November 9, 2008 · Ephesians 5

Ephesians 5 15-17

“God has given us each a set period of time. We are going to need to use and redeem that time if we are going to assist him in redeeming our culture and our planet, and some ways it would be really awesome if we could just fall asleep on our couches, wake up, and walk outside or in the world where everyone loves Jesus. … Seriously, sometimes that would be awesome if we could just wake up, close our eyes, and sin is destroyed. No more evil. That's not how God does it, Even though God may have chosen to do it for seven people way back in the past, most of the Christians and Ephesus were called to stay awake. They were called to live like wise people, not unwise people. They were called to watch how they walked, to buy up as much time as they could to do the will of God, and so you need to look at your time and buy back, redeem your time. That is our call. Our call is not to jump out on the fire escape. Our call is to pick up the fire extinguishers.”