30年後，在二戰期間賈克林搭乘的那艘船，被另一艘船撞擊沉沒。令人訝異的是，賈克林又再次成為倖存者。

從聖經的教導來看，我們每個人都好像在一艘正在下沉的船上。保羅寫道：「世人都犯了罪，虧缺了上帝的榮耀」（羅馬書3章23節）。後來在第9章中，保羅在提到悖逆的以色列民時，引用了以賽亞所說的話：「若不是萬軍之耶和華給我們稍留餘種，我們早已像所多瑪」（以賽亞書1章9節）。保羅也說：「得救的不過是剩下的餘數」（羅馬書9章27節）。這裡保羅提到以色列中的「餘數」，就是一船的倖存者。他們如何得救呢？就是接受福音（10章16節）。我們就像以色列民在罪中沉淪，若不接受福音就無法得救。而上帝拋給我們的救生艇，就是耶穌。

對基督徒來說，我們要常記得這寶貴的真理：我們能成為倖存者，是因上帝的憐憫。而尚未在人生風暴中尋見耶穌的人，也許應好好考慮，是否要登上這艘救生艇。

Charles Joughin was a sailor from the young age of eleven. He served as a baker on a number of ships and, in 1912, got hired on to a cruise ship sailing out of Southampton, England. That ship, the Titanic, hit an iceberg in the Northern Atlantic. As the ship went down, Joughin helped people into lifeboats. He himself stood atop the end of the Titanic as it sunk vertically into the water. Miraculously, he survived.

Thirty years later, during World War II, Charles was on another ship, the RMS Oregon. It was rammed by another vessel, and it also sank. Remarkably, Joughin survived again.

Scriptures tell us we’re all on a sinking ship. Paul writes, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). He refers to the rebellious nation of Israel, quoting Isaiah: “Unless the Lord Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom” (Isaiah 1:9). Paul speaks of a “remnant” of Israel, a shipload of survivors: “only the remnant will be saved” (Romans 9:27). How are they saved? By receiving the good news (10:16). You see, we’re all like Israel, drowning in our sin. None of us can be rescued unless we receive the good news. The lifeboat that God throws out to us all is Jesus.

We who believe in Jesus might need to be reminded of the remarkable truth that we are, by God’s mercy, survivors. Those who haven’t yet found Jesus in the troubled waters of life might do well to climb in the lifeboat.