Divisions Of Weekly Time Divisions of time in our lives have thus - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Divisions Of Weekly Time Divisions of time in our lives have thus been sketched by Dr. C. C. Albertson: “It might be wise for us to take a little inventory of our resources as to time and review our habits of using it. There are 168 hours in each week. Fifty-six of these we spend in sleep. Of the remaining 112 hours, we devote 48 to labor. This leaves sixty-four hours, of which let us assign twelve hours for our daily meals. (This allows thirty minutes for each meal, and one-and- one-half hours extra to promote good digestion. ) We have left fifty-two hours, net, of conscious active life to devote to any purpose to which we are inclined. Is it too much to say that God requires a tithe of this free time? One tenth of fifty-two hours is 5.2 hours. How much of this tithe of time do we devote to strictly religious uses? If we attend church twice on Sabbath, that will take an hour. If we attend prayer meeting, another hour. We have two-tenths of an hour left, our little margin—shall we not stay for the Morning Watch? But when we review our lives, how few of us attend religious worship thus regularly!” —Christian Herald Tan, P . L. (1996, c1979). Encyclopedia of 7700 illustrations : A treasury of illustrations, anecdotes, facts and quotations for pastors, teachers and Christian workers. Garland TX: Bible Communications.

Global Sick map as of March 19, 2020 - Worldwide cases - 242,714 under 10,000 deaths; U.S. had 74 deaths at this time.

Global Sick Map as of July 17, 2020 8:00am PST almost 600,000 global deaths, almost 14 million cases and 138,362 deaths in the US. Prayer and a miracle are needed to save this world from this serious virus. That is why we have chosen to shut down our church in the interest of safety from the virus.

• 1 Kings 3:16-28

Solomon’s Choice

“Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him. The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house. “It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house. “This woman’s son died in the night, because she lay on it. “So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. “When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne.” Then the other woman said, “No! For the living

• ne is my son, and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman said, “No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” Thus they spoke before the

king. Then the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one’; and the other says, ‘No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.’” The king said, “Get me a sword.” So they brought a sword before the king. The king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.” Then the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply stirred over her son and said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!” Then the king said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill

• him. She is his mother.” When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to

administer justice.” (1 Kings 3:16–28 NAS95)

Chuck Missler’s Outline of Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1-2 Personal Experiment Search for Wisdom & Pleasure Ecclesiastes 3-5 General Observation Ills & Enigmas of human society Ecclesiastes 6-8 Practical Morality Material things Can Not Satisfy the Soul Ecclesiastes 9-12 Reviewed & Concluded V anity of V anities: All is V anity

Chuck Missler’s Outline of Ecclesiastes & Ten Vanities - Outline Personal Experiment - 1-2 = Search for Wisdom & Pleasure General Observation - 3-5 = Ills & Enigmas of human society Practical Morality - 6-8 = Material things cannot satisfy the Soul Reviewed & Concluded - 9-12 = Vanity of Vanities: All is Vanity

Turn! Turn! Turn!

Written by Pete Seeger Performed by The Byrds - 1965

“Since Ecclesiastes is traditionally ascribed to King Solomon in the 10th century BC, the Byrds' 1965 recording of the song holds the distinction in the U.S. of being the number 1 hit with the oldest lyrics.”

“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven — A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance. A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing. A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away. A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak. A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 NAS95)

• “It is worthy of remark, that in all this list there

are but two things which may be said to be done generally by the disposal of God, and in which men can have but little influence: the time of birth, and the time of death. But all the others are left to the

• ption of man, though God continues to overrule

them by his providence. “ - Adam Clarke

“It is worthy of remark, that in all this list there are but two things which may be said to be done generally by the disposal of God, and in which men can have but little influence: the time of birth, and the time of death. But all the others are left to the option of man, though God continues to overrule them by his providence. “ - Adam Clarke

Have you ever attempted to hold back winter or bring about spring or summer? How successful were you? Just as we are orbiting the sun and rotating on our axis, so time marches on.

• “What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? I

have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:9–11 NAS95)

“What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:9–11 NAS95)

• “God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate

time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NET)

New English Translation Word Study Comparison

“God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has

• rdained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NET)

The key word here is the Hebrew -“Holam” - which could mean “darkness”, “conceal”, or “Secret” NET Bible Notes - “It may mean: (1) “ignorance”; (2) time reference: (a) “eternity” or (b) “the future”; or (3) “knowledge” (less likely).”

• “It is God’s design that man realize that the present, material

world does not constitute the sum of his existence. He is linked to two worlds, physically to this world, but mentally, emotionally, and psychologically to the eternal world. Even with his consciousness beclouded by sin, man seems dimly aware that he ought to continue living beyond the narrow confines of this unsatisfying life.” - SDA Bible Commentary

“It is God’s design that man realize that the present, material world does not constitute the sum of his existence. He is linked to two worlds, physically to this world, but mentally, emotionally, and psychologically to the eternal world. Even with his consciousness beclouded by sin, man seems dimly aware that he ought to continue living beyond the narrow confines of this unsatisfying life.” - SDA Bible Commentary

• “Man cannot by searching find out God. Let none seek with presumptuous

hand to lift the veil that conceals His glory. "Unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out." Romans 11:33. It is a proof of His mercy that there is the hiding of His power; for to lift the veil that conceals the divine presence is death. No mortal mind can penetrate the secrecy in which the Mighty One dwells and works. Only that which He sees fit to reveal can we comprehend of Him. Reason must acknowledge an authority superior to itself. Heart and intellect must bow to the great I

• AM. {Ministry of Healing pg. 438}

“Man cannot by searching find out God. Let none seek with presumptuous hand to lift the veil that conceals His glory. "Unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out." Romans 11:33. It is a proof of His mercy that there is the hiding of His power; for to lift the veil that conceals the divine presence is death. No mortal mind can penetrate the secrecy in which the Mighty One dwells and works. Only that which He sees fit to reveal can we comprehend of Him. Reason must acknowledge an authority superior to itself. Heart and intellect must bow to the great I AM. {Ministry of Healing pg. 438}

“At the NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States, scientists have a chart on which they have written down all the eclipses from about 2000 B.C. until A.D.

• 3000. In other words, the timing that God has built into this aspect of nature is so accurate that we are able to know not only when past eclipses occurred but when

future ones will, as well. As nature shows, the Lord is in control of time. As Adventists, people who are particularly interested in prophecy, this comes as no surprise. After all, many of the prophecies that have helped us understand our identity and mission as a movement are tied in with time.” - SS Quarterly on Ecclesiastes Q3 2007

Ten V anities of Ecclesiastes

• Human Wisdom - Wise & foolish alike have one

end: death

• Human Labor - Worker no better than shirker in

the end

• Human Purpose - Man proposes, but God

disposes

• Human Rivalry - Success brings more envy than

joy

• Human Avarice - “Much” feeds lust for the

elusive “more”

• Human Fame - Brief, uncertain, and soon

forgotten

• Human Insatiety - Gain cannot be enjoyed

despite desire

• Human Coveting - Gain Cannot be enjoyed

despite desire

• Human Frivolity - Only Camouflages inevitable

sad end

• Human Awards - Good and bad often get wrong

desserts

Ten Vanities Human Wisdom - Wise & foolish alike have one end: death Human Labor - Worker no better than shirker in the end Human Purpose - Man proposes, but God disposes Human Rivalry - Success brings more envy than joy Human Avarice - “Much” feeds lust for the elusive “more” Human Fame - Brief, uncertain, and soon forgotten Human Insatiety - Gain cannot be enjoyed despite desire Human Coveting - Gain Cannot be enjoyed despite desire Human Frivolity - Only Camouflages inevitable sad end Human Awards - Good and bad often get wrong desserts

• Hopeful Advice based on

God’s Identity

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“I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor — it is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him. That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.” (Ecclesiastes 3:12–15 NAS95)

God Will Judge

• “I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous

man and the wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.” (Ecclesiastes 3:17 NAS95)

“I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.” (Ecclesiastes 3:17 NAS95)

“The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.” (Matthew 12:42 NAS95)

Appeal Prayer - “Just For Today” Lord, for tomorrow and its needs, I do not pray; Keep me, my God, from stain of sin, Just for today! Now, set a seal upon my lips, For this I pray; Keep me from wrong, or idle words, Just for today! Let me be slow to do my will, Prompt to obey; And keep me, guide me, use me, Lord, Just for today! —Selected Tan, P . L. (1996, c1979). Encyclopedia of 7700 illustrations : A treasury of illustrations, anecdotes, facts and quotations for pastors, teachers and Christian workers. Garland TX: Bible Communications.