1. Time on Our Side?

2. Average Life Expectancy 1935 – Men, 58 years; Women, 62 years 2014 – Men 76.4 years, Women, 81.2 years Expectation of longer life – less sense of urgency to obey God

3. The Gospel and a Sense of Urgency Matthew 25:1-13 Acts 2:40-41 Acts 16:31-34 Acts 8:22-24

4. Lies the Devil Wants Us to Believe Plenty of time to live for lust, 2 Peter 3:3-4 Plenty of time to fix spiritual shortcomings, James 1:22-24 Plenty of time to put pursuit of material goods first, James 4:13 Plenty of time to face fears and be baptized, Acts 24:25 You shall not surely die, Genesis 3:2-4

5. The Truth Plenty of time to live for lust, 2 Peter 3:3-4; v. 5-10 Plenty of time to fix spiritual shortcomings, James 1:22-24; v. 25 Plenty of time to put pursuit of material goods first, James 4:13; v. 14-16 Plenty of time to face fears and be baptized, Acts 24:25; v. 26-27 You shall not surely die, Genesis 3:2-4; v. 13, 19, 22-24

6. Taking chances… We might all live to be 90. James 4:14, Hebrews 9:27 Jesus may not come back in our lifetime. Hebrews 9:28, Acts 1:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

7. Today is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2 Ephesians 5:15-17 1 Peter 4:1-3