Time to Wait
Today's Three-minute Bible Study
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Title:
Time to Wait---------------------------------------- Date:
2/24/2000
Keywords:
"eternity" "patience" "time" "trust"
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strong in the face of sexual temptation.
Passage: Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11*
1. There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity
under heaven.
11. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts
of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Questions
1. Is sex included in verse 1?
2. What about pornography?
3. According to verse 11, at what time are all things beautiful?
4. Does God make us able to wait for the proper time?
Practical help
Before you answer question 2 too quickly, remember that Solomon, who
wrote Ecclesiastes, was also one of the main authors of the Proverbs, which warn
repeatedly about falling into the clutches of sexual sin and every other type of sin. So
he can't be saying that it's OK to do anything you want, as long as you wait for the right
time.
However, we do know that God invented sex and instructed men and
women to enjoy it with his blessing (see Genesis 1:28). So, we can conclude that at the
right time, it will be beautiful for us, too. There are plenty of other places where we
can learn what is the right time, and the wrong time. We should also conclude that at the
wrong time, sex isn't beautiful.
Pornography is a way to try to thwart God's timing. Instead of
making something beautiful into something ugly by doing it at the wrong time, wait for the
right time. Listen to God, who put eternity in your heart, and he will help you see the
real beauty in sex.
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