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ALARMS
IGNORED
In a late night experiment on April 26, 1986, two
electrical engineers were conducting an unauthorized
experiment in the control room of a nuclear power plant. They
were trying to see how long a turbine would “free wheel”
when they took the power off it.
Now, taking the power off that kind of a nuclear
reactor is a difficult, dangerous thing to do, because
these reactors are very unstable in their lower ranges. In
order to get the reactor down to that kind of power,
where they could perform the test they were interested in
performing, they had to manually override six separate
computer-driven alarm systems. One by one the computers would
come up and say, "STOP! - DANGEROUS! - GO NO
FURTHER!" And one by one, rather than shutting off the
experiment, they shut off the alarms and kept going.
Then at 1:21AM, it finally happened - the No.4 reactor
exploded! The result?
Nuclear fallout that was recorded all around the world,
from the largest industrial accident ever to occur in history
- Chernobyl.
The instructions and warnings in Scripture are just as
clear! We ignore them at our own peril, and tragically, at the
peril of innocent others.
WARNING!
"ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God," and "the wages of sin is death" (Romans
3:23; 6:23).
WARNING!
One day the Lord Jesus will be "revealed from
heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking
vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do
not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be
punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the
Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes, in that
Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all
those who have believed" (2 Thessalonians 1:7-10).
WARNING!
One day it will be too late to accept the Lord's offer
of salvation. "The Lord is not slow concerning His
promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward us, not
willing that any should perish but that all should come to
repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). Every moment that
we have is an expression of the Lord's patience, but one
day, His patient waiting will come to an end.
WARNING!
"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the
gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction,
and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is
the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life,
and there are few who find it" (Matthew 7:13-14).
"The
way which leads to life" - is the way of faith (Hebrews
11:6), repentance
(2 Corinthians 7:9-10), confession of Christ (Romans 10:9-10),
baptism (immersion) in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38),
and lifelong faithfulness to the Lord (Revelation 2:10).
Please
DON'T ignore the warnings! Follow the way of life before
it's too late!
David
A. Sargent
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