What Is Your Life?
The Brevity Of Life As Described In The Bible
Hand breadth Ps. 39:5 Hand breadth = width of for fingers The Brevity of Life Oct. 19, 2008 p.m. Hand breadth Ps. 39:5 Hand breadth = width of for fingers Some may feel they need more time to prepare for eternity, but God has given us ample time “We have but a short time on earth.” George DeHoff Final Things
Vapor Js. 4:14 “yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” ESV “Morning-fog” Job. 7: 6 ff
Water Spilled On The Ground 2 Sam. 14:14 Heb. 9:27
“Flower” and “Shadow” Job. 14:1-2 Flowers in Bible lands did not last long-much more than a day Shadow = no substance to fleshly man-the body will not last long
“Flower” and “Shadow” “How gently and rapidly each one of us moves off the stage of action.” George DeHoff
Shepherds Tent Is. 38:12 “My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent:” ASV “My life span is gone, Taken from me like a shepherd's tent” NKJV
A One Time Journey That Offers No Return Job 16:22 "For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return.” NASB
Lessons 1. Make every moment count 2. Be spiritually minded The Brevity of Life Oct. 19, 2008 p.m. Lessons 1. Make every moment count 2. Be spiritually minded 3. Obey the gospel now while there is time and opportunity 4. Be faithful until you die or the Lord returns Final Things