Ephesians 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 1. Redeem the time, for time is very precious. Nothing is so valuable as time. Not all the gold in the universe — not all the hoards of ages — can purchase a single moment. 2. Redeem the time on account of the momentous consequences which depend on our use of it. These consequences are an eternity of woe, or an eternity of bliss. 3. Redeem the time, for the time is short. What are the longest lives? "My days," says Job, "are swifter than a post: they are passed away as the swift ships; as the eagle that hasteth to her prey." "What is your life?" says St. James; "It is but a vapour which appeareth for a time and then vanishes away." Time is short, and the work we have to do is great. How important it is to "redeem the time." 4. Redeem the time, for when it is once past it cannot be recovered. If we chance to lose a valued treasure, is may be found again though it be buried in the depths of the sea. It is not so with time. Not all the entreaties of eternity will bring back a single moment of time. It is a vessel dashed in a thousand pieces which can never be repaired; it is as water spilt upon the ground which can never be gathered up again. 5. The last reason I shall urge why we should redeem the time, is that it is not our own. Woe to that idle servant who neglects to improve and to trade with the talents given him to traffic with. (J. J. S. Bird, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. |
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