Turning from a life of destruction!

This is a story about a warship quarreling with another over who has the right-of-way.

This is the transcript of an actual radio conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. The Radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on Oct. 10, 1995.
Warship: Please change your direction 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.

Other: Recommend that you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to avoid a collision.

Warship: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.

Other: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Warship: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!

Other: This is a lighthouse. Now its Your call.!

Have we ever found ourselves in this condition? We are lost and on a collision course with eternal destruction. But God in his great grace and love tells us to turn from a life of sin and destruction and turn to Him. But what happens? Man rejects God's offer and says that he is going in the right direction. "I am living my life the way that I want".

But Jesus tells us different: Lu 13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

In the book of Acts we read about the life of the Apostle Paul, this was a man that was fighting against the cause of Christ. Ac 9:1-2 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. Paul thought that he was doing the right thing. But we know that he was on a road to destruction. Ac 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Pauls was heading in the wrong direction, as are many today. But we know that Paul made a change in his life and got saved in Acts ch.9 and began working for the Lord. What a great work that it was, God used him to begin many churches and saw many souls saved.

To many today are like the warship, heading for a collision and refusing to turn. Jesus is that lighthouse, sending the warning. He is offering salvation and everlasting life. Lu 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

The lighthouses have saved many of sailors over the years, but only those that heeded the warning. Jesus has saved many a souls from a life of destruction, but only those that heeded to His warning!

God bless your day is my prayer. Come visit us at Monterey Free Will Baptist Church and let us help you know for sure if you are ready to go to heaven.