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06/03/2026

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I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Leaving a Legacy!

Always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
2 Timothy 4:5

Each of us is leaving a legacy. Every day we are adding something to the portrait of our lives, and eventually what we leave behind—our decisions, our contributions, our priorities—will remain, at least for a time, for others to reflect upon and consider.

At the end of Paul’s second letter to Timothy, we find the words of an older man whose life was coming to an end: “I am already being poured out as a drink offering,” he says, “and the time of my departure has come” (2 Timothy 4:6). In this context, he exhorts Timothy to take his responsibilities seriously, to consider his legacy, and to contemplate both the helpful and harmful legacies left behind by many that Paul encountered.

In the opening chapter, Paul had reminded Timothy that “all who are in Asia turned away from me. These individuals receive one mention in the Bible, and it is to record the fact that they deserted a man in need.

But Paul’s letter is also replete with mention of those who left helpful, beneficial legacies. For example, Lois and Eunice demonstrated sincere faith, which Paul is certain now dwells in the young pastor Timothy (2 Timothy 1:5). Likewise, Paul exhorts his protégé to remember Onesiphorus, who “often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me” (v 16-17). Onesiphorus left behind a legacy of faith, courage, and conviction. If he said he’d be somewhere, he was there. He was a man on whom Paul could fully rely.

We are all leaving a legacy. When we walk out of a room, either we leave behind the aroma of Christ that spreads the knowledge of Him everywhere (2 Corinthians 2:15-16), or we are leaving the less pleasant smell of self-promotion or the vacuum of saying and being nothing much at all. A legacy of faithfulness, godliness, kindness, gentleness, honesty, integrity, love, and peace is a legacy that will be remembered with affection. But most importantly, it will point people to the one whose life matters most—the Lord Jesus.

A legacy is the accretion of daily decisions to make a difference for Christ: to love Him and love our neighbor, to pursue peace and speak of Him. Today, you will build a small—or perhaps major—part of your own legacy. So do the work God has prepared for you to do and make a difference for Him. After all, we never know when we’ve just made our final deposit in the legacy we’re leaving.


Alistair Begg

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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

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06/02/2026

Tuesday morning from Critter Cove! :-)

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? Matthew 19:16

If the young man in the Gospel used this title in speaking to our Lord, it is only right that we should address Him in this way. He is indeed my Teacher in that He rules and teaches me. I am glad to run His errands and to sit at His feet. I am both His servant and His disciple and count it my highest honor to serve Him in this way. He is a good teacher. If He should ask me why I call Him "good," I could answer easily.

It is true that "no one is good except God alone,"1 but then He is God, and all the goodness of Deity shines in Him. In my experience I have found Him to be good, indeed so good that all the good I have has come to me through Him. He was good to me when I was dead in sin, for He raised me by His Spirit's power; He has been good to me in all my needs, trials, struggles, and sorrows. There could never be a better Teacher, for His service is freedom, His rule is love: I wish I were one thousandth part as good a servant. When He teaches me, He is unspeakably good, His doctrine is divine, His manner is gracious, His spirit is gentleness itself.

There is no error in His instruction: Pure is the golden truth that He presents, and all His teachings lead to goodness, sanctifying as well as edifying the disciple. Angels know that He is good and delight to worship at His footstool. The ancient saints proved Him to be a good Teacher, and each of them rejoiced to sing, "I am Your servant, O Lord!"

My own humble testimony must certainly be to the same effect. I will declare this before my friends and neighbors, for possibly they may be led by my testimony to seek my Lord Jesus as their Teacher. O I long that they might do so! They would never regret the decision. If they would submit to His easy yoke, they would find themselves in such royal service that they would never want to leave. The school of grace rejoices to have such a Teacher!

Charles Spurgeon

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06/01/2026

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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

"I AM WHO I AM". Exodus 3:14

Jesus made seven statements in the Gospel of John that the religious leaders tried to kill Him for.

Most Christians have heard every one of them.
Almost none know why those words were dangerous enough to die for.

"I am the bread of life."
"I am the light of the world."
"I am the door."
"I am the good shepherd."
"I am the resurrection and the life."
"I am the way, the truth, and the life."
"I am the true vine."

Seven statements. All recorded in the Gospel of John. All beginning with the same two words.

I AM.

Most Christians read these as beautiful metaphors. Jesus comparing Himself to familiar objects.

They are not metaphors. Each statement is a direct answer to a specific Old Testament revelation. And the phrase "I AM" itself was a claim the Pharisees understood instantly — and tried to execute Him for.

Here is what each "I AM" actually meant.

"I am the bread of life."

Jesus said this in John 6 — directly after feeding five thousand people. The crowd followed Him across the lake the next morning hoping for another free meal.

He told them they were chasing the wrong miracle. The bread He multiplied was just an echo. The real bread had already come.

For forty years in the wilderness, Israel ate manna. Bread that fell from the sky every morning. They could not store it. They could not earn it.

Jesus said the manna was not the gift. It was the preview. He had come down from heaven the way the manna came down — daily, undeserved, sustaining life itself.

"I am the light of the world."

Jesus said this during the Feast of Tabernacles. During that festival, four enormous golden lampstands were lit in the Temple courtyard. The light commemorated the pillar of fire that led Israel through the wilderness.

Jesus stood in front of those lampstands and said, "I am the light of the world."

He was claiming to be the pillar of fire. The same presence that led Israel through the dark for forty years.

"I am the door."

The Tabernacle had only one entrance. One door. No side gates. Anyone who wanted to approach God's presence had to enter through that single opening.

Jesus said He was that door. Not a door. The door. The same uncompromising structure God had built into the Tabernacle fifteen hundred years earlier.

"I am the good shepherd."

David wrote Psalm 23 a thousand years before Jesus. The shepherd who solves every anxiety, who carries the wanderer home, who has already killed the predator.

Jesus did not borrow the metaphor. He claimed the job description. David was a shepherd boy who became a king. Jesus was the King who became a shepherd.

"I am the resurrection and the life."

Jesus said this standing outside the tomb of His friend Lazarus. Four days dead. The body already decaying.

The Old Testament had described one moment that looked like this. Ezekiel standing in a valley of dry bones, asked by God, "Can these bones live?" And God breathed life into the skeletons until they stood up as a great army.

Jesus did not say "I will perform a resurrection." He said "I AM the resurrection." Then He called Lazarus out of the tomb.

"I am the way, the truth, and the life."

The High Priest entered the Holy of Holies through one specific path. Through the outer court. Past the altar. Through the veil. Into God's presence.

One way. No shortcuts.

Jesus said He was that path. Not a teacher of the path. The path itself.

"I am the true vine."

Isaiah 5 records God's most heartbreaking complaint. Israel was His vineyard. He had cleared the ground, planted the choicest vines, expected good fruit.

It produced wild grapes.

Jesus stood in front of His disciples the night before He died and said, "I am the true vine." He was the one who would finally produce the fruit God had been waiting for.

Seven statements. Seven Old Testament revelations. Each one a claim that He was the fulfillment of something Israel had been reading about for a thousand years.

But here is the part most Christians miss."I AM" is not a normal phrase in Greek. It is a translation of the Hebrew name God revealed to Moses at the burning bush. When Moses asked God who he should say had sent him, God answered: "I AM has sent you."

Every time Jesus said "I AM," He was using God's own name.

The Pharisees understood this. In John 8, after Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I AM," they picked up stones to kill Him. Not because they thought He was speaking poorly. Because they understood exactly what He had just claimed.

He was claiming to be God.

John Ross

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Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12

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05/31/2026

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I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

My sister has left me to do all the serving alone . . . “ Luke 10:40

There is an old Greek motto that says:

YOU WILL BREAK THE BOW
IF YOU KEEP IT ALWAYS BENT.

Wise words, but how do we loosen the strings? Even when we make every effort to slow down and relax, others place high demands on us. Their “shoulds” and “oughts” and “musts” hit us like strong gusts of wind, driving our lives onto shallow reefs of frustration—and even despair.

A Biblical Stress Case

To the surprise of some, the Bible often speaks directly to key issues. Let’s step into the time tunnel to find a perfect example of stress. It is the classic story of Mary and Martha, two unmarried sisters whom Jesus visited in their home at Bethany. The account is recorded in the last several verses in Luke 10:

Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word. (vv. 38–39)

A lovely scene. Jesus dropped by, probably unexpectedly, for a brief visit. Mary, the younger, realized how privileged they were, so she decided to sit down and really make the most of it. She sat at His feet, drinking in His every word.
But Martha? Well, she was neither sitting down nor drinking in. She was under a great deal of stress.
But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.” (v. 40)
We read that Martha was “distracted.” Instead of relaxing and enjoying the Lord’s presence, Martha was in a mild frenzy over all her preparations. The lady was trying to fix a nice meal, get everything done on time, arrange the table, and be a good hostess . . . while her sister sat in the room and never offered to help. As her stress reached the point of fracture, Martha reacted strongly.
• She assumed the Lord Jesus didn’t care—”Lord, do You not care . . . ?”
• She blamed Mary for being irresponsible—”My sister has left me to do all the serving alone . . . “
• She tried to work things out her way—”Tell her to help me.”
It was okay for Martha to want to serve Jesus something to eat. Commendable, in fact. She was like that: active, energetic, diligent, thoughtful, and determined. All fine qualities. But her problem grew out of hand when she attempted to do more than was necessary. She shot a critical glance at her sister because Mary chose not to spend her time in the same way, hustling, bustling, and fussing.
It’s interesting that anxiety-prone people frequently blame others for their plight. Rather than realizing their stress is self-appointed, they often criticize others for causing it.

Does that sound unfair? Read on:

But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” (vv. 41–42)

Can’t you just hear Jesus? “Marthaaaa . . . Martha!” Then He quickly analyzed her stress in two words—”worried” and “bothered.” The term Dr. Luke uses for “worried” is one that means “to be pulled in different directions.” The root verb in Greek means “to divide into parts.” Martha was being pulled apart from within. Her stress was caused by this internal tearing. A classic case study of a stress fracture! The word bothered suggests originally the idea of “noise, tumult, trouble.” She was agitated, ripped apart in turmoil.

For Martha, who allowed herself to get caught in the sticky web of stress, the important got replaced by the urgent.

Chuck Swindoll

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Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57

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Friday morning from Louisiana! <I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!Grace to you and peace from God our Father an...
05/29/2026

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I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Meaning of the Cross!

It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that He might be JUST and the JUSTIFIER of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Romans 3:26

Without Christ’s death on the cross, there is no gospel. It is through Jesus’ sacrifice that God the Father has made it possible for sinful men and women to have fellowship with Him. If we want to know God, we must meet Him in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Only through the cross does God show both justice in punishing sin and mercy in pardoning it, paving the way for people like you and me to enter heaven without spoiling its holiness. The cross is God’s answer both to sin itself and to His anger against sin. To those who don’t believe, God’s answer sounds absolutely foolish, but those who do believe understand the cross to be the very power of God (1 Corinthians 1:18).

If God were simply to overlook sin or to stop being angry at it, then He would cease to be God; for God’s justice is inherent in His character, and justice demands that sin is punished. He cannot turn a blind eye to evil. This is wonderful news for us when we are sufferers at the hands of others; it is also sobering news for us because we are sinners ourselves.

The cross of Christ is the way that God can be just and declare innocent sinners who have placed their faith in this crucified Savior. In order to deal with sin, God in His grace sent His own Son to take the punishment that sinners deserve. Our salvation is by way of substitution. Pause to reflect on this. It is staggering, first that God would come up with this plan, and second that He would go through with it. Considering the cross should always move us to awed and humble praise.

This substitution is why all the Old Testament sacrifices point to Jesus. In Christ’s death, God’s anger, which is His righteous disposition towards sin, is satisfied, and His love for us is magnified. Men and women who come to trust in Jesus no longer need to face His wrath; we’re invited instead to rejoice at the love displayed at the cross. Indeed, all of the gospel’s blessings and benefits become ours as a result of what Jesus has accomplished in His life, death, and resurrection.

Jesus came to bear all of God’s condemnation of sin. When Christ took our place, He brought the judgment that we deserve and are due to face on the last day to the cross, so that we might stand before God’s throne and say, “I’m with Him. He lived the life I could not live. He died in my place.”

In his first letter, John writes of how at times “our heart condemns us” (1 John 3:20). This is an experience common to all humanity. But the Christian does not need to sear their conscience in order to still the condemnatory voice, nor must they be crushed by that voice. We can be very honest about the depth of our sinfulness because God’s love is deeper still. “There is … now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). Jesus came to meet us at the cross. Forgiven sinner, will you meet Him and marvel at Him there?

Alistair Begg

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For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

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05/27/2026

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I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Evangelism
And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.” (Mark 16:15)
When you analyze our lack of evangelistic success and skill, it boils down to four primary reasons.
1. Ignorance. We just don’t know how to do it. We have no method or proven “technique” that allows us to feel comfortable talking to others about Christ. We don’t like a canned approach, so we wind up with no approach.
2. Fear. Most of us are just plain scared. We’re afraid the person will ask us a question we can’t answer. Or he or she may become angry and tell us off.
3. Indifference. Hard as it is to admit it, many Christians just don’t care. We think, “If that’s the way the person wants to believe, that’s fine. To each his own.”
4. Bad Experience. More and more I meet believers who were turned off during their non-Christian years by some wild-eyed fanatic who pushed and embarrassed them, trying to force a decision. The result? A reluctance to say anything at all.
If it’s possible, let’s set aside all those excuses and start from scratch. In fact, let’s start below scratch. There is one principle that has helped me more than any other. It never fails to rescue me from dumb mistakes, and when I forget to employ it I suffer the consequences. Here it is: Put yourself in the other person’s place.

If we can keep in mind that the person is not coming from where we are—nor does he or she understand where we are going—it will help greatly. Not infrequently will we encounter people who have an entirely different mind-set or cultural background from ours, thus adding immeasurably to the complication.

Do you genuinely desire to strengthen your grip on evangelism? Are you honestly interested in sharing your faith with this generation of lost and confused people? Begin to cultivate these six guidelines:
1. Sensitivity. Listen carefully. Be ready to follow God’s leading.
2. Availability. Stay flexible. If the Lord is directing you to move here or there, go.
3. Initiative. Use an appropriate approach to break the ice.
4. Tactfulness. With care and courtesy, with thoughtfulness, with a desire to uphold dignity, speak graciously.
5. Preciseness. Remember the issue is Christ. Stay on that subject.
6. Decisiveness. As the Spirit of God is evidently at work, speak of receiving Christ. Make it clear that Jesus Christ is ready to receive whomever may come to Him by faith.
Chuck Swindoll

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For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

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05/26/2026

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I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

It All Comes Down to Attitude!

Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. (Philippians 2:1–2)

Dr. Victor Frankl, the bold, courageous Jew who became a prisoner during the Holocaust, endured years of indignity and humiliation by the N***s before he was finally liberated. At the beginning of his ordeal, he was marched into a Gestapo courtroom. His captors had taken away his home and family, his cherished freedom, his possessions, even his watch and wedding ring.

They had shaved his head and stripped his clothing off his body. There he stood before the German high command, under the glaring lights being interrogated and falsely accused. He was destitute, a helpless pawn in the hands of brutal, prejudiced, sadistic men. He had nothing. No, that isn’t true. He suddenly realized there was one thing no one could ever take from him—just one. Do you know what it was?

Dr. Frankl realized he still had the power to choose his own attitude. No matter what anyone would ever do to him or regardless of what the future held for him, the attitude choice was his to make. Bitterness or forgiveness. To give up or to go on. Hatred or hope. Determination to endure or the paralysis of self-pity.

Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitude toward life. The longer I live, the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.

This may shock you, but I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude is what keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there’s no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me.

Yet we must admit that we spend more of our time concentrating and fretting over the things that can’t be changed than we do giving attention to the one that remains, our choice of attitude.

And so it is with you. We are in charge of our attitude.

Chuck Swindoll

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Are you counted among the saved?

‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ Matthew 25:21

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Memorial Day morning from Critter Cove! 🇺🇸🌹I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!Grace to you and peace from God ou...
05/25/2026

Memorial Day morning from Critter Cove! 🇺🇸🌹

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

How the mighty have fallen! 2 Samuel 1:27

This day we have set aside to honor those who gave their lives for our freedom.

Abraham Lincoln, when writing to the mother of five sons who gave their lives in battle, he said:

I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

A Lincoln.

How good it is when we can honor those who have served others!

Lord, we thank You for those who served their country and their communities. We humbly ask You for the safety of those who currently stand on the wall of freedom.

We honor the Creator when we honor the memory of those who honored Him.

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Have a Marvelous Memorial Day! 🇱🇷

Are you saved?

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4

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Sunday morning from Critter Cove! <I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!Grace to you and peace from God our Father...
05/24/2026

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I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Be Worthy
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ.
Philippians 1:27

The apostle's concern is not simply with our talk and conversation with one another, but with the whole course of our life and behavior in the world. The Greek word translated "manner of life" signifies the actions and the privileges of citizenship: And in this way we are commanded to let our actions, as citizens of the New Jerusalem, be worthy of the Gospel of Christ. What "manner of life" is this?
• In the first place, the Gospel is very simple. So Christians should be simple and plain in their habits. There should be about our manner, our speech, our dress, our whole behavior that simplicity that is the very soul of beauty.
• The Gospel is preeminently true. It is gold without dross; and the Christian's life will be lusterless and valueless without the jewel of truth.
• The Gospel is a very fearless Gospel; it boldly proclaims the truth, whether men like it or not. We must be equally faithful and unflinching.
• But the Gospel is also very gentle. We see this in Jesus: "a bruised reed he will not break."1 Some professing Christians are sharper than a thorn-hedge; such men are not like Jesus. Let us seek to win others by the gentleness of our words and deeds.
• The Gospel is very loving. It is the message of the God of love to a lost and fallen race. Christ's command to His disciples was, "Love one another." We need more real, hearty union with and love for all the saints, more tender compassion toward the souls of the worst and vilest of men!
• We must not forget that the Gospel of Christ is holy. It never excuses sin: It pardons it, but only through an atonement. If our life is to resemble the Gospel, we must shun not merely the grosser vices, but everything that would hinder our perfect conformity to Christ.
For His sake, for our own sakes, and for the sake of others, we must strive day by day to let our manner of life be more in accordance with His Gospel.

Charles Spurgeon

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16

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Saturday morning from Critter Cove! <I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!Grace to you and peace from God our Fath...
05/23/2026

Saturday morning from Critter Cove! <

I greet you in Christ Jesus. You are loved!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14:1-6

In verse 6 of today’s passage, Jesus says, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” What a powerful and awe-inspiring statement!

When Jesus calls Himself “the way,” it’s likely that many people imagine a one-way street. They take it to mean there are lots of roads, but He is the only one that leads to the Father. This is true, but another image better captures the truth of our situation.

Think of Jesus not as a road but as a bridge. The apostle Paul tells us in Romans 3:23 that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Between us and God lies a great chasm we cannot cross on our own. No matter how hard we try in our own strength, we can’t close the distance.

There’s only one way to cross this wide chasm: a bridge. That’s what Jesus is for us. He stands in the gap, providing safe passage across the void and into the arms of our heavenly Father.

Spend some time today meditating on this image. Without God’s help, we are powerless to bridge the gap ourselves. Heaven would forever remain out of reach, beyond a great divide. When we understand this truth, we begin to appreciate the true power of the cross.

Charles Stanley

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Are you saved?

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

Believer, Keep on!

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