Triage of Words Time
Time
"Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God"
wasn't the only sermon of lasting value delivered by Jonathan Edwards.
He also addressed
"The Preciousness of Time and the Importance of Redeeming It"
for "when it is gone, it cannot be purchased for money and cannot be redeemed
by silver or gold."
According to the Scriptures a man is allotted seventy years.
This converts to 25,550 days. Multiply 365 days by your age
to find the number of days you have lived.
Now,
subtract the number of your days from the 25,550
allotted days to get an idea of how many days you may have left.
Edwards said, "If one were as foolish with his money as with
his time, throwing it away like he throws away time,
we would think him insane and not in his right mind."
The devil tells youth that there is plenty of time left to
consider the things of God. "When their youth is passed, he
tells them that they have lost so much - the best of their time - it
is not worthwhile to attempt doing anything."
This clear, precise presentation of Mr. Edward's sermon,
delivered in December 1734, is refreshing and easy to read.
Those who feel a sense of urgency will find the last section,
"How to Make the Best Use of Time." to be extremely helpful.
Time does NOT heal all things, God does and the Scriptures are
concise in their counsel concerning time.
"The Preciousness of Time and the Importance of Redeeming
It" along with ten other classic messages by Jonathan Edwards
have been revised and updated by Mark Trigsted and gathered
under the title "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God."
Available at www.cornerstone-unlimited.com Where the
Classics Come Alive.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Kaleidoscope
This blogspot is for the thoughts of readers of good and bad books,
books that have changed your mind and focus. The beauty of
reading is the personal travel that takes place without limits
and without danger and yet has all the adventure of a Safari
in Africa. Movies tend to clutter your mind with sight and sound
that is not of your own mind. I have found that the adventure
into the inner castles of the mind are without parallel in all of
the techology of this age.
I recall the movie "84 Charing Crossing" an Ann Bancroft oldie,
which intrigued me but the reason escaped me 'till I grew up to own
a bookstore then I instantly knew the reason for the intrigue.
I will bring you on this adventure through books on my website,
some you have read some you
need to read. www.cornerstone-unlimited.com
Now before I share my book of the month I want to impress upon
you that The Bible is the Best
collection of books ever written; much maligned, much degraded
and most intriguing. It is the only book that will protect your
mind in this mind controlling world. Read Ephesians 6 ... about
the whole armour of God. Just read The Bible daily - never mind
if you understand this passage or that passage... just read it.
The Word will be a Lamp unto your feet as It promises. Try to remember,
The Word is an answer book. If you don't have a question the answer
will be meaningless. It is like one of those quiz books that has the
answers in the back. If you just read the answer to Question # 2 you
would scratch your head and say that makes no sense. Just wait,
the day will come when the unspoken question is answered in Luke
18 or Galatians 3, etc. The "WOW" will be heard in the corridors of
heaven and the angelic host will say, "She/He got it!"
Book: "The GREATEST THING in the WORLD" by Henry Drummond.
This Classic has been reprinted with a wonderful mini-biography of
Henry Drummond. You will learn a bit about this unusual man
who was a scientist, a minister, a complicatedly simple, forthright man
with the strength of his convictions somewhat like the apostle Paul
who wrote the 13th chapter of Corinthians, that famous "Love" chapter
quoted so often and yet he is perceived to be the tough old unloving man
of faith. This is considered the oldest sermon on that chapter and I consider
it the best, then the book gives you the sermon and 12 translations of
1 Corinthians 13 and as you will see Love in any language is the same.
Lastly, the book includes other writings that have not been easy to find
(at least not to my knowlege) which are stirring and comforting and
most of all beneficial to the growth of your/my spirit. Thats it!
I do hope this, our little journey, was not a waste of your time.
I hope to see you back again, for another journey of the Mind through
the Words. In "The Abuse of the Adjective," Drummond warned that the English
language was losing its grandeur and becoming flippant due to the
"piling on" of adjectives. I pray I have
not dimmed the grandeur. In His Service.
Go ahead visit the other pages on this site......Take sometime and think
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