Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
One stormy night in 1910, a group of traveling musicians arrived at the city of Riga in Latvia to fulfill a concert engagement. However it was raining heavily and the weather was very bad. The conductor of the orchestra tried to cancel the concert so that they could catch the next boat to go to Helsinki, Finland. The Manager of the concert hall refused to cancel but he agreed that if no one came to the concert, then, they could cancel it.
After the concert was over the old man who was their only audience continued sitting in his seat.
Thinking he was asleep, an usher nudged his shoulder. Only then was it discovered that the old man was dead. The musicians had played the entire concert for a dead man!
But, ironically, in doing this they had actually saved their own lives because the boat that they would have taken to Finland sank that very night with a complete loss of life!
Through Adam’s one act of disobedience, death came to us all. But because of Christ’s life of perfect obedience… which led Him to die on the cross for our sins…life may come to us all!
Have you accepted Jesus’ gift of salvation?
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
The Plan of Salvation is found in the Book of Acts 2:38: Repent, and be baptized for the remission of your sins, and you will receive the Holy Spirit by speaking in another language. Acts 2:38.
Story by Pastor Doug Batchelor, Amazing Facts Daily Devotional, Concert for a Dead Man, August 20, 2019.
William James Roop, M.A.B.S.
