Choices 1 Choices about how to spend our

Choices

1. Choices about how to spend our time �TV, sporting events �How do we spend our Saturday afternoon? �Mark 1: 21 -35 A day in Jesus’ life

How do we spend our time? � Chronos: the flow of time, chronology � e. g. 1 Peter 4: 1 -5 for the time past may suffice � Matt. 25: 31 -46 � Matt. 6: 19 -21 � Kairos: specific moments, opportunities � Eph 5: 15 -17

It is about being prepared � 2 Tim. 2: 15 � 1 Pet. 3: 14 -16 � Psalm 90: 10 -12 � 20 minutes per day equals one year of your life

2. Choice about whether or not to go to services � Heb. 10: 24 -25 let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works � Mat. 6: 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you

3. Choice about whether or not to acknowledge God created everything (Gen. 1: 1, Psalm 104: 124) � God gives life and breath to everything (Acts 17: 24 -29, Psalm 139: 13 -17) � All things are for God’s enjoyment (Psalm 104: 31, Rev. 4: 11) � Time and chance will overtake us all (Eccl. 9: 1012, Luke 12: 16 -20) � We will all stand before God – judged by the Word (John 12: 44 -48, Heb. 10: 30 -31, 37) � God prepares a place for us (John 14: 1 -4, Rev. 22: 1 -5) �

4. Our response to the Gospel �Acts 17: 30 -31 � 2 Cor. 6: 2 �Rev. 1: 3 � 2 Peter 3: 7 -18

The Plan of Salvation � Hear the Word (Rm. 10: 17) � Believe in Jesus (Jn. 1: 12) � Repent of Sins (II Cor. 7: 9 -10) � Confess Faith in Christ (Mt. 10: 32) � Be Baptized in Water (Rm. 6: 3 -4) � Continue in God’s Grace (Ac. 13: 43) � If you err as a Christian: Repent & Pray God for Forgiveness (Ac. 8: 22)