The Bridge to Life is Jesus, God's Son.

He existed before the world began.

He was present at creation, 

John chapter 1 verses 1-3.

 

Jesus came to earth because there was a vast gap between God and man.  God made man so that He could have a loving relationship with him, but since Adam and Eve sinned against God every one of us has sinned against God, and have left Him out of our lives. 

 

God is holy, and cannot tolerate sin, so there is a vast gap between God and us.  Because God loved us so much and wanted us to have a relationship with Him, He sent Jesus to bridge that gap.

 

Only Jesus could bridge that gap between God and us, because He was not born of  man, but by the Holy Spirit.  He was sinless.

Luke chapter 1 verse 35 (This Holy thing that shall be born of you shall be the Son of God.)

 

All the while Jesus lived on earth He never sinned.

Hebrews chapter 4 verse 15.

 

He came to live the kind of life we should have lived, and He died to pay the penalty for the sins that we have committed.

 

Jesus' disciples were with Him for three years and they saw Him heal the sick, raise the dead, forgive sins, do miracles, and heard Him preach with authority.  They knew that Jesus was not an ordinary man.  When Jesus asked them who they thought He was, Peter said "You are the Christ the Son of the living God."  Matthew chapter 16 verse 16.

 

Jesus took Peter James and John up to a mountain, and there they saw Jesus in all His glory.  Matthew chapter 17 verses 1-8.

 

 

Jesus said some amazing things about Himself.  He said "before Abraham was I AM."  John chapter 8 verse 58.  Jesus was using the name for God.  Exodus chapter 3 verse 14. 

Jesus said "I and the Father are One."  John chapter 10 verse 3o.

Jesus said "He that has seen Me has seen the Father." 

John chapter 14 verse 9.

Jesus said "I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father except through Me."  John chapter 14 verse 6.

 

There is no other way to bridge that gap between God and us except through Jesus.  Romans chapter 3 verse 23 tells us that all have sinned and fallen short of what God wants us to be.

 

Romans chapter 6 verse 23 tell us that the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

How can we have a relationship with God?

1.  Admit that we have sinned against God and confess and turn away from all known sin.

2.  Believe that Jesus died in our place to pay for our sin.

3.  Ask Jesus to come into our life, and commit the rest of our life to Him.

4.  Thank Him for forgiving us, and believe that He has come into our life.

We can know a relationship with God as our loving Father, all because Jesus bridged that gap between God and us.

 

As we spend time each day reading the Bible and praying we will get to know God more.

As we get involved in a Bible-based church we will discover how God can use us in His plan by using our gifts for Him.