Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Skydiving without a parachute

I read this quote today in preparation for a passage I am teaching on tonight. It is almost startling to grasp. It is from this sermon manuscript by John Piper.
"Entertainment-saturated people who do not treasure Christ above all are like skydivers who think that the wind passing through their fingers at 120 miles an hour is the ultimate thrill of being alive when in fact they have no parachutes and the gravity that pulls them inexorably to the ground is the wrath of God."

I think I don't grasp the seriousness of people's condition apart from Christ. God help me to do so more and more.

Curtis

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