2. Dangers of postponing obedience to christ

3. Salvation is an urgent call.
Grave and pressing, calling for haste and immediate action.
Every person is accountable to God.
Ecclesiastes 11:9-10; Acts 17:30-31
2 Thessalonians 1:8; Colossians 3:6; Revelation 21:8; Hebrews 10:31
The word of the Lord pleads with all hearers.
Acts 2:40; Philippians 2:12; Jude 23

4. What real dangers make faithful obedience so very urgent?
DEATH . . .
All are appointed to die (Hebrews 9:27).
Genesis 3; Romans 5:12
Life is short; life is uncertain (James 4:13-14).
Luke 12:20

5. What real dangers make faithful obedience so very urgent?
JUDGMENT OF THE LORD . . .
2 Peter 3:10
Postponing is foolish (Matthew 25:3, 10, 12).
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3

6. What real dangers make faithful obedience so very urgent?
YOUR HEART CAN BE HARDENED . . .
Hebrews 3:12-13, 15-19
Hard hearts rejected Jesus (Mark 3:1-6).
Hard hearts excuse sin (Romans 2:5-6).
1 Timothy 4:1-2
Hearts can be so hardened by sin that they will choose never to return to the Lord’s way (Hebrews 6:4-8).