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Speaker 2This week we have been looking at real-life stories of courage and sacrifice from the tragic shipwreck and sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15 , 1912 , and how they relate to passages from God's Word .
Speaker 2Today we'll look at the story of Harold Lowe . So Harold Lowe was a 29-year-old Welsh seaman and the fifth officer of the Titanic or a fifth officer , rather so . As a junior officer aboard the ship , one of his duties was to help manage lifeboats in the event of an evacuation from the ship . So after it became apparent that the Titanic would sink after striking an iceberg just before midnight on April the 14th 1912 , officer Lowe was placed in charge of lifeboat number 14 , which was launched around 1.20 am on April the 15th 1912 , carrying 63 people , though it had a capacity for 65 . Around 2.20 am the RMS Titanic fully sank below the surface of the ocean . So up to this point , officer Lowe had done his duty right . He had accomplished his task . He had launched lightboat number 14 . It was mainly full , and he helped coordinate the rescue of 63 lives . He had done what was minimally required of him up to that point . But he couldn't just leave it there . Something compelled him . Officer Lowe was one of only four officers that survived the shipwreck , and he was the only one that returned to the side of the sinking to look for survivors . Before going back , he gathered and tied five life boats together , which helped to safely redistribute the weight to the other boats after he emptied his boat of the survivors . Okay , so in order to avoid his lifeboat being swamped and potentially leading to the deaths of all the survivors now in his care , he waited about 20 to 30 minutes before returning to the site of the sinking . So he did his best here to balance the urgency of the situation with the safety required to preserve as much human life as possible . So Roe and his crew rode back to the site of the sinking . When they arrived , they were met with a field of frozen corpses and debris , but because of his leadership and decisive actions , they managed to save four men from the water .
Speaker 2This reminded me of an interaction between Jesus and a lawyer that we see described in Luke 10 , verses 25 through 36 . I'll start in verse 25 here . And behold , a lawyer stood up and put him to the test , saying teacher , what shall I do to inherit eternal life ? He said to him what is written in the law ? How do you read it ? And he answered you shall love the Lord , your God , with all your heart , with all your soul , with all your strength and with all your mind , and your neighbor as yourself . And he said to him you have answered correctly , do this and you will live . But he , desiring to justify himself , said to Jesus and who is my neighbor ?
Speaker 2Jesus replied a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and he fell among robbers who stripped him and beat him and departed , leaving him half dead . Now , by chance , a priest was going down the road and when he saw him he passed by on the other side . So likewise a Levite , when he came to that place and saw him , passed by on the other side . But a Samaritan , as he journeyed , came to where he was and when he saw him he had compassion . He went to him and bound up his wounds , pouring on oil and wine . Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him , and the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper , saying Take care of him and whatever more you spend , I will repay you when I come back .
Speaker 2Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers . He said the one who showed him mercy . And Jesus said to him you go and do likewise . So in this story , guys , a man is beaten , robbed and left for dead on the side of the road . A priest walked by nothing . A Levite walked by nothing . Right , they saw him and they just chose to keep on going . It was just too risky , too messy , too dangerous . They just didn't want to mess with it . Right ? But a Samaritan and don't miss this a man from the hated outsider class , right , stopped , he got off of his animal , got his hands dirty , bandaged the man's wounds , carried him to safety and paid for his care .
Speaker 2And at the end of the story , jesus asked which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers ? The answer the one who showed him mercy . And then he gave a command you go and do likewise . And , guys , that's the connection here the good Samaritan went back , so did Harold Lowe . And here's a question for us Will we , will we ? I mean , in a world drowning in pain and confusion and compromise and cowardice , will we row back into the chaos to rescue who we can or will we just float safely in our lifeboats , hoping someone else does something ? Courage isn't always loud , guys . Sometimes it sounds like a man's oar slicing into ice-cold black water , rowing toward the desperate screams of those in need . Let's be that kind of man .
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