Full Gospel Bible Institute - Burning Lamp Yearbook (Eston, Saskatchewan Canada)

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Time is a measured or measurable in¬ terval; an allotted period during which something must be done. “Now” is the time. Time is earthly duration as dis¬ tinguished from eternity. Eternity is for¬ ever. Our earthly sojourn is but an infinitesimal moment of eternity; as it were, but a thought in infinity. There¬ fore the Christian, sent of God as His representative, knows that time is run¬ ning out. He must take the message of salvation to those who know not Christ and His saving power NOW. He knows that everything remains but for a time; that all things are frail and fleeting. “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” Eccle¬ siastes 3:1. TIME is a magic word. We are made conscious of time by such sayings as “Tin is shorter than it used to be.” We somehow feel that time is controlled by tj calendar or watch, but we could do away with these and it would go on just the sarr, The danger we are facing today is not in the fact that we have no time to the things we would like to do, but rather in that we fail to recognize the lateness the hour. In fact, the truth of I Cor. 7:29, “The time is short,” is upon us. Wor events are not calculated by the calendar or the watch but rather by God who hi set a time for everything. There was a time set for Christ’s birth. It was first prophesied in Gen. 3:15 ai was fulfilled as we read in Gal. 4:4, “And so when the fulness of the time was cor, God sent forth his son.” Then, too, as we look at the nation of Israel, we realize what time it is, for flj scripture declares that Israel in the last days would return to their own land. This i are seeing fulfilled t oday. More signs of the times that could be considered: pea talks, world disarmament, Antichrist or one man rule. These convey to us the latent of the hour. The saying “It is later than you think” is true. “Behold, now is I accepted time; behold, now is the day of Salvation. “For He remembered that they we i flesh; a wind that passeth away at j cometh not again.” Psalm 78:39. Thet fore He says, “Go out quickly ... at t bring. . . .” Luke 14:21. Bring the stray it | to the fold. Tell them that Jesus saw I “Trust Him at all times ye people. Po, j out your heart before Him. God is a refu. i for us.” Psalm 62:8. l V C a o ft S 7 u r a k Ci d Si ti Si U it “Time waits for no man,” is a saying that is driving men to wreck their bodies and damn their souls, because they feel they have not time to stop and consider. Job 37:14. “Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” 2 Corinthians 6:2. “Behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation.” Now is the time to be saved from wrecking one’s self. The Psalmist said “my times are in thy hands.” We so often sing “My Times are in Thy Hands.” My God I wish them there, and it never becomes anymore than a wish, for as soon as we finish singing, our minds race to find an answer for the problems we face tomorrow, when all the time God is the answer. We miss the blessing that God wants to give, in not realizing that My God is the God of all time. Moses commanded the people “stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. If God is my salvation, how do 1 act? I trust I have considered the situation. Romans 13:11. “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The highest reward for man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it. 8

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Man has never been more time conscious than he is today. Yet, never has man been more ignorant of time than he is today. ]esus upbraided the Pharisees and Sadducees of His day be¬ cause they could discern the “face of the sky, but could not discern “the signs of the times.” What would He say of our ignorance when we have the complete revela¬ tion of His word in the Bible, and the many fulfillments of prophecy around us which clearly indicate “the signs of the times ? Both the Bible and history abound with ex¬ amples of the disasters and confusions which result when man is ignorant of time. Here are a few excerpts from God’s official time clock, the Bible, which clearly tell the time and the hour of our day. The time in which we live is called, “the times of the reformation.” That is, we are no longer living under the time of the Old Covenant (or Testament), but under the New Covenant (or Testa¬ ment) of God’s grace. It is ignorance of this time which is responsible for so much confusion and error in our day. The Bible calls our era, “the time of the end,” “the last times,” the “perilous (or awful) times” which God predicted would come. No wonder we are ex¬ horted, “And knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep,” for “the time is short,” and we need to “redeem the time because the days are evil.” Never before was it more true than now, that “it is time to seek the Lord. If you are unsaved, it is time to be saved, for “now is the accepted time.” Tomorrow will be too late. Yes, it is later than you think. I he greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

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We are “time” conscious today. Man’s allotted time is the proverbial three score years and ten. God has given us time as an illustration of His eternal power and Godhead. There is the past, present and future. Time is not one of these but all three are the unit we call time. Some live in the past, a majority live for the present, while others are wholly taken up with the future. Sanity demands that we consider all three for a full orbed life. God called Himself the “1 AM, The Ever Present One. fesus did likewise, and SO HE IS. The “I AM” is accessible today as the One “Who ever liveth to make inter¬ cession for us.” Some view the future with alarm but we are assured it is as bright as His wonderful promises. The “1 AM” says “NOW is the day of Salvation” and again “NOW if ye will hear My voice.” The future depends on what you do NOW. God “requireth the past.” Faith in His blood justifies from all sin of the past; the “present” is vibrant with His word as a light and lamp, while the future holds this, “In His pr esence is FULLNESS OF ]OY . . . pleasures forevermore.” “My Times are in Thy hand.” Psa. 31:15. These words cause my heart to rejoice, and with the rejoicing I am sobered as l realize that, “Ye are not your own, for ' ye are bought with a price.” How good to know and experience that, as our wills are conformed to His will, we can face each day with peace in our hearts. We cannot see the path He has for our lives and many times we need to remember that Jesus said, “My ways are not in your ways,” but what joy there is in being led in His way in His time. 1 do count it a privilege to serve the Lord in the capacity of Secretary of F.G.B.I. and to have a small part in seeing young people’s lives molded and channeled to better serve the Saviour. God’s Word tells us, “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might.” In order to know God’s best 1 believe we must give Him our best. It is the desire of my heart, that I will be a yielded vessel for Him to use whenever and in whatever field of service he chooses because, “my times are in His hand.” It seems we are always running out of time. In the horse and buggy days, people accepted the speed of the horse and everything else went accordingly. They had lots of time for long hours of work, lots of time for leisure and a great many had time for spiritual things too. But today we are in the Jet Age. Now we can speed down the highway in modern comfort and safety. Astronauts have actually gone around the world several times in only a few hours. Distances are now shrunken by fast jet airlines and continents and countries are now only hours away. Still, we seem to have even less time than before. Now we hurry, hustle and just barely make our many appointments, even with our greatly increased speed. People seem to need a thirty hour day, an eight day week and a forty day month to accomplish their many tasks and responsibilities. But God has given us only so much time. Whatever we are to accomplish, we must do NOW. We must make every day and every minute count, NOW. We must train young men and women NOW, to take the Gospel out while there is still time. The Bible says, “Behold, NOW is the accepted time; behold, NOW is the day of Salvation.” Let us make the most of our time, NOW. Full trust in the Lord puts anxiety to rest. 9