1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist Sermon Archives. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,040 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty Baptist 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,040 Church in Easton, MA. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:17,280 or contact us at my libertybaptist.org or just look 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,760 us up on Facebook. And now we hope that this 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,080 message from God's Word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,720 You know, we're typically pretty good about counting things, 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:29,120 aren't we? When it comes the issue of 9 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,000 counting things, it's something that we do often. 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,880 You know, you log into the bank account and you count how much 11 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,480 money you have or, well, how much money you owe. 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,560 All right, That's something that we're familiar with doing. 13 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,720 If you turn on sports radio or you look at ESPN or one of the 14 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,440 many sports channels that are out there, they're constantly 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,840 counting the top five quarterbacks. 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:54,040 The top ten in college basketball, Who's really the 17 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,040 best in college football? Who should be in the playoffs 18 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,520 and who should be out of the playoffs? 19 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,440 Ranking and re ranking and counting. 20 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,240 You see it all the time. We rank businesses and 21 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:04,840 restaurants when we visit them, don't we? 22 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,840 One star to five stars. And some of you might have gone 23 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,640 on the Google after a bad experience somewhere and you 24 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:11,960 said I'm going to give them one star. 25 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:14,160 In fact, if I give them no stars, I would give them no 26 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,280 stars. We're counting and ranking in 27 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,000 those types of ways. We count steps, we count 28 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,600 calories, we count sleep cycles with our apps and well, counting 29 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,360 calories, something I haven't been doing lately, I think. 30 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,320 But in general, you understand businesses count sales and 31 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:31,880 profits and losses and all these different things. 32 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,680 But of all the things we number, perhaps the most important thing 33 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,800 to number is the thing that we don't often think about, and 34 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:44,480 that's this numbering our days. I'm not talking about time 35 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:48,320 necessarily in and of itself, because we do count a lot in 36 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,680 regards to time, don't we? We all wear or many of us wear 37 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,640 watches and certainly we carry our cell phones with us and they 38 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,160 always have the time on it in fact. 39 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,480 I feel like sometimes I need to have my phone on me, not because 40 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,160 I need to check texts or get calls, but just because I simply 41 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,720 want to make sure I can tell the time when we're in office at 42 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,440 the. School in a car, anywhere we go, 43 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,320 it seems like there's a clock nearby. 44 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:13,560 For some reason the church thought it was a good idea to 45 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,080 put a clock right in the back to make sure that actually I put it 46 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,640 there, but still to make sure that we are at least. 47 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:22,680 I know what time it is because we don't want to go way, way too 48 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:23,480 long. Amen. 49 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 OK, That was a trick. All right. 50 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,120 You're supposed to say no, pastor, go as long as you want. 51 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,240 No, never mind. But I agree with you. 52 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,880 We want to know what time it is, how many times a day. 53 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:35,160 Do you just want to check what time it is? 54 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:36,840 You need to see what the time is. 55 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,520 In fact, the most common question we probably ask is 56 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:40,680 this. Do you have the time? 57 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,600 You know what time it is, but we're going to see today from 58 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,160 this Psalm written by none other than Moses. 59 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,440 Believe it or not, we're familiar with David's psalms 60 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,800 mostly, aren't we? But Moses writing this Psalm, 61 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,920 Psalm chapter 90, is not necessarily the issue of telling 62 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:58,640 time or counting time, but the fact that we need to number our 63 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:00,320 days. What does that mean? 64 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,240 Why is it important to us, and why do we need to consider it 65 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:07,080 here today, particularly at the beginning of 2026? 66 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:08,800 Would you stand with me for the reading of God's Word? 67 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:12,360 Again, we're in. Psalm chapter 90 and we'll begin 68 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:17,760 reading in verse #9 For all our days are passed away in thy 69 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,440 wrath. We spend our years as a tale 70 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,200 that is told. The days of our years are three 71 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,640 score years and 10. And if by. 72 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:29,360 Reason of strength, they be 4 score years, yet is there 73 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,200 strength, labor and sorrow for it is soon cut off and we fly 74 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:34,640 away. By the way, if you're not sure 3 75 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:37,840 score, 4 score that some of you were thinking 4 score and seven 76 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:39,520 years ago, that's probably what you're thinking of. 77 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,960 It's talking about 70 years, 3 score and 10 or 4 score being 80 78 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,640 years, about the average length of life maybe that we could 79 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,120 consider. Who knoweth the power of thine 80 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:51,720 anger? It says in verse 11, even 81 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,920 according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 82 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,920 Look at verse 12. So teach us to number our days, 83 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,240 that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 84 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,040 God wants us to number our days for what reason? 85 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:09,480 So we can live in a way that is. Wise in God's eyes and not 86 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,440 within our own life. And we'll look at what that 87 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,880 means for us this morning as we consider the issue of numbering 88 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:16,200 our days. Would you be seated? 89 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:22,560 And we'll pray together. Heavenly Father, we do thank you 90 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,320 for this morning. And we thank you for our guests 91 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:26,760 and visitors who are with us today. 92 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,240 We thank you for returning visitors. 93 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,960 We thank you for how you bless this church. 94 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,880 We think of those who are not able to be with us today. 95 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,360 And I think of several who are dealing with the flu or flu 96 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,800 light symptoms. I think of our brother Vince, 97 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,640 who's recovering from surgery and others. 98 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,080 I, I always hesitate to name names. 99 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,480 I don't want to miss anyone. But at the same Time, Lord, be 100 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,520 with those who are watching, those who are unable to be here, 101 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,720 Lord, those who are here today, Lord, may your word do what only 102 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,240 your word can do Lord, mine. My own thoughts and my own words 103 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,080 are so limited, Lord, they're, they're so meaningless in so 104 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:00,880 many ways. Lord, it's your word that 105 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,200 changes lives. And may that be what people here 106 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,040 today. And may that be what makes a 107 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,480 difference in people's lives today. 108 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,360 And we do ask it in Jesus name, Amen. 109 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,960 I mentioned just a few moments ago, this Psalm is an 110 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:14,840 interesting one for no other reason. 111 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:19,400 If only then the fact that the author is Moses and Moses was 112 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:22,800 not necessarily the person that we think of or the person who we 113 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,880 think of when we think of the book of Psalms, because we often 114 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,720 think of David, don't we? The sweet psalmist who wrote so 115 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,800 many of the Psalms. But there's one and one only 116 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:36,240 Psalm that is attributed to Moses in the 150 psalms that we 117 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:38,680 find in this book. And you're looking at it right 118 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,840 now, Psalm number 90, and interestingly enough, it says a 119 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:45,720 prayer of Moses. And by the way, above verse #1 120 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:48,280 do you see? It doesn't have a verse number 121 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:50,880 there, but it says a prayer of Moses, the man of God. 122 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,520 That verse there, if you would, is verse 0, or we would call it 123 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,680 a prescript instead of a postscript, meaning this. 124 00:05:56,840 --> 00:05:59,880 It is part of the Bible. That was not supplied there by 125 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:01,880 your publisher. That was not supplied there by 126 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,920 someone else. It's actually part of the 127 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:05,800 biblical record. And so we're reading this. 128 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,160 It's not that your Bible publisher thought, hey, maybe 129 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,000 Moses wrote this and I'm going to put that in there. 130 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,320 But we know that this is. Inspired from the Lord that this 131 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:17,920 was written by Moses and how is he titled there in that verse 0 132 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:22,240 if you will, he's called the prayer of Moses the man of God. 133 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,320 Now the title man of God is actually not found that many 134 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,600 times in the word of God. It's very rarely used and it's 135 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,520 saved for some of the choices of God's servants, for instance, 136 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:37,640 David or Elijah, Elijah or a very few rare others. 137 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,640 And this alerts us by seeing that Moses is a man of God, that 138 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,880 this is a man who's about to give us some very keen spiritual 139 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,480 insight. This is a man who lived for not 140 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,400 70 or 80 years, but actually lived for 120 years. 141 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,200 And could we put it this way? He saw some things in his life. 142 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,800 He lived 40 years in Egypt and then 40 years in the backside of 143 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,680 the desert watching sheep, and then 40 years wandering around 144 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,400 the desert with the sheep of the people of Israel. 145 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:09,120 He spent 120 years, and during that time, particularly in the 146 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,520 last 40 years, he handled himself as a man of God. 147 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,600 In fact, the New Testament presents Moses as a supreme 148 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,880 servant in the Old Testament. He was faithful, he was 149 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:22,800 authoritative, he was prophetic. Putting it this way, when Moses 150 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:26,120 speaks, we ought to listen. I know we can say that all the 151 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,240 word of God, I mean, where should you not listen out of the 152 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,600 66 books that we find in the Bible. 153 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,160 But yet when Moses speaks, he lived in such a way that there's 154 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,320 something about us when, when we see that he's identified as a 155 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,360 man of God, there's some things that he gets by the inspiration 156 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,560 of the Spirit that we need to understand here today. 157 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,920 Now, Moses made a lot of different requests to the Lord 158 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,240 in the 40 or so years he was truly serving the Lord. 159 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,160 He made a lot of different requests. 160 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:57,320 Perhaps maybe the most famous or infamous of his request was at 161 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,440 the burning Bush. Do you remember after he had a 162 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,440 back and forth conversation with God a little bit, What was his 163 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,840 request? Lord, send someone else. 164 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,280 By the way, God was willing to work with Moses while he was 165 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,200 working through some of his difficulties. 166 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,720 You know, like I'm slow speech. Will they listen to me? 167 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,920 Who should I say sent me? The Lord was very willing to 168 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,080 work with him while he was dealing with some of those 169 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,920 difficulties. By the way, this isn't my 170 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:23,800 message, but can I take a time out and say this? 171 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,000 The Lord is willing to work with you with some of your 172 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,040 difficulties as well. Did you know you have some 173 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,920 difficulties? If you don't, Sir, just ask your 174 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:32,919 wife. She'll tell you what your 175 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:35,559 difficulties are. All right, did you know you have 176 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,480 some? We all have them, don't we? 177 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,799 We all have difficulties. The Lord is willing to work with 178 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:43,600 us if we come at those difficulties with an honest 179 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:45,040 heart. But here's where he got 180 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,400 crossways with God when he said this. 181 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,720 Lord, we ascend someone else. What was he saying, Lord? 182 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,040 I don't want to do it. Listen, you can have these 183 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:55,880 issues that you're trying to work out with the Lord. 184 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:57,160 Here's something you don't want to tell the Lord. 185 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,960 No. Could I give you a nickel's 186 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:01,200 worth of free advice this morning? 187 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,160 Don't tell the Lord no when He's working on your heart. 188 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,600 Don't tell the Lord no when you are reading His word and He's 189 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,600 impressing upon your heart. There's some things that you 190 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,440 need to change. Yes, you need to grow. 191 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:14,160 I need to grow too. Yes, there's some things that we 192 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,600 might have apprehensions about. I have those two. 193 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,800 The Lord is willing to work with us in those things. 194 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,040 But listen, have an open heart. Don't tell the Lord no. 195 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,320 And that's what Moses did. By the way, you know what it 196 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,320 said after that? The Lord got angry. 197 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,480 Why? Because he said no. 198 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:33,760 But as Moses began to grow, he asked some very interesting 199 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:37,840 requests of the Lord. For instance, Exodus chapter 32 200 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:42,960 verse #32 after the golden calf incident he said this If thou 201 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,160 wilt forgive their sin and if not Lord. 202 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,960 Blot me, I pray, out of thy book, he requested. 203 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:55,280 Lord, if you won't forgive them, will you curse me and forgive 204 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,160 them? We want to talk about a man with 205 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,040 a heart. It's a man with a heart, he says 206 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,920 in Exodus 33, the next chapter, he says, I beseech the Lord, 207 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,960 show me thy glory. And what a wonderful text that 208 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,120 is. Exodus 34, the very next 209 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,360 chapter. Let, my Lord, I pray thee, go 210 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:13,440 among. Us for it is a stiff necked 211 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,000 people. Lord, will you please go with us 212 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,320 because I can't handle this on my own. 213 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:22,680 Numbers 14 verse 19 pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of 214 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:25,040 this people. Moses was a man who was 215 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:29,840 acquainted of making requests to God, but perhaps his most unique 216 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:35,560 of all requests is right here in Psalm chapter 90 verse #12 where 217 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:38,840 it says this So teach us and could we even? 218 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,160 Put it this way. So teach us Lord. 219 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,520 I'm not trying to add to the Word of God, but it's obvious 220 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:44,840 that He's speaking to the Lord here. 221 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:46,480 In fact, you see it at the very next verse. 222 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,240 Oh, teach us, Lord. Or to what number our days? 223 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:52,520 His request was this. Lord, I need. 224 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,720 You to help me with something. I need You to help us with 225 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,920 something. We need to be able to number our 226 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,840 days now to understand exactly what we just read here in verses 227 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,200 #9 through 12. It actually helps us to go all 228 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:06,760 the way back to the beginning of the chapter. 229 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:09,120 So only 8 verses. So I want you to follow along 230 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:12,280 with me from verse #1 and going to verse #8. 231 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:14,800 Because there's a contrast that's taking place here. 232 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 The verses we're about to read show both the permanence. 233 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,400 And the power of God, listen, it shows the permanence. 234 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,760 What does that mean? He's always there, He said, 235 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:24,880 well, what happened at the beginning? 236 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,040 Well, he was there. Well, what would happen at the 237 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:28,400 end? Well, He'll be there after the 238 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:29,960 end, you say. Well, that doesn't make any 239 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:31,480 sense. That's called eternality. 240 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,640 That's called his permanence, and then His power, the great 241 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,760 power of God. Look at it here in verses one 242 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,440 through 8. Lord, thou has been our dwelling 243 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,800 place in all generations before the mountains were brought 244 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,080 forth. And that word before my Bible I 245 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,360 have circled before the mountains were brought forth, or 246 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:50,920 ever. Thou has formed the earth and 247 00:11:50,920 --> 00:11:54,400 the world, even from everlasting to everlasting. 248 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,640 Thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction 249 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,880 and sayest return, ye children of men and talking about the 250 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,000 fact that that men will be judged and there's a returning. 251 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,840 Returning to what? Well, returning to dust. 252 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,920 I would say ashes to ashes and dust to dust. 253 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:10,920 That man was made out of the dust of the earth. 254 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,480 And man returns to the dust of the earth for 1000 years. 255 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,320 And I sight our but as yesterday. 256 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,840 When it is past, there's a watch in the night. 257 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,080 Thou carries them away with a flood. 258 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,080 They are as asleep in the morning. 259 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,000 They are like grass which groweth up in the morning it 260 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,920 flourisheth and groweth up in the evening. 261 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,840 It is cut down and withereth. For we are consumed by thine 262 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,200 anger, and by Thy wrath are we troubled. 263 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,400 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our secret sins, in 264 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,840 the light of Thy countenance so. What do we see in those eight 265 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,560 verses that we just read? We can't obviously treat them 266 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:46,400 all here this morning and dig through all of them, but I do 267 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,400 believe what we just saw in verses one through a the 268 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,320 contrast with the text we read at the beginning of the message 269 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:56,880 shows the contrast between the eternality of God and the very 270 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,280 temporary nature of man means this God always has. 271 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:04,280 Been God, always will be, but we're here for a short time. 272 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:09,600 And it also shows the contrast between the strength of God and 273 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,400 how fragile man is. So who are you calling fragile, 274 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,080 pastor? How many broken a bone in your 275 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,000 life? You'll find out how fragile you 276 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,240 are, aren't you? I've never broken a bone, all 277 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,040 things considered. I still find myself to be pretty 278 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,680 fragile, all things considered. Especially emotionally fragile. 279 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:28,880 No, no, I'm just kidding. Maybe I'm kidding, but anyway. 280 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,440 This is what I do know. You want to find out how fragile 281 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:33,880 you are? Why don't you fast? 282 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,320 We just struck oil. All right? 283 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,640 You know what happens? You know what's amazing? 284 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:42,440 I'm not a breakfast person. I've said this before. 285 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:44,480 I'm not a Big Breakfast person but when someone tells me I 286 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,840 can't have breakfast I want it all. 287 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,040 Do you know what I'm saying? Well Mr. Rivera, you got to fast 288 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,000 for this blood work. It's going to be till 11:00. 289 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,840 I don't normally eat breakfast till or have anything till 11:00 290 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:55,440 anyway. But when you tell me I can't, 291 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,240 now I got to have it. Why? 292 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,000 Because we're fragile, right? That's who we are. 293 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,400 But listen, we may be fragile. God is not fragile. 294 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,400 We may be temporary, but God is permanent. 295 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,280 We may be here. For a moment and gone the next 296 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,880 in the eons of time, if you will, and the time that we have 297 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,120 here since God created the world and until whenever the trumpet 298 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,720 sounds and but we do know this. God has always been. 299 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,400 And that brings us to our text. And Moses, first of all, says in 300 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,480 verse #9 that our life is like a tale. 301 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,520 And by tail I mean TALE like a story. 302 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,080 Now, we'll say when I very first preached from this text, not 303 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,560 this message, but I preached from this text, I want to say, 304 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,200 Diane, I mean, we've just been at Westgate for, for probably a 305 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,360 few months, I want to say. And so I was 2223 years old. 306 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,320 And I remember preaching from this text. 307 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,800 And I remember saying that, you know, that your life is like a 308 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,400 story. And what will your story of your 309 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,240 life be like? And I remember preaching that, 310 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,120 you know what? It's not a bad message 311 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:01,240 necessarily, but it's not really what the text is trying to say. 312 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,320 You know, our life is as a tale and meaning this. 313 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,040 It's like a story and it's a short story. 314 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:10,720 It's here 1 moment. And it's gone the next. 315 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:12,960 I believe that's the context when you look at everything 316 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,360 that's being spoken of here, how temporary the nature of man is. 317 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,000 Our life is like a tale. Your life is a story, but it's a 318 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,360 short story. Just as a tale is told in a 319 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,920 short fashion. Your life will come and go. 320 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,080 And so that's why Moses first of all says our life is like a 321 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,120 tale. And then it says that our life 322 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:33,360 is well time. In verse 10, the days of our 323 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,200 years are three score years and 10. 324 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,520 And if by reason of strength they be 4 score years gives 325 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,400 their strength of Labor tomorrow, for it's soon cut off, 326 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,720 we fly away. Now let me be clear about when 327 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,000 it talks about the 70 or 80 years saying that our life is a 328 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:51,840 70 or 80 year time time span. This is a general principle. 329 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:53,800 This is not a promise. We do not. 330 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,680 See that we are guaranteed by the word of God to have 70 or 80 331 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:58,600 years. You say well. 332 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:03,440 Can you give us an example? Moses 120 years, right? 333 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:07,360 He lived for 120 years and we don't always know exactly how 334 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,840 life. Manifests itself. 335 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:14,200 It's amazing to me and and so sorrowful to me when a parent 336 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:19,560 has to bury a child. The awful incorrect order of 337 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:23,000 life as it would seem to be particularly a very young child. 338 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,320 We also know that there are some who live to be 100 or more. 339 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,520 Just a few days ago, I believe was Dick Van Dyke, who just had 340 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:33,000 his 100th birthday. Unfathomable. 341 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,000 To me that that's even possible. But yet we see here that it says 342 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,240 as a general principle that our life could be somewhere around 343 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,440 70 to 80 years. It's saying this even if your 344 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:48,120 life is 70 to 80 years to be cut off in a moment, that we all are 345 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,120 finite in the time that we're here. 346 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,960 Our life isn't just a story. It's a clock. 347 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:55,240 It's a clock that's ticking downward. 348 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,680 You know, sometimes you see the sands of the hourglass and you 349 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:02,200 see the last sands go out of it. The difference for us is we 350 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,560 don't know how much sand is in that hourglass and we don't know 351 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:07,800 when it's going to come out. Listen, your life has been 352 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,119 appointed a time. The Lord knows the time. 353 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,680 We don't know the time, but you can be sure you have been 354 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,319 appointed a time. But this leads us to the 355 00:17:15,319 --> 00:17:19,760 teaching in verse #12 And he says this teach us to number our 356 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,079 days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 357 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:27,680 We need to know that we make the most of the days we have so that 358 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:31,080 we can be wise in that which we do for the Lord. 359 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,160 And the fact that Moses says teach us means that it's 360 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,440 something that we we have to learn because it's not natural. 361 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,920 It's not natural to think of us about how much time we have 362 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:42,840 left. It's not normal for us to think 363 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:46,160 about the days that we have spent in our life. 364 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,960 I think of myself now being 43 years old. 365 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,480 I think we'll, as this looks here, I'm more than halfway 366 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:54,360 through my life now. I don't know if that's the case 367 00:17:54,360 --> 00:17:56,640 and I don't know it either way, but I know this. 368 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,560 It's a distinct possibility. And I think about that and I 369 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,560 wonder, what have I done with my life? 370 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:07,200 What will I do with my life? You see, the numbering of our 371 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,400 days helps us to understand that each day has value. 372 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:14,960 The numbering of our days ought to make us live in a way that is 373 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:19,080 wise, Charles Spurgeon said. Of all arrhythmical rules, this 374 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,080 is the hardest to number our days. 375 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,720 Men can number the herds and droves of oxen or sheep they 376 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,880 own. They can estimate the revenues 377 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,880 of their manners and farms, They can with a little pain number 378 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,880 and tell their coins. And yet they are persuaded that 379 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,600 their days are infinite and innumerable and therefore do 380 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,440 never begin to number them. We just saw last week, well, for 381 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,760 the few of you that were here, a lot of you watched online last 382 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,760 week, but we just saw last week that there was a man who had 383 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,440 goods, there was a man who owned things. 384 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,520 And he said this, I've got barns, but it's not enough to 385 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,040 hold all I have, he says. So I'm going to tear down the 386 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:58,680 barns and I'm going to build bigger barns, but then what? 387 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,960 Did Jesus say of that man? He said, you fool, he says your 388 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,720 souls could be required of you and you have not made the proper 389 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:08,600 preparation. You thought that life was going 390 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,600 to be forever. You thought life was about the 391 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,040 here and now. He did not number his days and 392 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,280 what did he do? He did not apply his heart to 393 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,320 wisdom. And that brings us all to this 394 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,680 thought, which I want us to dwell on for a few moments this 395 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,120 morning. Since your days are numbered, 396 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,320 you need to live your life for the one whose days are without 397 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,360 number. Since your days are numbered, 398 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,840 you need to live your life for the one whose days are without 399 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,200 number. That contrast is seen right here 400 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,440 in Psalm chapter 90. He has no end. 401 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,480 We do, so we live for Him. He has all power. 402 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:43,880 We don't have much power, So what do we do? 403 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,080 We live for him. We apply ourselves to wisdom. 404 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:49,800 And so there's three things that I think 3 principles I want us 405 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,080 to look at from this text very quickly this morning. 406 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,840 I'd encourage you to write them down, particularly as we look 407 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,320 down the barrel here at a new year, January 4th. 408 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,200 We've got so much of the year ahead. 409 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:00,800 Consider these things this morning. 410 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,440 First of all, know this, and it sounds cliche, but it's found in 411 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,920 the Word of God. Every day counts. 412 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,840 Every day counts. And by counting, I mean that 413 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,480 every day matters. There's something at stake. 414 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,200 Every day the Lord allows you to wake up in the morning. 415 00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:19,720 There's things for you to do, there's things for you to learn. 416 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,120 There's people for you to serve. There's souls that you need to 417 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,760 give the gospel to. There are things that you need 418 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,800 to give, and there's things that you need to receive. 419 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:32,240 Listen, every day counts. Meaning every day matters. 420 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,440 If our life is a tale that is told, listen. 421 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,360 We need to know that every word in a story, story matters. 422 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,680 What? What happens if you waste 10% of 423 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,320 the words in the story? Well, depending on where it is, 424 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,480 where those words are taken out, you might have a quite a 425 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,200 different story, can't you? I think of the old English 426 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,880 teacher joke. I was an English teacher for a 427 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,720 while about the difference between the sentence I ate comma 428 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:02,280 grandma and I ate grandma. Now you think about that for a 429 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:06,400 second. I ate comma Grandma or I ate 430 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,760 grandma no comma. With one sentence you were 431 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,280 telling grandma you had supper. The other sentence you're 432 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,080 telling grandma she is the supper. 433 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:21,520 That comma matters. Doesn't I ate grandma not No, I 434 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,320 hate grandma. You know that's not right. 435 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:27,400 Listen, what I'm saying is even every punctuation mark matters, 436 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:32,240 and the life that you have and the life that I have every. 437 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,640 Day matters. Every day counts. 438 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,360 Don't waste the days that God has given you. 439 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:43,080 Find something meaningful to do for him every day, even if it's 440 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,920 small, knowing that your life belongs to him. 441 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,840 Listen, show people Jesus Christ, Psalm, second 442 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,160 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 2 where he said your epistle 443 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,000 written in our hearts, known and read of all men. 444 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,360 You know what that verse is saying is that there's a lot of 445 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:02,040 people that will never read the Bible, but they'll see you and 446 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,760 you'll be the closest Bible that they've ever seen. 447 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,360 What would they get from you? Will they get the true word? 448 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:10,960 Will they get some other word that maybe pushes them further 449 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,440 from Christ? Listen, make every day count in 450 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:17,160 how you live for the Lord. Listen, clock in and clock out 451 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,640 of your job with purpose, knowing that you're serving the 452 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:21,800 Lord. You say, well, I'm not serving 453 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,080 the Lord. I'm serving this huge 454 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,920 corporation. I'm not serving this Lord, the 455 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,320 Lord. I'm serving this boss I don't 456 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,560 like. Listen, you are serving the Lord 457 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:30,840 through your testimony and through your ethic. 458 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,840 Yes, you can show Christ even in the job site. 459 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:37,760 Yes, make every day count. Go to school with meaning, do 460 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,120 your chores and make repairs with His Spirit. 461 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:44,680 Since every day counts, show Him every day to everyone in 462 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:46,440 everything that you do. That doesn't mean you get to 463 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,200 hand a track to everybody you talk to. 464 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,840 It doesn't mean you get to extend the name of Jesus Christ 465 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,960 to everybody you talk to. But it does mean this. 466 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:55,520 You can show people Christ through your countenance. 467 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,840 You can show people Christ through your decisions. 468 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,720 And listen, if you waste a day today, guess what? 469 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,680 There's another day tomorrow. Don't just decide that you 470 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,560 wasted the day for the Lord today and you're going to waste 471 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,000 the next week to make yourself feel better. 472 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,200 Bad about wasting today. Do people really do that? 473 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:16,880 Listen, I can tell you this that you start eating healthy and you 474 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,280 have a bad day and you're like, you know what? 475 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,560 It's Monday had a bad day, so I'm going to start next Sunday. 476 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,480 That's what we do, isn't it? But every day counts. 477 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,720 You mess up today. Well. 478 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,920 Confess it to the Lord and make tomorrow count. 479 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:34,800 You know what Satan wants you to do. 480 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:37,880 He wants you to make sure you waste today and then keep 481 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,480 wasting tomorrow and the following day and the following 482 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,200 day and the following day and the following day. 483 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,840 And you're always going to tell you along the way how no good 484 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:49,200 you are and how much a waste you are and how God's wasting His 485 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,720 time on you. And this is what He's going to 486 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,000 tell you. Listen, make every day count for 487 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,760 Him. And if you missed making today 488 00:23:55,760 --> 00:24:00,240 count, listen, make tomorrow count for him #1 our life is a 489 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,240 tale is told. That means that every day counts 490 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,240 #2 every day is a currency, Every day is a currency. 491 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:07,680 Say, well, Pastor, what does that mean? 492 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,640 Well, really, it goes along with the last point. 493 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,120 But I would say this, that every day is a currency. 494 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:14,760 It's a commodity. It's something that you hold 495 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,440 meaning. This yesterday has already been 496 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,240 spent. Tomorrow's not in your account 497 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,480 yet. Do you know what you have to 498 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,600 spend today? Well, what am I going to do 499 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:26,560 tomorrow? It's not tomorrow. 500 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:29,640 You know, I'm not saying preparation and planning is a 501 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,960 bad thing. I encourage you to prepare and 502 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:33,520 plan. We just talked about this last 503 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,240 week and we looked at it where Jesus said that the fact was 504 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,840 that if you were going to build a tower, you ought to count to 505 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,000 make sure that you had enough money to build the tower. 506 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,840 If you were to go to war, you probably ought to make sure you 507 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,080 have more soldiers than the other people that you're going 508 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,200 to war with. That planning and preparation is 509 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,440 good. But listen, it only goes so far. 510 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,840 You can only serve the Lord today. 511 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:56,000 It's a currency, and if you waste today, listen, it's gone. 512 00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,120 That's why it says we must number our days and apply our 513 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:03,240 hearts to wisdom. Are you willing to spend the 514 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:09,000 currency of today wisely? Could you imagine if I had $100 515 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,120 bill up here and I just, I have to imagine that, I guess. 516 00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:16,400 So could you imagine $100 bill I have up here and I have a 517 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,360 shredder and I say, you know what, we've got a party coming 518 00:25:20,360 --> 00:25:21,600 up here at the church. I think we've got a bridal 519 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,880 shower and then we got we got baby shower in different order, 520 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:25,640 but they're coming up. We need some confetti. 521 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,120 Let's put some $100 bills in here. 522 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,920 All right. They passed their cheaper ways 523 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,240 to make confetti than with $100 bills. 524 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,280 Somebody would say, why are we tithing at this church? 525 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,240 They just put $100 bills in the like. 526 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:37,640 That doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. 527 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:42,920 Listen, why would you do that? Listen, that money was made to 528 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,560 be spent. And if it's not spent today, it 529 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,520 will be spent eventually. But listen, your days are like 530 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,360 $100 bills that if you don't spend it today, you might as 531 00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:57,000 well shred it. It's done, it's gone. 532 00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,600 That conversation that you need to have, listen. 533 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,000 Have it today as the Lord allows that. 534 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:06,080 Person that you need to witness to talk to them today, that 535 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,400 person. That you need to reconcile with. 536 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:09,800 Try to reconcile with them today. 537 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,920 I know it's not always that easy, I understand that, but if 538 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:17,040 there is any possibility of it, don't put it off till tomorrow. 539 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:21,920 Spend the currency of it today. The Bible talks to us constantly 540 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,480 about making sure that we use the currency of today. 541 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,240 Psalm 118, verse 24. This is the day which the Lord 542 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,560 has made. Let us rejoice and be glad to do 543 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:36,800 Hebrews 313, but exhort one another daily while it is called 544 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,840 today, lest anyone of you be hardened through the 545 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,440 deceitfulness of sin. You know what it says. 546 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,680 If you're going to be an encouragement to somebody, you 547 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,320 know a good time to be an encouragement to somebody today. 548 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,240 You know, I really want to encourage. 549 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,080 I was thinking about you. I mean, I didn't call you or 550 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:51,480 text you, but I was thinking about you. 551 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,960 Well, don't just think about them, call them and text them 552 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:55,600 today. Listen, the whole thing with 553 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,280 thoughts and prayers. I was thinking about you. 554 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:58,960 Listen, don't think about me. Pray for me. 555 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:00,760 Put the thoughts off to the side. 556 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,040 Just give me the. Prayers, all right, because I, 557 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:03,920 to be honest, I don't know how much I want you thinking about 558 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,160 me, all right, but I do want you. 559 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,760 Praying for me. I want you to pray. 560 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,000 I need. You to pray for me. 561 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:10,520 But it says, when do you do that? 562 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,280 Today, in the day that is called today. 563 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,320 Joshua 2425, perhaps the most famous verse in the Bible that 564 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,840 deals with today. And if it seemed evil unto you 565 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,880 to serve, the Lord, choose you. This day, whom you will serve, 566 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,120 whether you're gods which are served that your father served 567 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:30,200 on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, and 568 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,200 whose land you dwell. But As for me and my house, we 569 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,200 will serve the Lord. Joshua said this. 570 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,240 We're making a decision today, he said. 571 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:38,680 Well, I'm going to make a decision tomorrow. 572 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,960 Well, you're making a decision today not to. 573 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,320 And so you've made a decision by not making a decision. 574 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:45,680 Hey, Pastor, could you say that again? 575 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:46,840 I don't know that I could say it again, all right. 576 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:51,320 But I do know that you can put you can say I'm not going to 577 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,800 decide to do anything with today. 578 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,400 And listen, you just waste it. You shredded it, it's gone. 579 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,560 It's done. There's nothing to do with it. 580 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:00,520 Say, why wouldn't waste $100 bill that way? 581 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,520 Why would you waste a day like that, which is so far more 582 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:07,520 valuable than $100 bill? You know, they produce a lot of 583 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,040 things for $100. You know what they don't 584 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:09,600 produce? Time. 585 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,400 Jim Elliott, missionary to the unreached people of Ecuador, 586 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:16,840 believed obedience to Christ was worth any cost. 587 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,840 In 1956, he and four of the missionaries were killed when 588 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,760 attempting first contact. His journal line is often 589 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:23,880 quoted. Listen to this. 590 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:28,640 He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he 591 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,600 cannot lose. That's deep. 592 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,600 He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, meaning the things 593 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,480 of this life to gain what he cannot lose, the things of 594 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,520 eternity. Jesus put it this way. 595 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,480 They're not out for yourselves. Treasures on earth for most, and 596 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,120 moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves breakthrough and 597 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,480 steal. So instead lay up for yourselves 598 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,720 treasure in heaven. The ends with this, for where 599 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,560 your treasure is, there will your heart be also, meaning 600 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,280 this. The more you number your days 601 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,200 and the more you lay up your treasures, the currency of these 602 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,280 days the right way, you know your heart will be where it 603 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:10,640 needs to be every day. Excuse me? 604 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:14,240 Every day counts, every day is a currency #3 and finally, every 605 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,480 day is a countdown. Every day is a countdown. 606 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:21,120 Remember 3 score years and 1070 or 80 years as a principal. 607 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:25,520 Not a promise, but we do know. This it's a reminder that our 608 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,520 time will be up someday and we don't know when the buzzer will 609 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:32,160 sound. You watch a any Sport on 610 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:36,240 television today and they have right there in the bottom of the 611 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:37,960 screen or right there in the corner of the screen. 612 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,160 What do they have? The clock, you know when the 613 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:44,200 game is going to end reasonably so depending on how many fouls 614 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,040 or penalties or stuff there may be going on, but you have a 615 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,360 reasonable understanding of how long the game will go. 616 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,120 Now, remember when I coached girls basketball coach, high 617 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,200 school basketball, that we would go to a lot of gyms and most of 618 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,600 these gyms were pretty, you know, small and pretty Spartan 619 00:29:58,600 --> 00:29:59,720 in the way that they were set up. 620 00:29:59,960 --> 00:30:04,320 And if you were lucky, you had one electronic clock 1, and it 621 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,560 was only on one side of the gym. There's a problem. 622 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,080 You got to play both ways. So if we were at home, we always 623 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,520 made sure that we got the side where we saw the clock in the 624 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,920 fourth quarter. If we were away, they always 625 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,280 made sure that we got the side where you couldn't see the clock 626 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,720 in the fourth quarter. And so if we were very close and 627 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,880 we need to make sure we need to make a last second bucket, you 628 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,440 know what I had to do? I had to stop coaching and I had 629 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:30,360 to do this 10/9, 8. I had to count because I could 630 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:31,600 see the clock. None of them could because 631 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,640 they're back towards the clock and if you were against the 632 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,520 other team and they really want to get into your head, all of a 633 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,920 sudden people in the crowd and people in the other bench are 634 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,800 going. 479. Two, and they didn't know. 635 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:48,960 But listen, if they hit the buzzer could sound and they 636 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,640 could hold on to the ball and didn't even know it was time to 637 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:55,120 shoot and it was too late. So listen, do you know what I 638 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:56,160 told them? Now listen to this. 639 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,520 I had to tell the girls this. Don't listen to the other 640 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,080 voices. You listen to my voice. 641 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,520 I'm the coach. I'll tell you when the time's 642 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,520 up. No one else is going to tell you 643 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,640 one time. It is in fact, they're going to 644 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:14,240 try to tell you some other time. But I'm the one that will be 645 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,280 honest enough. I'm the one with the information 646 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:19,840 that will tell you when time is up. 647 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,320 Now, listen, I'm not trying to suggest this morning that if you 648 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,320 walk closely enough with God that He will give you the time 649 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:28,760 of your days. By the way, God is merciful and 650 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,360 gracious enough to not tell us when our time is. 651 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:32,880 You think you want to know that? I don't. 652 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,720 I'm not trying to suggest that this morning. 653 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,760 But I'm saying this. If you walk with God and you 654 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,320 follow His countdown, if you will, you'll be where you need 655 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,400 to be and you'll do what you need to do and you'll get 656 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,840 accomplished and you get accomplished if you listen to 657 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,000 his voice and not the voices of the world. 658 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,960 Know what the voices of the world tell you? 659 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:56,600 Don't go to church. You're wasting your time. 660 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,840 You're wasting your time. You're coming to to listen to to 661 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,280 some preacher who's standing up with his really weird looking 662 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,000 suit jacket and he's got that's why the church had to give him a 663 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,480 love offer. He's got another suit jacket. 664 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,400 You know what I'm saying? Christmas gift and you're going 665 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,560 to waste of your time. Why are you reading your Bible? 666 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:14,360 No waste. You know what you could do with 667 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:15,240 your. You know what you could do with 668 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,160 that? 15 minutes or or so, or however 669 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,760 long it is. In the morning when you're. 670 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,360 Having time with God you waste your time why would you pray 671 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:25,480 what a waste of time why would you fast what a waste of time 672 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,840 why would you try to reach other people for Christ what a what a 673 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:32,120 waste of time why would you prioritize your life to. 674 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:33,480 Live in a way that's pleasing to God. 675 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:34,520 Why don't you just please yourself? 676 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:35,560 That's what everyone else is doing. 677 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,640 Everyone else just wants to please themselves, and you're 678 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,840 missing out by trying to please the Lord. 679 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,560 Why would you do that? It sees all these other voices 680 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:44,840 are saying, do all these other things. 681 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:48,440 You know what some there will be a time when the Lord says time. 682 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,120 And you know what you'll have? You'll still be holding onto the 683 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:57,600 ball and it'll be too late. And the Bible says that there 684 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,760 will be tears as we approach heaven. 685 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,200 You say, pastor, that doesn't make sense. 686 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:04,960 I don't have time to go there. But the Book of Revelation says 687 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:06,720 he'll wipe every tear from our eye. 688 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:08,880 I always wonder why we're crying. 689 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,080 There's probably a lot of reasons for it. 690 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,600 I have to imagine one of those is the things that we knew we 691 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,560 should have done, but we were so worried about the here and now 692 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,840 and we'll be an eternity and look at what we had and say that 693 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:25,160 was so fleeting. It was momentary and we wasted 694 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,720 our life for things that don't matter. 695 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:29,480 Do you know if? You were on the. 696 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,560 Forbes 500 list and you're in heaven. 697 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,720 By the way, anyone here on the Forbes 500 list? 698 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:36,400 If you do, make sure you tie. All right, good, I'm in. 699 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:37,960 I see that hand. All right, good. 700 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,320 But I do. I do know this. 701 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:45,280 In heaven you could be a pauper and you're on equal ground. 702 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,520 That's right. That's right. 703 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,160 You live this life with nothing, you say? 704 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,360 Well, well, do you find that in the Bible? 705 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,760 I'll give you one worse. There is a man who lived his 706 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,320 life so badly, had sores all over himself. 707 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,800 He had nothing. He he, he begged for crumbs off 708 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:07,840 of a man's table. And that man was so rich that he 709 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,639 lacked nothing. But the Bible says that man 710 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:15,280 defended turning hell and Lazarus had comfort. 711 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:18,360 By the way, I don't believe that's a parable because 712 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:22,000 parables don't give names. There's a reason Lazarus was 713 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,880 mentioned as being in paradise and the other man mentioned 714 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:28,159 being in hell because he still had family that was spoken of in 715 00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:30,480 that parable. Listen, it's real. 716 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:35,600 Count your days. Every day is a countdown the 717 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:37,760 Lord. And listen, we don't know when 718 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:41,040 the Lord will reappear again for his second coming. 719 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,639 We don't know if we'll go, as my preacher used to say, by the 720 00:34:44,639 --> 00:34:48,639 undertaker or the upper taker. But we do know this. 721 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,960 Your time is short. Say, pastor, what are you 722 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:53,800 saying? Saying this, if you don't know 723 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,719 where you spend eternity, you don't wait another day. 724 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,080 Don't wait another minute. So I have questions about 725 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:01,280 eternity. I don't know where I'll spend 726 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:02,320 eternity. You know what? 727 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,240 The answer will not be in a catechism. 728 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:06,800 The answer will not be in a self help book. 729 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,920 The answer will not be with a new age gurus. 730 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:12,600 The answer will not be within yourself. 731 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,800 You know, just unlock the the, the, the person inside of you. 732 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,720 No, I'll tell you, I want to lock the person away that's 733 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:22,080 inside of me as I like the flesh. 734 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,960 I need to lock him away. I need he needs to die daily. 735 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,360 The Bible says read Romans 6-7 and eight. 736 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:28,560 Find out what you're supposed to do with that. 737 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:33,840 But I will say this, the answer is in this book and the gospel 738 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,640 message. There's some of you that have 739 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:37,160 been struggling with this. For a while. 740 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:40,120 So we've been struggling that whether the was the answer 741 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,880 Catholicism or is the answer in the Baptist Church or is the 742 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,040 answer in the Presbyterian Church or is the answer in the 743 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,240 Bible church, the answer in the non denominational church. 744 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,920 The answer you've missed is in Jesus Christ. 745 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,760 That other stuff we'll work out later, but the answer the 746 00:35:55,760 --> 00:36:00,360 Gospels in Jesus Christ and that you're a Sinner and only he can 747 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:04,640 save you and that if you do not accept him that there is a very 748 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,240 real penalty for those sins that you will have to pay. 749 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,160 But Jesus already paid it for you. 750 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:13,080 So he wants you to take the free gift of salvation for those of 751 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:16,120 you that are saved. The message is this number your 752 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,280 days make every day count. Why? 753 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:25,000 Because well, he counts every day has value. 754 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,680 Why? Because he has the ultimate. 755 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,480 Value. Your days are numbered, so you 756 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,600 need to live your life for the one whose days are without 757 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,640 number. I'll give you this story and 758 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,240 I'll be done. Consider the story of a man 759 00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:39,360 named William Borden. I've read this several years 760 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:41,760 ago. Some of you I I know living in 761 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,320 the South. Borden Dairy. 762 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,480 Borden milk was, was the milk that everybody drank. 763 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,400 But William Borden was the heir of that $1,000,000 family 764 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,560 fortune in the late 1800s. It was worth about 2 billion. 765 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:58,240 It is worth about $2 billion today, equivalent of what that 766 00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:01,320 company was owed. He earned his undergraduate 767 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,600 degree from Yale and a graduate degree from Princeton Seminary. 768 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,600 Against all worldly logic, he left his millions and followed 769 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,520 the call of God to an unreached Muslim people group in western 770 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,920 China. He gave his life to Christ at 771 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,000 the young age and upon graduating from high school, his 772 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,120 parents rewarded him with a tour around the world. 773 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:20,320 He ventured across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, and God 774 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,040 began to burden his heart for those who had never heard the 775 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,960 gospel of Christ. Williams own passion to follow 776 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,960 Christ was growing, he said, under the preaching of Doctor RA 777 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,960 Torre, a well known evangelist of the day, and felt the Holy 778 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,520 Spirit calling him to commit himself fully to Christ. 779 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:39,640 He wrote the words No reserves. His father was adamant that his 780 00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,440 son attend university and so he obeyed his father's wish and 781 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,640 enrolled at Yale University. William began meeting with a 782 00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,120 friend in the mornings to read the Bible and pray together and 783 00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,360 soon another student joined them, then another. 784 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,080 The number of students showing up for morning prayer meetings 785 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,120 began to multiply and over the course of a few years what began 786 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,240 as a small group became a campus wide movement. 787 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:01,840 Some report that by the end of Williams first year. 788 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:05,160 At Yale, 150 students gathered in groups for prayer meetings, 789 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,840 and by a senior year, the movement grew to 1000 students. 790 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:12,240 Can you imagine that at Yale in New Haven, CT? 791 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:15,280 Could you imagine? That also during his college 792 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:19,160 years, he helped found Yale Hope Mission, seeking to rehabilitate 793 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:22,200 drunkards and others in need near the docks of New Haven. 794 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,040 The spirit of God stirred and burdened Williams heart 795 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:28,440 concerning the specific unreached Chinese so much that 796 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,120 he decided to pursue a master's degree from Princeton Seminary 797 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:32,960 and then sailed directly for China. 798 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:35,760 Upon graduation. He had several prestigious job 799 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:37,720 offers, but his mind was still set on China. 800 00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:40,760 Borden then wrote the words No retreats. 801 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:43,880 William followed through with his plan to sail overseas and 802 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,520 obedience to God's call on his life. 803 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,480 Before going to China, he first spent time in Egypt learning the 804 00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:51,600 Arabic language in preparation for his ministry to Muslims. 805 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,400 It was there they caught spinal meningitis. 806 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,120 William died one month later was buried in Cairo. 807 00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:02,880 He was 25 years old. After his death, these three 808 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,280 phrases were found written inside of his Bible. 809 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:10,320 No reserves, no retreats, no regrets. 810 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:15,000 You say that man wasted his life. 811 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:19,840 He was 25 years old and died. And my response to you would be 812 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:23,640 this, 100 plus years later we're still talking about him. 813 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,000 There was a woman who wasted an alabaster box. 814 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,560 It would have been about a year's worth of salary. 815 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:33,840 And Jesus said, as long as I'm spoken of, this woman will be 816 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,800 spoken of in her sacrifice. It's not a waste. 817 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:40,240 Listen, when you give your life to the Lord, it is never a 818 00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:42,120 waste. Listen, I'll say this and I'll 819 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:44,320 be done. He'll take better care of your 820 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:49,880 days than you will. So give your life to Him in 821 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:54,240 salvation, or continue to consecrate your life to Him on a 822 00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:57,920 daily basis once you're saved. Thank you for listening to the 823 00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,560 sermon from the pulpit of Liberty Baptist Church. 824 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:04,160 If this message was a blessing to you, or if there's any way we 825 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:07,280 can serve you, please let us know by contacting us at 826 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:12,160 info@mylibertybaptist.org. Or you can visit us this Sunday 827 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,080 at 800 Washington St. in Easton, MA. 828 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:19,160 May the Lord bless you as you grow in His Word.