Sermon illustration: giving your life
Gordon Cheng / 3rd August 2006
This article from the Sydney Morning Herald on 2 August tells of a man who gave his life for a fellow passenger in a plane crash.
The woman's sister said, “I can't believe that in this world, when so many people are so jaded, that there are people out there like that. He met Kimberley, as far as I know, that day. I would do that for her, but I can't believe that a stranger who just met her would knowingly give up his life for her.”
It's a great illustration of Romans 5:6-8:
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.