Tomorrow Is Too Late
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Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
Tomorrow Is Too Late
INTRODUCTION
Many people play a dangerous game , in real life with God.
Here is a sad picture of Joab stretched across a blood-soaked altar.
Joab was stabbed while at the altar.
He waited too late.
Joab was trying to flee from death.
Notice three things he did.
1. He ran to the house of God.
2. He cast himself upon the altar.
3. He refused to leave and was stabbed while hanging on to the altar.
I. THERE IS A FALSE REPENTANCE
A. Pharaoh’s repentance was false.
Pharaoh’s confession of “I have sinned.” This was only a way to get some of the pressure off.
It was from the lips and not from the heart.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.
B. Balaam’s repentance was false.
And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
Balaam cried “I have sinned”.
But while he confessed he still had his eyes on Balak’s gold.
His confession was not an honest one.
C. Judas’ repentance was false.
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
Judas cried, “I have sinned.” This was a way to ease his guilty conscience. He only repented to himself and not to the Lord.
II. THERE IS A TRUE REPENTANCE
A. The publican’s repentance was true.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
B. Zacchaeus’ repentance was true.
And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
He also was willing to make restitution.
C. The prodigal’s repentance was true.
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
III. THERE IS A REPENTANCE THAT COMES TOO LATE.
A. What happened in the days of Noah?
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
B. What happened to the five foolish virgins?
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
C. What happened to the rich man?
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.