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 Good morning. Open up your copy of God's Word to Ephesians chapter 5.

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 I want to start off by just kind of extending a real, you know, a genuine welcome to returning college students.

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 For many of you, this is your first time coming around and maybe your second Sunday.

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 But we have always had a very special place in our hearts at this church for college students.

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 And as you look out over the congregation, there's, I would say, a lot of the core members of our church are former college students that were here at some point.

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 And either got married and stayed here or just chose to find a job around here and to continue investing and being on mission in this area.

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 So we've always had a very soft spot for your demographic.

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 And actually, some of the leaders of this church, including myself and Nathan and Wes Shalnut, we met at North Georgia.

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 And Nathan was actually the second person I ever met in Dahlonega.

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 Kind of odd that he would never leave me alone like after that.

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 And still, we're still here.

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 And so very grateful for how God used those years in my life.

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 And though the message today is going to be particularly for college students, it is going to go across the board.

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 No matter where you are, no matter how old you are, no matter what stage of life you're in, it's still going to be very applicable to you.

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 And it's going to be very easy to draw the application for where you are.

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 But just because many of you are returning college students, we will have this message in a lot of ways directed at you.

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 But as I've said many times, college is a crossroads for many of you.

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 It's the first time a lot of you have been away from home.

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 It's the first time you're forming your opinions on what you actually believe, what life's about,

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 and a lot of big decisions being made about your job, your career, your relationship situation.

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 So many big changes that you're undergoing.

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 And it's such a pivotal time for professing Christians to either fall away a lot of the time from the faith

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 or really grow deeper in their faith.

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 That's typically what you see.

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 You don't see many middle ground people in that area.

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 It's a great time to grow spiritually.

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 And so that in mind, I just want to lead us in prayer just for a second.

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 Ask God to help us as we've been doing.

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 Father, I just want to submit to you that apart from the power of your word being applied by the Holy Spirit,

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 we have no hope of believing the truth from your word today.

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 And I pray that you would help us to worship you through our listening to your word,

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 by treasuring it, loving it, and when we leave here to live it out by grace, Lord, wherever we go.

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 So just be our teacher now.

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 Hold our attention.

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 If we're hungry, let us forget our hunger.

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 If we're tired, let us forget how tired we are.

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 And just be able to focus in on what you would have to say to us today.

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 And help me, Lord, a broken, feeble man who's not even the best public communicator,

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 just to throw himself at your mercy and to ask you, Lord, to beg you to teach your word to your people today.

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 In Christ's name, amen.

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 So the message today, I'm going to be speaking on redeeming the time or making the most use of the time.

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 And it's a message that's very particularly dear to me.

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 And a lot of you will know why, but I'll talk about it more later.

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 But you've turned to Ephesians 5, and usually I would just choose to use a larger text.

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 But today, I just want to focus in particularly on two verses.

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 Now, Paul, the Apostle Paul, wrote the letter to the Ephesian church.

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 And in the first three chapters of it, a lot of that is him spending time telling them who they are in Christ,

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 telling them about what God has done for them, about how they are the church,

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 and how God has saved them and made them his own, about salvation.

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 And then the latter three chapters mostly are about, in light of that reality, here's how you should live.

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 And that's how we kind of find ourselves in chapter 5.

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 So he's talking about Christian living now, living out who you are in Christ.

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 So let's look at chapter 5, verse 15.

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 Paul says,

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 Look carefully, then, how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

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 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

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 So I want these two verses to kind of burn into your mind.

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 In our text, we see that God has allotted each one of us time.

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 Let's focus on that word time to kind of get rolling here.

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 But the time he's using here is not the word chronos, which means like a clock time or chronology.

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 It's actually kairos, which means a season or opportunity, a fixed period within a time

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 when you're giving divine appointments to live for God and to do something for him.

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 We call those divine appointments a lot of the time.

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 And they're prearranged, providential times that God gives us to be faithful to him.

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 They're windows of time that are opened up by God for us to use.

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 And eventually, those times will also end and close.

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 You won't have it again, in other words.

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 And so, there's a lot of examples like that in the Scripture.

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 Example, in Isaiah 55, 6, God is calling his people to repent of their sins and come to him for forgiveness.

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 And he's saying, there's a time that I'm going to allow you to do that.

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 And then it'll stop.

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 But he says, seek the Lord while he may be found.

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 Call upon him while his name is near.

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 That's a kairos.

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 Also, in Psalm 69, David prays, oh, Lord, my prayer to you is in an acceptable time.

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 So, there's these little segments, windows, seasons of allotted time that God gives you to do something specific, something special.

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 And after that's over, it will be lost.

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 So, I want you to think of the college years as a special kairos in the span of the kairos of your lifetime.

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 All right?

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 So, big picture your life, small picture, this season of life that you have in school.

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 And the next phrase I want you to look at, so we've talked about time, is the phrase, making the best use of the time.

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 It's another awesome Greek word, but it also implies to redeem or purchase for one's use.

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 It's also using Colossians 4 or 5, the same word.

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 But the imagery here is of someone going to the marketplace.

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 And you catch something, something catches your eye, and it's something very valuable, something that draws your attention.

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 And you go to it, and the seller tells you that this very valuable item is available for purchase at this price only now, only in this moment.

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 And it will soon go off the market, and it won't be available for purchase anymore.

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 So, your choice is either to purchase it immediately or to walk away and lose that opportunity to buy it again.

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 You can't go back to the marketplace the next day or next week and expect to find the same item for sale.

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 So, you have to be swift.

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 You have to act immediately.

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 You have to take advantage of that.

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 You have to purchase it, redeem it for your use.

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 Because when you leave, it won't be there again.

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 You can't procrastinate.

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 It's a transaction that you have to move on or walk away from.

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 That's kind of like what the weight of this phrase, making the best use of the time or redeeming the time means.

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 So, God is saying to us in this passage, very simply, redeem the best use of the kairos, this season of allotted time that God has given you for eternity.

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 Redeem it for eternity.

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 Because it will come and go like the wind, and you won't be able to get it back.

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 Some of you say, I hate stuff like that.

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 I hate impulse sayings that I have to just make a quick decision on.

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 You're very indecisive.

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 Well, hopefully this message will challenge you to at least be decisive in this way, to make the best use of the time God has given you.

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 So, just a quick overview of these two verses, and then we'll get through some points.

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 And when you're used to having points, we'll have points.

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 But a text overview, okay?

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 An observation of this text, you'll see a few connections.

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 Just look at it with me, these two verses.

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 It says, you've been given a kairos and a lot of season of time by God.

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 You can choose to either waste it or redeem it.

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 Redeeming the time, according to our text, means walking carefully in wisdom with eternity in view.

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 And wasting the time means walking the opposite, carelessly in foolishness with only this present life in view and not eternity.

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 So, I want you to think about that.

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 And he throws in there, why?

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 Because the days are evil.

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 There is so much happening around you to lull you to sleep, to make you think that this life is all there is to it.

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 That eternity is not on the horizon.

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 They're clouding your vision.

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 And so, with this in mind, we want to take a look at just three things that will help you redeem the time or make the best use of the time that you've been given in this special kairos of your life.

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 I want you to remember that word.

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 I'm going to say it a lot today.

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 Strange words are different and they stand out to you and hopefully you'll remember it.

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 Instead of just saying, remember the time.

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 So, kairos.

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 Number one.

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 Very simple.

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 Why you should redeem the time.

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 Life is short.

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 Life is short.

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 You need to beware in some cases, not every case.

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 I'm not a doomsday-ish type person.

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 But a lot of universities will seek to daily indoctrinate you to adopt a secular humanistic worldview that basically says,

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 life is not about God.

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 Life is about you.

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 You are the center of the universe.

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 And therefore, you should live in a way that makes you the center of the universe.

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 It's about the here and now.

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 And there's many voices that are presenting that anti-God worldview to you.

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 And the following system of the world will say that college is a means to help you attain those things.

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 Self-fulfillment and your own desires.

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 Education is a means to success.

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 Education can be a blessing.

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 All right?

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 But knowledge itself is useless unless it's used in a way that honors Christ and helps others.

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 Okay?

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 So just because you know a lot doesn't mean you're a wise person at all.

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 Sometimes it makes you a fool.

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 Scripture actually says, knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

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 One of my heroes of the faith, Jim Elliott, a missionary who was martyred in Ecuador,

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 he wrote this while he was in college at Wheaton.

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 And he was just kind of laying like, why am I doing it in school again?

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 Sort of thing.

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 Sort of like, why am I here?

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 And he actually wrote this really quick.

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 Just remember this.

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 Wisdom comes from God, not from PhDs.

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 PhDs.

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 Wisdom comes from God and not PhDs.

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 And they're going to, the system of the world, the fallen world,

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 is going to seek to make you buy a certain package, a bill of goods.

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 And it kind of goes something like this.

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 Now hear me out.

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 Just follow me.

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 This is the propaganda that at least Western culture tries to sell a lot,

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 particularly to young people in college.

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 It says, you were here in school.

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 And if you work hard, you get a degree.

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 That degree will lead to you getting a good job,

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 which will also give you a good salary, good money, good benefits.

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 Then you can buy fancy vehicles and a big house

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 and acquire more toys and possessions.

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 Get married or don't get married.

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 Maybe have kids, but if you do, only enough,

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 that's not going to get in the way of your personal consumption,

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 personal happiness.

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 And then eventually you can put your kids through college

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 and help them accomplish the same goal you just did.

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 And you eventually quit working,

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 retire by another house in the mountains or on the lake or on the coast,

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 and then just spend the latter hours and days and years of your life

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 just kicking back, doing nothing.

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 And believe me, the message here is not retirement is wrong or evil.

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 I kind of hope that I will one day.

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 But I work out with a man at the gym.

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 He's in his mid-60s.

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 He's one of those guys that just puts me to shame.

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 Like, I'll get off, like, the bench press machine,

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 and he, in, like, his 65 years old,

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 will sit down and put on, like, 20 more pounds of me.

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 And I'm like, come on.

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 So he's that kind of guy.

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 But he was a former ranger

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 and also worked in law enforcement.

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 And currently he's the Lumpkin County manager.

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 Stan Kelly is his name.

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 And I love this man because he's such an example.

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 And we have many other examples in our church of older people

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 who are using their retirement well for Jesus.

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 But he told me, like, Clay, I am scared to death

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 to join a lot of my friends

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 who are just settling down, retiring,

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 throwing all their money into their stuff and their toys

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 and maintaining that stuff in their toys.

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 I just don't want to join them.

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 That's what he told me.

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 He's like, I want to use my retirement well.

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 Like, God has given me help at this age in my life

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 to use for him.

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 And so he's doing two things in his retirement,

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 or three things.

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 He's being a faithful member of his church.

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 He's giving as much as he can to missions

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 going to unreached peoples.

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 And he himself is going to unreached peoples.

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 He's been to Nepal.

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 He's been, I think, three times to Nepal

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 in the last few years.

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 You know, God's given him that help, so he goes.

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 He's like, I don't want to go out just doing nothing,

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 you know, when my legs kicked up.

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 That's how we all should want to finish.

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 But that's the sell that they'll tell you.

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 Like, that's the goal.

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 That's the goal.

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 Is just get to this point in your life

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 where you can just enjoy all you've worked for.

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 And I've seen it.

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 It's a miserable thing to watch

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 retired communities just do nothing.

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 And as the world just is being destroyed

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 all around them,

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 when they have such potential to help.

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 Also in college,

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 you're kind of built with a certain invincibility.

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 Most of you are 18 to 25 years old.

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 Physically, most of you are in the prime of your life.

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 You feel invincible, young, fast, smart.

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 Can go all day long and sometimes all night too.

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 And however, you know, you have to think,

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 though for most of you,

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 you have many years ahead of you.

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 But for some of you, you might not.

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 The grim reality is that you can't ignore

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 as that life ends.

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 And your life will end.

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 My life will end.

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 And you can't turn a blind eye to it.

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 God says,

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 you are not invincible.

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 You are not immortal.

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 You will die.

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 You will leave this life behind.

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 And no one can take your place.

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 Like you're going to pass away.

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 We are physically going to pass away one day.

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 And God's word is filled with this imagery.

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 Let me just read a few to you.

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 Job 8, 7.

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 For we are but of yesterday and know nothing.

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 For our days on earth are a shadow.

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 Let's write that word down.

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 Shadow.

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 Job 14.

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 Or unto you,

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 A man who is born of woman

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 is few of days and full of trouble.

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 He comes out like a flower and withers.

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 He flees like a shadow and continues not.

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 Psalm 103.

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 As for a man, his days are like grass.

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 He flourishes like a flower of the field.

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 For the wind passes over it.

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 And then is gone.

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 And his place knows it no more.

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 There are so many passages that say the same kind of thing.

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 Your life is a vapor.

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 Your life is a shadow.

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 Your life is a breath.

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 And we tend to be blind to that.

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 But I'm telling you,

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 It's a gift if you can grasp that at an early age.

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 Because you can use all the years ahead to redeem the time.

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 To know that there will be an end.

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 Your life had a definite start.

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 And will have a definite end.

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 So, don't deceive yourself.

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 It's foolish for you to deceive yourself into thinking that this present life is all that there is.

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 And that this life is ultimately about the here and the now.

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 So, do whatever you can to pursue it and enjoy it.

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 And if you have to knock people down to do it, do it.

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 That's the goal of life.

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 But those are all broken cisterns.

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 Jeremiah 2.13.

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 They're things that you want to put your life into and pour your life into.

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 But they're broken.

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 And they're going to let you down.

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 That's where you need to have your hope in the living God.

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 And Him alone.

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 The goal of this life is not money, wealth, possessions, toys, clothes, and nice vehicles and big houses.

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 It's just going to absolutely and totally let you down.

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 Think about how many hours that you spend watching TV or being on social media.

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 Which a new statistic says that you almost spend three hours a day on social media.

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 It's just sad.

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 Playing video games, going to the gym or library.

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 There's so many things that aren't bad endeavors.

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 But if the goal of your life is to pursue those things,

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 then you're going to be severely disappointed.

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 I actually saw an article a while back that we've gotten to this point, okay?

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 Parents are hiring coaches to teach them to help raise their kids

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 so their kids aren't dependent on iPhones.

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 That's bad.

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 It's things like, go take a walk.

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 Go throw a ball with your kid outside.

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 It's things like that.

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 And that's just to the point where we are now.

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 And we're wasting and squandering the special keros of our life.

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 We won't get it back.

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 So that's foolishness.

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 But wisdom says it is wise for you to recognize and embrace that your time on earth is short.

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 Don't let that scare you.

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 Like, see it as like, okay, now I know what life's about.

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 I have the right perspective.

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 I can come and see how to make the most of my life.

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 Because when you're ready to die, that's when you're really ready to live.

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 I kind of sounded catchy, but I didn't mean it that way.

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 When you're ready to die, you're truly ready to live.

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 And wake up and realize that each morning you get out of bed,

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 God has sustained you while you slept.

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 And by His grace, He'll help you get through the day.

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 And He's doing it for the purpose of you knowing Him deeper and you making Him known to other people.

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 If you're not doing that, you're wasting it.

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 You're wasting the keros.

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 And you're doing it and you can do this in all that you do to make Christ known to other people.

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 And recognize that your time at school is meant not just to help you succeed in life,

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 not just to consume and enjoy, but it was made to glorify Christ.

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 Thomas Case, a Puritan who was thrown in prison for preaching the gospel,

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 this is something he wrote about redeeming the time.

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 Most men study rather how to pass away their time than to redeem it.

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 They waste precious hours as if they had no more.

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 They had more than knew what to do with.

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 Our season is short and we make it shorter.

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 How sad a thing it is to hear men complain.

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 Oh, how shall I pass the time?

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 I'm bored.

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 But oh, when trouble comes,

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 when the sword is at the body,

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 when the pistol is at the breast,

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 the knife at the throat,

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 death at the door,

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 how precious one of those despised hours be.

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 Evil days cry with a loud voice in our ears.

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 Redeem the time.

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 In life, threatening dangers,

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 when God threatens, as it were,

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 we can think of redeeming the time for prayer,

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 reading, meditation.

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 We can gather up the very fragments of time

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 so that nothing can be lost.

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 Please, God, teach our souls wisdom of redeeming the time.

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 Yeah, so Gary read earlier from Psalm 39.

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 Hope that stuck out to you.

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 But it talks about how asking God to help us know the measure of our days,

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 help us to realize how transient we are,

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 that we are but ham breaths.

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 We heap up wealth and it goes, disappears, right?

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 So that's the first point is life is short.

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 And it's tied to the next point.

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 Eternity is long.

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 Very catchy, did they?

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 Life is short.

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 Number two, eternity is long.

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 And according to our passage,

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 it's foolish for you to think that there's not another life

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 and another world that's waiting for you after this one.

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 Even for those of us who know Christ,

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 like, man, we so easily are lured into so many different traps

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 just to waste time and do nothing.

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 And I'm not talking about resting.

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 I'm talking about laziness, apathy,

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 disengagement, those sort of things.

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 So we can grow very nearsighted because the days are evil.

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 It says in verse 16,

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 it's trying to get us to forget about eternity.

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 Remember, life is about the here and now.

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 And we need frequent reminders to wake up.

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 That's why we need each other in the church

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 to help remind ourselves,

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 look, this life is going to come and go.

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 So hold your hand in Ephesians 5,

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 but flip to 1 Corinthians 3 really quick.

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 1 Corinthians 3.

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 This is one of those passages

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 that kind of can sober us a little bit.

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 1 Corinthians 3, verse 12.

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 And so the Scripture speaks of a judgment

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 one day for unbelievers

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 where they'll be judged basically

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 if they are in Christ or not.

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 We will not really face that judgment.

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 But it is very clear that even as the people of God,

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 even those who are found in Christ

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 will face another type of judgment

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 where we'll give an account

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 for how we've been faithful,

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 for our obedience,

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 things that we have done

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 to honor the Lord in this life,

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 which is kind of scary.

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 1 Corinthians 3, verse 12.

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 Paul says,

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 Now if anyone builds on the foundation

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 with gold, silver, precious stones,

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 wood, hay, straw,

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 each one's work will become manifest

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 for the day, capital D,

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 will disclose it

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 because it will be revealed by fire.

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 And the fire will test

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 what sort of work each one has done.

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 If the work that anyone has built

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 on the foundation survives,

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 he will receive a reward.

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 If anyone's work is burned up,

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 he will suffer loss,

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 though he himself will be saved,

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 but only as through fire.

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 You ever heard someone say,

00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:03.599
 Man, I just want to get into heaven.

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:06.599
 That's not really like the right attitude at all.

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.480
 Be concerned.

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 But look at that last part.

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 It's like,

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:10.819
 yeah, some people will be saved.

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 Some people will enter into God's presence,

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.920
 but they're going to suffer loss.

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.860
 I don't know what that means.

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:20.759
 But maybe holy regret,

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.099
 as one writer called it,

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.180
 wishing that you had spent

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:28.519
 more focus on redeeming the time

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.599
 than wasting the time.

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.599
 Wishing like I wish

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 I had taken care of

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:35.480
 all these opportunities that I had

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:36.519
 instead of squandering them.

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.000
 But,

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:40.660
 the work that we do

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:42.000
 that will last for eternity

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.900
 will be rewarded,

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:44.980
 and those that have squandered it

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.819
 will lose it.

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.460
 So,

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.380
 one of those very

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:50.140
 sobering texts.

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.519
 That is foolish to think

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.519
 that there's not eternity

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:53.319
 on the horizon,

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.720
 but it's wisdom,

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:57.039
 it is wisdom

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:58.880
 for us to realize

00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:00.400
 that this life is going somewhere.

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.360
 Like,

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.799
 after we breathe our last,

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:04.660
 we will step into another world.

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:08.340
 God has set that beginning

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.480
 and the end of this time

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.180
 on earth.

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.000
 So,

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:12.400
 we need to maximize

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:14.600
 the kairos,

00:27:14.800 --> 00:27:16.380
 maximize the kairos.

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.900
 I'll read this to you really quick.

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:20.320
 2 Corinthians 4.

00:27:21.060 --> 00:27:22.640
 One of my favorite passages,

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.000
 I guess,

00:27:23.040 --> 00:27:23.680
 I kind of used

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:25.340
 the eternal type language.

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:28.259
 2 Corinthians 4,

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.279
 verse 16 says,

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:31.359
 So we do not lose heart,

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:33.740
 though our outer self

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:35.859
 is wasting away.

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:38.220
 Our inner self

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:39.179
 is being renewed

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:41.199
 day by day.

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.879
 For this light

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:44.559
 and momentary affliction

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.879
 is preparing for us

00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:47.740
 an eternal weight

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.699
 of glory

00:27:48.699 --> 00:27:50.839
 beyond all comparison.

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:53.199
 As we look not

00:27:53.199 --> 00:27:53.759
 to the things

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.519
 that are seen,

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:56.259
 but to the things

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:57.019
 that are unseen.

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.679
 For the things

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.379
 that are seen

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.319
 are transient.

00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.839
 For the things

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.539
 that are unseen

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.740
 are eternal.

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.319
 Ah,

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.699
 let that,

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.139
 hmm,

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.859
 we've got to put

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.519
 our minds

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.519
 and our hearts

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.439
 in this type of language.

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.179
 What you see

00:28:10.179 --> 00:28:11.519
 is not going to be here

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:12.740
 one day.

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.059
 What is unseen

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:15.240
 is going to be eternal.

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:17.179
 This outer self

00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:18.599
 is wasting away.

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.500
 It doesn't matter.

00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:21.759
 I don't care

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.439
 if you go to the gym

00:28:22.439 --> 00:28:23.279
 five days a week.

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.939
 I don't care

00:28:23.939 --> 00:28:24.879
 how good you look now.

00:28:25.959 --> 00:28:26.879
 I go to CrossFit.

00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:27.059
 Well,

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.299
 you can cross

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:29.259
 whatever you want to cross.

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.199
 You're going to die one day.

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.480
 You're not going to look

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.139
 that way forever.

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.899
 We need reminders

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:36.399
 this life is transient

00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:37.419
 and the eternal

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.959
 weight of glory

00:28:38.959 --> 00:28:40.000
 is before us.

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.379
 Likewise,

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.619
 Paul said in Colossians,

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.480
 seek the things

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.539
 that are above,

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:46.759
 not the things

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:48.220
 that are on the earth.

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.740
 So,

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:51.720
 life is short,

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.720
 eternity is long,

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.799
 and then thirdly,

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.380
 in light of those two things,

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.799
 thirdly,

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.819
 redeem the time.

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.839
 Make the best use

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.500
 of the time,

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.140
 the best use

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:04.240
 of the kairos,

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:05.220
 the sacred time

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:06.480
 that God has given you.

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.400
 Remember that.

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.259
 That when you wake up

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.819
 every day,

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.299
 remember,

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.920
 there's not a moment

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.460
 to spare.

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:15.680
 there should be freedom,

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.779
 but there should be urgency.

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.360
 Okay?

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.480
 I'm not saying

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:20.140
 beat yourself up

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.640
 every day

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:22.079
 to do a certain thing,

00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.400
 but there should be

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.799
 a weight on you

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.559
 that just says,

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:27.120
 I've been given

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:28.019
 another day

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.799
 to live

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:30.799
 for Christ.

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:30.839
 Christ.

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:33.059
 And so,

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.000
 everything that's given

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.460
 to you,

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:36.319
 the money and possessions

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.980
 that you have

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.919
 are given to you,

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.279
 young people

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.779
 and older,

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.240
 really,

00:29:40.919 --> 00:29:41.680
 are given to you

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:43.059
 so you can use them

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.839
 in such a way

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:45.299
 that people can look

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.019
 at that and say,

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.720
 those things

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.940
 aren't that person's treasure.

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.139
 Christ is.

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.899
 Relationships,

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:52.700
 family,

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.480
 friends,

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.580
 significant others

00:29:55.580 --> 00:29:56.660
 are given to you

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.259
 so that you can

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.600
 live with them

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.280
 in such a way

00:29:59.280 --> 00:30:00.019
 that shows that

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:01.040
 Christ is your treasure,

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:02.160
 but they are not

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.680
 your treasure.

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.720
 So many things,

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:05.780
 so many opportunities

00:30:05.780 --> 00:30:06.580
 that you'll never

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.420
 get replaced

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.820
 or replicated again.

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:09.860
 So,

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.100
 seize that moment.

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.540
 This is so important

00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:14.320
 to me because

00:30:14.320 --> 00:30:16.140
 most,

00:30:16.300 --> 00:30:17.240
 many of you know this,

00:30:17.300 --> 00:30:18.840
 but I was born

00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:20.700
 with a lung disease

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:23.299
 called cystic fibrosis

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:24.460
 in the early 80s.

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.960
 And,

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.900
 at the time,

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.759
 the age expectancy

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.460
 was 18

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.279
 when I was born.

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.059
 And,

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:32.259
 no cure,

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.080
 only treatments

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.920
 for that.

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.420
 And so,

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.860
 I lived a pretty

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:38.799
 normal life

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:40.220
 a lot of the time

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.920
 and until I got up

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:42.640
 to my latter teens,

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.200
 the disease

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.100
 really started

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.660
 to hit me.

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.580
 But I don't

00:30:46.580 --> 00:30:47.380
 begrudge God

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:47.799
 because

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:49.160
 He used that

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.819
 to humble me

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.360
 and show me

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.279
 that I was not

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.859
 immortal.

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.719
 That I was not

00:30:53.719 --> 00:30:55.519
 the awesome

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.639
 dude I thought

00:30:56.639 --> 00:30:57.199
 I was.

00:30:58.699 --> 00:30:59.719
 My dreams

00:30:59.719 --> 00:31:01.479
 were I wanted

00:31:01.479 --> 00:31:01.919
 to be,

00:31:02.699 --> 00:31:03.519
 I wanted to play

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.479
 sports in college

00:31:04.479 --> 00:31:05.559
 and I wanted

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.319
 to go into

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.519
 the military.

00:31:07.679 --> 00:31:09.019
 I wanted to be

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:10.539
 an elite soldier

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.439
 or actually

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:12.199
 the Marine Corps

00:31:12.199 --> 00:31:12.500
 because that's

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.419
 my family.

00:31:13.679 --> 00:31:13.859
 So,

00:31:14.219 --> 00:31:15.099
 that's what I wanted

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.459
 to do.

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.139
 That's like the

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:17.459
 path I carved

00:31:17.459 --> 00:31:18.079
 for myself.

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:19.039
 And God

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.919
 just shut

00:31:19.919 --> 00:31:20.500
 it down.

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.299
 I remember

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:25.179
 when 9-11

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:25.939
 came around,

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.460
 I had several

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.319
 really good friends

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:29.099
 go and join

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:30.000
 the military

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.480
 and I remember

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.359
 just sort of

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.740
 feeling

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:34.299
 left behind.

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.720
 But,

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.819
 that was early

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.240
 in my

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.759
 walk with Christ

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:40.199
 and

00:31:40.199 --> 00:31:41.519
 it's as if

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.279
 God was saying,

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:42.759
 you're going to

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.279
 stay here

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.720
 and you're going to

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.319
 fight a different

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.059
 kind of fight.

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:47.419
 and in my

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:47.980
 flesh just

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.740
 didn't like that

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.839
 but my spirit

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.419
 rejoiced.

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.099
 And I was really

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:53.000
 kind of bummed

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.220
 that all my

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.859
 dreams had been

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.500
 kind of shot

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:57.399
 down but also

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:58.319
 just aware that

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.519
 God was doing

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.899
 something,

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.319
 I just didn't

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.779
 know what.

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.220
 And one of my

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.940
 best friends

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.359
 who was,

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:04.940
 his name was

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.799
 Dustin Scoggins,

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.559
 he showed up

00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:08.079
 one day at my

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.460
 house,

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:09.220
 well never mind,

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.659
 he got a DUI

00:32:10.659 --> 00:32:11.159
 before he was a

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.679
 Christian so he

00:32:11.679 --> 00:32:12.179
 couldn't drive

00:32:12.179 --> 00:32:12.700
 so I was always

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.319
 picking him up.

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:15.279
 But I picked

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.579
 him up and

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.079
 he threw this

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.879
 hat at me and

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.279
 he had this

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.799
 made but it

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.299
 basically says

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.720
 on it the

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.599
 Lord's Marine

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:20.879
 Corps.

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.939
 Like this is

00:32:22.939 --> 00:32:23.519
 the battle

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.019
 you're going to

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.259
 fight.

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.579
 You're not

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:25.919
 going to get

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:26.539
 engaged in all

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:26.799
 this other

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.159
 stuff.

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.659
 Forget about

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:28.859
 it.

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.740
 And ever

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.460
 since then I've

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.939
 seen it that

00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:33.299
 way even though

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.779
 at times I

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.480
 still struggle to

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.139
 believe.

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.619
 And when I

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.240
 got to Cali

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.720
 and I came up

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.139
 here to North

00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:39.439
 Georgia in

00:32:39.439 --> 00:32:39.899
 Dahlonega,

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:41.079
 this was a book

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.599
 that I read

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.099
 called Don't

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.500
 Waste Your

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.819
 Life.

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.539
 By John

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:44.899
 Piper.

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.919
 So you

00:32:45.919 --> 00:32:46.439
 should pick up

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:46.879
 this book

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:48.059
 because it's

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.819
 about what we're

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.319
 talking about.

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:49.679
 How do you

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:50.439
 make the most

00:32:50.439 --> 00:32:51.679
 of the time?

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.139
 How do you

00:32:52.139 --> 00:32:53.500
 redeem the

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.299
 time and not

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.839
 waste it?

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.059
 So these

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:58.500
 kind of thoughts

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.099
 were heavy on

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.639
 my mind in

00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.000
 college.

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.079
 I was very

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.559
 sick.

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:02.700
 I had to go

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.119
 in for

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:04.399
 treatments pretty

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:04.759
 often.

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.559
 Somehow I

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.960
 managed to

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.359
 graduate.

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.799
 I remember

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.339
 being in the

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.939
 hospital and my

00:33:09.939 --> 00:33:10.579
 doctor gave me a

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.599
 pass to go and

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.359
 graduate and come

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:13.039
 back to the

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.319
 hospital.

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:15.240
 So I

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:16.659
 walked with all

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:17.159
 my crazy

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:17.579
 friends.

00:33:18.919 --> 00:33:19.199
 And

00:33:19.199 --> 00:33:23.319
 eventually, as

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.740
 most of you

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.479
 know, I had to

00:33:24.479 --> 00:33:24.959
 get a lung

00:33:24.959 --> 00:33:26.119
 transplant in

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.939
 2008.

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:30.539
 And somehow I

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.259
 survived that.

00:33:31.459 --> 00:33:32.259
 The surgeon said

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.719
 that it was the

00:33:32.719 --> 00:33:33.339
 worst pair of

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:34.000
 lungs he ever

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.479
 had seen.

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:37.220
 he had done a

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:38.500
 lot of

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.099
 transplants.

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.220
 And I also

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.120
 got severely

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.779
 sick, like

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.640
 bad infection

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:45.279
 within the first

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.120
 six months of my

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.599
 transplant.

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.500
 It nearly killed

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:47.720
 me.

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.400
 And I don't

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.079
 have any memory

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:51.000
 for a month.

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:53.440
 And I was on

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:54.160
 life support.

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.400
 And then after

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:55.960
 that I was just

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.880
 sort of drug out

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.480
 of my mind and

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.920
 don't remember

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.339
 anything.

00:33:58.339 --> 00:34:00.599
 But at one

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.639
 point I was in

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:03.740
 the CICU at

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:05.159
 UAB Hospital in

00:34:05.159 --> 00:34:05.480
 Birmingham.

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:07.119
 And I was in

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.619
 there with two

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:09.519
 other patients.

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:11.719
 One girl and

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.319
 one guy.

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.960
 Around my age.

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.980
 One was waiting

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.539
 for a lung

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.039
 transplant.

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.960
 And one had

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:22.239
 CF and had

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:22.759
 received the

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:23.480
 transplant but

00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.279
 was not doing

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:25.139
 well at all.

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:26.699
 kind of the

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.319
 same thing.

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.159
 And so for

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:29.739
 about a week

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:31.019
 we just kind of

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:32.440
 fought to make

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.779
 it through.

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:34.940
 My parents met

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.859
 their parents and

00:34:35.859 --> 00:34:36.299
 hung out with

00:34:36.299 --> 00:34:37.039
 their parents and

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.579
 talked to their

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.059
 parents.

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:40.219
 My parents tried

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:41.299
 to share the

00:34:41.299 --> 00:34:42.219
 hope they had in

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.940
 Christ with those

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.579
 other parents.

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:46.460
 And for some

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.319
 reason they both

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:47.920
 died and I'm

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.460
 still standing

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.799
 here.

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.559
 No control

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.139
 over that.

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.960
 But that

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.960
 weighs on me.

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:56.500
 why?

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.779
 So God

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.539
 chose to

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.139
 extend my

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:03.579
 life through

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.299
 my transplant

00:35:04.299 --> 00:35:06.000
 and now I

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.480
 feel that

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.980
 weight to

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:08.559
 redeem the

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.920
 time.

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:11.099
 In the first

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:12.019
 year of my

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:13.039
 marriage just a

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.719
 few years ago

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:16.000
 I got really

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.859
 sick again and

00:35:16.859 --> 00:35:17.500
 had to go to

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.219
 the hospital in

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:19.599
 Birmingham and

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.599
 my wife Kathleen

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.259
 was with me and

00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:22.079
 we walked down

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:24.299
 the hospital

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:24.759
 ward.

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.940
 the lung

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.879
 transplant unit

00:35:26.879 --> 00:35:27.539
 kind of where I

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.219
 was for so

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.599
 long.

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.400
 And

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:32.579
 looked in the

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.339
 rooms and saw

00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:34.179
 people on life

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:34.619
 support.

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.500
 Seeing people

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:38.440
 that had just

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.579
 received transplants.

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.400
 There's tubes

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.119
 coming out of them

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.879
 just laying there

00:35:42.879 --> 00:35:43.559
 in the bed.

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.440
 And it just

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.000
 broke me.

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.500
 I think that was

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.259
 the last time I

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:48.739
 actually just

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.480
 bawled my eyes

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.079
 out because I

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.679
 just remembered

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:50.739
 Lord.

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.579
 That could still

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.079
 be me.

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.759
 Why did I

00:35:56.759 --> 00:35:57.399
 make it out of

00:35:57.399 --> 00:35:57.779
 there like

00:35:57.779 --> 00:35:58.440
 Lord help me

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.059
 not to fall

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.599
 asleep.

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:02.039
 Let me not

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.839
 waste this

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.279
 life.

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.719
 And even

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.359
 though God

00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:07.379
 has chosen to

00:36:07.379 --> 00:36:08.259
 paint this to

00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:08.839
 me in a very

00:36:08.839 --> 00:36:09.839
 vivid way it's

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.679
 no less true

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.139
 for you.

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.659
 Like every day

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.559
 is a gift from

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:15.039
 the Lord to

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:16.079
 redeem for

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.779
 his use.

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:19.640
 And I know

00:36:19.640 --> 00:36:20.140
 that the Lord

00:36:20.140 --> 00:36:20.840
 loves me and

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.740
 that I'm accepted

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.780
 fully in Christ

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.340
 that I can't

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:24.200
 earn his love

00:36:24.200 --> 00:36:24.820
 no matter what

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.300
 I've done.

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.660
 But I still

00:36:26.660 --> 00:36:27.400
 want to

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.200
 redeem the time.

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.960
 Eternity weighs

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.600
 heavy on my

00:36:30.600 --> 00:36:31.019
 mind.

00:36:32.700 --> 00:36:33.600
 So look back

00:36:33.600 --> 00:36:34.160
 at Ephesians

00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.640
 5.

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:38.200
 Ephesians 5

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:39.700
 verse 15

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:40.280
 and 16

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:41.000
 again.

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:42.360
 Look carefully

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.180
 then how you

00:36:43.180 --> 00:36:44.019
 walk not as

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:45.200
 unwise but as

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:45.640
 wise.

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.980
 making the

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.819
 best use of

00:36:47.819 --> 00:36:48.339
 the time

00:36:48.339 --> 00:36:48.900
 because the

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.599
 days are

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:49.960
 evil.

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:56.559
 So I

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:56.900
 want to give

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.199
 you just

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:57.879
 three things

00:36:57.879 --> 00:36:59.219
 to help you

00:36:59.219 --> 00:36:59.699
 redeem the

00:36:59.699 --> 00:36:59.940
 time.

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.460
 So I'm in

00:37:00.460 --> 00:37:00.900
 college.

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:01.940
 Give me some

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.480
 things to hold

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:02.900
 on to.

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.379
 Give me some

00:37:03.379 --> 00:37:04.039
 things to focus

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:06.460
 on to help

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.059
 me redeem the

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.379
 time.

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.440
 This is some

00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.299
 application but

00:37:10.299 --> 00:37:12.279
 one is grow

00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:12.879
 in your

00:37:12.879 --> 00:37:13.500
 relationship

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:15.619
 with Christ.

00:37:15.639 --> 00:37:15.699
 Christ.

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.619
 Again for

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.319
 many of you

00:37:18.319 --> 00:37:19.359
 you've never

00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:19.859
 really taken

00:37:19.859 --> 00:37:20.299
 your faith

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:21.139
 seriously until

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.539
 now.

00:37:22.819 --> 00:37:23.500
 Even though

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.059
 you have

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.519
 great

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.279
 responsibilities

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:26.960
 that feel

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.759
 very weighty

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.139
 to you

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:29.579
 that probably

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.259
 won't be as

00:37:30.259 --> 00:37:30.759
 weighty as

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:31.019
 when you

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.619
 graduate one

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:31.960
 day and

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.199
 have a

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.559
 full time

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.119
 job and

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.739
 maybe have

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:34.440
 children.

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.239
 There are

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:37.059
 moments of

00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.539
 time that

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.879
 you'll never

00:37:37.879 --> 00:37:38.619
 get back to

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.379
 study God's

00:37:39.379 --> 00:37:39.859
 word to

00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:40.559
 dive deep

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.619
 into the

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.339
 scriptures and

00:37:42.339 --> 00:37:42.980
 meditate on

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.519
 them day and

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.839
 night.

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:45.360
 to realize

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.680
 that the

00:37:45.680 --> 00:37:46.200
 Bible is

00:37:46.200 --> 00:37:46.539
 God's

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:46.860
 written

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.980
 revelation of

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:49.440
 himself to

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.380
 reveal himself

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.240
 to you.

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.640
 So much

00:37:52.640 --> 00:37:53.100
 time to

00:37:53.100 --> 00:37:53.880
 pray and

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.579
 to sit at

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.220
 the feet of

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:55.559
 Jesus.

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.539
 And you can

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.340
 do this in

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.900
 your time in

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.200
 college.

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.740
 You can do

00:37:59.740 --> 00:37:59.900
 it.

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.240
 You can

00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:00.820
 redeem that

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.320
 time to

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:02.039
 grow close

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.640
 to Christ.

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:05.120
 Don't waste

00:38:05.120 --> 00:38:05.380
 it.

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.840
 Ephesians 5

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.600
 17 to read

00:38:08.600 --> 00:38:09.019
 on this one

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.200
 word.

00:38:09.300 --> 00:38:09.440
 It says,

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.880
 don't be

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.400
 foolish,

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:12.079
 but understand

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:12.639
 what the

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.260
 will of

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.700
 the Lord

00:38:13.700 --> 00:38:14.059
 is.

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:15.980
 Okay.

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.079
 Well, I

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.360
 thought the

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:17.679
 will of

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:17.980
 God was

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.340
 this like

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:18.740
 mystical

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.200
 thing I

00:38:19.200 --> 00:38:19.440
 was supposed

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:19.820
 to like

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.920
 find and

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.159
 chase.

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:21.619
 Like, no,

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:23.460
 don't be

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:23.780
 foolish.

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.380
 Know what

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.780
 the will

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.159
 of the

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.700
 Lord is.

00:38:26.260 --> 00:38:26.780
 It's here.

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:28.099
 If you

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.420
 want to know

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.720
 what's on

00:38:28.720 --> 00:38:29.340
 God's mind,

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.920
 it's right

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.200
 here.

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:30.880
 What he

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.440
 loves, what

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.820
 he hates,

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.159
 what he

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:32.840
 believes about

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:33.260
 you, what

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:33.700
 he calls

00:38:33.700 --> 00:38:34.099
 you to,

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:35.059
 it's all

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.639
 in here.

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.039
 It's not

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:36.659
 out here.

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:38.940
 Don't be

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.440
 foolish, but

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:40.139
 understand what

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.760
 the will of

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.139
 the Lord

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.500
 is.

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.139
 What's

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.559
 not a word

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.019
 for foolish?

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.440
 This kind

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:44.720
 of gets

00:38:44.720 --> 00:38:45.840
 me stupid.

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.400
 Don't be

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:46.760
 stupid.

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:49.679
 Jeremiah

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:51.500
 9, verse

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.320
 23, let me

00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:52.720
 read this

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.099
 to you.

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.139
 Thus

00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:55.539
 says the

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:56.980
 Lord, let

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.420
 not the

00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:58.240
 wise man

00:38:58.240 --> 00:38:58.800
 boast in

00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.360
 his wisdom.

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.559
 Let not

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.300
 the mighty

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.059
 man boast

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:02.440
 in his

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.800
 might.

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.019
 Let not

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.460
 the rich

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:05.079
 man boast

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.380
 in his

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:05.700
 riches.

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.880
 So, that's

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.039
 what they're

00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:07.179
 going to

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:07.500
 preach to

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.579
 you.

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:07.900
 Get some

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.780
 money, get

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:08.960
 some

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.560
 wisdom, get

00:39:09.560 --> 00:39:10.080
 some riches,

00:39:10.580 --> 00:39:11.240
 be strong.

00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:12.740
 Don't boast

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.000
 in that

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:13.280
 stuff.

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:13.640
 He says

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:13.900
 in verse

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:15.019
 24, but

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.440
 let him

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.000
 who boasts

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.700
 boast in

00:39:16.700 --> 00:39:17.900
 this, that

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.800
 he understands

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.660
 and knows

00:39:19.660 --> 00:39:21.019
 me, that

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.800
 I am the

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.360
 Lord who

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:22.860
 practices

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:23.620
 steadfast

00:39:23.620 --> 00:39:25.420
 love, justice

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:26.320
 and righteousness

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:27.200
 in the earth.

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:28.480
 For these

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.100
 things I

00:39:29.100 --> 00:39:30.860
 delight, declares

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:32.640
 the Lord, and

00:39:32.640 --> 00:39:33.180
 grow in your

00:39:33.180 --> 00:39:33.580
 walk with

00:39:33.580 --> 00:39:34.220
 Jesus while

00:39:34.220 --> 00:39:34.640
 you're in

00:39:34.640 --> 00:39:35.000
 school.

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.300
 And these

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:37.660
 other two

00:39:37.660 --> 00:39:38.320
 things actually

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:39.000
 aids you in

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.460
 that one

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:39.900
 pursuit.

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.320
 Secondly, grow

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:42.559
 in your

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.360
 relationship with

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:44.140
 God's people.

00:39:45.080 --> 00:39:45.500
 Over the

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.960
 years, we've

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.340
 noticed a

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:47.100
 huge pattern,

00:39:48.100 --> 00:39:49.039
 a difference

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:50.539
 between students

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.120
 who just kind of

00:39:51.120 --> 00:39:51.600
 chill out on

00:39:51.600 --> 00:39:53.080
 campus, hang

00:39:53.080 --> 00:39:53.480
 out with other

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:55.480
 students, maybe

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:56.019
 they're a part of

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.800
 a campus ministry,

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:58.620
 maybe not, that

00:39:58.620 --> 00:39:59.340
 side, and those

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.960
 who actually say,

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.440
 hey, you know

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:01.039
 what, I actually

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.519
 belong to the

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.720
 church right

00:40:02.720 --> 00:40:04.640
 now, so I'm

00:40:04.640 --> 00:40:05.140
 going to throw

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:06.920
 myself into the

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.699
 body of Christ,

00:40:07.779 --> 00:40:08.299
 the local

00:40:08.299 --> 00:40:10.480
 church, and

00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:10.900
 they grow

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:11.980
 light years ahead

00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:12.440
 of those who

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:13.059
 just shot on

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.379
 campus.

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:13.980
 It's just a

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.339
 fact.

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.759
 It just is.

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:16.839
 That's how God

00:40:16.839 --> 00:40:17.619
 designed it.

00:40:18.359 --> 00:40:19.239
 The church is the

00:40:19.239 --> 00:40:20.319
 family of God, it's

00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:22.099
 his people, it's the

00:40:22.099 --> 00:40:23.019
 bride of Christ.

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.739
 And as I said

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:25.460
 before, don't hate

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:25.839
 on Jesus'

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.659
 bride because it

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.159
 will clean your

00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.940
 clock if you hate

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.420
 his bride.

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:30.579
 He loves his

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:30.799
 bride.

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:31.640
 And when he did

00:40:31.640 --> 00:40:32.440
 die for just

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:32.900
 you, but he

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.660
 also died for a

00:40:34.660 --> 00:40:35.420
 people that he's

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:36.260
 called you to, to

00:40:36.260 --> 00:40:37.120
 be with, to live

00:40:37.120 --> 00:40:38.500
 with, they're your

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.840
 family.

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:40.240
 This is your home,

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:41.080
 not this building,

00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:42.180
 but these people,

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:43.980
 they're your

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.360
 family.

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.880
 And we need each

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:47.700
 other as pilgrims

00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:48.920
 walking on this

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.240
 earth.

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:51.519
 Join a local

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.100
 church.

00:40:52.220 --> 00:40:52.620
 Don't do the

00:40:52.620 --> 00:40:55.140
 whole dating the

00:40:55.140 --> 00:40:55.700
 church like I'm

00:40:55.700 --> 00:40:56.200
 going to be at

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.940
 Christ's family this

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:58.460
 Sunday, then go to

00:40:58.460 --> 00:40:59.260
 Brownsbridge next

00:40:59.260 --> 00:41:00.000
 Sunday, then

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.780
 Passion City, then

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:01.540
 next Sunday, and

00:41:01.540 --> 00:41:02.060
 then maybe try

00:41:02.060 --> 00:41:02.519
 Christ's family

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:02.800
 again.

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.420
 Just don't do

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.580
 it.

00:41:04.200 --> 00:41:05.220
 Just find

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:06.620
 somewhere that

00:41:06.620 --> 00:41:07.380
 loves the gospel,

00:41:07.620 --> 00:41:08.120
 that loves the

00:41:08.120 --> 00:41:09.519
 scripture, that

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.380
 loves Jesus Christ

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:10.900
 and loves the

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:11.640
 mission of Christ,

00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:13.700
 and stay there and

00:41:13.700 --> 00:41:14.480
 pour your life out

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:14.720
 there.

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.880
 Young women, you

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.960
 need older women to

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:20.120
 learn how to live

00:41:20.120 --> 00:41:20.400
 from.

00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:22.019
 Like older women

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.840
 to say, hey, come

00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:23.720
 and walk with me.

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.300
 Come and let me

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:25.720
 show you how to

00:41:25.720 --> 00:41:26.300
 follow Jesus.

00:41:26.540 --> 00:41:27.300
 Guys, you need the

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:27.720
 same thing.

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.560
 You need older men

00:41:28.560 --> 00:41:29.680
 in your life.

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.160
 You're not going to

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:31.179
 get that on campus.

00:41:33.319 --> 00:41:34.299
 There are some

00:41:34.299 --> 00:41:35.579
 guys and girls

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:37.119
 too, finding their

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.960
 lives in so many

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:39.799
 things, and what

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.779
 they need is the

00:41:40.779 --> 00:41:42.219
 gospel and the

00:41:42.219 --> 00:41:44.059
 church can help

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.940
 you in that pursuit

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:45.879
 of reaching those

00:41:45.879 --> 00:41:46.219
 people.

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:48.339
 We need older

00:41:48.339 --> 00:41:48.940
 people to be

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.259
 around.

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:50.480
 So campus

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.259
 ministries are good.

00:41:51.319 --> 00:41:51.899
 I was a part of

00:41:51.899 --> 00:41:52.579
 campus outreach.

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:53.399
 I was on staff with

00:41:53.399 --> 00:41:54.219
 them for three years.

00:41:54.899 --> 00:41:55.719
 Good ministries.

00:41:55.799 --> 00:41:56.239
 They're actually not

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:56.719
 in North Georgia

00:41:56.719 --> 00:41:57.419
 anymore, and I say

00:41:57.419 --> 00:41:57.879
 that with a heavy

00:41:57.879 --> 00:41:58.239
 heart.

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:01.500
 But as good as

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:02.519
 campus ministries are,

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:03.419
 they are not to take

00:42:03.419 --> 00:42:04.799
 the place of the

00:42:04.799 --> 00:42:05.439
 local body.

00:42:06.399 --> 00:42:07.099
 And any campus

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:08.199
 ministry worth anything

00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:08.939
 will tell you that.

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.379
 No, no, no.

00:42:09.379 --> 00:42:09.839
 We're not it.

00:42:09.939 --> 00:42:10.119
 Go.

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:11.159
 Be part of the

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:11.419
 body.

00:42:12.319 --> 00:42:12.559
 Go.

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:12.639
 Go.

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:16.019
 So join a local

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:17.739
 church, a healthy,

00:42:17.919 --> 00:42:18.679
 good local church.

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:20.299
 We can tell you a lot

00:42:20.299 --> 00:42:21.019
 of them not to go to.

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.699
 There's a few that we

00:42:21.699 --> 00:42:22.259
 would recommend.

00:42:22.379 --> 00:42:22.939
 You're welcome to stay

00:42:22.939 --> 00:42:23.219
 here.

00:42:23.219 --> 00:42:24.259
 But there are other

00:42:24.259 --> 00:42:25.039
 ones as well.

00:42:26.419 --> 00:42:26.779
 All right.

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.839
 That's the second

00:42:28.839 --> 00:42:29.239
 thing.

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:32.059
 Lastly, grow in your

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:33.379
 obedience to Christ's

00:42:33.379 --> 00:42:33.699
 mission.

00:42:34.739 --> 00:42:35.619
 Grow in your obedience

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.480
 to Christ's mission.

00:42:37.859 --> 00:42:38.959
 For those of you that

00:42:38.959 --> 00:42:40.259
 are in school, most of

00:42:40.259 --> 00:42:42.159
 you will never have the

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:43.500
 relational influence you

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:44.659
 have right now ever

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:44.980
 again.

00:42:45.739 --> 00:42:47.179
 The special kairos you'll

00:42:47.179 --> 00:42:47.939
 never get back.

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:50.279
 A lot of you.

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:52.379
 You're surrounded by

00:42:52.379 --> 00:42:53.199
 people on a daily

00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:56.000
 basis that need to see

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:57.460
 Christ, that need to

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:59.099
 hear the gospel.

00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:01.419
 Colossians 4, verse 5,

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:02.099
 the same kind of

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:02.399
 phrase.

00:43:02.859 --> 00:43:04.259
 Walk in wisdom toward

00:43:04.259 --> 00:43:06.219
 outsiders, making the

00:43:06.219 --> 00:43:07.859
 best use of the time.

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:11.139
 Open your eyes to the

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:12.259
 lost people that are all

00:43:12.259 --> 00:43:13.019
 around you.

00:43:13.859 --> 00:43:15.439
 It's that young guy who

00:43:15.439 --> 00:43:17.719
 never leaves his room and

00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:19.219
 just plays video games all

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:21.339
 day and night because he's

00:43:21.339 --> 00:43:22.159
 depressed and he doesn't

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:22.879
 want to step out of his

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:23.940
 dorm room to face the

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.220
 world.

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:27.099
 It's that girl.

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:28.360
 Some of you know her.

00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:30.539
 She won't go out unless

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:31.619
 she spends an hour getting

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:32.619
 ready first to make

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:33.619
 herself look beautiful

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:35.200
 because she's afraid of

00:43:35.200 --> 00:43:36.220
 being judged and torn

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:38.240
 apart by people just

00:43:38.240 --> 00:43:39.180
 looking at her all day

00:43:39.180 --> 00:43:39.500
 long.

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:43.140
 It's that unpopular

00:43:43.140 --> 00:43:44.700
 nobody that sits alone in

00:43:44.700 --> 00:43:45.340
 the chow hall.

00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:48.019
 It's that person trying to

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:49.059
 find their value in the

00:43:49.059 --> 00:43:50.200
 dating world or the sex

00:43:50.200 --> 00:43:51.400
 world or their party life.

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:54.380
 They're trying so hard and

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:56.380
 they're being destroyed

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:57.000
 because of it.

00:43:58.840 --> 00:43:59.820
 Some of you know them.

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:01.900
 It's that girl killing

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:03.200
 herself to look good at the

00:44:03.200 --> 00:44:05.980
 gym because she's afraid of

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:07.280
 how people are going to

00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:09.900
 evaluate her when she steps

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.559
 out in public.

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:12.639
 Look, it's that person

00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:13.940
 that always wants to speak

00:44:13.940 --> 00:44:15.299
 up in class and that may

00:44:15.299 --> 00:44:16.400
 annoy you at times but

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:18.239
 they're trying to say I'm

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:18.659
 smart.

00:44:18.820 --> 00:44:19.799
 I have something to offer.

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:20.539
 Listen to me.

00:44:21.679 --> 00:44:22.759
 They're all around you.

00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:27.020
 Just open your eyes and pray

00:44:27.020 --> 00:44:28.180
 that God gives you just eyes

00:44:28.180 --> 00:44:29.100
 to see those people.

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:29.900
 They need you.

00:44:31.120 --> 00:44:31.920
 They need you to bear

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:33.100
 witness of Christ and the

00:44:33.100 --> 00:44:34.160
 freedom that you live in.

00:44:34.220 --> 00:44:35.140
 They need to see that.

00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:37.860
 Don't just say I'm going to

00:44:37.860 --> 00:44:38.640
 wait for the summertime.

00:44:39.540 --> 00:44:40.500
 I'm going to do missions

00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:41.460
 overseas this summer.

00:44:42.120 --> 00:44:43.260
 That's when I evangelize.

00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:43.940
 If you're not willing to

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:46.140
 walk across the hall to talk

00:44:46.140 --> 00:44:47.560
 to Christ, about Christ to

00:44:47.560 --> 00:44:48.500
 someone, please don't go

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.200
 overseas this summer.

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:52.759
 The most faithful

00:44:52.759 --> 00:44:53.739
 missionaries are people

00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:54.379
 who are already being

00:44:54.379 --> 00:44:55.439
 faithful right here,

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:56.039
 right now.

00:44:58.579 --> 00:45:00.039
 Jim Elliott, once again,

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:02.179
 when he was in college,

00:45:02.259 --> 00:45:02.859
 he wrote this.

00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:06.139
 Father, make me a crisis

00:45:06.139 --> 00:45:06.579
 man.

00:45:07.419 --> 00:45:09.159
 Bring those I contact

00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:09.980
 to decision.

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:14.059
 Let me not be a mile

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:15.960
 post on a single road.

00:45:16.139 --> 00:45:18.000
 Make me a fork that men

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:19.480
 must turn one way or

00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:21.099
 another on facing Christ

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:21.719
 in me.

00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.880
 And on your bulletin,

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.579
 there's a quote.

00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:26.800
 Jonathan Edwards wrote a

00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:28.480
 lot about making the most

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:29.380
 use of his time.

00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:32.179
 This is one thing he said

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:33.820
 on your bulletin,

00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:34.860
 on top of your bulletin.

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:36.420
 Time is short,

00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:38.800
 and the work which we have

00:45:38.800 --> 00:45:40.920
 to do in it is so great

00:45:40.920 --> 00:45:42.480
 that we have none of it

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:43.059
 to spare.

00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:47.039
 So I want to end with this.

00:45:50.779 --> 00:45:52.340
 I want you to rest in Christ.

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:53.139
 If you're feeling like,

00:45:53.219 --> 00:45:55.380
 man, I feel overwhelmed

00:45:55.380 --> 00:45:56.019
 by this,

00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:57.679
 you should to some degree.

00:45:58.380 --> 00:46:00.039
 But as you study the Gospels,

00:46:00.099 --> 00:46:01.400
 you will see that Jesus

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:03.159
 himself was very aware,

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:05.119
 very tuned in to the

00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:06.960
 kairos that God had given him.

00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:09.199
 He talked about,

00:46:09.659 --> 00:46:10.059
 and John,

00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:11.420
 but I looked at John,

00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:12.619
 John 2, verse 4,

00:46:13.259 --> 00:46:15.219
 my hour has not yet come.

00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:17.159
 The hour where he was to be

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:19.139
 arrested and tried

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:19.799
 and crucified

00:46:19.799 --> 00:46:21.480
 and resurrected,

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:23.739
 that's the time he's talking

00:46:23.739 --> 00:46:24.039
 about,

00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:25.539
 the culmination,

00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:27.779
 the climax of his life.

00:46:28.739 --> 00:46:30.219
 My hour has not yet come,

00:46:30.299 --> 00:46:31.099
 John 2, verse 4.

00:46:32.259 --> 00:46:33.639
 Later on in chapter 7,

00:46:33.699 --> 00:46:33.980
 he says,

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:36.199
 my hour is not yet here.

00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:39.119
 Also in John 7,

00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:40.519
 it says,

00:46:40.719 --> 00:46:42.159
 his hour had not yet come.

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:44.539
 John 12,

00:46:45.359 --> 00:46:45.759
 Father,

00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:47.359
 save me from this hour,

00:46:47.839 --> 00:46:49.259
 but for this purpose

00:46:49.259 --> 00:46:50.659
 I came into the world.

00:46:52.219 --> 00:46:53.119
 John 17,

00:46:53.399 --> 00:46:53.719
 Father,

00:46:53.899 --> 00:46:54.319
 here it is,

00:46:54.739 --> 00:46:56.019
 the hour has come.

00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:59.559
 The hour has come.

00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:00.779
 Glorify your Son,

00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:02.579
 that the Son may glorify you.

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:04.819
 And then John 19,

00:47:04.899 --> 00:47:05.480
 verse 30,

00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:06.980
 it is finished.

00:47:08.619 --> 00:47:09.880
 So the good news

00:47:09.880 --> 00:47:10.599
 is even though,

00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:11.760
 even though as believers,

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:12.780
 you and I both

00:47:12.780 --> 00:47:13.480
 have squandered

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:14.400
 missed opportunities,

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:16.659
 we have wasted time.

00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:18.579
 The good news is

00:47:18.579 --> 00:47:20.539
 that Christ never did.

00:47:21.619 --> 00:47:23.360
 And that he fulfilled

00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:25.179
 perfectly all the time

00:47:25.179 --> 00:47:26.199
 the Father had given him

00:47:26.199 --> 00:47:27.079
 to the very end.

00:47:27.159 --> 00:47:27.820
 And he brought us

00:47:27.820 --> 00:47:29.019
 eternal salvation.

00:47:30.380 --> 00:47:30.780
 So,

00:47:31.260 --> 00:47:33.599
 you never can earn that

00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:35.159
 no matter how faithful

00:47:35.159 --> 00:47:36.099
 you are of your time.

00:47:36.900 --> 00:47:37.960
 So remember this,

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:38.799
 as you strive

00:47:38.799 --> 00:47:40.059
 to redeem the time,

00:47:40.900 --> 00:47:41.719
 know that you are

00:47:41.719 --> 00:47:42.659
 not striving

00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:43.659
 to enter

00:47:43.659 --> 00:47:44.679
 the love of Christ,

00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:46.380
 but you're striving

00:47:46.380 --> 00:47:47.059
 in the midst

00:47:47.059 --> 00:47:48.500
 of the love of Christ.

00:47:49.059 --> 00:47:49.920
 But he's already

00:47:49.920 --> 00:47:50.799
 secured for you

00:47:50.799 --> 00:47:51.920
 through what he did,

00:47:52.380 --> 00:47:53.279
 his finished work.

00:47:53.280 --> 00:47:54.900
 Yet,

00:47:55.120 --> 00:47:56.160
 true faith in you

00:47:56.160 --> 00:47:57.019
 will want

00:47:57.019 --> 00:47:57.940
 to redeem the time.

00:47:58.760 --> 00:48:00.040
 It'll be a fighter.

00:48:00.220 --> 00:48:00.800
 It'll say,

00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:01.380
 I've got to make

00:48:01.380 --> 00:48:02.820
 the most of this opportunity.

00:48:04.100 --> 00:48:05.840
 So don't ignore that.

00:48:06.220 --> 00:48:06.860
 Run after it.

00:48:07.720 --> 00:48:08.500
 Think about it.

00:48:09.260 --> 00:48:10.540
 And rest in that reality

00:48:10.540 --> 00:48:11.200
 that you can be

00:48:11.200 --> 00:48:12.060
 in the finished work

00:48:12.060 --> 00:48:12.600
 of Christ.

00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:15.500
 Let's pray to that end.

00:48:16.619 --> 00:48:17.279
 I want to close

00:48:17.279 --> 00:48:18.519
 by looking at Psalm 90.

00:48:18.619 --> 00:48:19.000
 Just go ahead

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:19.519
 and turn there

00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:21.319
 and we'll pray from here.

00:48:26.839 --> 00:48:27.639
 Psalm 90.

00:48:27.719 --> 00:48:28.719
 This is a psalm

00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:29.619
 that Moses wrote.

00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:32.839
 Psalm 90.

00:48:32.940 --> 00:48:34.000
 Look at verse 9.

00:48:34.759 --> 00:48:35.639
 This kind of sums up

00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:37.139
 well our message today.

00:48:37.139 --> 00:48:41.819
 For all our days

00:48:41.819 --> 00:48:42.799
 pass away

00:48:42.799 --> 00:48:43.819
 under your wrath.

00:48:44.460 --> 00:48:46.000
 We bring our years

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:46.779
 to an end

00:48:46.779 --> 00:48:47.619
 like a sigh.

00:48:48.639 --> 00:48:49.859
 The years of our life

00:48:49.859 --> 00:48:50.599
 are 70

00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:51.839
 or even

00:48:51.839 --> 00:48:53.339
 by reason of strength

00:48:53.339 --> 00:48:53.799
 80.

00:48:54.839 --> 00:48:55.719
 Yet their span

00:48:55.719 --> 00:48:56.779
 is but toil

00:48:56.779 --> 00:48:57.539
 and trouble.

00:48:58.759 --> 00:48:59.900
 They are soon gone

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:01.359
 and we fly away.

00:49:02.319 --> 00:49:03.039
 Who considers

00:49:03.039 --> 00:49:03.659
 the power

00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:04.359
 of your anger

00:49:04.359 --> 00:49:05.639
 and your wrath

00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:06.859
 according to the fear

00:49:06.860 --> 00:49:07.220
 of you.

00:49:08.300 --> 00:49:09.320
 So here it is guys.

00:49:10.120 --> 00:49:10.980
 So teach us

00:49:10.980 --> 00:49:12.460
 to number our days

00:49:12.460 --> 00:49:14.019
 that we may get

00:49:14.019 --> 00:49:14.660
 a heart

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 of wisdom.

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 Number our days.