Many of you have heard the true story of the British steamer ship called the “unsinkable” Titanic. This ship was believed to be the safest ship afloat, in April of 1912. On its first trip from England to New York City, it struck an iceberg and sank in about 2½ hours. Of the 2,200 people on board, only 705 survived. This account is about one of the ship’s bakers who survived to tell his story of the tragic accident.
There were many people thrown into the icy waters of the North Atlantic as the ship went down, and one of them was this baker. He was clinging to some part of the ship and kept afloat a long time after the ship sank. A wave brought another man close by who shouted out to him, “ARE YOU SAVED?”
The baker replied, “NO, I’M NOT!”
The other man, who was an evangelist, disappeared from sight only to reappear a while later. Again the man shouted out, “ARE YOU SAVED?”
The baker answered, “NO, I’M NOT!”
The evangelist shouted, “BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED!”
This happened once more, and then the evangelist was gone. His body may have gone to the bottom of the ocean, but we know his soul went up to be with His Lord and Saviour.
The baker listened to the evangelist’s pleading message at last and was wonderfully saved for eternity. He was also saved from the icy waters to tell others this amazing story.
What about you? Are you saved from the punishment you deserve for your sins? The Lord Jesus is calling to you right now. Are you listening? He proclaims, “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:22(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) (2 Corinthians 6:2)).
Tomorrow could be too late.
ML-06/04/2000