Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New York
Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
The Torrey Collection - Chapter 8
VIII. THE BEST TEXTS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO POSTPONE A DECISION
ISA 55:6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is
near.
PRO 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day
may bring forth.
PRO 29:1 A man who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will
suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.
MAT 24:44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come
at an hour when you do not expect him.
MAT 25:10-13 "But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the
bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the
wedding banquet. And the door was shut." "Later the others also came.
'Sir! Sir!' they said. 'Open the door for us!' "But he replied, 'I tell
you the truth, I don't know you.' "Therefore keep watch, because you do
not know the day or the hour.
LUK 12:19-20 And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things
laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."' "But
God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded
from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
1KI 18:21 Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you
waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal
is God, follow him." But the people said nothing.
JAM 4:13-14 Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to
this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make
money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is
your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then
vanishes.
LUK 13:24-25 "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,
because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand
outside knocking and pleading, 'Sir, open the door for us.' "But he
will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'"
JOH 12:35 Then Jesus told them, "You are going to have the light just
a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness
overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is
going."
MAT 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all
these things will be given to you as well.
2CO 6:2 For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the
day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time of God's
favor, now is the day of salvation.
HEB 3:15 As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not
harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion."
ECC 12:1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the
days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, "I find
no pleasure in them."
Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
Index of Preacher's Help and Notes
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