Don’t make those decisions. Don’t get your homework in on time. Don’t do the shopping you ought to do. What is it about us that keeps us putting things off, delaying them, and postponing them? Well, you and I call it procrastination. And it is a problem in a lot of people’s lives.

And some people think, well, you know, that’s just the way I am. But I want us to think according to God’s word and according to who we are as believers. Is this not true that procrastination is a form of bondage in a person’s life that is more costly than most of us are willing to admit? So I want you to turn if you will to the book of Acts chapter 24.

And the title of this message is putting off procrastination. Putting off procrastination. And if you will turn to the 24th chapter and let me give you a little background on this passage. The apostle Paul has been threatened by the Jews. In fact, they plotted to kill him. And so he was rescued and as a result taken to Cesaria and before uh Felix, he is going to make his plea for his innocence.

And I want us to begin reading in verse 24 of Acts 24. But some days later, Felix arrived with Dusilla, his wife, who was a Jewish, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. And as he was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for the present, and when I find time, I will summon you.

” At the same time too, he was hoping that money would be given him by Paul. Therefore, he also used to sin for him quite often and converse with him. But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porsches Fesus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul imprisoned. Now, this passage of scripture is a good setting for what procrastination is all about.

And what I want us to look at is what the basic problem is in the whole matter of procrastination. Because many people have to deal with this problem in their life. Now look at if you will. The scripture says that Felix by the way who was characterized by a man who is full of lust and greed and had a great desire for power.

So here he is talking with Paul. Listen what the scripture says. Said he sent for the apostle Paul and he heard Paul speak about what? Verse 24. Heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. That is the Apostle Paul was giving to Felix the plan of salvation, telling him how to be saved and that he needed to place his trust in Jesus Christ and to repent of his sin.

Now, Paul didn’t mince any words and just because it doesn’t happen to say it in this passage. Uh Paul was giving him the truth. Look if you will in chapter 26 and here again Paul is uh defending himself and he’s before a gripper now. And notice if you will in verse 20, he says, “But I kept on declaring both to those of Damascus first and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea and even to the Gentiles that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance.” And Paul had a boldness