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Titanic
A headline in our news recently was concerning the sub which went down to view the wreck of the Titanic. Sadly, this too ended in disaster. When the Titanic itself sank, it had on board many millionaires and celebrities. It also had people of more moderate means as well as many poor people who were bunked below in the bowels of the ship in what they called the steerage. However, the list of passengers put up in the Cunard office in New York after the tragedy didn’t differentiate between the many classes of people, it only had two categories; “Lost and Saved”
It is the same spiritually. People are either lost or saved eternally, whoever they are
To make this point, Jesus used a situation which was a headline in the news of His day, namely the story of a tower falling on people and killing them. In Luke 13:4 He asked whether the eighteen who died when the tower of Siloam fell on them were worse sinners than all the other men who dwelt in Jerusalem. He was effectually saying that just because they suffered and died in that way, it didn’t make them any worse than anyone else. He went on to say that all men are the same concluding with “I tell you no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish”. In John 3:16 Jesus said “God so loved the world that he gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life”. Jesus wants all men to turn to Him, whoever they are, and to receive this everlasting life which can only be attained through faith in Him
Jesus came to seek and to save the lost, which effectively is everybody. This is why He gave us the commission to “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who believes and is baptised will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16:15-16)
May we, as believers, rise up and share the gospel whenever and wherever we can. Let us look for, and take, every opportunity we can that others too, may not perish but have the chance to receive Jesus as their Lord and Saviour
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Dave Weeks
Pastor, Hope Church (retired)
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