The Watchmen
“Perhaps time is what happens when God puts eternity temporarily on hold.”
A Brief History of Time
Sermon Notes | 16 June 2013
Reading: Genesis 8
Introduction
Reality is a trinity of things: matter, space and time. None has any meaning without the other. But together, matter, space and time are the components of life. We are called to be faithful with material things (what we do), and with spatial things (where we go) but we are also called to be faithful with time.
What is Time?
Like life, time is something that cannot be retrieved if it gets wasted or lost. It cannot be relived or recreated.
“And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.” (Hebrews 9:27)
Time is a gift to us from God to carry out things on His behalf. Time is “Covenantal.” But what does this mean? It means that time, like space and matter, is closely linked to mankind as part of his “tour of duty.” Paul calls us to “redeem the time.” What does he mean? He means we are to buy back history for God by using it to do His will. How do you spend your time?
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