HASTE-DELAY

(A) HASTE The King's Business Requires 1Sa 21:8 Salutations Hinder 2Ki 4:29 The Urgency of the Work Demands 2Ch 24:5 The Rashness of Delaying God's Messengers 2Ch 35:21; Ps 119:60 Hastening to the Place of Prayer Zec 8:21 Haste in Delivering the Message Mt 28:7; Lu 10:4 Haste in Giving the Invitation Lu 14:21 --SEE Redeeming the Time, SPECIAL Zeal Enjoined, EARNESTNESS (2) In Making Escape Ge 19:22; Ex 12:11; 2Sa 15:14 (B) PROCRASTINATION, causes of Worldly Entanglements Ge 19:16 Family Cares Mt 8:21; Lu 9:61 Unbelief Ac 17:32 Personal Convenience Ac 24:25 --SEE Excuses, SELF-JUSTIFICATION SELF-JUSTIFICATION (C) DELAY, examples of fatal The Egyptians, in Attempting to Escape God's Judgments Ex 14:24,25 Israel, in Seeking to Enter the Promised Land Nu 14:40,41,44,45 Saul, in Repenting his Disobedience 1Sa 15:24,25,26 Israel, in Repenting of Sin Jer 8:20 The Foolish Virgins, in Preparing for the Coming of the Bridegroom Mt 25:11,12 Judas, in Repenting his Betrayal of Christ Mt 27:3 Those Knocking at the Closed Door Lu 13:25 Esau, in Repenting the Sale of his Birthright Heb 12:17 --SEE Lost Opportunity, OPPORTUNITY