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