Portland, Oregon Church  -  Affiliated with the Intercontinental Church of God and the Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association

SUBJECT:  Indecisiveness

 

QUESTION:  What is the harm of indecisiveness?

 

ANSWER:

The best way to answer this is to give you two Bible lessons on the subject.

 

Subject: Indecisiveness (doubts, hesitation, uncertainty) Part 1 of 2
 

What are the dangers of indecisiveness?
 

Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 14:1-33
 

2 Samuel 14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
 

Indecisiveness increases the possibility of bad decisions.  Discipline is hard – and sometimes painful–work.  David only made halfhearted efforts to correct his children.  He did not punish Amnon for his sin against Tamar, nor did he deal decisively with Absalom's murder of Amnon.  He never took time to correct Adonijah.  Such indecisiveness became David's undoing.  David avoided necessary confrontations with his children.  But the consequences were disastrous.  When we ignore sin, we experience greater pain than if we deal with it immediately.

Subject: Indecisiveness (doubts, hesitation, uncertainty) Part 2 of 2
 

What are the dangers of indecisiveness?
 

Bible Reading: John 3:22-36
 

John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
 

Indecisiveness itself can be a bad decision.  Jesus says that those who believe in Him and remain in the Salvation Process have [not will have] everlasting life.  To receive eternal life begins at the moment we are turned to spirit in the first resurrection.
 

John, the author of this Gospel, has been demonstrating that Jesus is the true Son of God.  Jesus sets before us the greatest choice in life.  We are responsible to Him and choose life (Deuteronomy 30: 15-20). The wrath of God is God's final judgment and rejection of the sinner.  To put off the choice is to choose not to follow Christ.  Indecision can be a fatal decision.

 
 
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Portland, Oregon Church  -  Affiliated with the Intercontinental Church of God and the Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association