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What
is Man's Greatest Achievement?
CNN producers armed with
television cameras recently stopped passersby in
Berlin
,
Madrid
, Roman,
Bangkok
,
Tokyo
,
New Delhi
, and
Paris
. To each
participant, CNN posed the question:
“What is man’s greatest achievement?”
Since July 20 was the 40th
anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission, it was
supposed that many would nominate the moon landing as
one of man’s greatest feats.
Answers given, however, were quite diverse.
One woman in
Germany
suggested the computer. "It has
opened up my world.
I can stay in my house and travel all over the
world," she said.
The internet was specifically
stated by more than one participant to be man’s
greatest invention.
Another suggested the airplane. "It's
the easiest way to get from one country to the other.
Imagine if you would be able to only take the ship. It
would take you ages to go somewhere, so it makes
humanity more flexible."
Fire was also
proposed. "Everything started there right?"
said one man in
Spain
. There was agreement in
Italy
: "I think the most important is that man
discovered fire because it's bringing a lot of
life."
The written word was also nominated in
Italy
, as were architecture and sanitation.
In
New Delhi
, video games got one man's vote.
"It allows you to be whomever you want, in
whichever world you want, and lets you live an
alternate fantasy life," he said.
Despite all of the tremendous
achievements of mankind since the beginning
of time, there is ONE THING that man could never
achieve on his own...
Even though man has been able to navigate
the approximate distance of 240,000 miles to the moon,
there is STILL one expanse that he has not been able
to negotiate independently: the distance between
GOD and MAN.
Our SIN separates us from the Holy God (Isaiah 59:1-2).
ALL of mankind’s advancements in technology
are powerless to traverse the GREAT GULF
between
God and sinful man.
But God loved us so much that He crossed
that great divide and “stepped into our world” (see
John 1:14). God
became Man in the person of Jesus Christ.
Then Jesus died on the cross to pay the price
for our sins (Ephesians 1:7).
Through Jesus, man can be reconciled to God (2
Corinthians 5:18-21).
We are reconciled to God when we: by faith in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from our
sins in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confess
Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are baptized
(immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness
of sins (Acts 2:38; Galatians 3:26-27).
The blood of Christ continues to cleanse us
from our sins as we continue to walk in the light of
His word (1 John 1:7).
Man has accomplished great things, but
the GREATEST accomplishment is RECONCILIATION with
God. God
accomplished this for us through His Son, Jesus
Christ. Now,
we must accept His offer on His terms!
Won’t YOU?
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church
of Christ at Creekwood
1901
Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
From CNN
-- http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/07/19/man.greatest.achievement/index.html
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