Entertained To Death

When the Titanic hit the iceberg and began to sink, there was a group of musicians that came on the deck to play some music. If you have seen the movie, that was a true depiction of actual events.

I am sure that those musicians were doing something noble, but allow me a little creative latitude with the story.

Those musicians were hired to entertain. They used their musical abilities to add to the enjoyment of the passengers. The ship is sinking, people are about to die but let's do some entertaining.

They should have put down their instruments and help save people. They could have gotten more people into the boats. They could have handed out life jackets. They could have tried to make alternative life rafts out of mattresses, or anything else that might float. Instead, they entertain the masses of people. At least the dying masses got to hear some good music before the drowned in the icy waters.

I think too many believers today are concerned with entertaining people. Church is a place to be enjoyed. The serious requirements of the gospel need to be toned down because it is not enjoyable to most. Our church needs to be more entertaining.

No! The church is not a comedy club. The gospel is not for your entertainment. It is to save you from perishing for all eternity because of your sin.

The job of Christ followers is to share the life saving message of Jesus Christ. The ship is going down for the lost world. They will die, and we don't know when. Christ followers have been commissioned not to entertain the dying masses but to show them where the seat in the lifeboat is.