Life started with God with the union of the body and soul Gen 2:7 Two kinds: spiritual & physical 1Tim 4:8 James reminds us of its brevity Jas 4:14 Job.

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Life started with God with the union of the body and soul Gen 2:7 Two kinds: spiritual & physical 1Tim 4:8 James reminds us of its brevity Jas 4:14 Job eagerly looked for future life Job 14:14 Jesus shows value of spiritual contrasted with physical life Matt 10:28

A TIME FOR LEARNING Matt 11:28-30; Jhn 6:45 – Children study to prepare for future life. what about us? Heaven, is a prepared place for a prepared people – Children are trained while young Eph 6:4 – Babes in Christ trained while young to discern good and evil Heb 5:12,13; 1Pet 2:2 WHAT IS YOUR LIFE Jas 4:12-17

A TIME FOR LEARNING Matt 11:28-30; Jhn 6:45 – Christians must study God's word - at home and at assemblies For spiritual nutrition Matt 4:4; Job 23:12 To learn how to walk Psa 119:105 Church spread truth Eph 3:10; 1Tim 3:15 – Bible is only authorized textbook 2Tim 3:16,17; Jas 1:25 It is the standard of judgment Jhn 12:48 We must study it for our final exam WHAT IS YOUR LIFE Jas 4:12-17

A TIME FOR SOWING Gal 6:7,8 – Two ways a man sows: By word Matt 12:36,37 By deeds Eccl 12:14; 2Cor 5:10 – When should we sow? All our lives Eccl 11:6; 12:1; Jhn 4:35,36 – What should we sow? Not to the flesh Gal 6:7 Not discord or strife Prov 6:16-19 We must sow the word of God Lk 8:11-15 WHAT IS YOUR LIFE Jas 4:12-17

A TIME FOR SOWING Gal 6:7,8 – Why should we sow? To reap Gal 6:7 To rejoice Jhn 4:36 – God's word will not return void Isa 55:11 – God's law of sowing and reaping cannot be broken Gal 6:7 WHAT IS YOUR LIFE Jas 4:12-17

A TIME FOR ADORNMENT Eph 6:13-17 – Professional people dress to correspond to their work – We must dress according to God's code (instructions) Eph 6:11-18 – We must keep our garments unspotted by sin Jas 1:27; Eph 5:27 – We must always have on a wedding garment Matt 22:11 – Dress with good works, so the world may see and glorify God Matt 5:16 – Walk with Him in robes of white Rev 3:4,5 WHAT IS YOUR LIFE Jas 4:12-17

A TIME FOR RUNNING 1Cor 9:24-27 – Lay aside every weight; sin Heb 12:1 – We must RUN the race not "crawl" – Must be RUN with patience – Don't "beat the air" know where you are going and what you are doing We have a reason for our hope to win Hope is the anchor of the soul Heb 6:19 WHAT IS YOUR LIFE Jas 4:12-17

A TIME FOR RUNNING 1Cor 9:24-27 – Must comply with the rules to obtain the prize 2Tim 2:5; Rev 2:10 – Of course, one must enter a race before it can be run so as to obtain the prize WHAT IS YOUR LIFE Jas 4:12-17

A TIME FOR "DYING" Heb 9:27 – Physical death is separation of the soul from the body Jas 2:26 - gateway to eternity – Spiritual death is separation of the soul from God Matt 25:41 - gateway to eternal destruction – Make preparation for physical death so we don't have to suffer spiritual death! WHAT IS YOUR LIFE Jas 4:12-17

Your life is short Jas 4:14; Job 14:1,2 Life and light and immortality were brought to light through the Gospel 2Tim 1:10 "I am the way the truth and the life." Jhn 14:6 "He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son hath not life." 1Jhn 5:12 "For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God." Col 3:3 WHAT IS YOUR LIFE Jas 4:12-17

Consider your life in regard to it being a time for learning; sowing; adornment; running; and dying and see how you stand in relation to God! WHAT IS YOUR LIFE Jas 4:12-17