It's a true story that I read some time ago in the Naval Institute magazine.

And they published this story.

And it's a story about a battleship that was maneuvering its way on a very dark and foggy night.

The light coordinator reported to the captain that the ship seemed to be heading

on a collision course with another vessel. And the captain gave the order. He said, signal

the other ship and tell them that they must to avoid collision change course 20 degrees.

The return signal came back and says, it is advisable that you change course 20 degrees.

The captain said, look, tell them, I am captain so-and-so of the X, Y, and Z battleship.

You change course 20 degrees.

Came the response.

Well, I am Seaman's second class, so-and-so, and you must change course 20 degrees.

By that time, the captain was furious. And he said, who does this second-class

seaman think he is? How dare he talk to a captain that way? And he yelled at his signal men.

And he said to him, he said, send this message. I am a battleship and I'm ordering you to change

course 20 degrees. Then came the response, I can't change

course. I am a lighthouse. And my beloved friends, for the past 2,000 years, ever since the Lord

Jesus Christ declared himself as God's Messiah,

as the light of the world. Humanity has been defying, has been denying, and has been demanding

and screaming that he need to change course. Sadly, those who are denying and refusing

God's Messiah are on a collision course on that great day of judgment. In John chapter 8 verse

12, if you have your Bible, you can turn to it. John, chapter 8.

There Jesus declared himself to be the light of the world.

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