Saving faith illustrated. Picture this in your mind:
You are in the sea of life on a little boat of yours called good works, religion and morality. The sea is unfriendly, the winds are harsh, dark clouds are hovering over the sky. Suddenly…..suddenly a flash of lightning and then a blast of thunder cracked the sky wide open. Heavy rains are now starting to fall from the sky. And you are sinking….sinking real fast. You are desperate and helpless. You look around and you see all other boats are sinking…….all other boats except one…..the Life Boat called Jesus Christ.
You've heard about this boat before. You’ve heard it preached before. Like the Devil among his fallen angels, you do not question the fact that this is indeed the Life Boat. But it is only now that you see the absolute value, the preciousness and the necessity of this boat…now that you see and realize that your boat is sinking and you can’t do anything about it.
And as you stepped off from your sinking craft, as you are in mid-air going down, one of the two will happen, there’s no turning back now: either the Life Boat will sink or the Life Boat will float, carry you and take you safely home. But there is no fear in your heart. Because you know that the Life Boat is God-ordained. It will never sink. It will take you safely home.
And as expected, as you land in the boat, Lo and Behold, the Life Boat does not sink and is taking you safely home. My friend that jump that you took into the boat is what is meant by the word “faith”. It means to trust or rely or depend or to have confidence.
