submitted by Pastor Dennis Hankins

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The Titanic was a cruise ship that was impossible to sink, or so they said.  On a tragic night in 1912 the ship struck an iceberg and sank. Many died in that cold Atlantic Ocean.  The scene outside the White Star office in Liverpool beggared description.  A great crowd of relatives of those who had taken passage on that ill-fated vessel thronged the street.  On either side of the main entrance a large board had been placed.  Above on e was printed, KNOWN TO BE SAVED. The other, KNOWN TO BE LOST.

Every now and then, a man would appear from the office bearing a large piece of cardboard on which was written the name of one of the passengers.  As he held up the name, a deathly stillness swept over the crowd; it watched to see to which of the boards he would pin the name.

You see there were only two categories there - the saved and the lost, just as there are in the Scripture.

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