First it is presumptuous and second it is dangerous.
James 4:13-17 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that." But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; (AG)all such boasting is evil. Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.
In church today I heard a great message today. (Thanks for sharing Daron.) If you want to hear it in full, check out the messages at MVBIBLE.org. But here is a quote that drew such a clear and simple picture that I knew I wanted to share it here.
I remember before I became a Christian and in sharing with unbelievers (those who do not know Christ as Savior and Lord) The unbelievers had this idea of putting off the questions of salvation and eternity. They weren't done having 'fun' (AKA willful sin) yet. Or they didn't see a need for God. But when a crisis or death came along then their minds would turn to Him and they might for a brief time consider the questions but not seek the answers.
Like a man with a leaking roof, they would cover the hole with a tarp while it is raining and plan on dealing with it another day. But when it is sunny the hole is forgotten. Gambling with eternity is simply foolish. Instead of thinking of what may be lost they should consider the gain. An unbeliever holds straw as a treasure while is burns. The real treasure is right before him but his hands are full of straw so he can not or will not let go for fear of what he might lose for the treasure he could gain.
Here is the quote:
This life is your only opportunity to come to Christ, and that is not a decision you will want to put off. In his commentary on the book of Matthew; William Barclay relates the following story to illustrate the danger of spiritual procrastination;
There is a fable which tells of three apprentice devils who were coming to this earth to finish their apprenticeship. They were talking to Satan, the chief of the devils, about their plans to tempt and to ruin men. The first said, “I will tell them that there is no God.” Satan said, “That will not delude many, for they know that there is a God.” The second said, “I will tell men that there is no hell.” Satan answered, “You will deceive no one that way, men know even now that there is a hell for sin.” The third said, “I will tell men that there is no hurry.” “Go”, said Satan, “and you will ruin men by the thousand.” The most dangerous of all delusions is that there is plenty of time.
