A Bridge for the Gulf

[Thompson, Darryl]

A Bridge for the Gulf 

     Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6.  

     When Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life," He
uttered a truth of wonderful significance. The transgression of man had
separated earth from heaven, and finite man from the infinite God. As an
island is separated from a continent, so earth was cut off from heaven,
and a wide channel intervened between man and God. Jesus bridged this
gulf, and made a way for man to come to God. He who has no spiritual
light sees no way, has no hope, and men have originated theories of
their own regarding the way to life. . . . But the only name given among
men whereby they can be saved is Jesus. Across the gulf that sin has
made come His words, "I am the way, the truth, and the life."...  

     Man can be justified alone through the imputation of Christ's
righteousness. Man is justified freely by God's grace through faith, and
not by works, lest any man should boast. Salvation is the gift of God
through Jesus Christ our Lord. . . .  

     After the enemy had betrayed Adam and Eve into sin, the connection
between heaven and earth was severed, and had it not been for Christ,
the way to heaven would never have been known by the fallen race. . . .
Christ is the mystic ladder, the base of which rests upon the earth, and
whose topmost round reaches to the throne of the Infinite. The children
of Adam are not left desolate and alienated from God, for through
Christ's righteousness we have access unto the Father.  

     "By me," said Christ, "if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and
shall go in and out, and find pasture" (John 10:9). Let earth be glad,
let the inhabitants of the world rejoice, that Christ has bridged the
gulf which sin had made, and has bound earth and heaven together. A
highway has been cast up for the ransomed of the Lord. The weary and
heavy laden may come unto Him and find rest to their souls. The pilgrim
may journey toward the mansions that He has gone to prepare for those
who love Him.  


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