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 finally believed the evangelist’s pleading message 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” (1 Corinthians 6:22Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? (1 Corinthians 6:2)).
Tomorrow could be too late.
ML-04/17/2011