Only One Way Out
Wabush, a town in a remote portion of Labrador,
Canada, was completely isolated for some time. But
recently a road was cut through the wilderness to
reach it. Wabush now has one road leading into it, and
thus, only one road leading out. If someone were to
travel the unpaved road for six to eight hours to get
into Wabush, there is only way he or she could leave:
by turning around. *
Each
of us, through our wrong choices, arrives in a town
called Sin. Once in Sin, we are trapped and doomed to
destruction (Romans 6:23), unless we find a way out.
As in Wabush, there is only one way out: a road built
by God himself. Jesus said,
“I am the way, the
truth, and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through Me.”
-- John 14:6
Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins (Ephesians
1:7). Through His atoning sacrifice, we find the way
out of Sin and into the Heavenly City (cf. Hebrews
11:16), where there is eternal life and eternal joy.
Through the “curtain” of His flesh and His blood shed
for our sins, Jesus has opened up a “new and living
way” out of Sin into the Most Holy Place (Hebrews
10:19-20).
But
in order to take that road, one must first turn
around. That complete about-face is what the Bible
calls REPENTANCE, and without it, there's no
way out of town.
Here is the complete way out of sin: place your
faith
and trust in Jesus Christ (Acts 16:30-31), turn from
your sins in
repentance
(Acts 17:30-31),
confess
Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be
baptized
(immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins
(Acts 2:38). Then, we must continue to follow Jesus
by seeking to follow Him faithfully (1 John 1:7).
Jesus said: "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the
gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction,
and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is
the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life,
and there are few who find it.” – Matthew 7:13-14
There is only One way out of Sin and that is His Way!
Won’t YOU turn away from
the road that leads to destruction and, through your
trusting obedience, turn to Jesus, the Way that leads
to eternal life?
David A.
Sargent, Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
*
Brian
Weatherdon as quoted at
www.sermonillustrations.com
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