> The Unsinkable Myth > > I wasn't planning to watch anything on TV the other night except > the news, but, I got hooked by a program that followed. It was this > fascinating special on the Titanic, including an interview with one of > the survivors. Now, she was just a little girl that awful night when the > ship they swore was unsinkable, went down in the icy waters of the > Atlantic. Over 1, 500 passengers died that night. The Titanic had > been constructed with these water tight compartments in their hull > that were supposed to contain any flooding. Well, she left England in > April of 1812, traveling, according to some, at speeds, and at a time > that the Titanic never should have been traveling - but remember, > the Titanic was unsinkable, right? Until it hit that iceberg. Actually it > only scraped the iceberg. Most passengers never even knew about > it, but that simple scrape had left a deep hole in the hull below the > water line. For a while no one knew how much danger they were in. > But within a relatively short time the unsinkable ship was gone. The > man who had designed it, went down with the ship. This crusty old > survivor summed up her lifetime reflections on the Titanic in a few > haunting words, she just said, "It was a monument to human > arrogance." > > Human arrogance. It sinks more than ships. Pride has cost many > people their Eternity. > > Our word for today from the Word of God, Matthew 18:2, "He > (Jesus) called a little child and had him stand among them and He > said: 'I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little > children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, > whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the > Kingdom of Heaven.' " It's pretty sobering. If you can't become > humble and dependent, you'll never see Heaven! Why? Well, a lot of > us are human Titanics steaming along through life feeling unsinkable. > Our motto is "I can handle it." We think that spirit of independence > and self-effort will somehow also help us make it with God. That's a > tragic miscalculation. My evaluation of me doesn't matter, I'm not > the judge, only God's matters. > > Here's what he says in Romans chapter 3:10, "There is no one > righteous, no not one . . . every mouth will be silenced and the whole > world held accountable to God." No one will be declared righteous in > his sight. We're sailing right for an iceberg called the judgment of > God and we're not ready. We're counting on being unsinkable but > we're headed for an Eternal tragedy. > > Jesus said pride would keep people out of Heaven, religious pride, > family pride, image pride. He said we needed to become like a little > child who willingly admits that he cannot make it without outside > help. You see, that's why Jesus came. The Bible says, "When we > were still powerless Christ died for the ungodly, while we were still > sinners, Christ died for us. Sin carries an Eternal death penalty. It can > only be paid by someone dying. And in his awesome love for you and > me, God's own Son did the dying for us on His cross, and now He > calls us to come to him, not proud and self-sufficient, but realizing > we have nothing to contribute to our own rescue. We just have to > bow at his cross and say Jesus you're my only hope. > > Every day you live without that personal surrender to the Savior, > is an Eternal risk. Somewhere out there in that distance, maybe not > very far, is the iceberg. But you can prepare for it now and maybe > miss it completely by finally getting yourself to that cross to put all > your trust in Jesus. If you've never done that, and it's time, I'd love to > pray for you and send you a booklet that will show you how to below > to Christ. > > Pride. It cost people their lives that awful night on the Titanic. > Please, don't let it cost you Heaven, open your heart to Jesus today. > Only He is unsinkable, and you can belong to Him. > > Written by Ron Hutchcraf > > Copyright 2000 > Ron Hutchcraft Ministries > »§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§« You're Just Jealous Because The Voices Are Talking To Me Richiele Sloan ICQ #63829109 (Missi) »§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«