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Simplifying Life (Part Two)
Sermon by David F. MaasThe days of human lives span seventy years or, by strength, eighty years, consisting only of labor and sorrow before being cut off. Most people after reaching seventy-five or seventy-six recognize they live on borrowed time and must treasure each additional day. No person can live without seeing death or deliver himself from the hand of sheol. Even one who reaches nine hundred sixty-nine years cannot last a full millennium. In the millennial Kingdom the child dies at one hundred years old and the sinner at one hundred years old stands accursed. Every person faces a temporary stay in the grave. Human days measure as handbreadths and a person's best state remains only a vapor. One individual reached ninety-three years and another will reach one hundred three years, yet all days remain numbered so that wisdom may be gained. Time passes more swiftly than expected for the young. Life constitutes a visible wisp of vapor that disappears after a little while. God fashioned all days before any existed, ordaining each one in advance.
The Clear Light of a God-Given Life
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Mark SchindlerGod the Father has given us life, He and His Son living their lives in us. God expects us to live now, in the moment, not waiting for a better day.
The Gift of Eternal Life
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe difference between living forever and eternal life is that longevity does not equate to quality of life. Living forever while enduring pain lacks appeal.
Increasing Your Life Span
Commentary by Martin G. CollinsPeople entering retirement often experience degrees of depression brought about by deteriorating health status and the feeling of no longer being needed.
Deadlines
'Ready Answer' by Joseph B. BaityHumans possess an innate biological clock that sets a congenital deadline for each life, a span known fully to God though environmental factors such as lifestyle, diet, and habits exert significant influence on health and longevity. This fixed limit means that the day of physical death marks the end of judgment, after which the test is complete and eternal outcome is sealed. Moses therefore urges believers to number their days so that present decisions and conduct produce a heart of wisdom, directing attention to current priorities rather than speculation about remaining time or the date of Christ's return. The same principle prompts questions about spiritual progress: whether priorities align with holiness and righteousness, whether weaknesses are being overcome, and whether sufficient effort is devoted to study, repentance, and the use of God-given gifts. Imagining successively shorter intervals until Christ's return illustrates how awareness of a nearer deadline intensifies urgency to resolve conflicts, increase prayer and study, and reorder daily life, while a distant deadline tends to preserve ordinary routines. Such contrasts reveal the need for balance; excessive focus on the deadline breeds anxiety, while insufficient attention fosters complacency and poor fruit. God supplies ongoing guidance through interventions, correction, and the promise of peace, enabling each person to maintain steady progress in the right direction and develop the righteous character required for the Kingdom without being haunted by an unknown endpoint.
The W's and H's of Meditation (Part Four)
Sermon by David F. MaasMeditating on the perils of our transitory existence paradoxically leads to a longer, happier life as our portion of God's Spirit grows within us.
Deadlines
Sermonette by Joseph B. BaityIn a recent study, scientists declared that, regardless of lifestyle or environmental factors, each human being has a clock with its own expiration date.
Our 'Mental' Deathbed
Sermonette byMoses asks God to teach us to number our days, realizing that our physical lives are finite, requiring a sense of urgency to get rid of our sins.
Time Management
Sermonette by Clyde FinkleaA time management seminar teaches that unless we put large rocks (priorities) in a container first, the container will inevitably fill up with trivia.
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-Four): Ecclesiastes 9:2-12
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughAlthough some try to make their lives easier by compromising, Solomon warns that all evil leads to death, and that doing evil in any circumstance is insane.
Resuming Ecclesiastes (Part One)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughEcclesiastes provides a testimony to the conundrum of life, showing the result of both bad and good choices, enabling us to effectively use time.
The Unknown Deadline
'Prophecy Watch' by David C. GrabbeGod gives His elect two unknown deadlines: Christ's return and the Christian's lifespan. They focus His people on becoming spiritually rich toward God.
Good Old Age
Sermonette by James BeaubelleAlways understanding that it is God who orders life, our success at a good life depends on our yielding to His direction. We will reap what we sow.
The Promise in the Fifth Commandment (Part One)
'Ready Answer' by David F. MaasWhat is the connection between keeping the fifth commandment—honoring parents—and enjoying a long, fulfilling, productive life on earth?
The Unknown Deadline
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeWe do not know how long the project (our sanctification process) will take. Each day is critical in doing our part to be of the same mind as God.
The Promise in the Fifth Commandment (Part Two)
'Ready Answer' by David F. MaasWhen the fifth commandment is neglected, respect for leadership and authority erodes, lowering quality of life, and ultimately, length of life too.
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-Three): Ecclesiastes 8:10-9:1
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughFor the called, enjoying life's pleasures should not be the top priority, but rather seeking first the kingdom of God, trusting that physical things will be added.
The Purposes of Aging
Sermon/Bible Study by Richard T. RitenbaughModern society is obsessed with youth and staying young, but aging is a natural process God intended as part of life. Aging is a process for gaining wisdom.
Those Who Mourn
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughWorldly sorrow leads to death while godly sorrow leads to repentance and life. After godly repentance, sorrow is swallowed up in profound joy.
Are We Redeeming the Time?
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughTime is fleeting; any of us could perish tomorrow. Procrastination in matters of godliness can be fatal, as the parable of the rich fool teaches.
Ecclesiastes (Part Four; A)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughGod is sovereign over time; nothing happens without His superintending. Birth and death are divine events which God alone controls.
The March Toward Globalism (Part Six)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)While God expects parents to cultivate sound-mindedness, balance, and self-control in our children, Satan has been shaping young minds his own way.
Pentecost and Time
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughBecause of our 'time-bound' state, unless we sync with God's timetable, we are squandering our God-given time to become members of His family.