THE LIFEBOAT AND THE CREW

"For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth’”-Acts 13:47 (NIV).

In the early hour of April 15, 1912, the Titanic collided with an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean and about 70% of the people on board drowned on that fateful day. The number of survivors was low because the rescue operation was marred by series of human errors, oversights, lack of organisation and miscalculations of the crew. About 40% of the lifeboat seating capacity in the ship were not occupied. (The Human Factor, Sputniknews, 06/04/2012) 

Events unfolding in the world today clearly shows that the ship of this earth is finally approaching the last iceberg. We are about to witness the last event that will signal the end of age. Any moment from now, the ship of this earth will collide with the most destructive iceberg in the history of this world. Then, only the genuine children of God in the ship (earth) will be rescued through rapture from the imminent eternal destruction (Matthew 24:31). However, God is depending on His crew on board the ship to throw out the lifeboat so that many souls can be rescued from the looming danger.

Beloved, now is the season of rescue. Any moment from now, we shall be going to the eternal shore where no man will work again (John 9:4). Unfortunately, many people are still living carelessly like the crew on board the RMS Titanic. We are chasing shadows while many fellow passengers in the ship (our friends, neighbours, colleagues, family, congregations, etc) are drowning in the ocean of ungodliness, sin, homosexuality, cultism, etc. We are busy competing for juicy positions, fighting for recognition and clamouring for earthly gains while millions of souls are tumbling daily into the place of eternal torment. Is that not the same misplacement of priority, oversight, lack of organisation and human error that marred the rescue operation of the great unsinkable Titanic in 1912? The answer is simply "Yes". But God wants to wake up every sleeping, careless and inactive crew member in the ship to join the end time rescue operations. Heaven wants His faithful crew to throw out the lifeboat everyday, everywhere and at all times so that the end time rescue operations will be very great and bountiful. Heaven is depending on you and I for the great rescue operations (Acts 13:47, Isaiah 6:8). Hope you will not disappoint God? Are you a reliable crew? Can God depend on you to rescue those drowning souls in our world today? Will you be faithful enough to throw out the lifeboat everywhere you find yourself? Will you go for the Master? 

"And then I heard the voice of the Master: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” I spoke up, “I’ll go. Send me!” -Isaiah 6:8 (MSG)

Friends, in case you are still a passenger without a lifeboat of salvation in this earthly ship, God wants you to join His kingdom crew today and begin to rescue drowning souls around you too. But you cannot give what you don't have. That is why it is very expedient that you surrender your life to Jesus Christ first. Yes, you must grasp the lifeboat and rescue yourself first before you can rescue others. Please do that today as nobody knows whether this arictle is the last lifeboat that God is sending to rescue you. So, I urge you to please repent  today and run into the ever waiting arms of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ today.

"I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish".- Luke 13:3 (KJV)

The lyrics of an old time Christian hymn titled" THROW OUT THE LIFELINE" which was composed by a Baptist Evangelist- Rev'd. E. S. Ufford in 1888 speaks volume on the subject. May I urge you to please join all His Kingdom Crew by prayerfully throwing out the lifeboat to rescue every lost or drowning soul around you. The season of rescue will soon be over.  

THROW OUT THE LIFELINE

Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave;

There is a brother whom someone should save;

Somebody’s brother! O who then will dare

To throw out the lifeline, his peril to share?

Refrain

         Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!

          Someone is drifting away;

         Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline!

          Someone is sinking today.

Throw out the lifeline with hand quick and strong:

Why do you tarry, why linger so long?

See! he is sinking; oh, hasten today

And out with the life boat! away, then away!

Throw out the lifeline to danger fraught men,

Sinking in anguish where you’ve never been;

Winds of temptation and billows of woe

Will soon hurl them out where the dark waters flow.

Soon will the season of rescue be o’er,

Soon will they drift to eternity’s shore;

Haste, then, my brother, no time for delay,

But throw out the lifeline and save them today.

This is the lifeline, oh, tempest tossed men;

Baffled by waves of temptation and sin;

Wild winds of passion, your strength cannot brave,

But Jesus is mighty, and Jesus can save.

Jesus is able! To you who are driv’n,

Farther and farther from God and from Heav’n;

Helpless and hopeless, o’erwhelmed by the wave;

We throw out the lifeline, ’tis Jesus can save.

This is the lifeline, oh, grasp it today!

See, you are recklessly drifting away;

Voices in warning, shout over the wave,

O grasp the strong lifeline, for Jesus can save.

My prayer is that God will use us mightily to rescue many drowning souls this weekend. And when the season of rescue is finally over, we shall be numbered among the faithful crew members in the voyage of life. We shall finish well and strong with our hands full of countless numbers of souls that the Holy Spirit had rescued from the drowning ship of this world through us.

Good day and God bless you.

Maranatha!

Bro. Okanlawon Taiwo

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