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The Master Engineer
Charles
Proteus Steinmetz (1865-1923) was a dwarf and
physically deformed (a diminutive hunchback), but he
had one of the greatest minds in the field of
electricity that the world has ever known.
He immigrated to the United States in 1889 as a
political refugee from Germany and was hired by the
General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York.
As an engineer, Steinmetz designed the massive
turbine generators used by GE and eventually retired
to teach electrical engineering at that city's Union
College in 1902. One day without warning, those
generators broke down and the plant quickly ground to
a halt. General
Electric went dark!
The plant manager brought in ordinary mechanics
and technicians who could not get the generators going
again. One mechanic after another was unable to locate
the problem, much to their frustration.
GE was losing money with each passing hour!!
Then they called in Steinmetz.
The electrical wizard came to the plant,
puttered around for a few hours, and then threw the
switch. The
lights blinked on, the turbines began to whirl, and
the General Electric plant was back in operation.
A
few days later, GE received a bill from Steinmetz for
$10,000. The managers at GE were taken
back! They
felt the bill was excessive for the amount of work
that he had done.
They returned the bill with a note;
"Charlie, isn't this bill just a little high for
a few hours of "tinkering around" on
those motors?"
Steinmetz
returned the corrected bill to GE. This time it read:
For tinkering around on the motors - $1
For knowing where to tinker - $9,999
Total: $ 10,000
GE
paid the bill!
You
and I can learn a lot about life from Steinmetz and
GE.
You
and I have been plunged into darkness because of SIN
(Romans 3:23). We
find ourselves in the same predicament as those
mechanics and technicians that could not get the
turbine generators running. Try as we may, we cannot
get OUR lives running properly. This only leads to
frustration, confusion and pain.
But
God did NOT leave us in the dark!
He sent the BEST! Only the Master Engineer - Jesus Christ - can generate
the truly abundant life in us.
He knows where the problem is -- He holds
the blueprint!
He went to the CROSS to take care of the
problem (sin). He
died on the cross for our sins so that we might live
through Him
(1 Peter 2:24).
Christ
provides the abundant life now and eternal life to
come to those who: place their faith
in Him (Hebrews 11:6), repent
of their sins (2 Corinthians 7:10), confess
that Jesus is the Son of God (Romans 10:9-10), are baptized
(immersed) into Christ in order to have their
sins washed away (Acts 22:16) AND stay
"connected"
by continuing to operate according to the Master
Engineer's instructions
(1 John 1:7).
The
price of regeneration came at tremendous
cost!
THE GOOD NEWS,
however, is that not only did the Master Engineer
locate and SOLVE the problem...
He also PAID THE PRICE!
Will
YOU allow the Master
Engineer to generate NEW LIFE in you by submitting to
Him today?
God
bless you!
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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