SUN 9/30: About Time
"The Bible has a shocking plethora of things to say about time, & much of it is of the blessed Gospel! In fact, it lifts the pall on time & reveals Christ in Eternity.
- Jesus Christ is the One who rules time & eternity.
- God has ordered all time, & at just the right time, sent His Son for us.
- Eternity is near.
- Struggles with the world are part of living in time.
- Time without Jesus is wasted on passions that lead to hell.
- Time with Christ is time looking to a blessed eternity.
- The time we have on this earth is to be purposefully lived as Christians.
- God Himself, Creator of time, protects us in our earthly walk, preparing us for eternity.
- God promises to be with us through time.
- Christ bids us hold to Him in faith, believe His Word & go to church. It is possible to fall away.
- Paul's apostolic blessing covers our lives on this earth.
- Christians are to be wise about the time we have.
- We are to be sober about the world in which we live.
- We live in blessed hope & optimism, even in the face of death, because God has "a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all thing in Christ, things in heaven & things on earth." (Eph. 1:10)
- Now is the time for us to believe & to tell others of Jesus.
- While our flesh looks at time a morbidity, by the Spirit we behold life to come.
Source: Rev. Matthew Harrison in The Lutheran Witness," Sept. 2018
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