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.


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