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Fire Protection
A certain Midwestern city had a hospital that
maintained its own fire-fighting equipment.
If ever a fire broke out within the walls of
the hospital, anyone could reach for a nearby hose on
the wall and extinguish it.
For about 35 years the hospital operated
totally free from fires.
The hospital’s safety record was impeccable.
The state-of-the-art system never had to be
used – and it’s a good thing that it was never
needed!
One day an inspection was made of the system… The inspection revealed a very interesting and alarming
situation. The
pipe that was to carry the water into the building
and, subsequently, into the fire-fighting system had
NEVER been connected to the WATER source!
For 35 years, the people who worked in and
used the hospital had maintained complete confidence
in a system that would not work! The system had
all the hoses and equipment it needed.
The only problem was that it had no connection
to the most important part of the whole system – the
WATER!*
May you and I NEVER make the same mistake,
especially when it pertains to OUR salvation from sin!
SIN is a universal problem (Romans 3:23) with
terrible consequences (Romans 6:23).
In the Bible, a phrase that is used to describe
punishment for sin is the…
" FIRE of HELL"
(see Matthew 18:9; Mark 9:43,45,47).
Language about hell seeks to describe for
humans the most awful punishment human language can
describe to WARN the unbelieving and impenitent before
it is too late!
Yet, because of God’s love, we can be
“protected” –IF– we are connected to the Source of
salvation. The ONLY thing that can protect us from the
punishment for SIN is the…
" BLOOD of JESUS"
On the cross, Jesus died – He shed His blood –
as payment for YOUR sins and MINE. "In Him we
have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of His grace"
(Ephesians 1:7).
In order to be “connected” to the Source
of our salvation, we must: place our trust in Him (Acts 16:30-34), repent of our sins (Acts 17:30-31), confess Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized (immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of our sins (Acts
2:38). THEN
- as long as one continues to walk in the light of
God’s Word, the blood of Jesus continues to "cleanse"
him of
sin and "protect" him
from the punishment for sin (1 John 1:7).
Are YOU protected?
Are YOU connected to THE Source of salvation?
God
bless you.
David
A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
* Mike Johnson
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