threaten to destroy people by the millions, are a constant topic of discussion and concern. False preachers, false religions, false prophets and false self-proclaimed saviours abound as men try to gain power and influence over the lives of others. Christians are becoming more and more the target of all the world’s religions as they attempt to lay the blame for fear and guilt upon the teaching of the truth of Christ’s Word. Sin has caused love to disappear as mothers kill their children; children kill their parents or turn them in for trying to discipline them. Families have fallen apart because love has grown cold and we are more concerned about what we want instead of what is right and good for everyone. Mothers are turning their kids out to fend for themselves as they chase after immorality that makes them feel good no matter what it takes. Fathers refuse to accept their responsibility for the children they bring into this world. Children are sexually abused by parents and relatives. Some become effeminate and even tur n to homosexuality and perverseness. In the midst of this sin and corruption there is still a voice crying out for man to turn back to God, but that voice is seldom heard anymore!
The ark of safety 1 Peter 3:18-22 tells us, “That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all — was put to death and then made alive — to bring us to God. He went and proclaimed God’s salvation to earlier generations who ended up in the prison of judgment because they wouldn’t listen. You know, even though God waited patiently all the days that Noah built his ship, only a few were saved then, eight to be exact — saved from the water by the water.” “The waters of baptism do that for you, not by washing away dirt from your skin but by presenting you through Jesus’ resurrection before God with a clear conscience. Jesus has the last word on everything and everyone, from angels to armies. He’s standing right alongside God, and what he says goes”. There is our way into the Ark of Safety. There is our door into the July-September 2016 25