The
Salvation Boat
By Dr. Woodrow Kroll
Boats have played an
important role in God’s plan of salvation through the centuries. Genesis 6 tells of Noah’s enormous ark (450
feet long, 45 feet high and 75 feet wide), which God used to save eight members
of the human race during the flood that overwhelmed the world.
Exodus 2 describes a
much smaller boat- actually no more than a reed basket covered with pitch to
make it waterproof. But it played an important
role in saving the life of baby Moses, whom God used as an adult to bind
together a ragtag group of people into the nation of Israel. And out of this nation came Jesus, the
Messiah and Savior.
Jesus Himself is
also compared with a boat. In his first
epistle, Peter reminds his readers of the ark that saved eight people from the
flood. Then he says, “There is also an
antitype which now saves us, namely baptism (not the removal of the filth of
the flesh ([i.e., not the literal physical baptism] but the answer of a good
conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter
3:21).
We are baptized (literally
“put” or “placed”) into Christ at the time of our salvation. He becomes our boat. Just as the ark saved Noah and his family
from the wrath of flood and the basket=boat saved Moses from certain death in
the Nile, so Christ offers us a place of safety from the wrath that God will someday
pour out on sin (Romans 5:9-10; Revelation 6:17).
The question you
need to ask yourself is, “Am I in the boat or am I in the water?” Have you received Christ as your Savior? Will you be saved from God’s wrath to come
because you are safely “in Christ Jesus”?
Only Jesus can keep you afloat when troubled waters come. Trust Him as your Savior and begin to enjoy
new life in God’s ark of salvation
“When the water
threatens to overwhelm you, the only safe place is in the boat.”
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