Hasten and Do Not Delay

I.If You Need To Obey The Gospel

In The N.T. There Was An Urgency in Obeying the Gospel

Saul was told to be baptized without delay - Acts 22:16

He did so IMMEDIATELY - Acts 9:18

Pentecost - “THAT DAY” three thousand obeyed - Acts 2:41

Philippian Jailer - “same hour of the night” - Acts 16:33

If You Have Not Obeyed Then You Need To

We Have All Sinned - Romans 3:23

Sin Has Hefty Price Tag - Romans 6:23

Obedience to the Gospel Is the Only Way to Be Saved - 2 Thess.1:8-10; Heb.5:9

Hasten and Do Not Delay - Acts 24:25

2. If You Need to Repent

It is Possible to Fall Away from the Lord After Having Obeyed

Galatians 5:7 - “fallen from grace”

Acts 8:23-29

2 Cor.6:1-2

2 Cor.6:1-2

The Corinthians Warned Not to Receive the Grace of God in Vain

Paul Then Quotes from Isa. 49:8

Isaiah Was Discussing the Lord’s Servant, the Messiah

In a Favorable/Acceptable Time God Would Hear and Help His Servant. The Messiah would be given “as a covenant to the people”

This is the Time Isaiah Was Talking About - This is the Time of Salvation - Heb.10:26

The Urgency of Repentance is Seen in Matthew 5:23-26

The Longer We Are in Sin without Repenting The Easier It is To Stay in Sin

Sin Callouses the Heart - Heb.3:13

If You Need to Repent Now is the Time

3. If You Need To Get Your Priorities in Order

The Rich Fool - Luke 12:16-21

The sin was not his prosperity, but his priorities - v.15

He did not get his priorities straightened out before his soul was require of him - v.20

What are your priorities?

We Should:

Seek the kingdom of God FIRST - Matt.6:33

Put God Before All Things - Luke 14:25-33

We Should Do It While We Are Young - Ecc.12:1

We Never Know When Our Soul Will Be Required of Us So Hasten and Do Not Delay

4. If You Need To Exhort Your Brother

Hebrews 3:12-13

Key word in Heb.3 - “TODAY”

We Have Responsibilities Toward One Another

To Be Sure a Brother Is Not Deceived by Sin - Heb.3:13

To See That No One Fails to Obtain the Grace of God - Heb.13:14-17

To Restore the Erring - Gal.6:1-2

There is An Urgency in Doing the Work - It Needs to Be Done “TODAY”

We should not procrastinate such work - we should hasten and not delay