Don't Procrastinate And Make Excuses

 

Don't Procrastinate And Make Excuses

     Don't procrastinate and make excuses. Procrastinate means to delay or postpone anything. Don't procrastinate and put off until tomorrow what you ought to do today. Remember procrastination is the enemy of success. Proverbs 27:1 says Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. In other words don't brag about what you'll do tomorrow (when you'll retire and how you'll spend your money in two years) because you don't know what a day may bring forth. Instead live one day at a time being thankful for your daily food, clothing, and shelter saying if the Lord will I will do this or that. James 4:13 says Go to now, ye that say, to day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 

They asked Alexander the Great after conquering the world at age 33

How did you conquer the world at such a young age?

His answer was by not delaying; I just went ahead and did it

     Be like Alexander the Great and don't delay getting saved with Jesus. Don't procrastinate and put off salvation until a later date.  Just do it right now before it's too late. It's so easy to get saved and it's the most important decision you'll ever make on this earth. 2 Corinthians 6:2 says For He (Jesus) saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee; behold, now is the accepted time, behold now is the day of salvation. Hebrews 3:15 says While it is said To day, if you will hear His voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. Right now get saved; Repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died for you on the cross, was buried, and rose again. 

Don't Join The Procrastinator Club

Instead Get Saved Right Now With Our Lord Jesus

     Don't join the procrastinator club that currently exists and delay getting saved with Jesus. The rules of the procrastinator club are as follows: 1) They have a yearly meeting that is always a week late. 2) If you pay your dues on time they kick you out of the club. 3) Their motto is Anything worth doing is worth putting off. 4) They celebrate Christmas during June and the Fourth of July during January. 5) Finally they have a National Snail race every year. The snail that crosses the finish line last will be declared the winner. I just had to add this humor: Why did the snail paint an S on his racecar (a blessed word that is spelled the same forwards and backwards)? So when he passed by, people could rejoice and say Wow look at the escargot. 

Don't Procrastinate Like The People on Caribbean Martinique Island

That Lived By The Mount Pelee Volcano Pictured Above In 1902

     Don't procrastinate like the people on Caribbean Martinique island that lived by the Mount Pelee volcano. In 1902 the city of Saint Pierre was located below the Mount Pelee volcano on the French Martinique island. On May 8, 1902 at 8:02 AM the Mount Pelee volcano erupted and destroyed the city of Saint Pierre and 28000 residents lost their lives. 

     Note though that all the residents of Saint Pierre were warned for an entire week before May 8, 1902 that Mount Pelee was going to blow up but no one listened. For an entire week, everyone in Saint Pierre was told Mount Pelee is gonna blow. But all the people in this city said Well it didn't blow up yesterday; It didn't blow up today; When I look around my neighbors aren't scared; I don't see anyone moving out so I'm not moving out. And 28000 people died because they procrastinated and didn't listen to warnings to move out to safety. 

     Right now, like the people of Saint Pierre, multitudes of people on this earth are planning on going to heaven and avoiding hell but they delay getting saved so they can enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season. Billions of people on this earth are saying I feel fine, I'm healthy, the sun is shining outside, all my bills are paid, and I don't need Jesus right now. But Jesus warns us in the bible that after death without Jesus people will go to hell and suffer eternal destruction. Jesus warned us at Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him (Jesus) which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

     Some things get procrastinated with no consequences. People who dread completing taxes procrastinate and wait until April 14 to complete their taxes for the IRS. People procrastinate and wait two months to mow their lawn while others procrastinate and wait an extra week to do the laundry. But you don't want to procrastinate and put off getting saved with Jesus. You could put off getting saved with Jesus one day too many where like Esau you can't find a place of repentance to get saved though you seek it carefully with tears (Hebrews 12:17). Get saved right now with Jesus and escape eternal torment and destruction in hell and the lake of fire.

Excuses By Procrastinators That Delay Salvation With Jesus

1) God hasn't spoken to me yet to get saved

     The first excuse procrastinators say to delay salvation with Jesus is God hasn't spoken to me yet to get saved. Tell these people that God is speaking to you right now through his Word. Isaiah 55:6 says Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near; (In other words one day God won't be found and one day God won't be near so get saved right now); Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.

Excuses By Procrastinators That Delay Salvation With Jesus

2) I can't get saved because I'm living with my girlfriend or boyfriend who's not saved

     The second excuse procrastinators say to delay salvation with Jesus is I can't get saved because I'm living with my girlfriend or boyfriend who's not saved. These people will say I know that it's wrong to live together outside of marriage but I love him or her and I don't want to leave them. Tell these people that there's nobody worth going to hell for. Tell them to get saved and get married for Jesus and raise kids for Jesus. Tell them to follow the blessed correct roadmap instructions of the KJV bible for peace at Hebrews 13:4 that says Marriage (between a man and woman; not a man with a man or a woman with a woman) is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled; but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 

     Tell these procrastinators, that a woman at the well lived with six men and got saved by Jesus. You're not disqualified from getting saved because you shacked up with someone for years. Revelation 22:17 tells us And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. 

Excuses By Procrastinators That Delay Salvation With Jesus

3) I'm not ready to get saved

     The third excuse procrastinators say to delay salvation with Jesus is I'm not ready to get saved. Tell these procrastinators You won't get much of anything done until you do it before you're ready. Jesus is always ready to save everyone and it doesn't matter if you're not ready to get saved or how you feel. 2 Peter 3:9 says The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.  Don't wait and procrastinate to get saved; You better get saved before you're ready or it might be too late to get saved. People spend four years in college for a career that lasts around fifty years but they won't take five minutes to decide where they'll spend eternity. Get saved right now.

Excuses By Procrastinators That Delay Salvation With Jesus

4) I can't get saved and lose the fun of riches, drugs, alcohol, and partying

     The fourth excuse procrastinators say to delay salvation with Jesus is I can't get saved and lose the fun of riches, drugs, alcohol, and partying. Tell these people that the pleasure of sin with fun is only for a season and ends in misery (Hebrews 11:25); but the joy with Jesus after salvation is forever and better than any earthly pleasure. Psalm 16:11 promises Thou wilt shew me the path of life; in thy presence (Jesus) is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. 

     Don't procrastinate about your salvation with Jesus. Read the following story about the picture above where the captain on a ship took the treasure he discovered on an island and hid it under his bed in the bottom of a ship. Several days later the ship began to sink and all the crew members got on lifeboats. But the captain went down to get his treasure under his bed at the bottom of the ship. After the captain grabbed his treasure when he came up on the deck of the ship, all the lifeboats were gone. And the ship went down; the captain, treasure, and all.

     Don't be like this captain and hold onto something to stop you from getting saved with Jesus. Don't hold on to smoking pot, drinking beer, or living with a man or woman outside of marriage to stop you from getting saved. Don't go down with the ship; You better let go of that sin and get saved with Jesus right now. Remember you don't straighten out your life and then come to Jesus; You come to Jesus problems and all and let God straighten out your life and save you. 

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today

     You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. If you have problems, get saved today with Jesus and go to church. Don't say I can't get saved because I have to work on Sundays. You can get saved while working on your job on Sunday morning or Sunday evening. And if you need healed from a sickness, get saved and healed with Jesus who is the balm of Gilead (medicine in the Rock). Jeremiah 46:11 promises Go ye up into Gilead (The Rock Jesus), and take balm (medicine from Dr. Jesus by looking to the cross saying I am crucfied with Christ daily where your sickness will be healed and removed), O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines, for thou shalt not be cured. 

     I pray in Jesus name that this little bible study will encourage people everywhere on this earth to get saved right now without procrastination or excuses. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 604-7133. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.