{"id":8277,"date":"2025-07-09T11:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/?p=8277"},"modified":"2025-07-09T11:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T18:44:03","slug":"redeeming-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/redeeming-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Redeeming Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Time waits for no one<\/strong>. Take a moment of untrospection and ask, am I using or abusing time? Is there anything more fundamentally indispensable than the pulse of time? If your heart stops, your breathing halts, you lose consciousness, or die, time stands still for a moment. What exactly is time, anyway? Does time stand still?\u00a0<\/p>\n

STILL TIME<\/h4>\n\n

Time is the relation to another event in the past, present, or future. It’s a comparison of two rhythms of reality. It’s movement compared to another object. Benjamin Franklin said “time is money<\/em>,” but in actuality, time is more valuable than money<\/strong>. Einstein’s theory of relativity demonstrates that time is not absolute but can pass differently for observers depending on their relative motion and gravitational environment. It’s a matter of perspective<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

SPEND TIME<\/h4>\n\n

Spending time to plan for your future is worth your time. If money is a symbol of human action, labor producing goods or delivering services, then actions create reactions resulting in loss or benefit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

FUTURE TIME<\/h4>\n\n

In a song by the Steve Miller Band,<\/strong> “time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future<\/em>.” Like a mighty river, we just watch it go out to the sea. As has often been eulogized, it’s water under the bridge and you can\u2019t cry over spilled milk. When it’s gone, it’s gone forever, never to return. You can’t take it back but you can look back in time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

BACK IN TIME<\/h4>\n\n

Pretend you are in a rocket<\/strong> leaving earth faster than light. If you pass the light that left earth, you could actually look back in time. If you had a very strong telescope, you could see dinosaurs walking the earth. The light reflected from all objects on earth though all time is still out there, traveling into the heavens. Is it any wonder that God can exist outside of time? 2 Peter 3:8<\/strong> explains, “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n

Stuff happens, and it’s over. You can\u2019t put a bullet back in the gun the same way it exited. What’s done is done. But Jesus said we can redeem time. We can maybe make up for lost time<\/strong>. “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom<\/em>,” Psalms 90:12<\/strong>. So time matters. We should spend our time wisely<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

USE TIME WISELY<\/h4>\n\n

“Time is the wisest counselor of all<\/em>” \u2013 Pericles<\/strong>. What is the very best use of your very limited time on earth? I like to spend my time handing out Bibles to lost souls. I can’t do that all the time, but I can always use my time to serve God, to live for Jesus, and become a living testimony of His presence in my life. Spending time to share Christ, is the very best use of time, in my view. American educator, Stephen R. Covey said “The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.\u201d When you get to heaven, you’ll be eternally rewarded. You can\u2019t go back in time.<\/p>\n

COUNTING TIME<\/h4>\n

In a reasured Christian hymn, Howard B. Grose<\/strong> wrote…<\/p>\n

Give of your best to the Master;<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
Give of the strength of your youth;<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
Clad in salvation\u2019s full armor,<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
Join in the battle for truth<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

C.S. Lewis said, “For the present<\/strong> is the point at which time touches eternity.\u201d What happens in time when we use time for God? We get paid. Since “money” (value) is a symbol of labor in products or services when we use our valuable time to serve God, we make a spiritual deposit in the “Bank of Heaven<\/strong>” that pays eternal dividends. Every moment of your precious time spent living for Jesus is well worth it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

Redeeming the time, <\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

because the days are evil.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/h4>\n

Ephesians 5:16<\/h4>\n

OUT OF TIME<\/h4>\n\n

“Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away<\/em>” (James 4:14<\/strong>). God knows what’s around the corner, we don’t.\u00a0 We’re driving in the dark and our headlights can’t shine around corners, but God has great night vision, and from his perspective, He knows what’s around the bend.<\/p>\n\n

God was there. He formed the earth and the entire universe. He knows all my thoughts and motives and understands my situation. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end<\/em>” (Jeremiah 29:11<\/strong>). “My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me<\/em>” (Psalms 31:15<\/strong>). “Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established<\/em>” (Proverbs 16:3<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

TIME’S UP<\/h4>\n\n

Take your time<\/strong> and think about this. I’m sitting here in my home and I hear the ticking of the wall clock. “Be sure your sin will find you out<\/em>” (Numbers 32:23<\/strong>). God has seen all the good, the bad, and the ugly. “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God<\/em>” (Romans 14:12<\/strong>). Are you really ready to face the judgment of God at time of death<\/strong>? “A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps<\/em>” (Proverbs 16:9<\/strong>). You are running out of time. Reevaluate<\/strong> your use of time.<\/p>\n

TIME TO WAKE<\/h4>\n\n

It’s time to wake up<\/strong> and start a new chapter in the book of your life, to use time religiously. It’s time to change, time to say “yes<\/strong>” to God\u2019s agenda. Acts 3:19<\/strong> urges believers to “Repent, then, and turn to God.<\/em>” Matthew 6:33<\/strong>, states “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you<\/em>.” Align your life to seeking God’s plan for success and His righteousness in your use of time, above all else in life. “For He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation<\/em>,” 2 Corinthians 6:2<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DECISION TIME\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n

It’s time to stop wasting time. Are you ready to align your most precious commodity with God\u2019s purpose for your life today? 1 Corinthians 10:31<\/strong> challenges us, “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God<\/em>.” Make that timely decision<\/strong> to “be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God<\/em>,” Romans 12:2<\/strong>. It’s important to acknowledge and process past mistakes, but also to learn from them and move forward…\u00a0<\/p>\n

END OF TIME<\/h4>\n\n

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus<\/em>” (Philippians 3:13-14<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

If you made this life-changing decision today, you made it just in time<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Are youbready to meet God and give an account of the use of your time on earth? Onece you die, your time on earth stops. It’s over, time’s up!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This does not apply to the unsaved. There is no reward in hell. Living for God does not equate to time off<\/strong> for good behavior. Revelation 20:12-15<\/strong> <\/span>“And I saw the dead<\/em> [unsaved], small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books<\/strong>, according to their works. <\/em><\/span>And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. <\/span>And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. <\/span>And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
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REWARD TIME<\/h4>\n
There is a separate judgement for those who die without having received Christ. The Bema Seat<\/strong> judgment and the Great White Throne<\/strong> judgment are distinct events in Christian eschatology, referring to different judgments for believers and unbelievers, respectively. The Bema Seat judgment is for believers to receive rewards<\/strong> based on their works for Christ. The Great White Throne judgment is for the final judgment of the unsaved, who will be judged according to their works and condemned to eternal punishment<\/div>\n
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But for the saved, born-again true believer<\/strong>, things are different. “For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works<\/em>,” Matthew 26:27<\/strong>. “Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you<\/em>,” Matthew 5:12<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
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The true saved Child of God will be judged at the “Bema Seat,” the Judgment Seat of Christ, for true saved Christians. Here, we will have every moment of our lives examined.<\/div>\n
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For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
2 Corinthians 5:10<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Simply put, true saved Christians who have actually received Christ as the foundation of their faith build on that foundation, laid by Chist, by how we use our time<\/strong>. Good works of obedience to God are categorized as gold, silver, or precious stones, while living for self equates to wasting time and trashing time.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

What will your spiritual “house” look like in heaven? It’s time to<\/strong> live for Jesus<\/strong> moment-by-moment while you still have time<\/strong>.<\/div>\n

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Time waits for no one. Take a moment of untrospection and ask, am I using or abusing time? Is there anything more fundamentally indispensable than the pulse of time? If your heart stops, your breathing halts, you lose consciousness, or die, time stands still for a moment. What exactly is time, anyway? Does time stand still?\u00a0 STILL TIME Time is the relation to another event in the past, present, or future. It’s a comparison of two rhythms of reality. It’s movement compared to another object. Benjamin Franklin said “time is money,” but in actuality, time is more valuable than money. Einstein’s theory of relativity demonstrates that time is not absolute but can pass differently for observers depending on their relative motion and gravitational environment. It’s a matter of perspective. SPEND TIME Spending time to plan for your future is worth your time. If money is a symbol of human action, labor producing goods or delivering services, then actions create reactions resulting in loss or benefit.\u00a0 FUTURE TIME In a song by the Steve Miller Band, “time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future.” Like a mighty river, we just watch it go out to the sea. As has often been eulogized, it’s water under the bridge and you can\u2019t cry over spilled milk. When it’s gone, it’s gone forever, never to return. You can’t take it back but you can look back in time. BACK IN TIME Pretend you are in a rocket leaving earth faster than light. If you pass the light that left earth, you could actually look back in time. If you had a very strong telescope, you could see dinosaurs walking the earth. The light reflected from all objects on earth though all time is still out there, traveling into the heavens. Is it any wonder that God can exist outside of time? 2 Peter 3:8 explains, “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” Stuff happens, and it’s over. You can\u2019t put a bullet back in the gun the same way it exited. What’s done is done. But Jesus said we can redeem time. We can maybe make up for lost time. “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom,” Psalms 90:12. So time matters. We should spend our time wisely. USE TIME WISELY “Time is the wisest counselor of all” \u2013 Pericles. What is the very best use of your very limited time on earth? I like to spend my time handing out Bibles to lost souls. I can’t do that all the time, but I can always use my time to serve God, to live for Jesus, and become a living testimony of His presence in my life. Spending time to share Christ, is the very best use of time, in my view. American educator, Stephen R. Covey said “The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.\u201d When you get to heaven, you’ll be eternally rewarded. You can\u2019t go back in time. COUNTING TIME In a reasured Christian hymn, Howard B. Grose wrote… Give of your best to the Master;Give of the strength of your youth;Clad in salvation\u2019s full armor,Join in the battle for truth C.S. Lewis said, “For the present is the point at which time touches eternity.\u201d What happens in time when we use time for God? We get paid. Since “money” (value) is a symbol of labor in products or services when we use our valuable time to serve God, we make a spiritual deposit in the “Bank of Heaven” that pays eternal dividends. Every moment of your precious time spent living for Jesus is well worth it.\u00a0 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.\u00a0 Ephesians 5:16 OUT OF TIME “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away” (James 4:14). God knows what’s around the corner, we don’t.\u00a0 We’re driving in the dark and our headlights can’t shine around corners, but God has great night vision, and from his perspective, He knows what’s around the bend. God was there. He formed the earth and the entire universe. He knows all my thoughts and motives and understands my situation. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end” (Jeremiah 29:11). “My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me” (Psalms 31:15). “Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established” (Proverbs 16:3). TIME’S UP Take your time and think about this. I’m sitting here in my home and I hear the ticking of the wall clock. “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23). God has seen all the good, the bad, and the ugly. “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God” (Romans 14:12). Are you really ready to face the judgment of God at time of death? “A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps” (Proverbs 16:9). You are running out of time. Reevaluate your use of time. TIME TO WAKE It’s time to wake up and start a new chapter in the book of your life, to use time religiously. It’s time to change, time to say “yes” to God\u2019s agenda. Acts 3:19 urges believers to “Repent, then, and turn to God.” Matthew 6:33, states “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Align your life to seeking God’s plan for success and His righteousness in your use of time, above all else in life. “For He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8277"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8292,"href":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8277\/revisions\/8292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineseminary.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}