PREACHER ATTEMPTS TO WALK ON WATER AND DROWNS

A news organization,WORLDNETDAILYhas reported the following
unfortunate incident:
"An evangelist who tried replicating Jesus' miracle of walking on
water has reportedly drowned off the western coast of Africa. Pastor
Franck Kabele, 35, told his congregation he could repeat the biblical
miracle, and he attempted it from a beach in Gabon's capital of
Libreville. 'He told churchgoers he'd had a revelation that if he had
enough faith, he could walk on water like Jesus,' an eyewitness told
theGlasgow Daily Record.
'He took his congregation to the beach saying he would walk across the
Komo estuary, which takes 20 minutes by boat. He walked into the
water, which soon passed over his head and he never came back.'
A researcher at Florida State University believes he has a natural
explanation for the account of Jesus' miraculous walk on the surface
of water — ice. Professor of Oceanography Doron Nof and the co-authors
of his study theorize that a rare combination of optimal water and
atmospheric conditions resulted in a unique, localized freezing
phenomenon called 'springs ice.'"This horrible incident, together with
a "professor's" response, progresses from the tragically untaught to
the supremely obtuse.
The Tragedy of Ignorance"'Pastor' Kabele" obviously was a very sincere
man; but sincerity does not nullify ignorance. I do not use this term
in a pejorative way. All of us are ignorant in some matters. It's just
that sometimes one form of ignorance can have a greater consequence
than others. In the first place it should be noted that "revelations"
from God do not occur today. When the Old Testament era came to an end
in Malachi's day, 400 years passed with no "revelations" from God.
This era frequently is described as "the four silent centuries."
With the coming of a new age, from the commencement of Jesus' ministry
to the death of the apostle John, there was another relatively brief
period when supernatural revelation and signs were manifest. When the
New Testament was completed, and the apostles and other people
possessing miraculous abilities died, no further signs were provided.
Had poor Mr. Kabele known his Bible better, he would not have
attempted his "miracle" feat; had he possessed a moderate amount of
common sense, he quickly would have discovered he could not "walk on
water," before the sea finally took him.