teach us to number our days." 20:43 And it doesn't matter when you start. 20:44 At any point you can start and say, you know what? 20:47 I've just become aware of the urgency of time. 20:50 I can start from right now 20:52 and make the rest of my days count. 20:55 I can use those days to get ready for eternity. 20:58 Amen? Amen. 21:00 The only time is too late to start 21:02 is when you have no more days left. 21:04 But as long as you're breathing, 21:05 as long as you are alive, 21:06 it's a good time to stay, you know what? 21:09 Now I can make sure that the rest of my time 21:13 is going to count toward eternity 21:16 because as we read earlier 21:18 in the passage just before this, 21:20 for now, our salvation is nearer 21:22 than when we first believe. 21:24 And we could trace that back to the many years we believe, 21:26 but we say, wait a minute, it's been 30, 40, 50 years. 21:30 Now it's nearer. It's time to get ready. 21:32 Look at the next passage. 21:37 Psalm 89:47, very short but very powerful. 21:43 It says, "Remember how short time is. 21:47 Remember how short my time is, for what futility 21:51 have you created all the children of men?" 21:57 And so what's that in essence saying 21:58 the futility that's been talked about here, 22:02 for what futility have you created 22:04 all the children of men. 22:05 That means we live with pretty feudal activities. 22:10 I'll give you an example. 22:11 I could use an example of a baby 22:14 trying to catch a racehorse. 22:16 It's an act of futility. 22:18 Will they ever catch a racehorse? 22:19 No. 22:20 So what is being said in the case of time, 22:23 when you think of how short your time is, it's futile. 22:26 It's an act of futility, meaning it's senseless 22:29 to try to get more 22:32 when you're not really doing anything 22:33 with what you have. 22:35 That's what David the patriarch is saying here, its futility. 22:39 All the children of men, it's futility 22:41 when you think about how short your time is. 22:44 So when you know your time is short, 22:46 make that short time count. 22:47 Do something with it. 22:49 I was talking about it not too long ago 22:50 how people should put plans together, 22:52 and goals together, 22:53 and dreams together, and visions, 22:55 and then start moving in the direction 22:57 of making that happen, fulfilling that. 23:00 Question number 22. 23:01 So did you put that in? 23:02 So Psalm 89:47, is in essence, make your time matter. 23:09 Okay, question number 22. 23:11 How does the wise man Solomon, 23:14 summarize the challenges of life? 23:18 How does he summarize the challenges of life? 23:22 Ecclesiastes Chapter 9. 23:27 And we're gonna look at verse 11 and 12, 23:29 the challenges of life, okay? 23:35 All right. 23:37 Now, if anybody is qualified 23:42 to write what we're about to read, 23:44 it is Solomon. 23:45 Do you all agree? 23:47 Because Solomon had, I would say, hands down, 23:52 more experience in the area 23:54 of who to marry and who not to marry 23:57 than anyone else on the planet. 23:59 Solomon had enough money to try anything and everything. 24:03 Solomon was the wealthiest 24:05 and the wisest man outside of Jesus 24:08 that ever lived. 24:11 And so when he began to look at all the things he tried, 24:14 all the things he pursued, all the decisions he made 24:19 that were just senseless and empty. 24:22 We get wisdom and if there's anything 24:24 that you get as you're getting older, 24:27 it should be wisdom. 24:28 You should be getting wise. 24:30 Look at what he said. 24:32 And I like the way he begins this because what he does is 24:35 this passage is suggesting that he sat down 24:38 and start to think back. 24:40 He started thinking back 24:42 and he started looking at his life 24:43 the way it actually happened. 24:46 He said, "I returned and saw under the sun. 24:52 The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, 24:58 nor bread to the wise, 25:00 nor riches to men of understanding, 25:04 nor favor to men of skill, 25:07 but time and chance happen to them," 25:11 what's the last word? 25:12 "To them all." 25:13 All the categories he put together, 25:15 the strong, the swift, the men that are wise, 25:19 those who are rich, he's saying, 25:21 "There's no difference because every one of them. 25:24 I read this, I don't know if I read it 25:28 or my wife showed it to me, I think was a cartoon. 25:31 And it was a cartoon of two graves opened up. 25:36 And the first question was, 25:38 what is the size of a plot for a rich man? 25:44 And he said, "I think it was seven feet long, 25:48 four feet wide and six feet deep." 25:51 And then he says, right next to him, 25:52 what is the size of a plot for a poor man? 25:56 Seven feet long, four feet wide, 25:57 and six feet deep. 25:59 That's what Solomon is saying, 26:01 time and chance happens to every one of us 26:03 and the sad reality is, I have more time behind me 26:08 than I have ahead of me. 26:10 And if the Lord doesn't come within the next, 26:14 and I wanna use a broad scale here, 26:16 if the Lord doesn't come within the next 120 years, 26:19 I'm starting from the youngest to the oldest. 26:21 If the Lord doesn't come within next 120 years, 26:24 everyone alive today, this entire planet, 26:27 everyone alive today on this entire planet 26:29 will have already passed away. 26:31 That's the reality of it. 26:33 Time and chance happen to how many of us? 26:36 All. 26:37 So you see the picture is dire when you think about it, 26:40 what can I do? 26:41 What can I do as Jesus said, 26:43 "What can a man give in exchange 26:45 for the greatest gift he has been given?" 26:48 What can you give in exchange for his soul? 26:50 What can you trade for that? 26:52 And what he means by that is, 26:53 when you put the scale of eternal life 26:55 and temporal life, 26:57 what can you put on the scale of temporal life 27:00 that can ever outweigh the scale of eternal life. 27:02 And what's the answer? 27:04 Nothing, absolutely nothing. 27:07 So, but there are a lot of people 27:08 that are giving up the scale. 27:09 They're packing the scale of temporal life, 27:12 like the story of the man who was very wealthy. 27:14 He was called the rich fool. 27:16 I think it was in Luke, in the Book of Luke. 27:18 He had so much crops, he had so many possessions, 27:20 he tore down his old barns, filled up his new barns 27:24 with all the things he had. 27:26 And he said, sit down, relax, take easier, 27:30 take easy of stuffs saved up for many, many years. 27:34 And the Bible says, 27:36 and the Lord said to him that night, 27:37 "Thy fool your soul is required of you." 27:41 Who's all this stuff going to before 27:44 and he died and left it all behind. 27:47 And just like the court jester to the king, 27:51 the king said to him, whenever the king was sad, 27:53 he would invite the court jester 27:55 to come into the court just like David 27:58 was invited to cheer up Solomon. 28:01 I mean, Saul, cheer up Saul and, 28:05 and he came when he was on a sad day 28:08 and the king said, "Dance for me, cheer me up." 28:12 And he danced for the king and the king began to laugh. 28:15 And the king just begin 28:17 a hearty belly laugh and he said, 28:19 "Oh, you're the greatest fool I've ever met. 28:21 Go ahead and leave my court." 28:23 The court jester left with his head down 28:24 with all his bells and his funny 28:26 multicolored outfit. 28:29 And one day he heard the king was taken very early, 28:32 came to the king side. 28:34 And one day the king said to him 28:36 as he was leaving, 28:38 "Go, leave my court. 28:40 You're the greatest fool I've ever met. 28:41 If you ever find a fool greater than yourself, 28:43 let me know." 28:45 And he heard the king was dying and he came to the king's bed 28:48 and he said, "What's wrong?" 28:50 He said, "Well, I think as soon my time is soon. 28:54 I think my time is coming, that I'm going to die. 28:58 He said, "Do you know where you're going? 29:01 Do you know what's gonna happen to you? 29:03 No. 29:04 Have you made any plans for what's gonna happen to you? 29:08 No. 29:12 And he remembered the ring 29:13 that the king had given him a while ago. 29:15 The ring was given in the midst 29:17 of all the subjects of the castle. 29:19 He says, "This ring is for the greatest fool 29:21 in my kingdom 29:23 and that court jester took off the ring and... 29:26 placed it on the king's finger and he said, 29:28 "I finally found the fool greater than I." 29:33 You see, the point of what's being said 29:35 by David and by Solomon, 29:37 and by the Apostle Paul, 29:39 is when we know our time is winding up, 29:42 we take no advantage to prepare for a time 29:46 that will never end. 29:48 It's not a wise thing to do 29:50 because as it is no matter of the category, 29:52 time and chance happens to how many of us? 29:55 All. 29:56 Very sobering thought, happens to all of us. 29:59 Now, notice, I'm gonna continue 30:01 because it continues in verse 12. 30:03 "For man also does not know his time." 30:09 Look at this, Ecclesiastes 9:12, 30:12 "For man also does not know his time, 30:15 like fish taken in a cruel net, 30:20 like birds caught in a snare. 30:24 So the sons of men are snared in an evil time 30:28 when it falls suddenly upon them." 30:32 That's what happens. 30:33 I hear stories, I just heard a tragic story 30:36 in New York city were on the way 30:39 home from school, a BMW sedan lost control 30:44 and ran upon the sidewalk and took the life of a child 30:49 on his way home from school, time and chance. 30:53 Some are snared in an evil time when suddenly it falls upon us. 30:56 No one knows how long his or her time is. 31:00 Very sobering, isn't it? 31:02 Let's go to question number 23. 31:05 Question number 23. 31:08 So if you look at question 22, 31:10 how does wise man Solomon summarize 31:12 the challenges of life? 31:14 Everything that happens, happens to every one of us. 31:16 We are all subject to the same things. 31:19 Question 23, it says, 31:23 what description does the Apostle James 31:25 give us to describe life? 31:27 Okay, let's look at James 4:14. 31:35 All right? 31:39 Here's the answer. 31:42 He said, "Whereas you do not know 31:46 what will happen tomorrow. 31:48 For what is your life? 31:51 It is even a," what? 31:53 "Vapor that appears for a little time and then," 31:58 what happens? 32:00 "Vanishes away." 32:02 Does anybody like tea? 32:04 Like a hot every now and then? 32:06 I like ginger tea. 32:08 My wife makes some of the good ginger tea, 32:10 we were in Africa and they, ginger tea, 32:13 ginger with lemon and honey, they call it Dawa. 32:16 In Kenya, Dawa in Nakuru, Kenya, it's called Dawa. 32:21 Very good, I like that. 32:23 But what I notice is, I can always tell 32:25 when the hot water is ready because I see the vapor. 32:29 Now if you sit there long enough, 32:31 how long does the vapor last? 32:38 Okay, now just let's get this text in our head. 32:41 First answer the question. 32:43 How does James describe life? 32:45 Let's put down in one word, vapor. 32:49 If you don't know how long vapor last, 32:50 just go ahead and boil something, 32:52 it just rises and is gone. 32:54 And when you think about eternity, 32:55 when you think about the broadness of eternity, 32:58 when you think about God 33:00 who has no beginning and who has no what? 33:03 Has no end. 33:05 If you try to, if you took a piece of paper like this 33:08 and it's very bright and I don't want 33:10 to blank out the camera. 33:12 If I try to draw little lines on this white piece of paper 33:15 that represented my life, 33:18 this pen is still too thick 33:22 to represent how long my life is, 33:25 this whole piece of paper represents God's existence. 33:28 If I tried to draw a little line on here 33:29 representing how long I was around this, 33:32 this will still be too thick. 33:34 You couldn't even see the thin, thin, thin line 33:37 that represents my life 33:40 in comparison to the alpha and the what else? 33:43 Omega. 33:44 The beginning and the what else? 33:45 End. 33:47 From everlasting to everlasting, 33:48 where are we in that? 33:55 Wow. 33:58 Say it again, vapor. 34:00 Say it, vapor. 34:04 Wow. 34:06 Young people don't get caught vaping 34:09 because your life is a vapor. 34:12 Think about it. 34:14 I've seen these young people nowadays getting messed up 34:16 with this vaping thing. 34:18 Teenagers smoke and filling their lungs, 34:24 losing consciousness, but their lives are a vapor 34:28 still short and fleeting. 34:31 Okay, let's go to number 24. 34:34 Let's see what we can do here. 34:36 Let's crack the code. 34:37 Number 24. 34:41 In light of the urgency of time, 34:45 what kind of worker should we be? 34:50 What kind of worker should we be? 34:54 In the light of the urgency of time, 34:56 what kind of worker should we be? 35:00 Wow. 35:01 And you know, for those of us who live here in the Midwest, 35:03 this really jumped out because 35:05 we are in the breadbasket of the United States. 35:07 You know, you can drive down the road still here 35:09 in the Midwest and you can see, 35:10 you know, cornfields on one side, 35:12 wheat on the other, soybean on the other 35:15 and in the good season, it's just like, 35:17 endless rows, endless you could see, 35:21 but when the winter comes, what do you see? 35:24 What do you see? 35:26 What do you see out there, Roger? 35:28 Nothing in the winter, and you think to yourself, 35:32 "I can't believe how much stuff was out here 35:34 just four months ago or three months ago." 35:36 And the winter comes, what do you see? 35:38 Nothing. 35:39 That's why, and this is gonna be powerful. 35:41 That's why when you see how ripe the harvest is, 35:44 you have to know it's just for time 35:47 because soon they'll be after the harvest what's left? 35:51 Nothing. 35:52 So now with that in mind, let's read this passage. 35:54 In light of the urgency of time, 35:56 what kind of workers should we be? 35:58 John 4:35. 36:01 "Do you not say, 36:04 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest?' 36:07 Behold I say to you, lift up your," what? 36:11 "Eyes and look at the fields, 36:15 for they are already ripe for," what? 36:18 "Harvest." 36:19 He says don't get caught by missing 36:22 what's right in front of you. 36:24 We were driving on highway 55, 36:27 that's off of highway 64 in Southern Illinois here, 36:30 when you go to 55 through Staunton 36:34 and all those back roads, but on left and right, 36:38 the road ebbs and goes up and down 36:40 and sometimes you're above the field, 36:42 sometimes you're below the fields in visibility. 36:45 And my wife one day, she said, 36:48 "Why are you so captured by this? 36:49 It's like you've never seen this before." 36:52 I said, "It's so green 36:53 and it just seems like it's so far." 36:57 Let's do the same thing in the winter. 36:59 You don't see anything, but just black fields, 37:02 shrubs, dried up ground. 37:05 And so what the Bible's in essence saying to us here 37:07 in light of this is, 37:08 there is a time the harvest is before us, 37:11 we should all be diligent laborers 37:12 because the harvest is just for very, very, very short season. 37:16 Okay. 37:17 So in light of the urgency of time, 37:18 what kind of workers should we be? 37:20 What word? 37:22 What's the word you can give to me? 37:24 Diligent. 37:26 That's right, diligent, diligent, 37:29 because I see some of those corn stocks. 37:31 They're just so close together. 37:33 And I asked a farmer, said, "How do you get in there?" 37:34 He said, "Well combine, it's higher up," 37:38 'cause I thought to myself, 37:39 who would walk in that field and pick that corn, 37:42 it's so close together. 37:43 He said, "You don't walk in there and pick it, 37:44 you just get a combine and it just cleans it out." 37:49 So also the worker of God should be in the field, 37:52 because the harvest is ripe and ready to be gathered in. 37:56 Question number 25. 38:01 Okay. 38:04 As a steward of time, 38:06 what should the servants of God do? 38:10 What should the servants of God do? 38:13 This is a wonderful calibration. 38:16 Revelation 1:3, as a steward of time, 38:19 what should the servants of God do? 38:22 Okay. 38:23 There are three words that are highlighted in yellow. 38:25 When I get to those, I want you to read it with me. 38:27 All right? 38:29 Revelation 1:3, here it is on the screen. 38:33 You gonna read the yellow together, remember, 38:35 "Blessed is he who," does what? 38:37 "Reads and those who hear 38:40 the words of this prophecy and," what else? 38:42 "Keep those things which are written in it, 38:46 for the time is at hand." 38:52 Now, think about that, when John wrote that, 38:55 he was on an island 38:58 in the Aegean Sea on an island called Patmos. 39:01 He was a prisoner, 39:03 practically almost 2000 years ago. 39:07 And he said, the time is near or the time is at hand. 39:13 If the time was near then, 39:14 how much nearer is the time now? 39:17 And what he meant by that, 39:18 there's a particular word he brings out here 39:22 the words of this prophecy. 39:24 He said, "What is being prophesied 39:26 is a lot closer now than it was then." 39:29 Want to get a glimpse of that? 39:31 Go to Matthew 24. 39:32 Let's see what he's talking about. 39:34 Let's see what he's talking about, 39:35 Matthew Chapter 24. 39:37 These are the words of Christ. 39:38 But you'll see the words of John 39:40 are also intermingled with these. 39:44 Matthew 24, just briefly look at that. 39:49 Okay, and I wanna go to verse 36. 39:52 Because Matthew 24:36, 39:55 because this once again goes down to the issue of time. 39:58 All right? 40:00 Matthew 24:36, 40:05 "But of the day, but of that day, 40:07 an hour no one knows. 40:09 No, not even the angels of heaven, 40:11 but my father," what? 40:13 "My father only." 40:14 But now look at the comparison. 40:16 But as the days of Noah, 40:18 that's the days before the flood, 40:20 so also will the coming of the Son of man be. 40:23 Now what kind of days where they? 40:26 For as in the days before the flood, 40:29 they were eating and drinking. 40:30 Are people doing that today? 40:32 You go to major cities, that's the major event, 40:34 where can we eat, where can we drink, 40:36 where can we go out? 40:37 They were eating and drinking, 40:39 marrying and giving a marriages, 40:41 that mean some people were getting married, 40:43 some people given their children to be married. 40:45 Nothing wrong with either of those 40:46 but look what happened, 40:48 they were unconscious of the time 40:50 until the day that Noah entered the ark, 40:52 and verse 39, 40:54 and did not know 40:56 until the flood came and did what? 40:58 Took them all away. 41:00 So also will the coming of the Son of man be. 41:03 That's why let's go now to verse 32. 41:05 I want you to get this. 41:07 I'm kind of going backward setting the stage. 41:09 Look at verse 31. I mean, verse 32. 41:12 All right, now learn the parable. 41:15 Learn this parable from the fig tree. 41:18 Once again, another parable about time, 41:22 "When its branch has already become tender, 41:25 and puts forth leaves, 41:27 you know that," what is near? 41:29 "The summer is near." 41:31 Once again, a parable on time. 41:34 So you also, when you see all these things, 41:37 know that it is near what? 41:40 At the very doors. 41:42 So now we're going back now, I'm just setting the stage, 41:45 we're going back, we're talking about 41:47 the urgency of time. 41:48 Nobody knows when it's gonna be, 41:49 but if you check out the fig tree, 41:52 when you see the shoots coming out, 41:54 you know the summer is coming. 41:55 So when you see all these things, 41:57 you know, it's really near. 41:59 The question is what things? 42:00 Let's go very quickly. 42:01 Go back to verse 6. 42:11 Once again about all the urgency. 42:14 Solomon talked about it. 42:16 Paul talked about it. John talked about it. 42:19 Look at what the Lord Jesus said, 42:21 "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. 42:24 See that you are not troubled, 42:26 for all these things must come to pass, 42:29 but the end is not yet." 42:30 Now, the scene changes. 42:33 "For nation, verse 7, 42:35 "will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom 42:39 and there will be famines, 42:40 pestilences and earthquakes in various places. 42:44 All these are the," what? 42:46 "Beginning of sorrows." 42:48 The end is not yet the beginning of sorrows. 42:49 And then he talks about the scene changing. 42:52 Verse 9, "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, 42:56 and kill you and you will be hated of all nations 42:58 for my name's sake." 43:01 But the good news is, 43:02 and I want you to get the good news 43:04 because these are not such good things to focus on. 43:08 But one of the most encouraging signs of the end 43:11 is in verse 14. 43:14 Look at verse 14. 43:17 And that's what's happening today, 43:18 even as you watch this program, 43:21 "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached," 43:24 in how much of the world? 43:25 "All the world for a witness to all nations 43:29 and then the end," will what? 43:32 "Will come," amen? 43:33 So you have wars, rumors of wars, 43:35 earthquakes, pestilence, that's diseases, 43:37 fires, floods, marrying, giving in marriage, 43:40 drinking, eating, people just oblivious of what's happening. 43:44 And the Bible says 43:46 that's how it was in Noah's day, 43:47 that's how it's gonna be today. 43:48 But then something that should tell you that the end is very, 43:51 very near is the gospel is being preached 43:54 in all the world 43:57 to let all the nations know, you know, now you know, 43:59 now you know, now you know, now you know. 44:03 And it's not necessarily something 44:04 that's gonna be accepted by everyone, 44:06 but it's gonna be as a witness to all nations. 44:09 And heaven is checking off the box 44:10 of all those who've heard and then the end will come. 44:16 And right now as you're watching this program, 44:18 3ABN is on the forefront of fulfilling 44:20 that beautiful push of getting the gospel 44:23 into the world by television and by radio. 44:25 Amen? 44:27 Now we're gonna transition. 44:30 We talked about the stewardship of time. 44:33 Is time important? 44:34 Let me get your response, is time important? 44:37 Is it important to know the times? 44:38 Yes. 44:40 And it's important to also know what to do 44:41 in light of the times not just to say, 44:43 well, it's 11:30, I need to go to bed 44:46 as well. 44:47 I need to get, go to bed so I can get up in the morning. 44:49 See, not only what you need to do on this end, 44:52 but why you're doing it, 44:53 it affects what happens on the other end. 44:55 Everything we do on this end affects 44:57 what happens on the other end. 44:59 If I get ready for the coming of the Lord now, 45:02 I won't have to worry about when Jesus comes. 45:04 If I go to bed in time to get up early in the morning. 45:07 I can be refreshed in the morning 45:08 if the Lord gives me another day. 45:10 Everything on this end affects what happens 45:12 and how we look forward to what happens 45:13 on the other end. 45:15 All right? 45:16 Which now takes us to another, second category of stewardship. 45:20 The first one is time. 45:22 The next one is temple. 45:24 And I'm gonna go to testimony, talent and then treasure. 45:30 All right? 45:31 So we're now gonna go 45:32 to the stewardship of the temple, 45:36 the stewardship of the temple, the stewardship of the temple. 45:40 Now the temple is, 45:42 is almost all throughout the Bible. 45:47 I'll use another word for temple, sanctuary. 45:52 All throughout the Bible. 45:54 So much of the Bible is written in the understanding 45:57 of this concept of the temple. 46:00 And, huh? 46:02 Oh, yeah, we'll get there in a moment. 46:05 He already knows, but he thinks he does. 46:09 But that's a good one. 46:10 And so we're gonna begin to see 46:11 when we understand the stewardship, 46:13 but once again now who owns time, 46:16 just to recollect, who owns time? 46:17 God does. 46:19 Okay, so we're gonna get to see now, 46:20 who owns the temple, who does? 46:23 Now we'll see how the Bible illustrates 46:24 that very point. 46:26 God owns the temple. 46:27 So the question is, where is the temple? 46:30 What is the temple? 46:32 Let's stop with this question tonight. 46:33 And by the way, as you bring this slide up, 46:36 I wanna show you the five T's, here it is. 46:39 Stewardship is time, temple, testimony, talent, treasure. 46:44 Once again, together, time, temple testimony, 46:48 talent, and treasure. 46:49 That's the five areas of stewardship, 46:52 just to reiterate. 46:54 All right? 46:55 Now let's look together at question number 26, 47:00 number 26. 47:02 How does the Bible describe the stewardship of the temple? 47:08 How does the Bible describe 47:10 the stewardship of the temple? 47:13 This is so amazing 47:15 in light of the world we live in today. 47:18 1 Corinthians 6:19, 47:22 "How does the Bible describe 47:23 the stewardship of the temple?" 47:25 Let's see 47:26 what the Apostle Paul says to us. 47:28 1 Corinthians 6:19, here is what we read, 47:34 "Or do you not know that," what's the next two words? 47:39 "Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, 47:45 who is in you, whom you have from God 47:49 and you are not your own?" 47:51 Now, this is huge. 47:52 I don't want to run past this. 47:54 Because the words that are in yellow 47:56 that you saw is simply your body is the temple. 48:00 Your body is the temple of the who? 48:04 Holy Spirit. 48:05 Now this is huge, 48:06 because when you think of the furniture 48:08 that was in the temple, Solomon built a temple 48:11 that was supposed to be for the glory of God, 48:13 but even still to this very day, 48:15 we call it Solomon's temple, 48:17 when in fact it was supposed to be 48:18 God's temple. 48:19 The glory went to him instead to the Lord. 48:22 It was built for the Lord, 48:24 but it's not called the Lord's temple. 48:26 It was called Solomon's temple. 48:28 Now, when you think of your body, 48:30 your physical body this is talked about. 48:32 It says your body 48:34 is the temple of the Holy Spirit. 48:39 Where is the Holy Spirit wanting to live? 48:42 In us. 48:43 So when you give your life to Christ, 48:45 this is a powerful exchange, 48:47 because we have to come to the conclusion 48:50 that not every spirit is holy. 48:56 When you give your life to Christ, 48:58 a transaction takes place. 49:01 That means who was the body, 49:05 the owner of the body hasn't really changed 49:10 but the stewardship of the body has changed. 49:13 Can I say that again? 49:18 Well, let me give you some questions. 49:22 The answer is yes, so when I ask you. 49:25 Remember the answer is what? 49:27 Yes. 49:28 I'm making it really easy. 49:29 Who created, did God create the human body? 49:31 Yes. 49:33 Okay, that was very easy. 49:35 Never got an answer from the teacher, 49:36 but you got the answer. 49:38 So now with that answer, with that answer, 49:41 who owns our bodies? 49:42 God. 49:44 Okay, so the wealthy, the poor, 49:47 the sinner, the righteous, the good, the evil everybody? 49:51 Did everybody that every human body 49:54 that ever walked this planet 49:57 come from the original hand of God? 49:59 Yes. 50:00 Right because the human bodies could not exist 50:02 without God creating them, 50:03 but has everyone that walked this planet 50:06 honored the living God? 50:08 No. Okay. 50:10 So you could see the impact on the human body 50:12 of the person who doesn't acknowledge the true God. 50:17 You can see the impact. 50:19 The external evidence is, boy, that person looks worn out. 50:29 Look at what's happened to that individual. 50:32 The external evidences 50:35 of who you recognize to be your God 50:39 is manifest in the body. 50:45 Did you get that? 50:47 The body is either the place where the Holy Spirit 50:51 is dwelling and changing us 50:54 or the body is either the place where evil spirits 50:58 are dwelling and the change is not for the glory of God. 51:03 There is no third category. 51:07 When you give your life to the Lord, 51:08 your body is the temple 51:10 of the Holy Spirit who is where? 51:12 In you. 51:13 Whom you have from God and it ends by saying, 51:17 "And you are not your own, you don't belong to yourself." 51:21 There's so many people today and I've heard this before 51:26 even some songs years ago, 51:29 you know, this is my body 51:32 and, you know, contemporary songs, 51:34 I used to be a disc jockey 51:36 that just one just came to my mind, people saying, 51:38 you know, do what you want to do, it's your body. 51:42 And they feel that there's no accountability to anybody 51:45 but themselves. 51:46 But according to the Bible, 51:48 none of us belongs to ourselves. 51:52 So I want you to write that down. 51:53 How does the Bible describe the stewardship of the temple? 51:57 Who does your body belong to? 51:59 Write it down, who does your body belong to? 52:03 God. 52:05 We must give an account 52:09 to God about our bodies. 52:15 Wow. 52:16 And when you think of the way today 52:18 that the body is abused, 52:20 it's abused, materialistically. 52:22 It has become a canvas of ink. 52:24 It has become a dartboard of holes. 52:26 It has become a place where people don't care 52:28 about multiple sex partners 52:31 and dumping ground for alcohol and drugs, 52:37 and people have just degraded the human body 52:41 to the point where God is saying, 52:43 "What happened? 52:45 What are you doing to My temple? 52:48 It's the canvas of ink tattoos, 52:52 but I want to give you some good news. 52:55 There is no depth to which a person has sunk, 52:58 that the Lord can't pull them out. 53:01 Amen? 53:02 He ever lives to make intercession. 53:04 He can save us to the uttermost, 53:06 if we simply come to Him. 53:08 There's nothing we could do 53:10 as Paul says that can separate us 53:12 from God's love, but if we come to Him, 53:14 that change is made. 53:16 But let's make no doubt about it. 53:18 Each one of us is accountable to the Lord 53:23 for what happens to our bodies. 53:25 Let's go to the next question. See if we can get it tonight. 53:27 Question number 27, might be able to get them in, 53:30 question number 27. 53:32 Through what event 53:34 does the Bible reveal God's ownership of our bodies? 53:38 Through what event does 53:39 the Bible reveal God's ownership of our bodies? 53:45 Let's go to Genesis 1:26. 53:51 Okay, let's look at that together. 53:56 Going back to the original creations, 53:58 "Then God said," it's on the screen, 54:00 "Let us make man in our," what? 54:03 "Image according to our," what? 54:06 "Likeness, let them have dominion 54:09 over the fish of the sea, 54:11 over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, 54:15 over all the earth, 54:17 and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 54:21 So who are we designed after? 54:26 God. 54:27 Not only did He make us according to His image, 54:31 but He made us according to His likeness. 54:34 Now something happened, all have sinned in Romans 3:23, 54:39 "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." 54:42 That's what happened to humanity 54:43 when sin came into the world. 54:45 Romans 5:12, "By one man sin entered the world, 54:48 and death through sin 54:49 and thus death spread to all men 54:52 because all have sinned," 54:53 which simply means 54:55 not that a baby does something wrong, 54:56 but she or he as they are born 54:59 has the same defective nature 55:02 that Adam received after he led the world unto sin 55:05 after he opened the door to sin, 55:06 that same defect was passed on to his genes. 55:09 And every one of us from that point on, 55:11 that very image, and that very likeness 55:13 that we were created in, was distorted. 55:16 All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. 55:19 Right? 55:20 So let's see, the ownership of our bodies 55:23 is because now through what event does 55:25 the Bible reveal God's ownership of our bodies? 55:28 Genesis 1:26. 55:29 What is that event that's being described there? 55:32 What is it? Creation. 55:34 Creation, so write it down creation, through creation, 55:38 through creation, through creation, 55:42 we are all property of God. 55:46 Through creation we are all the property of God. 55:49 But now let's go 55:50 because remember I said a moment ago, 55:52 something happened, and we all fell into sin, 55:55 and that cord between us and God was broken, 55:59 and somebody else confiscated our rights, 56:02 because we gave it up. 56:04 Somebody else was in control of us. 56:06 But look at the love of Christ. 56:07 1 Corinthians 6:20. 56:14 This is the next event that shows God's ownership. 56:18 "For you were bought at a price, 56:20 therefore glorify God," in your what? 56:24 "In your body and in your spirit, 56:26 which are God's." 56:27 That means your spiritual walk and your physical walk 56:31 should be evidence that God is your Lord. 56:34 But what was this event talked about here? 56:37 The first event in Genesis 1:26 was creation. 56:41 What event here describes God's ownership of our body? 56:44 Somebody tell me, what does this event describe? 56:46 Say it again. Redemption. 56:48 Redemption, that's right. 56:49 Creation was one, redemption is the other, 56:52 for you were bought at a price. 56:55 The devil by Adam's sin 56:58 confiscated the ownership of the human body. 57:03 But the Lord brought us back, amen somebody? 57:07 He bought us with the price and what is that price? 57:11 His own life, His own life, so I want to summarize 57:16 because I don't want to go to the next question tonight, 57:17 I want to summarize, what we've covered tonight 57:20 is the stewardship of time, the stewardship of what? 57:22 Time. Who owns time? 57:24 God does. 57:25 All of our time belongs to the Lord. 57:28 What we do with our time, 57:29 one day, we'll have to be accountable to that time. 57:32 Who owns our bodies, together? 57:34 God does. 57:36 What we do with our body, 57:37 for we must all appear 57:39 before the judgment seat of Christ, 57:41 that every one of us must give an account 57:43 of the things done in the body, whether good or whether evil. 57:47 So, friends let me encourage you, 57:49 give your time and your temple to the Lord, 57:52 who in fact is the rightful owner 57:54 and if it doesn't make sense, 57:55 keep on studying God's Word because one day 57:58 it will come into A Sharper Focus. 58:00 God bless you. |
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