The Weather Channel....(Available Upon Subscription Only)....But The Forecast Is Still In The Word Of God

                It's the first century.....maybe you are a fisherman for a living....on the Sea of Galilee....or maybe you are a centurion....or the wife of a centurion. I don't know what the life expectancy was back then but it surely was shorter than ours today. Whatever it was....the progression was the same....husband and wife....children....they have children....and their children have children.....and then they die....not a whole lot different than today.
                This isn't going to resonate with young people....or even the middle aged....but I hope that it does with the rest of us. Think about your favorite movie from when you were growing up....maybe Casablanca....or....It's A Wonderful Life....then think of the cast....three or four of them were probably movie stars....add to that your favorite television show.....maybe it was Bonanza. Guess what? They're all dead! You would think we would figure it out by now that fame and riches may be desirable....but they are short lived....and then comes judgment!
                I am not being facetious....and I'm not trying to be humorous....I'm as serious as a dead rat....and I'm 75 years old....and as the insurance commercial goes...."I've seen a thing or two." To the evangelical who leads a life of living in a gated community....attending the most popular church in the area....with just enough free time from being a soccer mom or coaching Little League to lead a weekly Bible study....(except in the summer....see you in the fall)....and shout more for your college football team than you ever did for Jesus Christ....and go to the early service....(the most popular churches always have two services)....on the Lord's Days in the fall....so that you make the tailgate party....if this is you....you are a prisoner of your own imagination....and a captive of this age of ignorance. 
                 Just for once....sit down and think about how absurd it is to have a Savior....who is God Himself come down to dwell among us....who then knows that He will be crucified....not so much to save you....for you haven't quite come to grips with this hell and judgment thing yet....but more importantly to make it that you can be blessed with things every day of your lives....the greatest blessing of which may be that you were not born in China or Russia or Syria or Nigeria or Pakistan or India!
                 So back to that fisherman in Galilee....who may have wound up living in catacombs below the city of Rome. Folks....there is Cat 5 hurricane coming in on top of a  9.9 earthquake....and you are not aware of it....because your session or your church board of directors or your pastor cancelled the cable subscription to the Weather Channel because the forecasts were upsetting too many people....but the forecast is still right there in the Word of God!