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The Road
When
Robert Louis Stevenson retired to the Samoan Islands
for health reasons,
he became to the natives of that island a kind and
generous friend. Stevenson was concerned that there
was only a path leading from the harbor of his island
over which his new friends must walk in order to bring
provisions to the interior. With his own money and
personal efforts, Stevenson had a good road
constructed for his people.
In gratitude the Samoans called it, "The
Road of a Loving Heart."
Because
of our desperate situation, God sent His Son into the
world to
“pave the way” back to a RIGHT relationship
with God. In
order for this
passage to become accessible, Jesus had to walk on a
road that has been called
the Via Dolorosa, literally “the way of
suffering.”
It was the road from Jerusalem
to Golgotha (“the place of the skull”) where Jesus
was crucified.
You
and I should also call this road, "The
Road of a Loving Heart,” for Jesus traveled
that road to His death so that you and I might live (1
Thessalonians 5:10).
On the cross, He paid the price for our sins so that
we might have forgiveness and
be reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:17-21).
Through His sacrificial death, He has opened up
for us a “new and living way”
to God (Hebrews 10:20)!
To
access that way back to God, we MUST: place our faith
in Jesus (Acts
16:30-31), turn from the path of sin in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confess
Jesus
as the Son of God (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized
(immersed) in His name for
the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38).
Then, we must CONTINUE TO WALK along
that way in the light of His Word so that the blood of
Jesus will CONTINUE TO CLEANSE
us from SIN (1 John 1:7).
Jesus
said, "I am the WAY,
the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through Me” (John 14:6).
Jesus
traveled The
Road of a Loving Heart" so that WE might
have access to God.
He invites us to follow that Way that leads to
eternal fellowship with our Heavenly Father.
Won’t
YOU access that Way
through your trusting obedience?
God bless you!
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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