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Danger! The
darkness seemed especially deep because of the fog
that hovered over the Suddenly
a sharp, unexpected lurch of the ship, coupled with a
grinding crash and flickering lights, sent a panic
among the passengers. Then the ship stabilized, and
the lights returned to a steady brightness. The
passengers began to calm down, and a deceptively
reassuring voice was reported to have come over the
ship’s intercom. Again and again the resonant voice
said, “This is no emergency.” But
a 30-foot gash in the ocean liner’s side where the
sharp bow of the Swedish God’s
Word warns of "danger ahead"
for this world: “But
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night,
in which the heavens will pass away with a great
noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat;
both the earth and the works that are in it will be
burned up”
(2 Peter 3:10). The
“Day
of the Lord” will be a day of Judgment for ALL.
"Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men
everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day
on which He will judge the world in righteousness by
the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance
of this to all by raising Him from the dead”
(Acts 17:30-31). The
Risen One who will judge the World is Jesus, God’s
Son. One day “He will judge the world in righteousness,” but NOW He is
the Savior of the world.
Our
sins condemn us along with the world.
But because of His great love for us, God gave
His only Son, Jesus, to die on the cross for our sins
(Ephesians 1:7). Through
His atoning sacrifice, those who place their faith
and trust in
Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from their sins in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31),
confess
Christ before
men (Romans 10:9-10), and are baptized
into Christ
(Acts 2:38) have their sins washed away.
Then, as long as one continues to “walk in
the light” of His Word, the blood of Jesus will
continue to cleanse him from sin (1 John 1:7). Those
who accept His offer of salvation on His terms need
not fear the Judgment to come, for they have prepared
themselves by being clothed with Christ (Galatians
3:27). For
them, Jesus’ return is welcomed, not feared. That
summer night in 1956 fifty people died in the North
Atlantic Ocean because they thought that the danger
was not real. What happened to them PHYSICALLY can happen to
us SPIRITUALLY - UNLESS we heed the warnings and submit our lives to the Savior, who one day, be our Judge. Won’t YOU accept the Savior’s offer? David
A. Sargent, Minister Church
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