Excuses

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Making Excuses
Isaiah 520
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Definition

• An excuse is a reason that is given in an attempt
  to justify something that
• you did that you should not have done or
• you did not do that you should have done.
• An excuse can be valid or invalid.
• An excuse may be accepted or rejected.

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A Parable on Excuses
16 Then He said to him, "A certain man gave a
great supper and invited many, 17 and sent his
servant at supper time to say to those who were
invited, 'Come, for all things are now ready.'
18 But they all with one accord began to make
excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a
piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask
you to have me excused.' 19 And another said, 'I
have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to
test them. I ask you to have me excused.'
20 Still another said, 'I have married a wife,
and therefore I cannot come.'
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A Parable on Excuses
21 So that servant came and reported these things
to his master. 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 here the poor and the maimed and the lame and
the blind.' 22 And the servant said, 'Master, it
is done as you commanded, and still there is
room.' 23 Then the master said to the servant,
'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel
them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24 For I say to you that none of those men who
were invited shall taste my supper.' "
Luke 1416-24
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Other Examples

• Adam ate the forbidden fruit (Genesis Chapter 3)
• Excuse that wife made me do it (v. 11-12)
• Result Punishment (v. 17-19, 22-24)
• Eve also ate the forbidden fruit (Gen. 36-10)
• Excuse serpent made me do it (v. 13)
• Result Eve and Serpent Punished (v. 14-16)

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Other Examples

• Moses was afraid to face Pharaoh (Exodus Ch. 3-4)
• Excuse Who am I? (Ex. 311)
• Excuse Not an eloquent speaker (Ex. 410)
• Result God was angry with him (Ex. 414)
• King Saul spared animals (1 Samuel Chapter 15)
• Excuse The people made me do it (v. 15, 20-21)
• Result Saul rejected from being king (v. 22-23)

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Other Examples

• King Agrippa did not become a Christian (Acts Ch.
  26)
• Excuse Not quite persuaded (v. 28)
• Result He was lost
• Felix did not become a Christian (Acts 2424-25)
• Excuse Not a convenient time (v. 25)
• Result He was lost

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Application

• Fighting (2 Tim. 224)
• Excuse He hit me first
• Bible Says Luke 629 Prov. 151 John 1334
  Matt. 544 Rom. 1219 Phil. 23
• Gossip (Rom. 129 2 Cor. 1220 1 Tim. 513,
  1 Pet. 415)
• Excuse Someones soul is at stake
• Bible Says Gal. 61 James 520 Deut. 1915
  Ezek. 317-21 Matt. 1815-17

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Application

• Not Attending Worship Services (Heb. 1025)
• Excuse Only Sunday morning is required
• Bible Says Matt. 633 Matt. 619-21 2 Pet.
  318 Heb. 1024-25
• Not Attending Bible Studies (2 Peter 318)
• Excuse I dont get anything out of it
• Bible Says 2 Tim. 215 2 Tim. 22 1 Pet.
  22 Heb. 512

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Application

• Not Teaching Bible Classes (1 Cor. 1228 Eph.
  411)
• Excuse I dont know enough
• Bible Says Heb. 512 2 Tim. 22 2 Peter 15
  Hosea 46
• Withholding Contribution (1 Cor. 162)
• Excuse I dont like how the elders spend money
• Bible Says Mal. 38-9 2 Cor. 96-7 Rom. 128

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Application

• Complain and grumble about elders (Acts 1423)
• Excuse I dont agree with their decisions
• Bible Says Heb. 1317 1 Cor. 110-11, 33
  Matt. 1225 Prov. 619 Titus 310 Jude 19
  Rom. 1617
• Have not been baptized (Mark 1616)
• Excuse My sins are too terrible
• Bible Says 1 Tim. 115 Acts 269 1 Cor. 69
  1 Tim. 24 2 Pet. 39

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Conclusion

• In the examples given, God did not accept the
  excuses offered.
• Danger of excuses
• Lull you into false sense of security.
• Fool you that you are not accountable.
• Your soul is in a lost condition.
• If you are using an excuse to violate Gods Law,
  repent and obey Gods Law.

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