Faith is the principle that saves us, as demonstrated by the story of two children who jumped from a burning building only when their father commanded them to. Their obedience stemmed from their faith in their father, illustrating that our salvation comes through faith in Jesus Christ. This faith allows us to please God and find a friend who is always near and forgiving. Jesus' teaching on the destruction of the temple and the signs of the end times, found in Mark 13, further emphasizes the need for vigilance and faith amidst deception and turmoil.
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Welcome to Moments of Melody, Five Minutes to Help You along the way. Some years ago a large tenement house was on fire. It was thought that all the people had been saved. When to the horror of the rescuers and the spectators, two children appeared at the topmost window. The staircase was a roaring furnace, and all means of escape was cut off. Quickly strong men got hold of a blanket, and holding it out to break their fall, shouted to the children to jump. But they were too frightened to jump.
Meanwhile the fire was roaring and hissing from floor to floor. Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! yelled the people, until they were hoarse, but the children were too frightened to move. Just then a man came around the corner and In a moment he looked over the whole situation. Stepping forward he cried, "'Jump!' And the children did so instantly, and they were saved. Going up to the man, the would-be rescuers, asked how it was that the children had jumped as soon as he gave the command, while their own entreaties were useless. "'I am their father,' he answered. "'What was it that saved the children?'
the blankets, the nerve, obedience? No, not altogether. It was faith. Faith in their Father that led them to faith in His Word. It was through faith they were saved. Faith is one of the principles of life. It's by faith that we please God. It's by putting our whole faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that we're saved. I found a friend when life seemed not worth living.
I found a friend so tender and forgiving. I can't conceive how such a thing could be. But be the is growing.
He's ever near, his love is always flowing. I have no fear, my worldly cares are pure. I can't defend Be me here. I found a friend, and he is your friend. Now we're going to open the sacred scriptures to the gospel according to St. Mark chapter thirteen. As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Look, Master, what stones? What a fabric." Jesus answered him, Do you see all this huge fabric?
There will not be a stone of it left on another. It will all be thrown down. And so when he was sitting down on the Mount of Olivet, opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew ask him, now that they were alone, tell us, when will this be, and what sign will be given? And all this will soon be accomplished. Take care, Jesus began to answer, that you do not allow anyone to deceive you. Many will come making use of my name, and they will say, Here I am, and many will be deceived by it. When you hear tell of wars and rumors of wars, do not be disturbed in mind.
Such things must happen, but the end will not come yet. Nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in this region and that. There will be famines. All this is but the beginning of travail.