SEARCH AND RESCUE (3 OF 5)
by Roger Thomas
Scripture: MATTHEW 28:18-20
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Search and Rescue (3 of 5)
Series: A Great Commission Church
Roger Thomas
Matthew 28:18-20
Introduction: One of the great legacies of the 9-11 disaster four years ago today is a greater appreciation for the debt we all owe to the "first responders." I don't remember hearing that term before 9-11. Now we all know what it means. We all depend on men and women whose job it is to step into harms way to rescue the rest of us. That's true of great disasters like 9-11 and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. It is just as true on a smaller scale of the kind of personal emergencies that we are more likely to face. We all owe much to those who are in the search and rescue business.
I remind you of the definition of a major and minor surgery that I have told you before. Minor surgery is when the doctor is cutting on you. Major surgery is when it's happening to me. That's equally true of disasters. It is hard for us to truly comprehend the magnitude of disasters that happen half way around the world. That's human nature. The closer it gets to home the bigger it seems. That it certainly true of the most recent events on the Gulf Coast.
In an emergency, the police are the first line of response. Even our own small town patrol men and women face unknown dangers every day. Before moving here five years ago, I served for several years as a volunteer police chaplain with the big city police department in Aurora, IL. I know first hand the dangers the police faced. In another ministry, I helped lead to the Lord and baptized a couple of different members of the local police department. I have heard them tell stories of situations they faced. A police man never knows who's driving the car he stops or who will be behind the door of the next call he answers. Every policeman is trained to assume the worst. They have to. It can be a matter of life and death. They still do it. That's their job--their mission.
Next on the scene are the firemen. F ...
Series: A Great Commission Church
Roger Thomas
Matthew 28:18-20
Introduction: One of the great legacies of the 9-11 disaster four years ago today is a greater appreciation for the debt we all owe to the "first responders." I don't remember hearing that term before 9-11. Now we all know what it means. We all depend on men and women whose job it is to step into harms way to rescue the rest of us. That's true of great disasters like 9-11 and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. It is just as true on a smaller scale of the kind of personal emergencies that we are more likely to face. We all owe much to those who are in the search and rescue business.
I remind you of the definition of a major and minor surgery that I have told you before. Minor surgery is when the doctor is cutting on you. Major surgery is when it's happening to me. That's equally true of disasters. It is hard for us to truly comprehend the magnitude of disasters that happen half way around the world. That's human nature. The closer it gets to home the bigger it seems. That it certainly true of the most recent events on the Gulf Coast.
In an emergency, the police are the first line of response. Even our own small town patrol men and women face unknown dangers every day. Before moving here five years ago, I served for several years as a volunteer police chaplain with the big city police department in Aurora, IL. I know first hand the dangers the police faced. In another ministry, I helped lead to the Lord and baptized a couple of different members of the local police department. I have heard them tell stories of situations they faced. A police man never knows who's driving the car he stops or who will be behind the door of the next call he answers. Every policeman is trained to assume the worst. They have to. It can be a matter of life and death. They still do it. That's their job--their mission.
Next on the scene are the firemen. F ...
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