Adrian Rogers was a motivator, an encourager, and a leader of the faith.

He was also passionate about presenting scriptural application to everyday life circumstances,

and you'll hear that in today's message.

Now, let's join Adrian Rogers.

Would you be finding John chapter 1?

I want to tell you an interesting story, and really

a very sad story, back in World War II in the North Atlantic. There was an aircraft carrier

that was in danger from enemy submarines, and they sent out five of their finest airplanes with

five of their finest pilots to scout out and to see if they could

spot the enemy submarines. It was at nighttime. The captain of that aircraft carrier realized he was

in grave danger and gave this commandant. He said, every light on this ship is to be extinguished.

There is to be a total blackout.

Those five pilots that had gone out to Reconoiter to try to find those enemy submarines,

finally came back and they radioed to that aircraft carrier.

They said, we're coming home. Give us some light to land by. The radio operator said, I'm sorry,

there's a total blackout. We cannot give you light.

Another of those pilots radioed in and said, just give us some light and we'll land.

Again, the order came back. It is total blackout. We cannot give you some light. In desperation, one of the pilots radioed in and said, give us just one light to help us find our way home. The radio

dispatcher there aboard that aircraft carrier with a broken heart said,

I can give you no light and shut off the switch.

And five brave American pilots, five of America's best, went down in the blackness to the chilly waters of the North Atlantic

and out into eternity.

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