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 Join me in your Bibles and turn to Ephesians chapter 5.

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! This Sunday and next Sunday we're going to talk about a topic that's just particularly dear to my heart.

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! About redeeming the time.

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 Making the best use of the time that we have on this earth.

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 And so, as we've been talking about the last few weeks,

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 this will not be necessarily a large exposition of a large Bible passage,

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 which is what we usually do here.

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 If you're new, we're going to be starting the book of Romans pretty soon.

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 You'll get a really good taste of what that means pretty quick.

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 But this will be a topical sermon this week and next,

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 just focusing in on a couple of verses

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 and really trying to just wring out every bit of meaning we can from God's Word,

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 using the Scripture to support what we say.

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 But Ephesians chapter 5,

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 I just want us to look at a couple of verses and move on.

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 But we'll see.

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 Verse 15, chapter 5.

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 Paul says,

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 Look carefully then how you walk,

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 not as unwise, but as wise,

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 making the best use of the time,

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 because the days are evil.

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 Let's join me in a quick word of prayer.

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 Lord, we just lift up this time to you as an offering.

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 We just ask that you would be pleased,

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 that you would work through your Word,

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 by the power of your Spirit,

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 in the hearts of your people,

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 and those who have come to know you

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 and walk away today refreshed, challenged, convicted,

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 a renewed desire to be obedient,

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 and those who have never encountered you before,

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 that this would be heavy on their minds.

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 So we ask that you would just work in this time.

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 In Christ's name, amen.

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 So as we've already done,

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 we've already extended a really warm welcome back to our college students,

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 but I just want to say it again as someone who loves you

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 and cares a lot about this age and time of life that you are in.

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 We talked about how college years are a major crossroads for a lot of people.

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 You are figuring out what you believe, why you believe it.

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 You're thinking about the stuff that I've heard about the Bible and my faith.

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 Is it actually mine, or is it just what I heard from my parents?

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 A lot of times, it's a pivotal time in college

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 for a lot of professing Christians to either fall away and never come back,

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 or a chance for them to grow deeper in their faith.

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 It's usually a really serious, pivotal time for that.

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 But it's a special time.

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 And as I said, even this church was formed around the nucleus

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 of a lot of younger college students who had a desire,

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 a deep passion for God and His Word,

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 and for making disciples.

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 And so, for myself,

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 I strived really hard when I was in college.

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 I wasted a lot of my high school years.

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 But I really asked the Lord to help me

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 make the best use of the time when I was in college.

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 It's then that I met Nathan,

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 then that I met Wes,

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 and a lot of the stuff that began to happen here

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 at Christ's family.

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 But in our text today,

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 we're going to zoom in on a few phrases.

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 If we look closely,

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 we see in verse 16 the word time.

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 And we see that God has allowed each one of us time.

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 So, the time we're talking about, though,

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 is not a word that we're familiar with,

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 chronos, which means like clock time.

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 It actually means kairos,

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 which is a fixed season of time.

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 A fixed season of time within that time,

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 there's an opportunity to do something

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 that once it's passed,

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 you won't have it back again.

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 It's a unique, special time to accomplish something.

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 A time for us to be faithful to God

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 and do something to glorify Him

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 before that door closes.

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 Some people may refer to this as divine appointments,

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 a prearranged, providential season of time.

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 And God's word is full of these types of things.

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 It's kairos, time.

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 For example, Isaiah 55,

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 seek the Lord while He may be found.

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 Call upon Him while He is near.

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 So, a season of time for you to do that.

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 But also, Psalm 69,

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 O Lord, my prayer to you has come

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 in an acceptable time,

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 at the right time.

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 So, making the most use of the time

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 and stewarding is it well,

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 the time that's given to us by God.

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 There's a lot of different...

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 I particularly want to talk to students today,

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 but this is going to be an applicable message

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 for every single person here.

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 But in particular,

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 our younger students who are here today.

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 Young men and women, I will say.

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 So, what are some particular kairoses that we have?

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 Your childhood is one.

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 Your childhood years.

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 Your young adult years.

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 Your college years.

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 Your single years.

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 Mine was 34 years long.

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 There was marriage.

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 That's a unique season of time

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 where a lot of change happens.

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 And then when you think,

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 you've figured that out.

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 Children come.

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 And that's another unique season.

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 Unique is an interesting word to use.

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 Unique season of time.

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 Parenting.

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 Working.

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 Career.

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 And then older retirement years.

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 But, nonetheless,

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 we need to think about

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 the kairos in the span

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 of our entire life.

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 The season that you find yourself in

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 right now

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 in the picture of the bigger picture

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 of your life.

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 The small picture

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 and the bigger picture.

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 So, if you also look at verse 16,

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 you see the phrase

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 making the best use of the time.

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 And that's actually one word

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 that it just means to redeem.

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 To buy up.

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 To buy up and redeem

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 or purchase for one's use.

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 It's an image here

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 of you going to

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 back in this time

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 like a marketplace.

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 And you see something

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 that catches your eye.

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 It's something that you really want.

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 Something that's very valuable.

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 And you go to the person

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 selling it

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 and they say,

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 hey, like,

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 today

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 there's a deal on this thing.

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 You can get this

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 at a good price.

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 But you have to purchase it today.

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 If you leave,

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 someone else may buy it

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 or the price is going to go up.

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 Like, now is the opportune time

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 for you to do this.

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 Like, you have to make a decision.

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 You can't put it off.

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 You can't procrastinate.

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 It's kind of a now or never

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 type thing.

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 And so,

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 it must be seized on.

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 That transaction with the seller

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 needs to be secured.

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 And that's supposed to be

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 an image of

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 this world

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 that we live in.

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 Redeem and make the best use

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 of the kairos,

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 the season

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 of time

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 allotted to you

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 in the span

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 of eternity.

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 because it will come

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 and go

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 like the wind

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 and you won't see it again.

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 So,

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 zooming in on our text,

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 kind of a brief overview.

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 The book of Ephesians

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 is written by Paul

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 to the church

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 at Ephesus,

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 which is in modern day Turkey

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 close to the Mediterranean.

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 You actually can go

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 and see it today.

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 It's an incredible place.

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 But in the first three chapters,

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 Paul spends a lot of time

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 focusing on

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 our salvation.

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 Talking about

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 how it is

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 that Christ

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 has redeemed

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 His people.

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 The work of salvation.

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 All the beautiful things

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 that has been accomplished

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 through the work of Christ

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 and by the grace of God.

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 That's typically

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 the first three chapters

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 of Ephesians.

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 Who we are

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 in Christ.

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 Our identity.

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 And then,

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 the following chapters,

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 four through six,

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 are basically

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 how do we live out

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 this new identity

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 in Christ.

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 In all these different contexts.

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 In the family.

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 In relationships.

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 In the church.

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 Around the world.

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 How do we live out

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 our identity

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 that is in Christ.

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 So,

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 but I love how I did that.

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 I love that we

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 learn who we are

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 and what God has done for us

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 and then how to actually

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 live that out.

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 And that's where

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 these two verses fall.

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 Like how do we live out

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 who we are

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 in Christ.

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 But a couple observations

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 of this text

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 we can make some

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 clear connections.

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 you've been given

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 and me

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 a kairos.

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 A allotted season

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 of time

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 by God.

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 And we can choose

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 either

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 to redeem it

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 and make the most

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 of it

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 or we can

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 waste it

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 and squander it

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 and not get it

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 back again.

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 It's just

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 the truth.

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 It's just how

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 it is.

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 Wasting the time

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 means walking

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 carelessly

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 in foolishness

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 with this

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 present life

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 and view.

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 So,

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 there's a brief

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 outline.

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 Life is short.

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 Eternity is long.

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 Redeem the time.

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 That's the three points.

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 Life is short.

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 Eternity is long.

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 Redeem the time.

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 Point number one,

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 life is short.

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 Students,

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 we've talked about

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 this already,

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 but beware

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 that in a lot

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 of universities

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 they will seek

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 to indoctrinate you

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 to adopt

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 a secular

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 humanist

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 worldview

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 where

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 God is not

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 the center

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 of everything

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 but you are

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 at the center

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 of everything.

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 Your success,

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 your happiness,

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 your feelings,

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 your desires

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 and your rights

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 is a fallen

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 system

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 that

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 they'll tell you

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 strive to accomplish

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 just all you can

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 for your sake.

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 That life is not

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 about God.

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 There'll be many

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 voices out there

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 that are anti-God

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 telling you

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 this present life

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 is all there is.

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 Like,

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 this is it.

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 So,

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 eat it up.

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 Enjoy it.

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 Do whatever you need

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 to do that's necessary

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 just to enjoy

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 this life

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 because there's nothing

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 that comes after this.

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 And education,

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 they will say,

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 is your means

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 of achieving

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 success

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 in this world.

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 But,

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 as our man

00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:45.980
 Jim Elliott

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 said many,

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 many years ago,

00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:49.360
 wisdom comes from

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 God and not

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 from PhDs.

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 So,

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 look to God

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 for how he ought

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 to live this life.

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 But,

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 we are given

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 a sales pitch,

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 particularly

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 young men

00:11:01.180 --> 00:11:01.540
 and women

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 that are in school.

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 But,

00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:03.259
 we are given this

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 every day.

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 In Western society,

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 it's kind of a

00:11:06.540 --> 00:11:08.620
 propaganda type message

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 that goes something

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 like this.

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 Work hard in school,

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 get a degree,

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 right,

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 which will lead

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 to a good job,

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 which will lead

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 to a good income,

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 which will lead

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 to security,

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 then which will lead

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 to buying

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 a bunch of stuff,

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 accumulation,

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 possessions,

00:11:27.800 --> 00:11:28.200
 things,

00:11:29.640 --> 00:11:30.300
 big houses,

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 toys,

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 etc.

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 That's kind of

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 the goal.

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 Then,

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 get married

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 or don't get married.

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 Maybe have kids

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 or not,

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 as long as those kids

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 don't intrude

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 on your enjoyment

00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:42.060
 of this life.

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 That's kind of

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 the message

00:11:44.040 --> 00:11:44.840
 that we have now.

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 And then,

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 right,

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 later,

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 further,

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 eventually finish

00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:50.620
 working,

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 so you've had

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 all you want,

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 retire,

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 buy a couple houses,

00:11:55.379 --> 00:11:56.340
 buy some more toys,

00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:57.259
 and then sit back

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 and enjoy

00:11:57.899 --> 00:11:59.639
 the latter years

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 of your life

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 until your dying day.

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 But yet,

00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:04.819
 you will have

00:12:04.819 --> 00:12:05.379
 eternity

00:12:05.379 --> 00:12:06.220
 haunting you

00:12:06.220 --> 00:12:06.779
 later.

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 Is this

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 all there was

00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:09.799
 to it?

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 And so,

00:12:12.319 --> 00:12:13.100
 some people,

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 even in this

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 very room

00:12:15.079 --> 00:12:15.600
 that I know

00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:16.299
 are retired

00:12:16.299 --> 00:12:16.779
 or using

00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:17.459
 that retirement

00:12:17.459 --> 00:12:17.959
 well.

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 So this is not

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 an attack

00:12:19.779 --> 00:12:20.840
 on any of that.

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 It's not

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 the goal at all.

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 Just to reference

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 a dear brother of mine,

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 his name is

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 Stan,

00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:28.159
 Stan Kelly,

00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:29.039
 he worked for

00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:29.720
 the county

00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:30.720
 here in Lumpkin.

00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:33.080
 We have some

00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:33.779
 mutual friends

00:12:33.779 --> 00:12:34.379
 that are overseas

00:12:34.379 --> 00:12:35.500
 doing mission work.

00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:36.939
 I work out

00:12:36.939 --> 00:12:37.179
 with him

00:12:37.179 --> 00:12:37.600
 at the gym

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 in town.

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 But,

00:12:39.379 --> 00:12:40.799
 he just retired

00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:41.240
 and he looked

00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:41.759
 at me the other

00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:42.580
 day and just said,

00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:43.759
 man,

00:12:43.820 --> 00:12:44.460
 there are so

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 many people

00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:46.580
 my age

00:12:46.580 --> 00:12:47.320
 that are just

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 set on

00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:49.659
 being comfortable

00:12:49.659 --> 00:12:50.379
 in retirement

00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:51.200
 and just living

00:12:51.200 --> 00:12:52.100
 out their days

00:12:52.100 --> 00:12:52.720
 in ease.

00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:54.759
 And I recognize

00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.679
 that my good health

00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:56.319
 is a gift

00:12:56.319 --> 00:12:57.019
 from the Lord

00:12:57.019 --> 00:12:58.299
 to go

00:12:58.299 --> 00:12:59.039
 and make

00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:00.000
 disciples

00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:00.719
 and I don't

00:13:00.719 --> 00:13:01.399
 want to waste

00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:02.120
 my retirement.

00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:03.039
 I want to use

00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:03.759
 it for the Lord

00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:05.279
 and for eternity.

00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:06.059
 And so,

00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:07.559
 he's been going

00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:08.259
 to some unreached

00:13:08.259 --> 00:13:09.099
 peoples in

00:13:09.099 --> 00:13:09.779
 South Asia

00:13:09.779 --> 00:13:10.939
 over the last

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 couple years.

00:13:12.319 --> 00:13:13.199
 Just a beautiful

00:13:13.199 --> 00:13:14.099
 picture of a guy

00:13:14.099 --> 00:13:14.959
 who's using that

00:13:14.959 --> 00:13:15.259
 time,

00:13:15.359 --> 00:13:16.019
 redeeming that

00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:16.679
 kairos

00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:18.339
 of his life.

00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:19.839
 And so,

00:13:19.939 --> 00:13:21.139
 so life is short,

00:13:21.139 --> 00:13:22.699
 but we have

00:13:22.699 --> 00:13:23.600
 a deception

00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:25.100
 of invincibility.

00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:26.199
 Again,

00:13:26.319 --> 00:13:26.960
 younger people,

00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:27.480
 like,

00:13:28.100 --> 00:13:28.779
 physically,

00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:29.439
 many of you

00:13:29.439 --> 00:13:29.740
 are in the

00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:30.259
 prime of your

00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:30.580
 life.

00:13:30.659 --> 00:13:30.799
 Like,

00:13:30.819 --> 00:13:31.100
 you're not

00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:31.319
 going to

00:13:31.319 --> 00:13:31.799
 probably feel

00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:32.279
 better than

00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:32.600
 you do

00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:33.220
 right now.

00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:34.439
 You feel

00:13:34.439 --> 00:13:35.039
 invincible,

00:13:36.199 --> 00:13:36.679
 young,

00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:37.500
 fast,

00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:38.100
 knowledgeable.

00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:39.100
 It feels

00:13:39.100 --> 00:13:39.379
 like you

00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:39.699
 could just

00:13:39.699 --> 00:13:40.199
 go on

00:13:40.199 --> 00:13:40.720
 forever.

00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:43.279
 Your whole

00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:43.980
 life is ahead

00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:44.379
 of you.

00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:45.439
 But the

00:13:45.439 --> 00:13:46.379
 honest truth

00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:47.960
 is none

00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:48.319
 of us get

00:13:48.319 --> 00:13:48.639
 off this

00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:49.439
 planet alive.

00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:49.740
 Like,

00:13:49.820 --> 00:13:50.560
 something happens

00:13:50.560 --> 00:13:50.880
 and it's

00:13:50.880 --> 00:13:51.480
 the end.

00:13:52.020 --> 00:13:52.600
 It's over.

00:13:53.400 --> 00:13:54.100
 And we

00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:54.620
 don't know

00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:55.260
 how much

00:13:55.260 --> 00:13:56.020
 time is

00:13:56.020 --> 00:13:56.440
 in front

00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:56.900
 of us.

00:13:57.440 --> 00:13:58.300
 But that's

00:13:58.300 --> 00:14:00.020
 the sad

00:14:00.020 --> 00:14:00.540
 truth of

00:14:00.540 --> 00:14:00.940
 living in

00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:01.280
 a fallen

00:14:01.280 --> 00:14:01.680
 world.

00:14:02.140 --> 00:14:02.680
 We all

00:14:02.680 --> 00:14:03.360
 are going

00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:04.500
 to die.

00:14:05.460 --> 00:14:05.940
 Myself

00:14:05.940 --> 00:14:06.780
 and you.

00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:08.520
 And that is

00:14:08.520 --> 00:14:09.140
 recognized

00:14:09.140 --> 00:14:09.920
 universally.

00:14:10.160 --> 00:14:10.520
 And we do

00:14:10.520 --> 00:14:11.020
 all we can,

00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:11.420
 at least here

00:14:11.420 --> 00:14:11.900
 in America,

00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:13.080
 to negate

00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:13.320
 that.

00:14:13.400 --> 00:14:13.560
 Like,

00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:13.880
 we're not

00:14:13.880 --> 00:14:14.100
 going to

00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:14.380
 die.

00:14:14.660 --> 00:14:14.860
 Like,

00:14:15.160 --> 00:14:15.640
 this isn't

00:14:15.640 --> 00:14:15.860
 going to

00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:16.140
 happen.

00:14:17.020 --> 00:14:17.500
 So let's

00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:17.860
 just live

00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:18.320
 this way.

00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:20.300
 A Victorian

00:14:20.300 --> 00:14:21.000
 poet named

00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:21.340
 Matthew

00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:22.980
 Arnold wrote

00:14:22.980 --> 00:14:23.800
 about man's

00:14:23.800 --> 00:14:24.400
 fleeting and

00:14:24.400 --> 00:14:24.820
 seemingly

00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:25.400
 meaningless

00:14:25.400 --> 00:14:27.180
 life back

00:14:27.180 --> 00:14:27.720
 in the days

00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:28.760
 of the

00:14:28.760 --> 00:14:29.520
 British Empire

00:14:29.520 --> 00:14:31.260
 and, you

00:14:31.260 --> 00:14:31.360
 know,

00:14:31.400 --> 00:14:31.760
 where he was

00:14:31.760 --> 00:14:32.280
 surrounded by

00:14:32.280 --> 00:14:33.080
 rugby players

00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:33.540
 and tough

00:14:33.540 --> 00:14:34.180
 young guys

00:14:34.180 --> 00:14:34.720
 all the time.

00:14:34.780 --> 00:14:35.160
 He said,

00:14:35.400 --> 00:14:36.680
 what is the

00:14:36.680 --> 00:14:37.200
 course of

00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:37.960
 this life

00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:38.980
 of mortal

00:14:38.980 --> 00:14:39.580
 man on

00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:40.040
 the earth?

00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:41.420
 Most

00:14:41.420 --> 00:14:42.240
 eddy about

00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:43.260
 here and

00:14:43.260 --> 00:14:43.580
 there,

00:14:43.900 --> 00:14:44.320
 eat and

00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:44.720
 drink,

00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:45.700
 chatter,

00:14:46.140 --> 00:14:46.500
 love,

00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:47.060
 and hate,

00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:48.640
 gather and

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:49.120
 squander,

00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:50.559
 are raised

00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:52.159
 aloft and

00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:52.720
 then hurled

00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:53.740
 down into

00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.360
 the dust,

00:14:55.179 --> 00:14:56.220
 striving blindly,

00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:57.960
 achieving nothing,

00:14:58.179 --> 00:14:59.100
 and then they

00:14:59.100 --> 00:14:59.439
 die.

00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:01.259
 A sad

00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:02.740
 reality of

00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:03.159
 someone who

00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:03.539
 has no

00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:04.460
 picture of

00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:05.399
 eternity and

00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:06.220
 of God.

00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.279
 But God

00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:07.720
 says,

00:15:07.899 --> 00:15:08.120
 no,

00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:08.860
 you are not

00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.319
 invincible,

00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.899
 you are not

00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:11.399
 immortal,

00:15:11.539 --> 00:15:12.139
 and you will

00:15:12.139 --> 00:15:12.539
 die.

00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:14.279
 God's word

00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:15.439
 is so vivid

00:15:15.439 --> 00:15:16.120
 about this,

00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:16.580
 so much

00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:17.539
 imagery everywhere

00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:18.099
 you turn.

00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:18.419
 It's really

00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:18.939
 actually hard

00:15:18.939 --> 00:15:20.120
 to turn

00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:20.699
 somewhere in

00:15:20.699 --> 00:15:21.079
 the scripture

00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:22.240
 without a

00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:23.639
 reference around

00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:24.719
 that's alluding

00:15:24.719 --> 00:15:26.120
 to death.

00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:28.159
 Job 14,

00:15:29.719 --> 00:15:30.659
 man comes

00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:31.379
 out like a

00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:32.019
 flower and

00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:32.519
 withers.

00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.719
 He flees

00:15:33.719 --> 00:15:34.459
 like a shadow

00:15:34.459 --> 00:15:35.379
 and continues

00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:36.120
 not.

00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:37.779
 In the New

00:15:37.779 --> 00:15:38.199
 Testament,

00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:38.939
 James 4,

00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:39.439
 15,

00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:40.159
 very familiar,

00:15:40.339 --> 00:15:40.919
 you are just

00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:41.419
 a vapor,

00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.219
 your life is

00:15:42.219 --> 00:15:42.719
 a vapor

00:15:42.719 --> 00:15:44.219
 that appears

00:15:44.219 --> 00:15:44.759
 for a little

00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.419
 while and

00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:45.919
 vanishes

00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:46.659
 away.

00:15:48.099 --> 00:15:48.399
 And the

00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:48.899
 Psalms are

00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:49.360
 filled with

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.779
 stuff like

00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.039
 this.

00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:51.039
 Psalm 39,

00:15:51.219 --> 00:15:51.620
 take this

00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:51.860
 in.

00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:53.159
 Oh Lord,

00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:53.679
 make me

00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:54.360
 know my

00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:54.839
 end,

00:15:55.579 --> 00:15:56.019
 and what

00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:56.360
 is the

00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:57.399
 measure of

00:15:57.399 --> 00:15:58.000
 my days.

00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:58.439
 There's a

00:15:58.439 --> 00:15:59.339
 kairos there.

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 Let me

00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:01.179
 know how

00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:02.159
 fleeting I

00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:02.579
 am.

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 Behold,

00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:04.319
 you have

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 made my

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 days as

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 a few

00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:06.379
 hand

00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:06.799
 breaths,

00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:07.699
 and my

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 lifetime as

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 as nothing

00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:10.120
 before you.

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 Surely all

00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:12.039
 mankind

00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:13.139
 stands as

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 a mere

00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.379
 breath.

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 Surely man

00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:16.939
 goes about

00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:17.360
 as a

00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:17.779
 shadow.

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 Surely

00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:19.939
 for nothing

00:16:19.939 --> 00:16:21.700
 they have

00:16:21.700 --> 00:16:22.320
 nothing but

00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:22.860
 turmoil.

00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.279
 Man heaps

00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:24.939
 up wealth

00:16:24.939 --> 00:16:25.600
 and does

00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:26.220
 not know

00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.100
 who will

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 gather it.

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 Very

00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:30.019
 vivid picture

00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:30.399
 of this

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 life.

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 So Paul

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 says in

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 Ephesians

00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:33.899
 5,

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 don't be

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 foolish

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:37.639
 to think

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 that this

00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.059
 life won't

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 have an

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 end.

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.440
 Life is

00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:40.820
 short.

00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:42.039
 He calls

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 his readers

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 in our

00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:44.559
 text to

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 walk,

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 not as

00:16:46.179 --> 00:16:46.940
 unwise.

00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:48.039
 So

00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:48.980
 foolishness,

00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:50.159
 he's saying

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 you will

00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:50.799
 be a

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 fool,

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.179
 you will

00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:52.820
 be an

00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:53.379
 imbecile,

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.039
 and deceive

00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:55.919
 yourself if

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 you think

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 that this

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.500
 present life

00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:57.940
 is all

00:16:57.940 --> 00:16:58.600
 there is.

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 If you

00:16:59.419 --> 00:16:59.820
 think this

00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:00.279
 is all

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 we have,

00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:02.059
 it's foolish

00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:02.659
 to believe

00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:03.279
 that our

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 existence is

00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:05.039
 only about

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.880
 the here

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.539
 and now

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.039
 and won't

00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:08.059
 come to

00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:08.500
 an end.

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 It will

00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:10.359
 come to

00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:10.779
 an end.

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 And so

00:17:12.379 --> 00:17:12.899
 many of

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 us,

00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:13.639
 myself

00:17:13.639 --> 00:17:14.180
 included,

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 we put

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 our hope

00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:16.420
 in broken

00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:17.720
 cisterns that

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:19.079
 hold no

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.460
 water,

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:19.920
 and we

00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:20.440
 look at

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:20.759
 that,

00:17:21.399 --> 00:17:21.859
 and we

00:17:21.859 --> 00:17:22.839
 watch time

00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:23.480
 after time

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.899
 things that

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 we think

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.500
 are going

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 to give

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 us life

00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.899
 not give

00:17:25.899 --> 00:17:26.599
 us life.

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.279
 Relationships,

00:17:29.899 --> 00:17:30.399
 possessions,

00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.119
 clothes,

00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:31.940
 nice vehicles,

00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:32.680
 big houses,

00:17:32.899 --> 00:17:33.139
 money,

00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:33.680
 big bank

00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:34.119
 accounts,

00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.660
 just name

00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:34.879
 it.

00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:36.339
 None of

00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:36.740
 those things

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.220
 are evil

00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:37.920
 in and of

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.379
 themselves.

00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:38.759
 When you

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.279
 think that

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:39.619
 they're going

00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:39.980
 to give

00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.599
 you life,

00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.559
 you're going

00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:41.700
 to be

00:17:41.700 --> 00:17:42.160
 brutally

00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.899
 disappointed.

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.039
 It's going

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.339
 to let

00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:44.859
 you down.

00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:46.099
 So don't

00:17:46.099 --> 00:17:46.700
 carelessly

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.460
 waste your

00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:47.759
 life,

00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.180
 especially

00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:48.879
 your college

00:17:48.879 --> 00:17:49.119
 years,

00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:49.859
 looking back

00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.799
 through that

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:51.299
 lens,

00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.480
 because you

00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:53.039
 will waste

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.879
 and squander

00:17:53.879 --> 00:17:55.000
 the kairos

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.319
 of your

00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:55.759
 life.

00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:57.319
 But wisdom

00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:57.740
 here,

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:59.519
 in view

00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:00.059
 that life

00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:00.519
 is short,

00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.119
 wisdom

00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:02.759
 would recognize

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.319
 the reality

00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.819
 that time

00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.359
 on this

00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:04.839
 earth is

00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:05.259
 short.

00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:06.379
 You have

00:18:06.379 --> 00:18:06.980
 a definite

00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:07.660
 start,

00:18:08.399 --> 00:18:08.720
 you were

00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:09.000
 born,

00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:09.299
 and you

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:09.559
 will have

00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:09.980
 a definite

00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:10.539
 end.

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.639
 And it

00:18:11.639 --> 00:18:12.000
 begs the

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.379
 question,

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:12.940
 what is

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.579
 this about

00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.119
 in between

00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:14.440
 here?

00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.680
 Why are

00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.500
 we here?

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:18.319
 So there's

00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:19.139
 a call to

00:18:19.139 --> 00:18:19.960
 wake up

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:21.379
 and realize

00:18:21.379 --> 00:18:21.839
 that each

00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:23.500
 morning you

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:23.899
 get out of

00:18:23.899 --> 00:18:24.180
 bed.

00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.359
 Each morning

00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:27.059
 you get out

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.720
 of bed,

00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:29.019
 God has

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.740
 graciously

00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:30.980
 sustained you

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.839
 while you

00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:32.279
 slept.

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.339
 That's right

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:33.680
 out of the

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:33.940
 scripture.

00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:35.599
 And by

00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:36.160
 his grace,

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:36.599
 he's giving

00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:37.079
 you yet

00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:38.019
 another day

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.900
 for the

00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.539
 sole purpose

00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.079
 of knowing

00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:40.460
 him,

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.859
 walking with

00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:42.119
 him,

00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.539
 and making

00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.000
 him known

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.339
 to other

00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:43.700
 people,

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.099
 and making

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.599
 disciples.

00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:45.940
 This is why

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.440
 we're here.

00:18:47.139 --> 00:18:48.039
 Not just to

00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.799
 consume and

00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:49.200
 enjoy.

00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:50.920
 This leads

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.420
 into our

00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:52.200
 second point.

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:53.660
 Eternity is

00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.119
 long.

00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:56.059
 Eternity is

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.420
 long.

00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.059
 It would be

00:18:58.059 --> 00:18:59.799
 foolish to

00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.720
 deceive yourself

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.299
 into thinking

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.759
 that there's

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.420
 not another

00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:02.940
 life and

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.759
 another world

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.859
 beyond this

00:19:04.859 --> 00:19:05.079
 one.

00:19:06.179 --> 00:19:06.919
 That there's

00:19:06.919 --> 00:19:07.479
 nothing that

00:19:07.479 --> 00:19:08.079
 awaits for

00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:09.019
 you after

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.799
 death.

00:19:10.879 --> 00:19:11.759
 Even those

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.179
 who know

00:19:12.179 --> 00:19:12.639
 Christ,

00:19:13.179 --> 00:19:13.839
 like myself,

00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:14.199
 we so

00:19:14.199 --> 00:19:14.939
 easily just

00:19:14.939 --> 00:19:15.639
 throw away

00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.500
 and squander

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.379
 so many

00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.099
 opportunities

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:19.659
 and choose

00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.199
 comfort,

00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:21.019
 our laziness,

00:19:21.219 --> 00:19:22.359
 our mediocrity

00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.899
 over what

00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.799
 we ought to

00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.119
 do.

00:19:25.939 --> 00:19:26.399
 But Paul

00:19:26.399 --> 00:19:26.779
 says,

00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:27.519
 here's why

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.799
 we cannot

00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.859
 be nearsighted.

00:19:29.939 --> 00:19:30.639
 Paul says,

00:19:31.199 --> 00:19:31.679
 because the

00:19:31.679 --> 00:19:32.319
 days are

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:32.799
 evil,

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:33.379
 in verse

00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:33.899
 16.

00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.439
 This fallen

00:19:35.439 --> 00:19:35.879
 world,

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.699
 sinful man

00:19:36.699 --> 00:19:37.139
 will try

00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.740
 to lure

00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.179
 you into

00:19:38.179 --> 00:19:38.899
 that trap

00:19:38.899 --> 00:19:39.939
 of the

00:19:39.939 --> 00:19:40.539
 here and

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:40.939
 now.

00:19:41.919 --> 00:19:42.519
 But because

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.059
 we live in

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.879
 dark times,

00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:44.879
 we need

00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:45.419
 frequent

00:19:45.419 --> 00:19:46.119
 reminders

00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:47.539
 to wake

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:47.859
 up.

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.179
 We need

00:19:49.179 --> 00:19:49.519
 frequent

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.259
 reminders to

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.839
 just wake

00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.259
 out of the

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.699
 slumber

00:19:51.699 --> 00:19:52.979
 that we are

00:19:52.979 --> 00:19:53.319
 in.

00:19:53.979 --> 00:19:54.619
 That there

00:19:54.619 --> 00:19:55.479
 will be

00:19:55.479 --> 00:19:56.839
 a judgment

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.159
 day,

00:19:57.219 --> 00:19:57.679
 even for

00:19:57.679 --> 00:19:58.240
 believers,

00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.699
 not the

00:19:59.699 --> 00:20:00.299
 same judgment

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:01.399
 as for

00:20:01.399 --> 00:20:02.019
 unbelievers,

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.500
 but we

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.379
 will stand

00:20:03.379 --> 00:20:04.039
 before God

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.339
 and give

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:04.819
 an account

00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.339
 of our

00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:05.960
 lives that

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.200
 we have

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.740
 lived as

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.179
 believers.

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.379
 Without

00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:09.879
 getting too

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.399
 much into

00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:10.700
 it,

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:11.679
 if you

00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:12.039
 would like,

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.399
 turn to

00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:13.159
 1 Corinthians

00:20:13.159 --> 00:20:14.019
 chapter 3

00:20:14.019 --> 00:20:14.619
 really quick.

00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:16.960
 A passage

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.299
 that's always

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.819
 kind of giving

00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.359
 me chills

00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:20.079
 a little bit.

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.619
 1 Corinthians

00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:22.839
 chapter 3.

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.039
 And I,

00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.259
 here's what I

00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:26.559
 don't want to

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:26.939
 get into.

00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.439
 I know this

00:20:27.439 --> 00:20:27.819
 is just going

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.159
 to make you

00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:28.319
 go,

00:20:28.419 --> 00:20:28.659
 what?

00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:29.119
 When you hear

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.359
 this,

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.319
 but ask me

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.619
 later,

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.259
 I'll explain

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:31.599
 why.

00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:34.019
 But I

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.759
 believe in

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.359
 heaven there

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:35.939
 will be a

00:20:35.939 --> 00:20:38.179
 measure of

00:20:38.179 --> 00:20:38.779
 holy,

00:20:38.839 --> 00:20:39.460
 not sinful,

00:20:39.659 --> 00:20:40.299
 but holy

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:42.159
 regret that

00:20:42.159 --> 00:20:42.899
 we did not

00:20:42.899 --> 00:20:44.339
 do more

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.879
 than we

00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:45.159
 did.

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:47.019
 Because we're

00:20:47.019 --> 00:20:47.399
 going to see

00:20:47.399 --> 00:20:47.839
 like, wow,

00:20:47.899 --> 00:20:48.480
 it was all

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.259
 going toward

00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:49.759
 this,

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:52.359
 and I

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:52.960
 should have

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.740
 spent more

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.700
 time doing

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.700
 X, Y, and Z

00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.220
 instead of

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.620
 this.

00:20:57.600 --> 00:20:58.440
 In 1 Corinthians

00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:00.180
 chapter 3,

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.640
 and let's start

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.380
 in verse 12,

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.000
 this is Paul

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.779
 talking about

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.900
 that day,

00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:04.660
 and he's

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.080
 writing to

00:21:05.080 --> 00:21:05.519
 the church,

00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:05.960
 he's writing

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.620
 to Christians,

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:07.980
 he says,

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.779
 now if anyone

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.620
 builds on a

00:21:09.620 --> 00:21:10.420
 foundation with

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.880
 gold,

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.100
 silver,

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:13.299
 precious stones,

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.580
 wood,

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.000
 hay,

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:15.620
 and straw,

00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:17.299
 each one's

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.700
 work will

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.500
 become manifest

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.640
 for the day,

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.200
 capital D,

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:22.600
 day of

00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:23.000
 judgment,

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.080
 will disclose

00:21:24.080 --> 00:21:24.480
 it.

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 Because it

00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:25.920
 will be

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.779
 revealed by

00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.240
 fire,

00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:28.500
 and the

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.220
 fire will

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.960
 test what

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.519
 sort of

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.140
 work each

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.680
 one has

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.039
 done.

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.420
 If the

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:35.120
 work that

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 anyone has

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:37.700
 is built

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.000
 on the

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.500
 foundation

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.360
 survives,

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.380
 he will

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:40.940
 receive a

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.339
 reward.

00:21:42.140 --> 00:21:42.839
 If anyone's

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.240
 work is

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.819
 burned up,

00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.220
 he will

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.500
 suffer loss.

00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:46.960
 See that?

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.940
 Suffer loss.

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 Like, how

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 can you

00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.339
 suffer loss?

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 Though he

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.900
 himself will

00:21:51.900 --> 00:21:52.680
 be saved,

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 but only

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.000
 as through

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.859
 fire.

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 Man, let

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 your mind

00:21:58.159 --> 00:21:58.599
 soak in

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:58.859
 that.

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.399
 As an

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.299
 old missionary

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.220
 once said,

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:03.680
 only one

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:05.359
 life will

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.899
 soon be

00:22:05.899 --> 00:22:06.419
 passed,

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.639
 and only

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.319
 what's done

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.659
 for Christ

00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:10.339
 will last.

00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:12.759
 Burn that

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.059
 in your

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.399
 memory.

00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:15.019
 So wisdom

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.779
 here, in

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.500
 the view of

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.440
 eternity is

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:18.619
 long, is

00:22:18.619 --> 00:22:19.359
 not wasting

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.119
 time that

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.539
 God has

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.119
 given you.

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:22.059
 we need

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:22.759
 wisdom to

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:23.099
 know how

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:23.639
 to walk

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:23.939
 in this

00:22:23.939 --> 00:22:24.599
 evil age

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:24.819
 when there

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.139
 are so

00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:25.799
 many things

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.319
 competing

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.399
 for our

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:27.779
 time.

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.179
 So many

00:22:29.179 --> 00:22:30.679
 things saying,

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.719
 invest here,

00:22:31.919 --> 00:22:32.839
 come here.

00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:35.000
 So, having

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.779
 sovereignly

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.719
 bounded our

00:22:36.719 --> 00:22:37.619
 lives with

00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:38.739
 eternity,

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.459
 God knows

00:22:40.459 --> 00:22:41.059
 he's set the

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.759
 beginning and

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.179
 the end.

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.599
 There's a

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.439
 kairos of

00:22:43.439 --> 00:22:44.199
 space in

00:22:44.199 --> 00:22:44.799
 between that

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.059
 he has

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.639
 given us.

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.900
 Paul was

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.540
 very aware

00:22:47.540 --> 00:22:47.940
 of this,

00:22:48.020 --> 00:22:48.940
 how transient

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.880
 and temporary

00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:51.320
 and fleeting

00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:52.220
 life is

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.060
 compared to

00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:53.600
 eternity.

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.360
 Colossians 3,

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.000
 set your

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.780
 minds on

00:22:56.780 --> 00:22:58.800
 things above

00:22:58.800 --> 00:22:59.759
 and not

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.560
 on things

00:23:00.560 --> 00:23:00.980
 on the

00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.340
 earth.

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.820
 So,

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:03.740
 life is

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.060
 short,

00:23:04.820 --> 00:23:05.540
 eternity is

00:23:05.540 --> 00:23:05.980
 long,

00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:07.700
 point three,

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.320
 and lastly,

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.900
 redeem the

00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.300
 time.

00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:11.740
 So,

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.940
 with this

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.460
 in mind,

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:15.020
 God calls

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.660
 you and

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.079
 me to

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.480
 make the

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.599
 best use

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.859
 of the

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.259
 sacred

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.099
 kairos that

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.639
 we have

00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.099
 in this

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.420
 life,

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.019
 the season

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.940
 that you

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.720
 find yourself

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.039
 in.

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.059
 So,

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.980
 wisdom says

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:27.019
 redeem the

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.339
 time,

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.019
 buy it up,

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:28.680
 secure it,

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.079
 make the

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.900
 best use

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:31.039
 of it.

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.359
 No matter

00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:31.819
 where you

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.519
 find yourself,

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.539
 no matter

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:33.940
 where you

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.619
 find yourself,

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.819
 be conscious

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.519
 of that

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.379
 allotted

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:37.879
 time,

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.000
 and don't

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.539
 waste it.

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.220
 Make the

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:41.160
 best use

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.779
 of it.

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.480
 Opportunities

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:43.839
 that are going

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.299
 to come

00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:45.000
 your way,

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:46.039
 so,

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.240
 here's what

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.519
 this can

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.039
 look like.

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.799
 We're going

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.039
 to get into

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:52.539
 a lot more

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.480
 application next

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.799
 week.

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.059
 Like,

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:54.420
 how do you

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:54.900
 redeem the

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.879
 time in

00:23:55.879 --> 00:23:56.819
 certain areas

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.460
 of life?

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.639
 But just

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.299
 by example,

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.599
 relationships are

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.440
 given to you

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:03.160
 by God so

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.839
 that you might

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:05.059
 live with those

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.839
 people in such

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:07.059
 a way that

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.660
 shows that they

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.139
 are not your

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.480
 treasure,

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.299
 but God is.

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.660
 That's sort of

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.240
 what we're going

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.599
 after.

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:11.679
 chapter.

00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.559
 And we'll

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:13.980
 get more

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.359
 into that

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.859
 next week,

00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.240
 but since

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.579
 you're kind

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:15.919
 of in the

00:24:15.919 --> 00:24:16.259
 Corinthians

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.879
 area,

00:24:17.399 --> 00:24:18.019
 jump over to

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.639
 2 Corinthians,

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.419
 just one book

00:24:19.419 --> 00:24:19.740
 over,

00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:21.579
 and understand

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.759
 this idea of

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.319
 eternity,

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.859
 things that we

00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:25.799
 see before us

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.459
 are temporal,

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:28.299
 but we have an

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.379
 eternity that is

00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:30.559
 before us,

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.019
 that awaits

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.480
 us.

00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.980
 2 Corinthians

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.860
 chapter 4,

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.599
 verse 16.

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:41.019
 2 Corinthians

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.680
 chapter 4,

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.440
 verse 16.

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:43.559
 A passage

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:43.980
 that's weighed

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.559
 very heavy

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.880
 over my life.

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.339
 Paul says,

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:48.759
 so we do

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.500
 not lose

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.099
 heart,

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.460
 though our

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.720
 outer self

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.519
 is wasting

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.339
 away.

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.839
 Let that sink

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.019
 in.

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.720
 It's wasting

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.299
 away.

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:58.339
 All that you

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:59.000
 are right now

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.400
 and all that

00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:00.120
 you see is

00:25:00.120 --> 00:25:01.019
 deteriorating

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:02.380
 before your

00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:02.920
 eyes.

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.400
 Our inner

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.599
 self is being

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.539
 renewed day

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.099
 by day.

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.500
 For this

00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:09.180
 light and

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:10.019
 momentary

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:11.620
 affliction is

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.279
 preparing for

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.079
 us an eternal

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:14.779
 weight of

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.960
 glory beyond

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:17.200
 all comparison

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.740
 as we look

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.160
 not to the

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.559
 things that

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.160
 are seen,

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.559
 but to the

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.200
 things that

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.940
 are unseen.

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.319
 For the

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.700
 things that

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.339
 are seen

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:27.220
 are transient,

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.960
 are temporal,

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.400
 but the

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.860
 things that

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.539
 are unseen

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.720
 are eternal.

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:31.839
 eternal.

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.319
 That ought

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.620
 to really

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.160
 make us

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.940
 think about

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:35.480
 the season

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.960
 of life

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.200
 that we

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:37.299
 find ourselves

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.880
 in right

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.180
 now.

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.019
 In closing,

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.799
 just a couple

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.259
 things.

00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.259
 Most of you

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.880
 know, but

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.259
 there's some

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.700
 new folks

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.200
 here today,

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.339
 that I was

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:46.860
 born with

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.279
 cystic

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:48.019
 fibrosis

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:49.960
 40 years

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.319
 ago,

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.759
 almost.

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:52.059
 This October,

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.860
 I'll be 40,

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.920
 which is bizarre.

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.960
 I don't

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.340
 see it as

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:55.940
 a decrepit

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.240
 thing.

00:25:56.300 --> 00:25:56.600
 I see it

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:56.960
 as grace.

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.420
 Like, wow,

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.720
 I've been

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.140
 alive for

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.800
 40 years.

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.220
 That's sort

00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:00.320
 of a little

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:01.220
 different for

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.680
 me, but I

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.120
 have a

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:03.019
 respiratory

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.900
 disease that

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.380
 I was born

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.779
 with.

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:05.880
 And so

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.420
 throughout my

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.400
 life, thoughts

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.180
 of eternity

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.880
 and death

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.800
 really weighed

00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:11.320
 heavily on

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:11.940
 my mind.

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.740
 While I was

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.080
 at North

00:26:14.080 --> 00:26:15.980
 Georgia, I

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.759
 picked up

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:18.400
 John Piper's

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.900
 book called

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.460
 Don't Waste

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.060
 Your Life,

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.599
 and it

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.659
 still, today,

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:23.039
 is seared

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.619
 into my

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.019
 brain.

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.819
 God uses

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.460
 the weak

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.179
 and infirm

00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:28.799
 people a

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.179
 lot of the

00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:29.700
 time as

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.500
 reminders to

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.019
 the strong

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.519
 that life

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:31.980
 is short.

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.059
 You're not

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.419
 going to be

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:34.079
 here forever.

00:26:34.179 --> 00:26:34.599
 You may feel

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.159
 great now,

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.919
 but it's all

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.240
 going to go

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.899
 downhill one

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:38.259
 day, no

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.700
 matter how

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.279
 strong you

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.639
 think you

00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:39.899
 are.

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.740
 But God

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.379
 has used

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:43.899
 my disease

00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.759
 as a blessing

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.639
 of my life

00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.720
 to teach

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.220
 me what

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.159
 life is

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:49.099
 about.

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.899
 Growing up,

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.839
 my lifelong

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:54.059
 dream was

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:55.700
 to be in

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.099
 the Marine

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.399
 Corps.

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.720
 That was

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.099
 what a lot

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.319
 of my

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.839
 family had

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.139
 done,

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.740
 and really

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.039
 there was

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.480
 mainly this

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.220
 pride behind

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.379
 it.

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.759
 I wanted

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.899
 to be

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:02.279
 seen as

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.779
 that bad

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.819
 invincible

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.539
 dude,

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:06.220
 all about

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.539
 me,

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.099
 and God

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.419
 was just

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:07.619
 like,

00:27:07.679 --> 00:27:07.980
 oh yeah?

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.659
 Cystic

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:10.319
 fibrosis

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.599
 cured.

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.539
 And it

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.079
 killed me.

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.700
 When I

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.399
 was 18

00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:17.440
 or 19,

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:18.899
 9-11

00:27:18.899 --> 00:27:19.339
 happened,

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.700
 and I

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.240
 had probably

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.580
 10 of

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.000
 my buddies

00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.400
 actually

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.940
 join,

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.860
 while I

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.360
 couldn't

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.860
 join.

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:26.400
 But that

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.759
 was also

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.180
 the same

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.700
 time that

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.000
 I really

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.360
 think that

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:28.580
 I was

00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:29.080
 born again,

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.480
 around that

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.220
 same time.

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.880
 So God

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.299
 was just

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.160
 tearing my

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.559
 loyalties

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.420
 apart so

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.720
 they would

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.200
 just be

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.039
 focused on

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.559
 him.

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:39.240
 And after

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.200
 graduation in

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.519
 2008 in

00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.080
 North Georgia,

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:44.340
 I put in

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.819
 for a double

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.640
 lung transplant

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.920
 at University

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.420
 Alabama,

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:47.920
 Birmingham,

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.259
 and I

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.700
 waited for

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.100
 about a

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.400
 year,

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:52.320
 got the

00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:52.800
 transplant,

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:55.340
 and a

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:55.779
 few months

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.300
 later I

00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:56.779
 got a

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.620
 really bad

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:59.240
 infection that

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.880
 nearly killed

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.100
 me.

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.560
 I don't have

00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:02.240
 any actual

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.019
 memory for

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.460
 about a

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.680
 month.

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:03.900
 I don't

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.180
 remember

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.700
 anything that

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.019
 happened.

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.600
 I was sort

00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.960
 of on life

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.600
 support for

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:08.039
 a week.

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.060
 They didn't

00:28:09.060 --> 00:28:09.600
 really know

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.360
 what was

00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:10.779
 going to

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.099
 happen,

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.719
 but in

00:28:12.719 --> 00:28:13.959
 the CICU

00:28:13.959 --> 00:28:15.959
 at UAB,

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.419
 I actually

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:17.879
 was in

00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.199
 there,

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.339
 I didn't

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:19.619
 know,

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.399
 obviously I

00:28:20.399 --> 00:28:20.719
 was out

00:28:20.719 --> 00:28:20.959
 of it,

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.579
 but with

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.059
 two other

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.459
 people,

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:24.019
 that one

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.599
 had CF

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.359
 like me

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.599
 and was

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.139
 waiting for

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.639
 a transplant,

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:27.959
 and one

00:28:27.959 --> 00:28:28.319
 had just

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.779
 got a

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.219
 transplant,

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:29.740
 kind of

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.539
 like myself,

00:28:31.199 --> 00:28:31.779
 all in

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.319
 their early

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:32.839
 20s,

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.319
 and my

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.039
 parents got

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.379
 to know

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.099
 their parents

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.719
 very well,

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.079
 and my

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.459
 parents got

00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:39.019
 to bear

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.619
 witness to

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.039
 Christ,

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.159
 to their

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.699
 parents,

00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:43.079
 were both

00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:43.500
 just all

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.379
 on life

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:44.839
 support,

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.799
 and for

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.319
 some reason

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:46.619
 I'm the

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:47.059
 only one

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.459
 that lived,

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:47.819
 I'm the

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.199
 only one

00:28:48.199 --> 00:28:48.459
 that made

00:28:48.459 --> 00:28:48.839
 it out,

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:51.319
 and I

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.619
 don't know

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:51.919
 why,

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.659
 but that

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:54.399
 just weighs

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:55.079
 on me so

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.559
 much that

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.000
 I just

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.659
 want to

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.019
 make the

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.479
 most of

00:28:57.479 --> 00:28:58.079
 my life

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:59.219
 for the

00:28:59.219 --> 00:28:59.500
 Lord.

00:28:59.579 --> 00:28:59.839
 It could

00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.119
 have not

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.599
 been me.

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.179
 I might

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.519
 not be

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:02.919
 here with

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:03.099
 you,

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.699
 and there's

00:29:04.699 --> 00:29:05.379
 nothing special

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:05.919
 about me.

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.240
 This is

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.919
 about focusing

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:08.339
 on the

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.059
 greatness of

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.659
 our God,

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:09.700
 God,

00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:11.500
 but eternity

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.420
 should weigh

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:14.080
 heavily on

00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:14.759
 our minds,

00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.140
 and it

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.040
 just created

00:29:16.040 --> 00:29:16.840
 in me a

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.580
 deep longing

00:29:17.580 --> 00:29:18.160
 to want to

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.560
 make the

00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:19.400
 best use

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.480
 of this

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.279
 time for

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.500
 eternity.

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.599
 eternity.

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:24.539
 But,

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:26.119
 one thing

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.519
 that I've

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:28.160
 learned is

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:29.339
 thanks to

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.819
 good brothers

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.240
 in this

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.680
 church as

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.000
 well as

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.279
 to my

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.700
 wife,

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.799
 that I

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.200
 can be a

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.859
 little hard

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.440
 on myself

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.779
 about this.

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:38.039
 I visited

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.720
 UAB not

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.339
 too long ago

00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:39.599
 with my

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:39.839
 wife,

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.039
 and I

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.279
 took her

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.539
 up to

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:40.680
 the

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.099
 transplant

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.740
 floor,

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.980
 where I

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:44.279
 spent a

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.019
 year plus,

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.920
 and I

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.519
 just broke

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.079
 down like I

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.619
 couldn't walk

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:48.920
 down the

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.200
 hallway.

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.539
 It was

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:49.860
 just too

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.240
 much for

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.620
 me to

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:52.140
 take in,

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.100
 just weighing

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:53.440
 on me,

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:53.700
 God,

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.140
 have I

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:55.860
 used what

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.319
 you've given

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:57.220
 me faithfully?

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.519
 Have I

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.100
 used this

00:29:59.100 --> 00:29:59.779
 kairos

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.420
 faithfully?

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.200
 But if

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.480
 you're not

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.940
 careful,

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.880
 what can

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.480
 happen is it

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.100
 turns into a

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.759
 works-based

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.860
 acceptance thing,

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:09.019
 where you're

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.600
 trying to pay

00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.720
 God back for

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.480
 what he's done.

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.779
 And that's the

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.319
 trap I've

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.000
 fallen into

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.600
 many times.

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.279
 So a good

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.299
 desire gone

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.399
 wrong often,

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.000
 where I'm

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.839
 trying to

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:22.039
 earn God's

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.259
 favor,

00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:22.740
 earn what

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.099
 he did

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.559
 for me.

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.139
 So here's

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:26.759
 in closing,

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.199
 as you study

00:30:28.199 --> 00:30:28.899
 the Gospels,

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.480
 you see that

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.199
 Christ was

00:30:30.199 --> 00:30:31.039
 very aware

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:32.379
 of a

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.099
 kairos that

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.579
 the Father

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.279
 had set

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.839
 for him,

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:36.039
 his life,

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.799
 and how it

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.159
 worked.

00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:38.319
 If you look

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.779
 at the Gospel

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.339
 of John,

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.019
 in John 2,

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.459
 he says,

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.459
 my hour has

00:30:41.459 --> 00:30:42.299
 not yet

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.980
 come.

00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:44.539
 Referring to

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.319
 that last

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:45.619
 hour,

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.200
 the finish

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.539
 line,

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:46.819
 where he

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.919
 would die

00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:48.259
 on the

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.859
 cross and

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.539
 accomplish the

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:50.899
 work of

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.259
 redemption

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.720
 through his

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.159
 death and

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.659
 resurrection.

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.119
 He had his

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:55.179
 eye fixed on

00:30:55.179 --> 00:30:55.740
 that last

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.059
 hour.

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.599
 In fact,

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.619
 people tried

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:57.980
 to hurt

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.519
 him and do

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:58.919
 things to

00:30:58.919 --> 00:30:59.139
 him,

00:30:59.179 --> 00:30:59.379
 and it

00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.599
 said that

00:30:59.599 --> 00:30:59.799
 he would

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.159
 just sort

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 of walk

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 away,

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 and it

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 would say

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 because his

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 time had

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 not yet

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 come.

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 Right?

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 His hour

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 had not yet

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 come.

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 In John

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 12,

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 Jesus says,

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 Father,

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 save me from

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 this hour,

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 but for

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 this purpose

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 I came to

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 the world.

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 And then a

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 very clear

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 one,

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 John 17,

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 verse 1 and

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 4.

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 Father,

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 the hour

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 has come.

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 Glorify your

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 Son that the

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 Son may

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 glorify you.

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 I glorified you

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 on the earth,

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 having accomplished

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 the work that you

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 gave me to do.

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 I want to be

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 able to say

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 that.

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 I hope you

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 do.

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 And then

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 finally,

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 John 19,

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 it is

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 finished.

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 That work

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 has been

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 accomplished.

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 So the

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 good news

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 for us

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 is even

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 as believers,

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 if we have

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 squandered

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 time,

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 if we've

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 wasted

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 so much,

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 we can

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 take hope

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 in Christ

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 that he did

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 not waste

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 any of the

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 time that

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 he lived

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 out for the

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 Father.

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 He stayed

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 faithful until

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 the end.

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 And he

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 secured an

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 eternal salvation

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 for us as

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 we go to

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 him in faith

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 and to be

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 saved.

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 And as one

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 man has

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 taught me

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 over the

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 years,

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 we don't

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 strive,

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 as we're

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 striving to

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 redeem the

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 time,

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 know that

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 we're not

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 striving to

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 enter God's

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 love,

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 but we're

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 striving in

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 the midst

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 of God's

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 love,

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 the love

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 that he has

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 already been

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 secured by

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 Christ.

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 We don't

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 strive to

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 earn it,

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 we just

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 strive in

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 the midst

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 of that

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 love.

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 But yet,

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 true faith

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 in Christ,

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 true faith

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 in Christ

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.899
 will create

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 a desire

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 to redeem

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 the time

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 and to

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 make the

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.159
 best use

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 of it,

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 of this

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 life on

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 earth.

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 So as

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 the psalmist

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 said,

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 Psalm 90,

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 talking to

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 the Lord,

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 so teach

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 us to

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 number our

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 days,

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 that we

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 may get

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 a heart

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 of wisdom.

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 So next

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 week,

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 we'll talk

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 about how

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 to redeem

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 the time

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 in three

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 different

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 areas,

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 in our

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 relationship

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:10.039
 with Christ,

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.539
 our relationship

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.319
 with God's

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.639
 people,

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 and our

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 obedience to

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:14.919
 Christ's

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.239
 mission.

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 How can we

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 make the

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:16.659
 best use

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 of those

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 kairoses?

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