1 Samuel 13:12–14 KJV 1900

Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the Lord: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.

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LAST CHANCE

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The Folly of Rejecting Jesus Christ

There is an old story written in history books and one which reveals the tragedy of the Conemaugh Valley, the Conemaugh Dam. The engineers were sent to the valley. They checked the dam and said it was going to break. They pointed out certain weaknesses that made the dam unsafe. After they made their investigation, the engineers rode down the valley, and began to warn the people saying, "Move out! Get on higher ground! Get rid of everything and get away from the danger!"

The engineers went away and the people remained. Then the engineers returned a second time. They checked the dam again. Then they warned the people again, urging them to move before the dam broke and the entire valley flooded. This time the folks laughed. They said, "You were here a short time ago and nothing has happened. Everything is just as it was." The engineers again went on their way, knowing that they had done their best.

Then for a third time they came back—this was in the spring of the year. This time their warning was more urgent. They told every man, every woman, every child, everyone, "You must get out at once! Move out of here! Get to a higher place! To a safer place!" The people again scorned their warning. "You are trying to get our land. This is rich and good land, and we are not going to move."

hen for a third time they came back—this was in the spring of the year. This time their warning was more urgent. They told every man, every woman, every child, everyone, "You must get out at once! Move out of here! Get to a higher place! To a safer place!" The people again scorned their warning. "You are trying to get our land. This is rich and good land, and we are not going to move." The engineers rode out of the valley. In fifteen days' time there came a man riding swiftly, on horseback as in the olden days, crying as he rode, "The waters are coming! The dam is breaking! The waters are coming!" He kept on shouting and screaming and crying, and still, they tell us, some people stood and laughed at him! He was not out of their sight before they could hear the sound of the waters, for the Conemaugh Dam had broken, and in just a few minutes thirty-three hundred people had lost their lives. It took over six weeks to dig their bodies out of the refuse, the muck and the mire. Listen! They had been warned, not once, not twice, but three times, even as I am seeking to warn you today to turn to Jesus Christ, to repent and believe, and receive Him as your Saviour. 52 Invitation Illustrations.

The engineers rode out of the valley. In fifteen days' time there came a man riding swiftly, on horseback as in the olden days, crying as he rode, "The waters are coming! The dam is breaking! The waters are coming!" He kept on shouting and screaming and crying, and still, they tell us, some people stood and laughed at him!

He was not out of their sight before they could hear the sound of the waters, for the Conemaugh Dam had broken, and in just a few minutes thirty-three hundred people had lost their lives. It took over six weeks to dig their bodies out of the refuse, the muck and the mire. Listen! They had been warned, not once, not twice, but three times, even as I am seeking to warn you today to turn to Jesus Christ, to repent and believe, and receive Him as your Saviour.

Last Chance - a final opportunity to achieve or acquire something.

A difficult situation in which there is one final chance to put it right.

SAMSON’S LAST CHANCE

Judges 16:20 KJV 1900

And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.

A. Some of you have gotten away with your sins. God has showed you mercy because you’ve had praying parents, a praying pastor, a praying church.

B. One day you will wake up and realized yesterday may have been your last chance.

C. The judgement of God is not the last chance, hell is.

NAAMAN’S LAST CHANCE

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2 Kings 2:5–6 KJV 1900

And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

2 Kings 5:9–10 KJV 1900

So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

A. Jesus not only died for our sins He died for all our sickness and diseases.

1 Peter 2:24 KJV 1900

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Matthew 9:35 KJV 1900

And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

A. Jesus still walks in the mist of the candlesticks which are the churches. We are the candle, Jesus is the fire that burns in our lives, and he will burn up the chaff / He will burn up sin, He will burn up all our sickness, don’t stop believing have faith.

SAUL’S LAST CHANCE

1 Samuel 13:14 KJV 1900

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.

A. There is come a day God will draw the line and say no more foolishness.

B. What will you do today?