The Value of Life

2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

1. Our lives are a gift from God.

Life is so precious that the Lord used Himself as a template.

We should fight the tendency to waste it.

Psalm 139:14 NKJV

14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.

Psalm 90:12 NKJV

12 So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

2. As with everything God does, you are unique!

Fearfully and wonderfully made.

a) Your have a unique story!

John 3:11 NKJV

11 Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.

b) You have a unique gifts.

Romans 12:6 NKJV

6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;

c) You have a unique calling.

1 Peter 4:10–11 NKJV

10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

3. Redeem the time.

Ephesians 5:16 NKJV

16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Colossians 4:5 NKJV

5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.