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- TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
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- TIC - TIC - TIC - TIC - TIC - TIC - TIC
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- "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the
- heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die" Ecclesiates 3:1,2
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- In our everyday life, we are continually doing things at a certain time. We
- awaken and we also go to sleep at a certain time of the day. We go to work,
- and we rush home at a certain time. We eat, watch TV programs, attend a host
- of social events, watch the news, we read the paper, and we take care of our
- personal grooming all at a certain time each day. Our trains, our planes and
- our buses all arrive and depart at a certain time of the day.
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- TIC - TIC - TIC - TIC - TIC - TIC
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- Seasons of winter, spring, summer, and fall all come and go according to an
- appointed time.
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- Let's take a look at our clock. Beginning at 12 midnight until 12 midnight the
- following night is one 24 hour period. We sleep for at least 8 hours, 8 hours
- we work; and we eat, socialize, and spend personal time at our home for at
- least 8 hours. A full day, time well spent, huh? Plenty of free time on hand
- we say.
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- TIC - TIC - TIC - TIC - TIC
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- Well, let's consider the way we use the time that God has allowed us to use to
- prepare ourselves to meet Him. "And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
- but after this the judgment" Hebrews 9:27. I'm sure that you have heard it
- said many times, that in due time we all shall die, but for now let's eat,
- drink, and be merry for who knows how much time we have. "And I will say to my
- soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat,
- drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul
- shall be required of thee" Luke 12:19,20.
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- Just when things are going good, the best times of our lives, then without
- warning comes our turn to die.
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- TIC -- TIC -- TIC - TIC
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- Well that's life, Buddy. "Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full
- of trouble" Job 14:1. "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but
- as wise. Redeeming the time, because the days are evil" Ephesians 5:15, 16.
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- So be careful, friend. "Why shouldest thou die before thy time" Eccles. 7:17.
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- TIC -- TIC -- TIC
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- Hey listen, God sent His only begotten Son to die so that we may live (whew,
- just in time)! If we accept Him as Lord and Savior, when the time for His
- return to earth comes, we will indeed rejoice with Him. So right now please
- prepare yourself for that time because, "Of that day and hour knoweth no man,
- no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only" Matt. 24:36. This points out
- that God controls the times and seasons. Just trust Him.
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- Don't be like the five foolish virgins who were not prepared when the
- bridegroom came to take them to the wedding. But rather be like the five wise
- virgins who were prepared and waiting for that time. "Watch therefore, for ye
- know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh" Matthew
- 25:13.
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- TIC--TIC
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- You'd better hurry. Make your choice today. Now is the appointed time for full
- salvation. Confess your sins, and accept Jesus as your Savior, because
- tomorrow "There should be time no longer" Rev. 10:6.
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- TIC
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- I John 1:8,9 says, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and
- the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
- forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
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- Acts 16:30, 31 declares, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said,
- Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."
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- Romans 10:8-10, 13 says, "The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy
- heart; that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess
- with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath
- raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man
- believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
- salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
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- Don't let "time" run out on you.
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