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A Bridge for the Gulf, March 17
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
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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 righ-
teousness. 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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The Review and Herald, November 11, 1890
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