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Opening
I haven’t been your Bible teacher this year, but I got to last year, and I’m honored to have the opportunity to have one last shot at teaching you something to take with you.
So I’m going to do this by telling a story.
To be honest, I don’t know if I told you this story last year.
But here goes:
Separating my shoulder playing football.
This was a defining moment for me, because I realized that I really wasn't invincible.
In Scripture, there is a Greek word that is used for moments like those.
That word is "kairos".
A "kairos" is a moment that defines a quality or characteristic of something or someone.
It's when things are brought to a crisis: and following that moment of crisis, things are never the same for that person or thing.
This is a "kairos" for you.
After tonight, you will no longer, never again, be 8th graders at Eastern Hills.
Tonight, that becomes what you were, no longer what you are.
This moment is going to define a characteristic about your education, about your maturity, and about the path you're about to take.
You can never, never go back.
It's a "kairos".
Tonight, we're going to quickly look at a couple of "kairos" times in the life of Peter.
But first we're going to look at something a "kairos" ISN'T.
1) A "kairos" isn't based on what you THINK you'll do in a moment.
- At this point, Peter might have told you that this was a "kairos" for him.
They have had the Last Supper, Jesus has washed their feet, and Peter makes this bold statement after Jesus tells him (and the rest of the disciples) that they are going to run away from him that night.
At this point, Peter might have told you that this was a "kairos" for him.
They have had the Last Supper, Jesus has washed their feet, and Peter makes this bold statement after Jesus tells him (and the rest of the disciples) that they are going to run away from him that night.
To put this together with my football story, I thought that I wouldn't get hurt.
I thought that I would catch the ball and be a hero.
I even thought that I wasn't hurt after the initial landing.
But what I thought didn't make one bit of difference.
What happened did.
You probably have some ideas about what you're going to face in high school.
You might be right.
You might be wrong.
Regardless, you're going to face many "kairos" times: situations that will have the opportunity to define you in some way.
You might even think that you know how you're going to respond to those situations of temptation or stress.
But before we talk about "kairos" any further, I want you to understand that what you THINK you're going to do isn't what defines you.
You'll be defined, by others, and often even in your own mind, by the ACTIONS you take.
Don't get me wrong: you need to have a plan for facing those situations.
How are you going to respond when you're invited to that party?
Or when that cute guy asks you out?
Fill in your own tempting situation here.
A plan is great.
But a plan is only as good as the actual EXECUTION of that plan.
That's what makes it a "kairos"!
Peter had a plan.
He heard what was coming.
He thought he was ready.
But this wasn't his "kairos".
2) A "kairos" can have NEGATIVE results.
This was Peter's "kairos".
His plan was one thing.
His actions said something else.
- This was Peter's "kairos".
His plan was one thing.
His actions said something else.
And it was certainly a "kairos" moment.
Even the angel speaking to the women at the tomb as recorded in the book of Mark told them, "But go, tell His disciples and Peter..."
He had blown it.
His "kairos" came, and he denied his Lord, his best friend.
It only took a moment, and his entire life was changed.
I want you to understand that sometimes a "kairos" has very negative results, results that can last for a LONG time.
And it only takes a moment for that to happen.
That day that I separated my shoulder was a "kairos" for me: it defined my shoulder as damaged.
Following that moment, my shoulder has never been the same.
I have never been able to throw as hard, or for as long.
It eventually messed up my other shoulder, and now I have arthritis in both.
It also took its toll on my neck and upper back.
One moment, over 20 years ago, that I'm still living out the consequences of.
Some of you had some negative “kairos” moments this year.
I’m not going to go into them, but you know what they are.
Moments that negatively impacted your school year in some way.
But most of these have been small time “kairos” moments.
Sure, they impacted your 8th grade year, but that’s mostly it.
When you go off into high school, and the rest of your life, you're going to have a bunch of "kairos" times that could have a profoundly negative effect on your future.
You'll have "kairos" times that will affect your reputation with your peers and your teachers.
You'll have "kairos" times that will affect your relationship with your parents.
You'll have "kairos" times that will affect your very life, especially once you get your driver's license.
If you approach those moments foolishly, then the results of those "kairos" times could last for the rest of your life, or the rest of someone else’s life.
The stakes have changed.
Paul says this in :
"Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk -- not as unwise people but as wise -- making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
So don't be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is."
He says to make the most of the "kairos"... the defining moment.
He says that you should be pay careful attention, that you should be wise, that you should understand the will of The Lord.
That's how you'll avoid the results of unwise, evil, foolish choices when you face a "kairos".
- He says to make the most of the "kairos"... the defining moment.
This shouldn't be a shock to you: we just talked about it a couple of weeks ago with our tape illustration.
He says that you should be pay careful attention, that you should be wise, that you should understand the will of The Lord.
That's how you'll avoid the results of unwise, evil, foolish choices when you face a "kairos".
Here's the good news about "kairos" times:
3) A "kairos" can have POSITIVE results.
Peter had denied Christ three times.
And now, Jesus presents Peter with another "kairos".
He restores him to fellowship and service as many times as Peter had denied Him.
Peter's life is again redefined.
- Peter had denied Christ three times.
And now, Jesus presents Peter with another "kairos".
He restores him to fellowship and service as many times as Peter had denied Him.
Peter's life is again redefined.
Following this "kairos", Peter is never the same.
In the book of Acts, we see him preaching with great boldness, even in the face of persecution and death.
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