IGNORING WARNINGS

In July of 2011, 3 young tourists when visiting Yosemite National Park in California were swept over the 317-foot Vernal Fall.

One of the tourists, a young woman, was no doubt drawn by the alluring beauty of the raging waterfall & the fast moving Merced River below after a record winter snowfall. Tragically she slipped on a rock above the falls. Two friends reached out to rescue her & the trio was swept over the edge.

At the bottom of the trail leading to the Vernal Falls there is a sign warning about the fast moving water. Also, when entering the Yosemite Park, visitors are given a news paper warning about water hazards & to stay away from fast moving water.

Furthermore, at the top of the Vernal Fall there is a guard railing & a metal safety barricade marked with a warning. Tragically the victims of this tragedy ignored all the warning signs, climbed over the barricade & fell to a horrific death.

How foolish we say & yet, I wonder how many warnings in life we ignore.

The greatest tragedy of all is when we ignore all the warnings in God's Word, the Bible - and especially so if we ignore God's warnings about life after death.

- (aksermonillustrations.blogspot.in)

Gal 5:20-21 (ICB): “Worshiping false gods, doing witchcraft, hating, making trouble, being jealous, being angry, being selfish, making people angry with each other, causing divisions among people,  having envy, being drunk, having wild and wasteful parties, and doing other things like this. I warn you now as I warned you before: Those who do these things will not be in God’s kingdom.”