Wednesday, January 24, 2024

He Gave His Life

Bible Reading: I Timothy 2:1-7

Key Verse: Verse  6  – “Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.”

Key Words: who gave himself a ransom for all


During the World War II battle for Cherbourg, the crew of an American tank, hit by a German shell, scrambled to a nearby doorway for cover.  There they met a small, balding man with sad eyes who was also ducking bullets.  They asked for his autograph.  


That wasn’t unusual.  The man was Ernie Pyle, the GI’s reporter.  He shared the fears, the pain, and the suffering of the men “who do the dying.” And in his column, which ran in 700 publications with a combined circulation of 14 million, he made sure that the folks back home knew exactly what their fighting men were going through.


Pyle, who described himself as a “talker to obscure people,” took on notes for his stories except the names and addresses of the men with whom he spoke.  By 1945, he was earning a six-figure income.  But he couldn’t desert the men whose stories needed telling, so he headed to the Pacific for the invasion of Okinawa.  On April 18, hit by Japanese machine-gunfire on Ie Shima, he died instantly.  He was 44.


While Pyle gave his life to tell the story of a few, there is One Who gave His life for all.  Yes, for you and for me.  His name is Jesus Christ.  This is what we need to be telling:  that Jesus Christ gave His life so all may live.  I am thankful for men and women like Ernie Pyle; but without Christ, I would be bound for hell.


To God be the glory for the great things He hath done.


                                                                                     Dr. Mike Rouse

What to do:

“Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD.”        Psalm 150:6


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