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June 19th. 2021 “Never forget what's been done for you”
- Ron Bainbridge
- Nov 11, 2020
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 19, 2021
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(June 19th, 2021)
“Never forget what's been done for you”
Friends, A Severe Potato Famine occurred in the 19th century motivating many of the Irish to travel to America, which they called the “New World”, to find new opportunities.
One of the stories that came out of these events is about a small boy who did not have the money to pay his fare to board a ship to America. But he secretly boarded the ship anyway, becoming a stow-away.
However, as the ship was traveling on the high seas it ran into an iceberg and began to sink.
Frantically, passengers began filling the lifeboats to escape to safety. At first the small boy, who had been hiding in the hull of the ship, was not aware of what was going on. When he realized what was happening, he rushed up to the deck and saw the captain taking the last seat in the last lifeboat. In the highest tradition of the sea, the captain got out of the lifeboat and gave the boy his seat. As the lifeboat pulled away the captain said to the boy, "Never forget what's been done for you."
The boy became successful in America and was asked the secret of his motivation. He said, "Whenever I begin to doubt myself or let up from what I ought to be doing, I always remember a Captain standing on a deck and saying, "Never forget what's been done for you."
Friend, you and I are much like that little boy. All of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and the "ship" onto which we have boarded is sinking, headed for destruction (Romans 3:23; 6:23).
Noticing our plight, the "Captain" of the Universe -- Jesus Christ, the Son of God -- willingly and lovingly gave His life that we might be saved
(1 Thessalonians 5:10).
Because of the death of Jesus on the cross, you and I can be saved from our sins when we: Place our trust in Him (Hebrews 11:6)
Repent of our sin (2 Corinthians 7:9-10)
Confess Jesus before others (Romans 10:9-10)
Be Baptized (immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of our sins (Acts 2:38; cf. Mark 16:15-16; Acts 22:16; Romans 6:3-4;
Galatians 3:27; 1 Peter 3:21)
Friend, the call from the cross of Calvary upon which Jesus died is, "Never forget what's been done for you." May each of us gratefully respond to that wonderful gift by submitting our lives to the One who died for us
(2 Corinthians 5:15), "He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died and was raised again for them."
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