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Professor
Splash
Darren
Taylor, otherwise known as Professor Splash, claims to
have set the Guinness World Record for the highest
shallow dive. Officials at the Guinness Book of World
Records are checking his claim.
On
July 25, 2007, Professor Splash was invited to
Tokyo,
Japan
for a televised special of his newest dive attempt.
His attempt was a success, and if verified by
Guinness, the world record for highest shallow dive
will stand at 10.70 meters (35 feet) into 30
centimeters (12 inches) of water into a kiddy pool.
In
an interview with 9NEWS, Professor Splash said his
technique is to "skip across the water" when
he makes contact with it. He also added that
"experience and research" is the key to his
success and that what he does is not easy. *
It
is amazing what people do to get their names recorded
in the Guinness Book of World Records!
The
world offers many venues to those who seek to make a
name for themselves.
It is an age-old problem (cf. Genesis 11).
The ways of the world, however, are short-lived
(1 John 2:17) and destructive (Matthew 7:13-14).
There
is a much more important book in which all of us
should want our names included.
It is called in Scripture, “The Lamb’s Book
of Life” (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:5; 13:8;
17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:27).
The names that are recorded in the Lamb’s
Book of Life are those who have trusted and obeyed the
Lamb, Jesus, the Son of God.
Those whose names are recorded in the Lamb’s
Book of Life will inherit ETERNAL LIFE in heaven
(Revelation 21:27).
Jesus
will add OUR names to His Book of Life when we by faith
(Acts 16:30-31) turn from your sins in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confess
Him before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are baptized
(immersed) in His name for the forgiveness of sins
(Acts 2:38). THEN
we must continue to follow His will as revealed in the
Word of God lest our names be "blotted out"
of the Book (Revelation 3:5).
To
have our names recorded in the Lamb’s Book of Life...
we will NOT have to perform some death-defying stunt,
but we do have to submit to the Savior who “defied
death” and who by His death, burial, and
resurrection opened the way for us to live eternally
with Him in heaven.
Is
YOUR name in the Lamb’s
Book of Life?
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
*
From “Risky dive may have splashed its way into the
Guinness World Records,”
Jack Maher on http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=74514
Many
thanks to my friend and co-worker in the Lord, Neal
Pollard, for sharing
this information.
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