Evil Times

The world as we speak is absolute sickening to the core. I just cannot fathom to what kind of a level a human being has reached. A very low level I must say.

Morals, morally speaking it is an absolute bankrupt generation. Morally speaking it is an absolute bankrupt generation. There is no more morals, ethics, values, principles.

It is whatever. Whatever you feel like, do. Whatever you feel like, just say and however you feel like looking, go for it.

You want to change yourself, feel free. You want to dress, undress, feel free. You want to be it, him, she or in between, feel free.

It is an absolutely corrupt generation and morally bankrupt and the most, I better continue. We are looking at leadership on a secular level and the religious level as well. Childish, absolute childish behavior.

No more wise. There's plenty of fools, very little wise people left. Plenty of fools.

Here we go. So he's telling us, Saint Paul, the best thing to do is to redeem the time for the days are evil because you do not know what will happen next. Why you do not know what will happen next? Because the days are evil.

Because the days are evil. That's why we just wonder a lot of times, what is awaiting me? What is going to happen tomorrow? I'm so worried. I'm so concerned.

I'm so confused. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't know.

Shall I take this job? Shall I marry this man or this woman? Shall I do this business? Shall I stay at home? Do I take my children to school or do I take him out of the school because of the corrupt educational system? What do I do? The days are evil. You know, when everything goes evil, it's like a vicious ocean gone wild. So the waves will come and strike you left, right and center.

And you tend to lose your sense of direction so many times because you've been bashed, kicked, punched all over. Because we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. The days are evil.

So the question is now, how do I redeem the time? And what is redemption? How do I redeem the time? And what is redemption? What is redemption? Basically, redemption is something that I have lost and now I have regained. It's something that I have lost and now that I have regained. When I regain what was lost, that is called redemption.

And this is exactly why Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, is called the Redeemer. Why? Because all of us were lost and Christ came and found us one more time. And when he brought us back, what did he do? He redeemed what was lost.

That's why he's called the Redeemer. That's why he's called the Redeemer. But there's a problem.

Once time goes by, that time will never come back. Once the clock ticks, that second went by, you cannot bring it back. You see, we are sitting at the church.

From the time we started, it's been, oh my goodness, 26 minutes. I thought it was 26 seconds. 26 minutes since we started.

Now, thanks to this good-looking bishop, we are 26 minutes older. And 26 minutes of our life has gone by that cannot be brought back again. But you'll say, bishop, I didn't go anywhere.

I'm in the church. I remain seated in my chair. I did not move.

So how come this time went by? Because my beloved child, humanity or the human being moves in the time, not in the place. We move in time, not in place. So we could be absolute stagnant in our place, but time is what we move in.

Therefore, what governs us is time. And the time that goes by can never be brought back. So what do I do? How can I redeem the time? Because the days are evil.

Saint Paul says, I can't bring that time back. So what shall I do? One thing. You surrender your life to Christ.

It is the only way to redeem the time lost is by surrendering your life to Christ and Christ only. When we surrender our life to the Lord Jesus, what happens? The Lord Jesus takes us and places us above the time. He takes us and places us all above the time.

And when he takes us and put us above the time, there, there is no time. Therefore, time is not important anymore. It does not exist.

So what is above the time? Eternity. Eternal life. Eternal life is a place where time seizes, does not exist.

As someone put it this way, he said, time is a distraction to eternity. Time is a what? Distraction to eternity. For God to take the human race out of the eternal realm, he had to create time.

For time took us out of the eternal realm. The moment time seizes, you are in the eternal realm. And in the eternal realm, you don't have choices.

You don't have options. You don't have a second chance. You only have once and once forever.

And God knew we will not last one split second in the eternal realm. Out of grace and mercy, he put us in a realm that is governed by time. Therefore, time is to do with the temporal life.

Faith is to do with the eternal life. I'll say it again. Therefore, time is to do with the temporal life.

Faith is to do with the eternal life. I'm talking to you in a very simple terminology. St. Paul talks very deep, right? So now, everything that is governed by time is temporal.

Everything that is governed by time is temporal. The tree is temporal. The fish is temporal.

The bird is temporal. The plant is temporal. The human is temporal.

Everything that is governed by time will end. Now, we are living in a realm that is governed by time. But the Lord Jesus says, when you surrender your life to me, when you give it to me, I, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I am the creator of time.

I am the creator of time. Then when you give your life to me, I will take you into a place where time does not exist. And that's where I am.

You will be with me. Where I am, there is no time because I am the creator of time. Therefore, I am above the time.

St. Paul says, redeem the time for the days are evil. Literally, he is saying, stop wasting more time since you've already wasted enough. Stop wasting more time trying to fix the world.

Stop wasting enough time trying to fix the past that you can't go back to or bring back. You see, we sit and cry over things that are already gone. I can't bring it back.

I cannot. So, what are we doing? I am wasting more time, valuable time, trying to fix something that is gone. Oh, why did I do this? Why did I say that? Why didn't I do that? Why didn't I go? Why didn't I listen? Too late.

Get a life, get up, dust it off and look forward to a brighter future. Now, please pay attention. I beg you, by the grace of God, the almighty God, pay attention.

Everything we do, everything we say, everything we think of outside of Jesus Christ is evil. Everything you do in this world, outside of Jesus Christ is evil. You know why? Because this world, the holy Bible is telling us, not me, it is God himself.

He said, this world is placed, not not satan is just the ruler. No, it is God himself. He said, this world is a place of evil.

This world is placed in the bosom of satan, meaning satan has encircled this world in his bosom. He's grabbed it. It's his.

It's his. Now, don't be shocked and say, why is this happening in the world? Because the one who is actually ruling over this world is the evil one. What are you going to expect from the evil one? Nothing but evil.

Please wake up. We have been deceived by the temptation of the world. We have been deceived by the lust of the world.

We have been deceived by the rainbow colors, which rainbow was the sign of God. Yet shame on such generation to abuse this rainbow. Shame on you.

All these colors, holidays, clubbing, dancing, eating, drinking, fashion, Botox, drugs, alcohol, gambling, and floating around in this world is all evil, evil, evil. There is no such thing as I was having fun. We need to define what is fun.

Don't be a fool. Be wise. Do not just throw words left right and center without thinking about what you're saying, without focusing on what you're saying, without weighing what you are about to say.

You need to be wise. You need to be wise.