Between The Happys: Should You Stay On The Boat?

Here in Korea there has just been a major tragedy with the sinking of a ferry that was travelling between Jeju Island and Incheon City. Over half of the people on board were high school students.

Here are a couple of links to news articles: CBSNEWS BBC

And here is an article that someone posted on Facebook. It's very thought provoking ...

The Sinking of Sewol ... by anon.

A Korean newspaper clip said that:
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"An onboard announcement telling passengers to stay inside the ferry Sewol as it sank off the coast of Jindo Island, South Jeolla Province, appears to have reduced passengers’ chances of survival.


Video clips taken by the survivors show that onboard announcement repeatedly told passengers to stay inside, despite the vessel continuing to tilt."
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It's big question for many of us, including me, who despite the danger of dying in a sinking boat, warns them to stay and not to leave. There is ample time for them to be saved.

What if they had been warned earlier to leave the boat? Is it not the duty of those who have knowledge about the ship to help to get out of it?
Who will not feel bad or even angry about it?

But before we condemn those people who made that announcement, let us take in another point view.

This sinful world is no different than ill-fated Sewol, and there are people in this planet need to be warned that this world is in a sure danger of sinking to destruction.

Will my actions and words to my fellow human beings declares that there is no danger to stay here in this world, and its okay continue to pursue or own dreams or personal ambition, accumulate wealth without considering that everything that we physically owned here is just temporary and soon will be gone?

Is it not the duty of a person who profess by the name "Adventist" to warn
the others that there is an "end" to come and placing our priorities in getting comfortable in this world will brought us into doom?

The people in the world are perishing and the consequences are irreversible and eternal. Let this event serve as one of the numerous reminders for us that we need to made that "announcement" - that there is a Savior who is waiting for us to rescue from this world sinking in sin.

"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their evil ways, they will die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself." Eze. 3:17-19