Sunday Service 12-27-09
New Year’s Sermon for 2010
NOTES FROM SERMON HEARD AT:Spirit of Fire Evangelistic MinistriesPastor Jerry BeginTo listen to the sermon, visit:http://www.spiritoffire.org/To Comment on this sermon, look for the small "comment" button at the bottom of this Sunday's sermon. If you go to the bottom of the whole blog to comment, you will have scanned through notes of several earlier sermons. Note: sometimes the post does not come up, in which case press the preview button after you have written and then submit.
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Where will our LORD take us in 2010?
What about God’s justice is common to all of us?- The Lord says, “I judge you, My people, by how you spend your time. “
How much time did you love?
How much time did you care?
How much time did you devote to Him?
God works in time. God has times- He has moments- He sent Jesus in the fullness of time. You were born at the right time. You will die at the right time.
Everything has to do with time.
All of our functions have to do with time. How much time we invest determines the success of what we put our efforts to. We get paid by hourly wages or if we are salaried by how we complete our tasks within the allotted time.
Your heart beats on time. You breathe on time. The body has timely rhythms.
In the 10 commandments, God commanded:
You shall spend all your time worshipping Me and no time worshipping idols.
You will work 6 days and rest the 7th.
God’s going to judge you about how you spent time- How did you spend your time developing yourself, time with family, with kids, with parents, with friends, relatives, quality time…
In the parables we see a focus on time: I.e.
The parable of the talents- when the Master went on the journey, He gave the servants TIME to invest.
The parable of the 10 virgins- when the TIME had come for the Bridegroom to come, ½ did not have TIME to get oil.
IT’S TIME THAT YOU TAKE TIME SERIOUSLY.
Our lives are measured in time. Every person is given an allotted time and we each are accountable for how we spend it.
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Italicized font indicates direct quotes from notes handed out with the sermon
What about God’s justice is common to all of us?- The Lord says, “I judge you, My people, by how you spend your time. “
How much time did you love?
How much time did you care?
How much time did you devote to Him?
God works in time. God has times- He has moments- He sent Jesus in the fullness of time. You were born at the right time. You will die at the right time.
Everything has to do with time.
All of our functions have to do with time. How much time we invest determines the success of what we put our efforts to. We get paid by hourly wages or if we are salaried by how we complete our tasks within the allotted time.
Your heart beats on time. You breathe on time. The body has timely rhythms.
In the 10 commandments, God commanded:
You shall spend all your time worshipping Me and no time worshipping idols.
You will work 6 days and rest the 7th.
God’s going to judge you about how you spent time- How did you spend your time developing yourself, time with family, with kids, with parents, with friends, relatives, quality time…
In the parables we see a focus on time: I.e.
The parable of the talents- when the Master went on the journey, He gave the servants TIME to invest.
The parable of the 10 virgins- when the TIME had come for the Bridegroom to come, ½ did not have TIME to get oil.
IT’S TIME THAT YOU TAKE TIME SERIOUSLY.
Our lives are measured in time. Every person is given an allotted time and we each are accountable for how we spend it.
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Italicized font indicates direct quotes from notes handed out with the sermon
Time defined
· an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
everything is run by the clock
· the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future to the present to the past
everything is always potential future- then it becomes present and past
· the 4th dimension: the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
quantum theory
· calculated measure of moments given by division into parts of equal duration
· Time is the fundamental structure which is divided into years, months, days, weeks, hours, minutes, and seconds, and divisions of the second to minute division
· Is used in the calculation of this physical realm, such as speed, distance, economic value, (time is money), phases of the moon and planets, rhythm in music, in mathematics, radiation emitted by an atom, gravity, etc.
· Used in recording of human and physical events called history
· Sidereal time is the measurement of time relative to a distant star (instead of solar time that is relative to the sun). It is used in astronomy to predict when a star will be overhead. Due to the rotation of the earth around the sun a sidereal day is 1/366th of a day (4 minutes) less than a solar day.
Time in human events (Man’s willful acts)
Everything under God’s purpose is time.
Ecc 3:1-8
(1) To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
(2) A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
(3) A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
(4) A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
(5) A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
(6) A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
(7) A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
(8) A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
The process of time
· We must be good stewards of time
We must manage our lives knowing that time is very precious, we are given to be caretakers of time and how we spend our time and the time of others.
· Time must be managed
Consider the amount of time of devotion, sharing, giving,
· We are accountable for the use of our time
God’s book is on TIME- how much time did you invest in God?, in others?, how much time did you waste? Did you take time to work, rest, prepare? Opportunity comes at the right time. Timing is everything.
· God has allotted everyone a measure of time, but no one knows its span.
God wants you to put all your effort in the time of the moment.
· Time is fleeting
· We must salvage or redeem our time and not waste it.
Eph 5:16-17
(16) Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
(17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Don’t be stupid. Life is within the time given. Time is a gift given for us now, a responsibility.
· Time is short and fleeting.
1Pe 1:24
(24) For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Psa 89:47-48
(47) Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
(48) What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
· Time is allotted each of us for our growth and development.
· We have a limited time to accomplish our purpose.
Ecc 9:10
(10) Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
· Don’t squander or waste time
If we waste time with discouragement, fear, tiredness, time will go by and we will not experience it. No matter whether the time goes by slow or fast, we are responsible for it.
Rom 13:11-14
(11) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
(12) The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
(13) Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
(14) But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
· Time is opportunity
Col 4:5
5 Behave yourselves wisely [living prudently and with discretion] in your relations with those of the outside world (the non-Christians), making the very most of the time and seizing (buying up) the opportunity. AMP
· an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
everything is run by the clock
· the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future to the present to the past
everything is always potential future- then it becomes present and past
· the 4th dimension: the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
quantum theory
· calculated measure of moments given by division into parts of equal duration
· Time is the fundamental structure which is divided into years, months, days, weeks, hours, minutes, and seconds, and divisions of the second to minute division
· Is used in the calculation of this physical realm, such as speed, distance, economic value, (time is money), phases of the moon and planets, rhythm in music, in mathematics, radiation emitted by an atom, gravity, etc.
· Used in recording of human and physical events called history
· Sidereal time is the measurement of time relative to a distant star (instead of solar time that is relative to the sun). It is used in astronomy to predict when a star will be overhead. Due to the rotation of the earth around the sun a sidereal day is 1/366th of a day (4 minutes) less than a solar day.
Time in human events (Man’s willful acts)
Everything under God’s purpose is time.
Ecc 3:1-8
(1) To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
(2) A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
(3) A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
(4) A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
(5) A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
(6) A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
(7) A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
(8) A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
The process of time
· We must be good stewards of time
We must manage our lives knowing that time is very precious, we are given to be caretakers of time and how we spend our time and the time of others.
· Time must be managed
Consider the amount of time of devotion, sharing, giving,
· We are accountable for the use of our time
God’s book is on TIME- how much time did you invest in God?, in others?, how much time did you waste? Did you take time to work, rest, prepare? Opportunity comes at the right time. Timing is everything.
· God has allotted everyone a measure of time, but no one knows its span.
God wants you to put all your effort in the time of the moment.
· Time is fleeting
· We must salvage or redeem our time and not waste it.
Eph 5:16-17
(16) Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
(17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Don’t be stupid. Life is within the time given. Time is a gift given for us now, a responsibility.
· Time is short and fleeting.
1Pe 1:24
(24) For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Psa 89:47-48
(47) Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
(48) What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
· Time is allotted each of us for our growth and development.
· We have a limited time to accomplish our purpose.
Ecc 9:10
(10) Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
· Don’t squander or waste time
If we waste time with discouragement, fear, tiredness, time will go by and we will not experience it. No matter whether the time goes by slow or fast, we are responsible for it.
Rom 13:11-14
(11) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
(12) The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
(13) Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
(14) But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
· Time is opportunity
Col 4:5
5 Behave yourselves wisely [living prudently and with discretion] in your relations with those of the outside world (the non-Christians), making the very most of the time and seizing (buying up) the opportunity. AMP
· Your time should be spent in the fear of the Lord
1Pe 1:17
(17) And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
· Time is spent and cannot be regained
· Time can be planned and be saved
· Times of refreshing from the Lord
Acts 3:19
19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;KJV
· Time of restitution
1Pe 1:17
(17) And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
· Time is spent and cannot be regained
· Time can be planned and be saved
· Times of refreshing from the Lord
Acts 3:19
19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;KJV
· Time of restitution
Act 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
· Time is predetermined by God
Act 17:26
(26) And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
· God’s purpose is fulfilled in His time
· Time is predetermined by God
Act 17:26
(26) And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
· God’s purpose is fulfilled in His time
Gal 4:4
(4) But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Mar 1:15
(15) And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Living within time
Life is divided in 3 sections of time; the past, present, and future.
· The past is time already lived
· The present is time of being in the moment
· The future is yet to come
God expects you to live in the moment. Don’t live in the past any more- it’s already done. The future is
not.
Time of the future is coming.
How much time I spend depends on my choice. The story of Christmas has to do with the fullness of time. We each are given an allotted time.
New Year’s approach
· Resolve and forgive the past so you can continue your journey
Maybe you need to learn to be a lover. Be accountable for the moments of your life.
· Learn to live the moment
· Hope for the future with great expectation
You can’t prepare for the future without using up the moments, because whatever you do in the present prepares for the future.
In 2010 God wants you to look at your moments- live the moment, so that it will create a positive future.
Each moment is preparing for the next. We have a choice to take the moment and apply it seriously.
How much time do you devote in worship?
How much time do you give to devotion?
How much time do you work on yourself?
How much time do you give to your neighbor?
How much time do you give to your spouse, kids, family?
How much time do you give to your work ?
How much time are you patient?
How much time do you give to self-control?
How much time do you give to someone else’s life?
How much time do you give to changing world?
How much time do you give to enjoy the things I have given you?
How much time did you spend with Me?
How much time did you spend with Me?
What did you do with your life span?
All justice is on that scale- the allotted time and how we live it out.
True...you spend your time on what you love. No (so-called) Christian will tell you that he doesn't love God. But you just want to say, "No, no - you tell me how you spend your time and I'll tell YOU who you love; tell me what you think about, and I'll tell you who you love."
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