Yesterday's topic was about procrastination. I asked if there ever a time when procrastination was good. No one has answered that question as yet, but I am still hoping.that I will get a reply.
There is something else that is even more insidious than procrastination. It is called disobedience. Disobedience can come in all shapes and fashions. Mom tells little Sonnyboy not to touch the cooling cake on the table. As soon as her back is turned, he sneaks over to the table, stick his finger in the cake and then licks the finger. Employees in a company surf the 'Net and send personal email on their company's time instead of doing their work. A dog jumps on its master even though the master forbids it to do so. It seems to be a pervasive element in this earth.
But I for one can tell you how dire the results that disobedience can bring. One decision that I made to disobey got when He told me not to go somewhere 18 years ago is still adversely affecting my life even now. And I am quite sure that people in Noah's time is still regretting their decision today.
What happened? Well, these people were so wicked and disobeyed God that He decided to destroy the earth with a flood. He told Noah to build a boat which dimensions would make it about the approximate size of an ocean liner today. When he was finished he was to put a male-female pair of every creature on land and in the air into the ark. After all that, he and his wife, his three sons and their wives were to go into the ark, because God would rain on the earth, and floods would destroy it. It took Noah 120 years to build, and he preached to the people about what God was going to do. The people mocked and laughed at him, and refused to accept God's offer of protection from the coming flood. When the floods came, it killed all the people, animals and birds that were outside the ark.
The apostle Peter mentions these disobedient folks in Noah's time when he said that Jesus Christ suffer and died once on the cross to bring us to God. Peter said that Christ went down and preached to the souls in prison who perished in the flood. Jesus Christ still speaks through His word and His Church, calling us to reconciled sinners to God. We, as God's people, must not be disobedient to go and preach the Gospel to every creature. But also, those who read or hear the world of life should not be disobedient like the people in Noah's day and refuse God's salvation. Like those people, they will be destroyed, but this time in Hell and ultimately, in a lake of fire. Unlike those people, the disobedient people of today will not get a second chance once they leave this world.
So folks, don't procrastinate, thinking you have all the time in the world. Don't be disobedient. But accept Jesus Christ as your Savior TODAY!!
"And God punished the world long ago when he brought a flood to the world that was full of people who were against him. But God saved Noah, who preached about being right with God and seven other people with him. ..So the Lord knows how to save those who serve him when troubles come. He will hold evil people and punish them while waiting for the Judgment Day. That punishment is especially for those who live by doing the evil things their sinful selves want and who hate authority." 2 Peter 2:5,9 - 10a. (New Century Version)
There is something else that is even more insidious than procrastination. It is called disobedience. Disobedience can come in all shapes and fashions. Mom tells little Sonnyboy not to touch the cooling cake on the table. As soon as her back is turned, he sneaks over to the table, stick his finger in the cake and then licks the finger. Employees in a company surf the 'Net and send personal email on their company's time instead of doing their work. A dog jumps on its master even though the master forbids it to do so. It seems to be a pervasive element in this earth.
But I for one can tell you how dire the results that disobedience can bring. One decision that I made to disobey got when He told me not to go somewhere 18 years ago is still adversely affecting my life even now. And I am quite sure that people in Noah's time is still regretting their decision today.
What happened? Well, these people were so wicked and disobeyed God that He decided to destroy the earth with a flood. He told Noah to build a boat which dimensions would make it about the approximate size of an ocean liner today. When he was finished he was to put a male-female pair of every creature on land and in the air into the ark. After all that, he and his wife, his three sons and their wives were to go into the ark, because God would rain on the earth, and floods would destroy it. It took Noah 120 years to build, and he preached to the people about what God was going to do. The people mocked and laughed at him, and refused to accept God's offer of protection from the coming flood. When the floods came, it killed all the people, animals and birds that were outside the ark.
The apostle Peter mentions these disobedient folks in Noah's time when he said that Jesus Christ suffer and died once on the cross to bring us to God. Peter said that Christ went down and preached to the souls in prison who perished in the flood. Jesus Christ still speaks through His word and His Church, calling us to reconciled sinners to God. We, as God's people, must not be disobedient to go and preach the Gospel to every creature. But also, those who read or hear the world of life should not be disobedient like the people in Noah's day and refuse God's salvation. Like those people, they will be destroyed, but this time in Hell and ultimately, in a lake of fire. Unlike those people, the disobedient people of today will not get a second chance once they leave this world.
So folks, don't procrastinate, thinking you have all the time in the world. Don't be disobedient. But accept Jesus Christ as your Savior TODAY!!
"And God punished the world long ago when he brought a flood to the world that was full of people who were against him. But God saved Noah, who preached about being right with God and seven other people with him. ..So the Lord knows how to save those who serve him when troubles come. He will hold evil people and punish them while waiting for the Judgment Day. That punishment is especially for those who live by doing the evil things their sinful selves want and who hate authority." 2 Peter 2:5,9 - 10a. (New Century Version)
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