the story of the Titanic
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and that brings us to our power point the week, which is this that God has called us to seek and to save the loss today, I'd like to share a story about a man named John Harper. After decided to follow Christ in early age, John began passionately preaching the word of God around the local village streets at the age of 17. Each evening, he would spend hours and prayers pouring out his heart to God with a great burden for the souls of his fellow men. Many turned to the Lord when they heard him tell of his Lord Jesus Christ and displayed a humble interest in their lives. John married but tragically. His wife died shortly after giving birth to their baby daughter, Anne, known as Nana. A church in glass glow with only 25 members that John was the pastor of grew under his leadership over 500 when Nana was six years old. In 1912 an invitation came from Moody Church in Chicago, asking her father to return. Many have been saved. On his first visit shortly before, John had some business to attend to in family believe that he should wait another week before travel on the Titanic. With his daughter traveling second class, John was heard to tell many passengers earnestly of a savior and explain his faith in great detail. The captain of the Titanic, Captain Smith, was urged by Bruce is May, the owner of the company that built the Titanic, to make headlines with the maiden voyage by arriving in New York a day ahead of schedule on April 14th a number of issues were about to seal the fate of the largest cruise liner in the world. Six iceberg warnings were ignored. An irate radio operator broke contact with the nearby ship. The lookout binoculars have been lost, and there was no win, making it almost impossible to spot icebergs do to calm water. At 11 40 PM, the starboard struck a massive iceberg. The damage was intense, and the sinking of the Titanic was a foregone conclusion. During the panic, passengers were issued life jackets and women and Children order to fill the lifeboats, of which there were far too few, and over half the passengers on the ship would have no place in a lifeboat. John Harper, who had almost drowned on three previous occasions in his lifetime, woke his precious daughter and took her to a lifeboat to prevent Nana from being orphaned. John himself would have been permitted a place beside her on the lifeboat, but the thought never crossed his mind. He made the heartbreaking decision of saying goodbye to his darling daughter, telling her that they would see each other again in heaven. As Nana descended on Lifeboat 11 John was heard to shout out to passengers on deck women, Children and unsafe to the lifeboats while the famous string orchestra play Nearer My God to Thee. John Harper preached with all his worth, and many turned to God in their hour of need. As a floundering ship began to sink. John wait till the last minute to jump into the icy water. He pleaded with the people to ask God to forgive their sins before it was too late. A man, John Harper witness, too, as hypothermia said in claimed he was not saved and did not want to listen to the Bible. John took off his own life jacket, his only hope of survival, and lovingly gave it to the man with the words. Then you need this more than me after swimming to each other's away brought John back to the same man who was clinging to a piece of wood. He had changed his mind, realizing that no hope without Christ, John led him to the savior, then is he attempted to swim to others in the icy water. The hypothermia took over as John Harper attempted to swim to others, telling them of Christ. Hypothermia took over and with his last words, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and Thou shall be saved. John sunk below the icy waters. His body was never found. But as he sank to the watery depths, his soul was already with his savior. On the surface, the newly saved man knew he had to survive to tell the story of John Harper. As a single lifeboat returned, the man began to shout to let them know that he was still alive. Out of 1500 passengers in the water, he was one of only six that were rescued. Word quickly spread of the sinking of the mighty Titanic that many claim was unsinkable ship that came to help the Titanic. The Carpathia collected survivors and took them to New York, where sign was displayed with passenger names. There was no mention of class. They were either saved or lost. Four years later, at a Titanic Survivors meeting, the man that John Harper had passed his life jacket too turned up with the claim. I am Harper's last convert. Nan Er survived and grew up to be a fine woman. She married a preacher like her father, and she lived until 1986. The legacy and sacrifice of John Harper continued to live on and the example of selfless love and courage truly single him out as a true man of God. The words of the Lord Jesus Christ. Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friend can rightly be applied to this powerful preacher from Scotland who wanted to tell others of his wonderful merciful savior Wonderful. Wait. No way. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.