Passing Opportunities

Israel wept many times as a nation, but too often his weeping came too late. Luke 19:41-42

I: Tears are Always Touching.
1. Tears of sorrow over past mistakes.
2. Tears over lost opportunities.
3. Tears of agony over wrongs, righted too late.
4. Tears of parents over children that they failed to teach.
5. But when Jesus wept over Jerusalem there must have been much at stake.

II: He Wept because:
1. They were allowing religious opportunities to pass.
2. Satan had succeeded in blinding them to their opportunities.
3. They were allowing their hearts to become hardened.
4. He could see that they would never get these opportunities again.
5. He could see the price they would pay.

III: Opportunities that pass us by:
1. Our children pass swiftly thru the age of molding.
2. Our aged soon slip away.
3. Doors that are open soon close.
4. Classes for today cannot be taught tomorrow.
5. Life’s precious days speed away.
6. God calls for the last time.

“How shall we escape if we neglect?”