{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"West Side Church of Christ - Elkton Ky","title":"What Will GOD Do For Just One (From our 4-26-26 Worship)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1584,"description":"Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/R2zYxooRPJcScripture Foundation: 2 Peter 2:4–9; Genesis 18–19I. The Hook: The Rescue of Captain Scott O'GradyThe Incident: An F-16 pilot shot down over Bosnia, surviving six days on bugs and rainwater.The Cost: The US military sent 40 aircraft and dozens of personnel to retrieve a single man.The Spiritual Parallel: If a human military will spend millions to rescue one pilot, what is God willing to do for just one soul?II. The Scriptural Premise: 2 Peter 2:4–9 (ESV)\"For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.\"III. Five Truths About God’s Rescue Mission1. God is willing to share the truth with the individual.Biblical Context: Genesis 18:17—God chooses to reveal His plans to Abraham rather than keeping him in the dark.Application: God has always been willing to tell an individual the truth. We see this in the Word we have today; He provides the \"operational intel\" we need to obey Him. 2. The value of one soul is non-negotiable.Biblical Context: Abraham’s \"auction\" with God (Genesis 18:22–33), bargaining from 50 righteous people down to 10.Application: Abraham thought he was being slick with numbers, but God's value for the individual isn't a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lvjrvJQzIzEamCIrdKMIrIgeJhJiQm_6B3NGmBkvnkU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMTFj/NDA4ZDU1M2YyMDdj/ZWFiZjA0MDU1MDE2/NWNmNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}