The Danger Of Delay

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The Danger Of Delay

• The early bird may get the worm, but its the
  second mouse that gets the cheese
• Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do
  today
• Procrastination is the thief of time

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I Excuses For Delay

• 1. Social status, Jg 615
• 2. Difficulties, Pr 2213
• Christianity has not been tried and found
  wanting it has been found difficult and not
  tried ( Chesterton)
• 3. Weakness, Jer 16-7 207-9

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• 4. False views of the Master, Mt 2524-25
• Too demanding
• Too restrictive
• 5. Ignorance, Mt 2544-45
• 6. Business, Lk.1216-21
• 1 K.2040

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II What Causes Delay?

• 1. Worldly Attachments, Gn.1916
• 2. Family Cares, Mt.821 (633)
• 3. Neglect, Lk.1325 (Gn.716)
• 4. Unbelief, Ac.1732
• 5. Personal Convenience, Ac 2424f
• 6. Myopia, Hb.1217

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III Consequences Of Delay

• 1. Disobeys God, Hb.22-3
• Jer.818-22
• By the street of By and By one arrives at the
  house of Never
• 2. Disbelieves God, Hb.319
• Jude 5. Hb.312
• Doing nothing is unbelief
• Unbelief is always selective

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• Dares God, 2 Pt.210
• Particularly bold and daring
• Fools rush in . . .
• God is to be trusted, not tempted
• 4. Destroys Gods people, 2 Pt.39, 15
• Every day of delay leaves a day more to repent
  of and a day less to repent in

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IV The Cure For Delay 1 Co.924-27

• Self-discipline does for the Christian what
  training does for the athlete
• Illustration 1 the race (24)
• In a race, one runner wins
• Every Christian can win, but we must race like
  winners

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Training Requires Self-Denial, 25

• In training, must avoid many things that most
  people enjoy
• Greeks trained 10 months
• Crown parsley wreath pine leaves
• How much more earnestly should we strive for
  the unfading crown

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Radical Self-Denial

• Illustration 2 the boxer (26)
• His opponent? His own body
• He bruises it
• Illustration 3 the slave (27)
• Victory over his body is like enslaving an enemy

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1 Co.927

• The herald declared the games begun, proclaimed
  conditions of the contest, and summoned the
  competitors
• Here he also enters the contest
• Disqualified
• No prize!
• Hb.68

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• Satan doesnt care how much truth we know as long
  as we delay our obedience