| The Lifeboat |
| Let us suppose a vessel is foundering out at sea, exceedingly rotten and leaky, filling fast. From shore, a lifeboat is launched, and it pulls alongside the doomed vessel. The captain of the lifeboat calls to every person on board to leave the old ship immediately, but the people on board resolutely refuse. One says, “Our vessel is not so bad; she only requires a little mending and painting.” |
| Another says, “Away with you and your lifeboat! We have a carpenter of our own, whose business is to mend the ship.” Some go on with their amusements, while others occupy themselves with emergency tools and paint. A few see their peril and take advantage of the only way of escape. The vessel is left to itself, fills and sinks. Now tell me, if every despiser onboard ship goes down, who is to blame? The lifeboat was sent to them, and they refused! |
| Now here is the lesson: Christ is the lifeboat. He came to save as many as will have Him. When He was on earth, He had to say of some, “And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life” (John 5:40). Today, the invitation still stands, “Look unto Me, and be ye saved” (Isaiah 45:22). Have you availed yourself of Christ, the Lifeboat? |
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