Two native Inuits, an uncle and a seventeen-year-old nephew, went hunting together in the Territory of Nunavut in northern Canada above the Arctic Circle. The snowmobile they were using broke down, and as they walked to get help, they became separated.
To make matters worse, the teen was set adrift when the ice he was on broke off. Thankfully the uncle was found and picked up in a few hours, but a rescue team had to be sent out to find the lost teen. It’s not easy to make a rescue of this kind in that harsh climate, and these brave men risked their lives to find him. There were times when the rescue team almost gave up and turned back.
When we think of the harsh, sin-filled world we live in, not once did the Lord Jesus think of giving up and turning back when He came to rescue lost sinners. He finished the work that God gave Him to do. It cost Him His life so that you and I could have our sins forgiven and spend eternity with Him. “The Son of Man [Jesus] is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:1010For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10)).
The teen not only struggled with hypothermia from extremely cold temperatures, but he soon discovered that a polar bear was also stranded on the same ice flow. He was forced to shoot the bear when it came too close to him.
We are thankful to tell you that after many hours, the rescue team found the teen and took him safely to where his uncle was anxiously waiting for word of his nephew. And we are thankful to tell you that the Lord Jesus loves you so very much that He died for you. He is waiting eagerly for you to come to Him to have your sins forgiven so that you can spend your eternity in His happy home in heaven. “The Son of God ... loved me, and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:2020I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)).
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