This world we live in is not safe.
The war in the Ukraine shows how quickly war can come into people’s lives.
Some have estimated that six million people have died in little more than two years from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nine countries of the world now possess nuclear weapons. Belligerent countries threaten their adversaries with tactical nuclear strikes.
Furthermore, crime is on the rise. Murder rates in big cities are rising at an alarming rate. Serious crime is going unchecked.
All these things make the world a dangerous place to live. But the greatest danger today doesn’t stem from the effects of war, pandemics, nuclear holocausts or crime.
The greatest danger isn’t even on the radar screen of many people. This is amazing because all other dangers combined do not begin to compare to it.
The Greatest Danger
What danger far exceeds every other? It is the danger of people dying in their sins and passing into a Christless eternity.
The Lord Jesus said, “If ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins” (John 8:2424I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. (John 8:24)). How many people in our world are leaving Christ out of their lives! Those who die in their sins will pass into an eternity where the intensity of suffering will surpass any possible on earth.
God knew the whole world was perishing in sin. Through the Lord Jesus and what He did at the cross, every sinner has the opportunity to come to God and receive the gifts of the forgiveness of sins and eternal life. “This is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent” (John 17:33And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (John 17:3)).
Someone once wrote, “Pain is God’s megaphone to the world.” Perhaps one reason God has allowed so much pain in the world, like wars, pandemics, pestilence, and so forth, is that He is getting people’s attention. Perhaps He is getting them to hear His call to repent and believe in Christ.
The world is a dangerous place. Will you believe in the name of Jesus Christ that eternal life might be yours?