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MAN’S MOST DANGEROUS HABIT. Would you say it could be… Smoking? Sexual Immorality? Gambling? Alcohol? Other drugs?. Lying? Stealing? Slander?. MAN’S MOST DANGEROUS HABIT. The Habit of Saying “ TOMORROW ” Don’t realize the seriousness of it; we are all too guilty
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MAN’S MOST DANGEROUS HABIT • Would you say it could be… • Smoking? • Sexual Immorality? • Gambling? • Alcohol? • Other drugs? • Lying? Stealing? Slander?
MAN’S MOST DANGEROUS HABIT • The Habit of Saying “TOMORROW” • Don’t realize the seriousness of it; we are all too guilty • Responsible for our failure to break all of the other sins and bad habits we should
MAN’S MOST DANGEROUS HABIT • The Habit of Saying “Tomorrow” keeps us from beginning many good things we would otherwise begin… • Duties and responsibilities to God • Sharing the gospel with others • Greater study, meditation, prayer • Worship--more heartfelt and sincere • Crucify the flesh; let the Spirit direct
MAN’S MOST DANGEROUS HABIT • The Habit of Saying “Tomorrow” keeps us from beginning many good things we would otherwise begin… • Like coming to Jesus; obeying the gospel... • -- Believing that He is God’s Son (Jn.8:24) • -- Repenting (turning from) of sins (Lk.13:3) • -- Confessing faith before men (Mt.10:32) • -- Being baptized into Christ (Mk.16:16)
MAN’S MOST DANGEROUS HABIT • The Habit of Saying “Tomorrow” • Tomorrow is the day that never comes… -- “I will do that on Saturday…” • -- “I will do that the 14th of the month…” • -- But, when we say, “I will get around to that tomorrow…there is always another tomorrow! • Prov. 27:1---”Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for how knowest thou what a day may bring?”
MAN’S MOST DANGEROUS HABIT The Bible tells us there are three things that can rob us of tomorrow: [1] THE RETURN OF CHRIST -- 1 Thess. 4:13-5:6; 2 Thess. 1:7-8 -- Lk. 12:40…”In such a day as ye think not the Son of man cometh…” -- 2 Pet. 3:3-10…”the day of the Lord will come”
MAN’S MOST DANGEROUS HABIT The Bible tells us there are three things that can rob us of tomorrow: [2] THE CERTAINTY OF OUR DEATH -- Jas. 4:13-16…”ye know not what shall be on the morrow…” -- Highways on which people die -- Heb. 9:27…”appointed unto men once to die…”
MAN’S MOST DANGEROUS HABIT The Bible tells us there are three things that can rob us of tomorrow: [3] THE HARDENING OF THE HEART -- Heb. 3:7-8…”Harden not your hearts” -- Heb. 3:12-13…”hardened by the deceitfulness of sin” -- Your heart may be sensitive today… But what about “tomorrow”?