It was scooped up from the sea after 98 years – a bottle with a message. Fisherman Andrew Leaper found the bottle released in 1914. It was part of a government experiment to map the under currents of the sea. It was the oldest message ever recorded in a bottle. But I’m thinking today of an older message, not in a bottle, but in a book – the Bible. In this remarkable book we read many wonderful messages. Here’s one – “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.” God did all this that we might be forgiven. The 98 year old message in the bottle is very interesting. But this timeless message in the book is of far greater significance because it can be the means of transforming lives and preparing us for the next life.