Rush Run Community Chapel

Time

Eccl. 3: 1-8 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

There is a time for everything, and we are only given so much time. 60 seconds, 60 minutes, 7 days a week, 52 weeks in a year. That is how long God took to get us around the sun. We need to keep what is important to our time.

You must budget your time. Budget time for the Lord. He should be priority #1. Do we procrastinate? We do not have time to waste.

Matthew 28: 19-20 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

- - this is our assignment from Jesus. He left us in charge of the message.

Col 4:1-6 Masters, treat your bondservants[a] justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. 2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. 3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— 4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. 5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

It is up to us to tell others and show others there is a better
way, but we only have so much time. There is always time to repent before the last date is put on your tomb stone.

Matthew 20: 1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius[a] a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 and to them he said, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.’ 5 So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ 7 They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’ 8 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.’ 9 And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. 10 Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. 11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, 12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ 13 But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15 Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’[b] 16 So the last will be first, and the first last.”

Eternity is a long time. You cannot work your way in. You cannot pay your way in. Only through him can we get there.

John 17:4 – I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.

He finished his work before he died. We have our work still to do. Choose wisely.

We have something far better waiting on us.

We miss all of you VERY much! We do not have the capabilities to go live from the church. We are trying to work towards recording the sermons and making a YouTube video to post but my internet has not cooperated with that either. However, I CAN post some notes from the sermons so I will do my best to start doing that each week during this time.

Today’s sermon came from Galatians 4. When Paul went to the Galatians, he was sick. Still, they did not turn him away. He taught them the way of Christ and reminded them that their old friends were leading them astray. It is the same today. People will lead us astray if we let them. Paul wanted them to see the correct way. He loved them. He wanted to work with them and show them the true way of a Christian. Are we after flesh? Are we after promise? Flesh is of the world. The ways of the world chain us to sin and away from God. I hope we are after promise. We are an heir of God through Christ. We want to live by Grace. We are born anew. A child of the King shouldn’t live like a slave of the world 😊

Happy Easter from all of us at the Chapel 🌼🌸🌷🌺✝️🌺🌷🌸🌼 Please be safe & healthy. We look forward to being able to safely see everyone again soon. If you need anything, please do not hesitate to reach out.

The dinner following Lee's burial will be at the old Methodist Church on Rush Run. Covered dish, but request call Brenda (at Gladys' house) and let her know so she can keep track. Also, our church will be furnishing chicken and meat/cheese tray.