BBD 04.13.16 Oblivious (New)
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Since June 8th 1998, this
is the 1716th
Burning Bush Devotional
13 April 2016
Oblivious
But even if our gospel is veiled,
it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this
age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory
of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. – 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 NKJV.
Grace to you and peace from God the
Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our
sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the
will of our God and Father, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. – Galatians 1:3-5 NKJV.
The video of a bear chasing a snowboarder in
Japan has gone viral! If you haven’t seen it yet you probably will soon! Kelly
Murphy was taking a video selfie of herself snowboarding down a mountain in
Japan when a bear chasing her was captured on video. Murphy was at the Hakuba
47 winter sports park near Nagano in Japan. Murphy
in her YouTube post of the video writes: “OMG! I was going through my snowboarding videos and I
found a bear chasing me!!! I nearly got eaten!!!” The bear on the video finally gives up the chase as Murphy speeds down the
mountain oblivious to the danger singing a Rihanna song.
Now some have questioned
the authenticity of the video saying the bear is a brown bear when it is more
likely if there had been a bear, it would have been a black bear, although
there could be brown bears in the area. Really? Well, I didn’t even know there
were bears in Japan and I couldn’t tell whether it was a brown bear or a black
bear. Likely, Kelly Murphy had no idea there were bears in Japan either. Murphy told CNET: “The video is real, I couldn't
believe it myself when I watched it back but there it was! So scary! I'm going
to stick to the easy slopes with my friends from now on, no more back country
runs.” (UPI 04.13.16: theguardian 04.13.16;
various other news venues including CNET)
Kelly Murphy being chased
unknowingly obliviously by the bear (Whether true or not.) could describe
spiritually the lost that the god of this world, the devil, is chasing seeking
to destroy them (John 10:10a). The lost, those
without Christ Jesus as their Savior, are blinded to their need of salvation.
The lost are flying down the mountain of life with the devil blinding them from
seeing that they are headed for the lake of fire and eternal damnation.
What can be done to help these poor helpless creatures,
the lost, headed for eternal doom? What can I do, what can you do? We can pray
for them! We can pray that Almighty God will remove their spiritual blindness
before it is everlastingly too late. Jesus prayed for the lost, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are
doing (Luke 23:34).” We can pray that God will send witnesses across
their paths to share the truth with them (Matthew
9:37-38). We can be one of those witnesses to the lost (2 Corinthians 5:11). We can live holy lives that will
point the lost toward our Lord and Savior as we are told in Jude 1:20-23, “But you, beloved, building
yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of
our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And on some have compassion,
making a distinction; but others save with fear, pulling them
out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.” The lost may be oblivious to the danger that
they are in, but we are not! Let us do what we can to save them!
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