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Purpose for beingTime on EarthKeeping ScoreFinal Destination

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Purpose for being

Ecclesiastes 12:13 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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Purpose for being

Matthew 28:19-20 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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Purpose for being

1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.

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Purpose for being

Acts 26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;Proverbs 16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

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Our Journey

Time on Earth – Overall Game Time

Psalm 105:8 He hath remembered His covenant for ever, the word which Hecommanded to a thousand generations.Deuteronomy 7:9 (New KJV)  Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

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Time on Earth – Overall Game Time

Matthew 1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.

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Time on Earth – Overall Game Time

One Generation lasts 40 – 100 yearsOn average 70 yearsTime of 1000 Generations = 70,000 years-------------One Generation starts every 20 – 30 yearsOn Average 25 yearsTime of 1000 Generations = 25,000 years

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Time on Earth – Overall Game Time

Time since Adam: 6,020 yearsReference

Some will therefore conclude that we have a minimum of 25,000 – 6,020 = 18,980 years before Christ returns. This assumes that Adam’s generation was in fact the 1st generation.

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Time on Earth – Overall Game Time

Time since Adam: 6,020 yearsReference

“History and science reveal that many different men and humanoid types were on earth tens of thousands of years before Adam. The skeletal remains of these beings have been found all over the planet.”

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Time on Earth – My Game Time

But we know that our individual time on Earth is what really matters….Psalm 39:4-5 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity

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Time on Earth – My Game Time

But we know that our individual time on Earth is what really matters….Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Genesis 6:3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

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Keeping Score – My Own RefereeA quote from a previous sermon:“…, murmuring or to put it another way, sowing seeds of discord among the brethren is listed as the seventh thing that God hates. Proverbs (6:19).Let us as a church and as leaders avoid these pitfalls. Let us also continue to examine ourselves and refrain from criticising others”

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Keeping Score – My Own Referee

2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

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Why are the talents not used in this church?

James 1:23-24 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was

God’s Question and His answer onSunday October 7, 2012

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Why is there a perceived stagnation in the stream?

• Perhaps there are man made dams restricting its flow such as poor attitudes, selfish intentions even jealousy and malice.

• Perhaps there are mountains blocking one’s view and the stream is in fact gathering pace and leaving some behind.

God’s Question and His answer onSunday October 7, 2012

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Ephesians 4:11-1211 And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Excerpt from UCB Word of TodayMonday October 8, 2012

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If you think the unemployment statistics in the country are bad, take a look at the church. Twenty percent of its members give eighty percent of its income, and do eighty percent of its work. The rest are happy just to be spectators. It's easy to sit back, criticise and say, 'Why doesn't the church do something about the problem?' Hold on there: You are the church; you do something about it! You say, 'But I left my church because I don't like the way they do things.'

Excerpt from UCB Word of TodayMonday October 8, 2012

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You didn't leave God's church, which is the body of Christ, did you? So, instead of talking about what your church doesn't do, look in the mirror and ask yourself, 'What am I doing for the Lord?' Do you know what an Armchair Manager is? It's someone who analyses the game when it's over, criticises the players, complains about the referee's calls, and is content to sit in the stadium and be a spectator rather than a player.

Excerpt from UCB Word of TodayMonday October 8, 2012

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We have heard a few announcements today of what this church is engaged in during the coming weeks.

The question is “Will you and I play our part and use our talents. This is the stream that is moving. If you remain in your Armchair, you will be left behind.

God’s Question TodaySunday October 14, 2012

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Our JourneyFinal DestinationSome scripture to keep us focused:1 Corinthians 9:241 Thessalonians 4:16-172 Timothy 4:8Matthew 25:23Matthew 25:31-34

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