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Dangers of postponing obedience to christ. Salvation is an urgent call. Grave and pressing, calling for haste and immediate action. Every person is accountable to God. Ecclesiastes 11:9-10; Acts 17:30-31 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Colossians 3:6; Revelation 21:8; Hebrews 10:31
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Salvation is an urgent call. • Grave and pressing, calling for haste and immediate action. • Every person is accountable to God. • Ecclesiastes 11:9-10; Acts 17:30-31 • 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Colossians 3:6; Revelation 21:8; Hebrews 10:31 • The word of the Lord pleads with all hearers. • Acts 2:40; Philippians 2:12; Jude 23
What real dangers make faithful obedience so very urgent? • DEATH . . . • All are appointed to die (Hebrews 9:27). • Genesis 3; Romans 5:12 • Life is short; life is uncertain (James 4:13-14). • Luke 12:20
What real dangers make faithful obedience so very urgent? • JUDGMENT OF THE LORD . . . • 2 Peter 3:10 • Postponing is foolish (Matthew 25:3, 10, 12). • 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
What real dangers make faithful obedience so very urgent? • YOUR HEART CAN BE HARDENED . . . • Hebrews 3:12-13, 15-19 • Hard hearts rejected Jesus (Mark 3:1-6). • Hard hearts excuse sin (Romans 2:5-6). • 1 Timothy 4:1-2 • Hearts can be so hardened by sin that they will choose never to return to the Lord’s way (Hebrews 6:4-8).