TIME BY PASTOR RONNY SHUMBA DEFINITION TIME IS

TIME BY PASTOR RONNY SHUMBA

DEFINITION � TIME IS A DIMENSION OR MEASURE IN WHICH EVENTS CAN BE ORDERED

MODES OF TIME � CHRONOS � KAIROS

CHRONOS � THE GREEK WORD CHRONOS REFERS TO THE TIME THAT WE CAN MEASURE � EG. TODAY, YESTERDAY, TOMMORROW, 1145 HRS, 1975, BC, AD

CHRONOS cont… � HENCE THE CORRECT TERM FOR A ‘watch’ IS A CHRONOMETER.

KAIROS � THE GREEK WORD KAIROS IS USED TO REFER TO GOD’S APPOINTED TIME. � THIS TIME MAY BE OUT OF CHRONOS.

KAIROS cont… • E. G ABRAHAM AND SARAH HAD A CHILD OUT OF CHRONOS. TIME (AGE) DID NOT PERMIT THEM BUT CHRONOS DID (GEN 17: 17)

MAKE USE OF TIME � GOD GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH TIME TO EVERY ONE. HOW YOU USE IT DETERMINES YOUR FATE � ECCL 9: 11………but time and chance happen to them all.

GOD LIVES OUT OF TIME � 2 PET 3: 8 - 1 DAY=1000 YRS 1000 YRS=1 DAY � PSA 90: 4 - 1000 YRS=1 DAY � PSA 39: 5 TIME IS IN HIS PALM � GEN 1: 1 IN THE BEGINING

UNDERSTAND THE TIMES � FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO USE TIME EFFECTIVELY YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMES � PS 90: 12 � 1 CHRON 12: 32 � EPH 5: 16 (NIV)

MANAGE TIME �IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL YO NEED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE TIME. �THE KEY TO MANAGING TIME IS DOING THE RIGHT THING ANT THE RIGHT TIME. �HENCE DOING THE RIGHT THING AT THE WRONG TIME IS WRONG. �ECCL 3: 1 -15