Time-wasting thieves Richard Baxter redeeming the time Colossians 4 5 and that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way. Colossians 1 10 Thief 1 One of the greatest time-wasting sins consists of idleness or sloth. Thief 2 The next thief or time-waster is excess of sleep. Thief 3 Another time-waster is an inordinate adorning of the body. Thief 4. Another time-wasting thief is unnecessary pomp and extravagance in household furniture and domestic entertainments. Thief 5. Another time-wasting sin is needless feasting, gluttony, and drinking. Thief 6. Another time-waster is idle talk. Thief 7, another thief which would steal your time, is vain and sinful company. Thief 8, another notorious time-wasting thief, is needless inordinate sports and games which are masked with a deceitful title of recreations. Thief 9. Another time-wasting thief is excess of worldly cares and business. Thief 10. Another time-waster is vain, ungoverned, and sinful thoughts. Thief 11. Another dangerous time-wasting sin is the reading of worthless books, plays, romances, and novels, and also unprofitable studies undertaken but for pride and vainglory, or the pleasing of a carnal or curious mind. Thief 12. But the master thief that robs men of their time is an unsanctified and godly heart, for this loses time, whatever men are doing, because they never intend to do anything for the glory of God. So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, Do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10 31
