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Explore the pressing need for immediate action in following Christ. Understand the real dangers of delaying obedience and the urgency of responding to God's call for salvation. Learn why faithfulness is crucial in facing death, judgment, and the hardening of hearts.
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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
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
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
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).