Topic: How Salvation Relates To Present Circumstances

The idea of salvation is, for many people, a frightening concept because the idea of salvation brings to them the idea of death and dying. So frightening is salvation, people avoid talking about and avoid thinking about salvation. Salvation is not just about the moment of death, but relates to every moment of our present life. Salvation is scary for many people because those people who find salvation a frightening prospect do not see the absolute end result of salvation. Those people frightened of salvation do not see the saving part of salvation. Salvation in our life and salvation in our present circumstances can be thought of in the following way: Any moment in our life can be our last moment. Any moment in our life can be like standing on the deck of the Titanic. Any moment in our life can be like we are all on the Titanic, the lifeboats are gone, and we know our end is near. Standing on the deck of the Titanic, the joy, worry, pain, and suffering of our past, even the joys, worries, pain, and suffering just before the unsinkable ship hit the iceberg are now irrelevant. Standing on the deck, as the great ship begins to list as she takes on water from the gash in her underbelly, we know for certain our time on earth is indeed short. Our earthly hope is gone. From all appearances, it would certainly appear we are eternally doomed. As the minutes tick by and as the violins play "Nearer My God To Thee", we hear the engines loosen from their moorings in the engine room and crash their way into the hull. The ship tips upward until we cannot hang onto the railing any more…just as we let go of the railing and slide down into the freezing water, a Great Hand, a Great Saving Hand reaches down into the water and saves us from certain death. By the action of this Great Hand, this Great Hand with the scars from the nails, we have been saved from certain death. We are instantly transported into the paradise of Heaven. 

1. Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee. 2. Though like a wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone, Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee. 3. There let my way appear Steps unto Heaven; All that thou sendest me In mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God. to thee, Nearer to thee. 4. Then with my waking thoughts Bright with thy praise, Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise; So by my woes to be Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee. 5. Or if on joyful wing, Cleaving the sky, Sun, moon and stars forgot, Upward I fly, Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee. Author: Sarah Fuller Adams (1805-48)

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