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Help
From Above
The
incredible news came last Sunday in a note from 2,300
feet underground:
33 Chilean miners trapped for 17 days are still alive!
The miners wrote the
note and attached it to a drill being used to reach
them. “All
33 of us are well inside the shelter,” said the
note. The
news brought celebration throughout Chile and the rest
of the world.
The
San Jose gold and copper mine collapsed on August 5,
and until rescuers made contact on August 22, the
trapped workers struggled to get by on meager
supplies, stretching a food supply meant to last two
days into rations for two weeks. “They had two
little spoonfuls of tuna, a sip of milk and biscuit
every 48 hours,” said Dr. Sergio Aguilar, a rescue
team physician.
Meanwhile
rescue efforts continue…
Rescuers
have been able to get food, water, and air to the
miners through a narrow hole.
Two smaller boreholes are also being drilled to
bring in much-needed air to the sweltering men.
Although the men have survived almost three
weeks since the collapse, rescuers say it will take
months to safely dig them out due to instability
within the mine. *
The
plight – and hope! – of the 33 Chilean miners
pictures ANOTHER great rescue effort…
Due
to our wrong choices, WE
are “trapped” in sin and doomed for destruction. And just as
the Chilean miners are doomed without help from above,
we are also powerless without “HELP
FROM
ABOVE”
to save ourselves from sin!
But
God, because of His great love and mercy (Ephesians
2:4), sent Jesus to our rescue.
Jesus gave His life to save us from sin
(Ephesians 1:7). Through
Him we can be saved.
“For
when we were still without strength, in due time
Christ died for the ungodly.
God demonstrates His own love toward us, in
that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, having now been justified by His
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.”
– Romans 5:6,8-9
Jesus
will save those who: place their faith
and trust in Him (Acts 16:30-31), turn from their sin
in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confess
Him before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized
(immersed) in His name for the forgiveness of sins
(Acts 2:38). He
will bring to eternal safety those who continue to
follow Him faithfully (1 John 1:7).
“Knowing
that someone is coming for you makes it easier,
“said John Urosek, head of emergency operations for
the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration,
concerning the hope of the trapped Chilean miners.
The
Good News (the Gospel) is that Jesus has ALREADY come
to the rescue of those trapped in sin!
He is ready to save those who will trust and
obey Him.
Won’t
YOU accept His salvation
on His terms?
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church
of Christ at Creekwood
1901
Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
*
Information gleaned from The
New York Daily News – www.nydailynews.com
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