THE BUCKET LIST (10 OF 12)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-21
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The Bucket List (10 of 12)
Series: Unlocking The Mystery
Jeff Strite
Ephesians 5:15-21
Did you realize all the things we do with time?
- We ''MAKE'' time, and we TAKE time, for things that are important to us.
- We ''SAVE'' time with all kinds of gadgets and doodads.
- We ''MARK'' time
- We ''KILL'' time,
- We ''RACE AGAINST'' time.
- AND (someone noted) that the worst thing you can do with time, is ''WASTE'' time.
ILLUS: One little girl complained to her mother after her first WEEK at school ''I'm wasting my time. I can't read, I can't write--and they won't let me talk!''
In our text today (in the ESV) we read that we need to ''Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil'' Ephesians 5:15-16
Now if I read that verse just in the ESV, I'd think that Paul was simply saying ''don't waste your time.'' But it's more than that. I looked it up for you -
The Greek word Paul uses here is ''exagorazo'' which means to ''REDEEM'' the time.
It's the same word Paul used in Galatians 3:13 ''Christ REDEEMED us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us...''
To REDEEM means - to purchase, to buy, to obtain by making a payment.
Paul is telling us that our time is so crucial, so critical, that we must treat it like a valuable and precious commodity that MUST NOT be squandered and wasted.
We must redeem the time (he says) - but why?
What's so critical about time that it must be redeemed?
Most of us would think the reason time is valuable because we only have so much of it. Sooner or later, we're all gonna die. If you're blessed you may live 80 or 90 or100 years, but sooner or later your time is gonna run out. So don't waste your time!!!
But that is not really what Paul says here.
''Redeem the time (he writes) because the days are evil.''
What does that mean?
ILLUS: Well, think about it this way. Do you have a bucket list? A bucket list is a list o ...
Series: Unlocking The Mystery
Jeff Strite
Ephesians 5:15-21
Did you realize all the things we do with time?
- We ''MAKE'' time, and we TAKE time, for things that are important to us.
- We ''SAVE'' time with all kinds of gadgets and doodads.
- We ''MARK'' time
- We ''KILL'' time,
- We ''RACE AGAINST'' time.
- AND (someone noted) that the worst thing you can do with time, is ''WASTE'' time.
ILLUS: One little girl complained to her mother after her first WEEK at school ''I'm wasting my time. I can't read, I can't write--and they won't let me talk!''
In our text today (in the ESV) we read that we need to ''Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil'' Ephesians 5:15-16
Now if I read that verse just in the ESV, I'd think that Paul was simply saying ''don't waste your time.'' But it's more than that. I looked it up for you -
The Greek word Paul uses here is ''exagorazo'' which means to ''REDEEM'' the time.
It's the same word Paul used in Galatians 3:13 ''Christ REDEEMED us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us...''
To REDEEM means - to purchase, to buy, to obtain by making a payment.
Paul is telling us that our time is so crucial, so critical, that we must treat it like a valuable and precious commodity that MUST NOT be squandered and wasted.
We must redeem the time (he says) - but why?
What's so critical about time that it must be redeemed?
Most of us would think the reason time is valuable because we only have so much of it. Sooner or later, we're all gonna die. If you're blessed you may live 80 or 90 or100 years, but sooner or later your time is gonna run out. So don't waste your time!!!
But that is not really what Paul says here.
''Redeem the time (he writes) because the days are evil.''
What does that mean?
ILLUS: Well, think about it this way. Do you have a bucket list? A bucket list is a list o ...
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