The subject for this book is one long, dreadful word that has robbed God of so many souls and great works: Procrastination. Do you procrastinate? Do you postpone or delay things needlessly? If so, God does not like it. You may say, “I’ll do it tomorrow”; but if your tomorrow would ever come, you would be the busiest person on Earth. However, tomorrow never comes because it is always today when it arrives. Has it been weeks since you promised to do something for someone? God is displeased when you do things like that.

You must stop your procrastination because the Lord is coming only for those who please Him. The Bible tells us that Enoch pleased God, and the Lord took him to Heaven alive. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God (Hebrews 11:5).

To procrastinate means to put off intentionally to a future time. You know you are supposed to do something, but you don’t do it. Then you get into a habit of procrastinating, and the Lord holds you responsible for that. The Bible says, Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin (James 4:17). You can sin through procrastination. That is a profound statement, but it is biblical. How can you sin through procrastination?—by making false promises to yourself, to others and to God.

Procrastination never washes your dirty dishes, cleans your house, washes your clothes or gets the ironing done. When it comes to the work of the Lord, you may say, “I’ll start tithing and giving to the Lord next month. I’ll start volunteering to do His work sometime.” That sometime is no time at all. Where is the first love you received when you got saved…or did you get saved? If you really did, then you received first love; but you have lost it somewhere along the way because procrastination isn’t love.

Pray, Fast and Live in the Word

Some of you find time to visit friends and family, to play, to go on vacation or to do whatever you want to do; but you never have time to do what you are supposed to do. You will put off your prayer time saying, “Lord, I’ll pray tonight”; but then you are so sleepy that you cannot pray a decent prayer. How many nights has the Lord called you to pray for a lost soul, but you were too sleepy? I am never too sleepy for the call of God no matter what hour it is.

Others will say, “Lord, one of these days I am going on a long fast.” Some people have put that off for such a long time that it has been years, and they still have never fasted a long fast even though Jesus said, Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting (Matthew 17:21). Jesus fasted, and He is our example.

Some of you procrastinate and are not devout in studying the Word of God when the Bible says, Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (II Timothy 2:15). You cannot read the Word of God like a magazine, book or newspaper and receive what God wants you to have from it. The Bible says, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4).

How many times do you read other things when you should be reading the Word of God or something with His faith and love in it? You must fill your mind with divinity—things about the blood, and things about God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.

Tomorrow May Never Come

If you are contaminated with procrastination, you have to get that poison out of your system or hell will be your destiny; and you can never procrastinate your soul out of hell. There will be no hope left for you there, and there is no end to eternity. Some of you are going to procrastinate yourselves right into the Tribulation Period, and then you will remember this message.

Today lies before you, but will your tomorrow be filled with procrastination? Procrastination has caused so many people to miss Heaven. They intended to get right with God someday, but they kept procrastinating and did not get it done.

Paul got into King Agrippa with judgment; and he was trembling when he said, Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian (Acts 26:28). Agrippa was almost persuaded but not quite, and he never came to God. He procrastinated and put it off until tomorrow; but the Bible says, Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation (II Corinthians 6:2).

If you do not have salvation, the Lord does not promise that you will get it tomorrow because by tomorrow you may be gone; and the Lord will never make a promise He cannot keep. Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth (Proverbs 27:1). The disciples talked about tomorrow; but the Lord told them, Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these (Matthew 6:28,29).

You are not promised tomorrow, so you must take heed today. Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away (James 4:14). With just one breath, life can be gone; yet you dare to postpone and delay things unnecessarily just because you do not want to do them.

Do Not Be Careless

Procrastination is the act of replacing high priority tasks with those of lower priority, doing something that gives you enjoyment while putting off important tasks to a later time.

Procrastination means that you defer to do something—you drag your feet or give others the runaround. You hesitate or play the waiting game hoping that someone else will do your work, and that is sad indeed! You may say you are waiting upon the Lord; but you definitely are not in the Lord’s waiting room when He cannot get you to pray and fast like you should, to live holy or to seek His face and obey Him like you should. If you were doing those things, you would be full of the Holy Ghost and power from On High; and the fruits of the Spirit would be manifested in your life. Instead, you are being cheated by procrastination.

The rich man said to himself, “I have much goods; what shall I do?” This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided (Luke 12:18-20)? The rich man thought he had plenty of time, and he put God off.

Procrastination causes you to be careless with what God wants you to do, but to be careless with your soul is the most dangerous act of all. Many people are in hell today because procrastination sent them there. If you have been procrastinating, you must get rid of it with the blood of Jesus and the power of the Holy Ghost.

What Do You Listen To?

You may have decided that you are not going to sing or listen to rock songs anymore; but you have procrastinated, and you still listen. The Lord does not listen to your music when it is the wrong kind, and He tunes you out. The swing bands and the dance floors were popular when I was in my teens, and I loved that world; but when I got saved, I left it all behind.

Many claim that the rock music of today will not send you to hell, but it will; and there is no such thing as Christian rock. The Holy Spirit will not work with any kind of rock music. The Bible tells you to make melody in your heart to God with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord (Ephesians 5:19). Notice that this says “spiritual” songs.

Every one of us should make melody in our hearts unto the Lord. He said, Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands (Psalm 66:1). God is good, and He is worthy to be praised. I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised (II Samuel 22:4). You do not praise the Lord because you feel like it; you praise Him because He is worthy.

Some of you procrastinate about your church attendance. You say you are going to go, but when? “Well, I had to mow the grass.” Is that more important than going to church? You will leave that yard behind one of these days, and your body will be hauled off to the cemetery to be buried in procrastination. How sad!

Speak the Truth

Some of you have put off things that you never should have postponed, and it has made you weak and caused you to say the wrong things. You have to give an account for every idle word you speak. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment (Matthew 12:36).

Paul wrote that our conversation is to be the same as it is in Heaven, and he got that directly from God. For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:20). We are always supposed to speak the truth in love. That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ (Ephesians 4:14,15).

The Lord gave us six things to think on, and the first one is truth. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things (Philippians 4:8). God will join you when you talk about these things.

If you procrastinate taking steps to do better, you will do worse and become lifeless because every time you procrastinate, you give over to the devil whether you realize it or not. Christ does not lay any claim to the word “procrastination,” but how much do you let it rule your life? How many times has it caused you to rob God? I don’t know how many times I have heard people say, “If the Lord will give me this job, I’ll pay my tithes.” Then I have prayed for them to get a good job; and when they did, they paid tithes only for a little while. They are not cheating me; they are cheating God because I just represent Him and His work. Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings (Malachi 3:8). People will not get by when they cheat God; and if they are not careful, it will be too late for them to realize that they have failed.

You Must Live Holy

When you procrastinate, you are not in the will of God; and you are not acting like Jesus. He never procrastinated in all of the years He spent on Earth. The Bible says, Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth (I Peter 2:22). Procrastination is guile, but there was none found in Jesus. He was the perfect one; and He told us, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect (Matthew 5:48). Paul said, Let us go on unto perfection (Hebrews 6:1); and God said, Be ye holy; for I am holy (I Peter 1:16).

It is time for us to wake up and know that we are to be as holy as God is, and only those who are really righteous are holy. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous (Psalm 1:1-5).

The rich, young ruler came running to Jesus, but he was so self-righteous. I don’t know how long he had procrastinated finding Jesus; but when he did finally talk to Him, he did not accept Him. And when he [Jesus] was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions (Mark 10:17-22).

The young ruler had acted like he wanted the truth, but he was a procrastinator who just wanted to make more money. He was not ready to surrender to the will of God but only to the golden calf, and many people are like that today.

Broken Promises

People will get nowhere with God by procrastinating. A good businessman never procrastinates, and you should be doing good business for the Lord; but procrastination robs you of that and causes you to not keep your promises to God. How many bags would it take to carry all of the promises you have made to God down through the years and didn’t keep? That is something to think about.

Broken promises destroyed an entire civilization except for eight souls in Noah’s day. And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD (Genesis 6:5-8).

The Lord found only one man, Noah, who had not procrastinated or broken his promises to Him. Noah lived so close to God that his immediate family and his daughters-in-law also kept their promises…and for 120 years, they all kept their promises to build the ark. They did not procrastinate; they kept every promise God gave them, and they took His directions the whole time. They endured much criticism, and they had to separate from everybody. I’m sure their family and friends thought they had gone crazy, but they hadn’t. They were just using the promises of God.

Adam and Eve had promised to walk with God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost and never to go to the tree of death; but they did not keep those promises. The Bible says, The soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:4).

What would happen if God did not keep His promises to us? When God makes a promise, He stands by it; and He is not negligent about it. The Bible says, The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (II Peter 3:9).

When you tell people you will do something, do it or don’t promise them you will. Broken promises are terrible, and they bring about broken lives and broken confidences. The Bible tells us, Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward (Hebrews 10:35).

When you are negligent and procrastinate, you ruin the lives of those around you—your companion, your children, your grandchildren and even your friends. I never remember my mom and dad procrastinating; they kept their promises to all seven of their children, and they kept their promises to God. They did their best to raise us in the fear of the Lord by keeping God’s promises, living holy, being good examples of believers and showing the great love of God.

You Must Be Born Again

Procrastination is mean, ugly and damnable. Stop hiding behind it because it is just excuse-making, and there is nothing real about it. God only uses that which is real, and every word He speaks is with power. For his [Jesus’] word was with power (Luke 4:32). The Lord told me one day that every promise in the Word of God has all of the power of Heaven in it.

You will not procrastinate with God if you are right with Him; however, you are not right, no matter how much you claim to be, if you do not keep your promises. I am sure Nicodemus procrastinated on the day he was going to see Jesus; but when he defeated his procrastination, he found Jesus…and Jesus found him. Then Jesus opened Nicodemus’ mind and heart to a born-again experience.

Nicodemus was an educated man who had gone to the best schools of his day. He was looked up to by his Jewish nation, yet he was ignorant of a born-again experience; so when he came to Jesus, the Lord said, “Nicodemus, you must be born again.” Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God (John 3:3). There was no room for procrastination.

You may have good intentions, but hell is full of good intentions. The Bible does not say you can be saved by good intentions; it says you are saved only through the blood. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ (I Peter 1:18,19). Nicodemus had good intentions of seeing Jesus and of asking about salvation, but that was not enough; he had to yield. Thank God he did, and he was born again.

When you procrastinate, you compromise the Word of God. You do things with others that you should not do; you go places you should not go, and you listen to music you should not listen to. Do you want Jesus to be with you all the time or just part of the time? If you are a procrastinator, He will not stay with you all the time. The Lord gives up on procrastination because there is no strength, power, grace or truth in it; it is only false and deceitful.

Jesus Will Come

Hell cures people of procrastination; but once they are there, it is too late. There are no people procrastinating in hell because procrastination is what sent them there. Procrastination says, “You have plenty of time. The Lord is not coming in your day!” But the Lord said He is coming for people who are looking for Him. Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching (Luke 12:37). There is no procrastination in that promise.

I am called to preach like Jesus preached, and I do not believe in procrastination because Jesus does not believe in it. He promised, When ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it [my coming] is nigh, even at the doors (Mark 13:29). Lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh (Luke 21:28). Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not (Luke 12:40). There is no procrastination in any of those promises. Do you live by promise? Are you really a faith person who lives in divinity? Are you ready to meet the Lord?

If you are planning to go to Heaven, you have to live by promise, not by procrastination. All those who lived for the Lord outside of Eden—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joseph and others—had to live by promise.

God help us today to be ready because the Lord is coming after people without spot, wrinkle or blemish. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:27). The Lord told me that I had the number of people I needed to take Jesus to the whole world; and if others did not join us, He would push them out of His way. I leave people in the hands of God; and when He pushes anyone out of His way, it is terrible.

Deny Self

Your highest priority should be doing the will of God, and isn’t that what you promised Him you would do? The Bible says you are bought with a price, but some of you have not given much in return. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s (I Corinthians 6:19,20).

The Lord said that if you want to follow Him, you have to deny yourself. Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it (Mark 8:34,35). You have to yield your whole self to the divine will of God because without divinity, you will not make it to Heaven; and you certainly will not make the Rapture.

Jesus brought all the divinity we need to make it—divine hope, divine mercy and the nine fruits of the Spirit. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance (Galatians 5:22,23). That divine fruit gives us strength for every task the Lord wants us to perform. We become His hands, His eyes, His feet and His legs; we become the temple of the Holy Ghost.

The just shall live by faith (Romans 1:17), and faith is one of the nine fruits. Without faith, you cannot please God in any way; you fool around, drag your feet and give the Lord the runaround. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him (Hebrews 11:6).

You who procrastinate think nothing of hesitating to obey God. You say you have other things to do, but what do you have to do that is more important than obeying the Lord? This could be your last day on Earth—did you live it like Jesus wanted you to or like you wanted to? Just think of all the people who were alive last week but are in eternity today, and you may be the next one to go; so it pays to be ready.

Excuses Are Dangerous

Excuse-making is a terrible thing, and Jesus dealt with that in the story of a man who was having a great supper. A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper (Luke 14:16-24).

One man had bought a piece of ground and said he had to go and see it; but the land was not going anywhere, and he had already bought it. Therefore that had to have been an excuse.

Another man had bought five yoke of oxen and said he had to go and prove them. That also was an excuse because he had already paid for them. If he had said they were just what he had been looking for and that they were about to be sold to someone else, that might have been a reason. But his excuse was not a reason; he just did not want to attend the supper.

A third man said he could not come because he had just gotten married, but a new bride would have loved to have gone to a big supper. Again, that man just did not want to go.

The one who was giving the supper became angry with those he had invited; and he told his servants to invite the poor, the halt, the blind and the maimed, to go out into the highways and the byways and compel people with love to come in and fill his house.

You Cannot Hide from God

Excuses are like scarecrows. Scarecrows look real, and you can make them wave their arms and hands to scare the crows away from the cornfields; but they are really just poor excuses for people who are not there. If you are a procrastinator, you are a poor excuse for a child of God.

Many people do not want to serve God, but they are not honest enough to tell Him. God knows what you think, so you cannot hide behind an excuse with Him because He can see right through it. The reason He has put up with you for so long is because He looks at you through the blood. There is no forgiveness for sin or for anything else without the blood. Salvation does not cost any money; but most people do not want to pay the price of freedom—the price to carry their cross or to do the will of God.

When you refuse to do things for God, you need to decide whether it is an excuse or a reason. Every time you give God an excuse when He calls on you for something, you cause Him to back away from you; and He will let you be. He knows there is no need to give you His power or to flow His love to you because you will not use them. The Lord did not say, “Let us come together and make excuses”; He said, Come now, and let us reason together (Isaiah 1:18). God will reason with a real reason, but He will not reason with an excuse.

You can give God the runaround and let go of all the good He offers you today; but one day, it will be too late. God will be angry, and He will not care anymore. God said, It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:31); and indeed it is.

Some of you have a habit of procrastinating, and you are not even conscious of it because you have done it so much. It is just like people who are habitual liars—they lie without any feeling or conscience. Paul wrote about such people saying, Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness (Ephesians 4:19).

Abide in the Lord

Jesus brought the new and living way. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh (Hebrews 10:19,20). Then the Bible tells us to abide in the Lord. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me (John 15:4). It is wonderful to abide in the Lord night and day. What fellowship, what freedom and what liberty it brings.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit (John 15:5). When you bring forth much fruit, you will bring in many souls for the Lord. For without me ye can do nothing (John 15:5). You are worthless without God. Some people think they are doing great things; but when death strikes, the work ends. However, for a child of God it is not the end; it is the beginning. The angels will take your soul to Heaven, and there you will have more talents than ever to work for the Lord. In Heaven, it is all pleasure, joy, peace and happiness.

If you are not a child of God and abiding in the Lord, the Bible says, If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned (John 15:6). That means you will be cast into hell. Without the Lord, there is no salvation and no Heaven; but people put off receiving Him, and millions of them have missed out and landed in hell. They thought they had a long time and that they would get right with God someday, but their someday never came.

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you (John 15:7). God answers your prayers when you are connected with Heaven all the time; and then you are able to say as Jesus did, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always (John 11:41,42).

When procrastinators say, “Father,” it is hit or miss. Then they will say, “I don’t know why the Lord does not answer my prayers.” I know why—because you procrastinate. You excuse yourself from prayer, fasting and the study of the Word.

Are You Grateful?

Consider the ten lepers who came to Jesus. And as he [Jesus] entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan (Luke 17:12-16).

All ten were healed of leprosy, but only one came back to thank Jesus. No doubt, the others procrastinated saying, “We have places to go that we were not able to go to before, but we will get around to thanking Jesus someday.” But they never did get around to it; and Jesus said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine (Luke 17:17)? I have read that verse so many times, and I always feel sorry for Jesus because He said it in such a sad way. However, think about the leper who came back—I am sure that God re-created his whole body, and you could not tell he had ever had leprosy.

The Bible tells us to praise the Lord, and He must have the praise in everything. Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth (Psalm 33:2-4).

Some of you fail to give the Lord the praise because you are too busy taking it for yourself; but ego comes from the devil, and it is filled with procrastination. God has no part in ego, so what good is it? If it didn’t come from Heaven, and you claim you are ready to meet the Lord, what are you doing with it?

Heaven on Earth

Jesus said we are to pray saying, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven (Matthew 6:9,10). The Lord’s Kingdom is coming. After the Battle of Armageddon, Jesus will set up His Kingdom here on Earth for the one thousand years of the Perfect Age; and that prayer will be answered. His Kingdom will be the same here on Earth as it is in Heaven, and we will be a part of it with our glorified bodies. We can choose to be in Heaven, or we can choose to be here on Earth with Jesus.

Later, the Earth will melt with fervent heat and be purified. The heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up (II Peter 3:10). Then the great New Jerusalem, the city of God, will come down from Heaven. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband (Revelation 21:2).

People can believe that or not believe it; but if you go to hell, you will never meet an unbeliever because they have all become believers there. Some people may say they are unbelievers now as they curse, fuss and carry on; but God calls them fools. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God (Psalm 14:1).

Job called his wife a fool because she told him to curse God and die. Then said his [Job’s] wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips (Job 2:9,10). Job’s wife had plenty of procrastination, and it is a wonder God never killed her; but she may have straightened out one day. Job deserved a good wife.

Do Not Reject the Holy Ghost

The disciples and apostles were not ready to spread the Gospel before Pentecost because the good Holy Ghost is the one who must get you ready. Still, some of you will not seek Him. You think you will make the Rapture, but you will never make it. When the Bride is gone, you will be screaming at the altar and crying, “Come back, Jesus. Come back!” But He will not come back for procrastinators, and you will be left to face the seven years of great Tribulation that are to come.

Some will never live through it, and others will take the Mark of the Beast instead of starving to death. Those who do take the Mark will have committed the unforgivable sin of blaspheming against the Holy Ghost, and there is no forgiveness for that in this world or in the world to come. Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation (Mark 3:28,29).

You can talk big, act big, be stubborn, disobey your parents or do whatever else you want to do; but the Lord said those things will shorten your life. For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death (Matthew 15:4). Many young people are dead and in hell today because they were disobedient and rebellious toward their parents. They may have had godly parents, but they would not listen to them. They shortened their own lives just like the Lord had told them they would. They would not believe Him…but now they do.

What are you going to do today? Did you promise the Lord you would seek the Holy Ghost until you went through? If you have not received the Holy Ghost baptism, there has to be a reason because the Lord said He would give the Holy Ghost to them that obey Him. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him (Acts 5:32).

You are going to get your last altar call one day, and God warned that He will lift His Spirit from you. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man (Genesis 6:3).

Abraham and Joseph Followed God’s Plan

In the Old Testament, we read of great sorrow, heartache and despair; and God killed thousands at a time over procrastination. He told Abraham to get out from among his kin and to start for another country, a city whose builder and maker is God. Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing (Genesis 12:1,2).

God was going to make Abraham a blessing, but what would have happened if he had procrastinated? Thank God, he didn’t. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God (Hebrews 11:8-10).

What would have happened if Joseph had procrastinated when he was put in prison even though he was not guilty? He spent two or three years there—a forgotten boy—when he had not committed any sin at all; but God was getting him ready so He could raise him up to be second in power in Egypt, the greatest kingdom in the world at that time. Joseph rose to that kind of power with the wisdom and knowledge of Lord God Almighty. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt (Genesis 41:39-41).

Most of the kings in the Bible procrastinated and failed God. I am sure they never intended to go to hell, but most of them did. Saul even committed suicide. And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it (I Samuel 31:3,4).

Let God Lead You

I love the things of God, and I love for Him to direct my paths. The Bible says, And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28). Procrastinators twist that scripture saying, “Why did this happen to me when all things are supposed to work for our good?” When you don’t love the Lord, things will not work for your good; and you will not die at the time God has planned for you to. Procrastinators are not safe, and their hearts could stop beating at any time. Then they would be in eternity, and that has happened to so many.

Some of you need more wisdom because you make wrong business deals, and others of you cause yourselves to lose your jobs. You may have said the wrong things or done things you knew your employer did not allow. Some of you have been in trouble at school because you would not obey the rules.

When I went to school, I was taught to obey; but today, parents go after teachers who come against their children and even try to have them arrested. Students kill other students, and devil-possessed people are killing our young. It is a dangerous, perilous time, and it is hell on Earth. The glory of the Lord has departed from many nations; and it is woe, woe, woe to every nation that forgets God. The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God (Psalm 9:17).

The Disciples Procrastinated

Doubting Thomas walked with Jesus and was taught by Him. Jesus had told him that He was going to die, that He would lay down His life and that His body would be in the tomb for three days and nights. He told Thomas that He would come forth from the tomb; but after Jesus had been crucified, Thomas went away pouting. He wanted to have no more to do with Jesus; and he said, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe (John 20:25).

Thomas pouted for eight days and nights, and he would not even gather with the other apostles; but then he finally showed up. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed (John 20:26-29).

Peter and the other disciples procrastinated in the Garden of Gethsemane when they ran away and left Jesus. Only John had enough love to be at the foot of the Cross when Jesus was crucified, and he was the only one Jesus trusted to take care of His mother. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home (John 19:26,27).

John looked after Mary for the rest of her life. That is trust, and the Lord wants to trust you and me just like that. The Lord Jesus knew that John, the youngest apostle, had great, divine love; and John wrote more about love than any of the other apostles who had walked with Jesus.

Peter Failed

Peter procrastinated when he told Jesus, “I will never deny you.” Jesus said unto him [Peter], Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee (Matthew 26:34,35). The Lord let Peter know that he would deny Him three times, and Peter did.

Peter told a little maiden that he did not know Jesus. Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man (Matthew 26:69-74). Peter began to curse, so the people moved away from him because they knew he was not talking like those who had followed Jesus. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly (Matthew 26:74,75).

Don’t Wait Too Long

Procrastinating is dangerous, and you cannot afford to do it. Most of you would never play with dynamite or a bomb, but those things are not as dangerous as procrastination. For some of you, no matter how many chances you are given between now and the Rapture, you will not get ready; and you are without feeling. The Lord has had patience with you, but you have not responded in a good way.

Some of you have lived for the Lord for a little while, and you think that is sufficient. Others have been taught “once in grace always in grace,” but you have to stay in grace. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 6:23). The penalty of death was upon all of us, so we all needed a Savior. That was why Jesus came and paid the price; but if He had procrastinated, He would not have been able to pay the price at the whipping post for our physical healing. He would not have been able to pay the price on the Cross for our sins or to have cried, It is finished (John 19:30). That meant that the plan of redemption was finished. The veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom (Mark 15:38). That signified that God had come down; and then after thousands of years, the great invitation went out: Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17). “Whosoever will” means you.

Sinner, come to Jesus. Don’t procrastinate any longer because you never know when your heart could stop beating. When you close your eyes tonight, you may never wake up in this world; and then where would you be? There are just two places to go—Heaven or hell—and there is no place in between. You are on dangerous ground; and without Jesus, you are going to go to hell. The devil tells you there is not such a place; but the Bible says, It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched (Mark 9:43,44).

The Lord said, Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear (Isaiah 59:2). You must believe the Word. I have spent thousands of hours with it, and there is no room for you in Heaven when you procrastinate with it. You will not be on the one flight out, and you will be too weak to survive in the Tribulation Period. The devil will have control during those seven years because the Holy Ghost dispensation will have ended, and nobody will be able to receive Him.

Come to Jesus

You have to believe the Word of God and all the prophecies of God. I believe every Word, and I know they have all been spoken with power. Surrender to the Lord today, and then you can go on and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Say this prayer right now: Oh, God, I am lost. I have made excuses again and again, but I won’t do it anymore. I have put you off so many times, and I thank you for loving me and for sparing my life. I have come out of the night into the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I confess I am a sinner and so lost, and I have godly sorrow. You said if I would confess my sins with godly sorrow, you would forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins. Come into my heart, Jesus! Come on in, Jesus! The door is open!

If you meant that prayer, He has come; and now you can say, Hallelujah! Jesus is mine. Hallelujah! I am a child of the King. Hallelujah! I am in the family of God, and I am going on to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost so I can be on that one flight out of here. Now be delivered of procrastination and stay absolutely free of it. Don’t ever look its way or listen to its voice again. Don’t let it influence you; and one day, you will lift up your eyes and behold Heaven. You will have made it to yonder shore.

The Blood Stripes Bring Healing

It is now time for the miracle of healing. I am not the healer; Jesus is the Healer, and with His blood stripes we are healed. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). He went to the whipping post for us; and later, Peter wrote, By whose stripes ye were healed (I Peter 2:24). That means our healing is already paid for.

Lord, here they are at the whipping post, as it were; and the price has been paid. Heal them of AIDS, diabetes, heart trouble and lung trouble. Heal them of paralysis, blindness and all kinds of ulcers. Heal them of everything in the blood name of Jesus. Heal! and re-create any part that needs to be re-created. Amen and amen!

Feel that healing power going through you. The blood of Jesus heals everything. He came with healing in His wings, so be thou made whole from the crown of your head to the soles of your feet. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings (Malachi 4:2). Get well, and then write and tell me about it so I can rejoice with you. We receive testimonies from all over the world of people who have been healed.

You can write and request a blest cloth; and when you use it, it will be the same as if I were there laying hands on you. And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them (Acts 19:11,12).

God be with you. If I never meet you down here, I hope to meet you in Heaven; so be ready to go. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh (Matthew 24:44).