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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."
Well, I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A WORD WITH YOU today about THE UNSINKABLE MYTH.
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.
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Last Update: 03/09/1997