Use your parachute

Written by Roger Simpson on Apr 4, 2010 7:43 pm

Two skydivers jump from a plane at 15,000 feet. Both are wearing parachutes. One of them folds his arms, ignores the rip cord, and says to himself: “I’m perfectly safe because of my parachute.” He is still saying these words as he hits the ground at 100 mph. The other skydiver knows he will be safe only if he actually does something. He pulls the rip cord and lands safely.

We may know about the Christian faith. We may respect Jesus and agree that what he did on the cross is the answer to our deepest needs. But until we actually ask for his help and commit our lives to him, it is like falling with a closed parachute. We need to take urgent action. We need to pull the rip cord while there is still time.

The rip cord is this: “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.” 16 There is nothing else we can do. We cannot save ourselves – we can only throw ourselves on what Jesus achieved for us on the cross. He has done everything
that we need.

How do we know this is true? We can stake our lives on the promises given to us in the Bible and proved in real life by hundreds of millions of Christians ...“The Lord upholds all those who fall ...” Psalm 145,17. Jesus “is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy ...” Jude 24-25. “He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him (Jesus) ...” Hebrews 7,25. Be saved and Blessed