Imagine A Very Dangerous Rope Jungle Bridge (As ...

IMAGINE A VERY DANGEROUS ROPE JUNGLE BRIDGE (AS THE LAW) WE MUST CROSS IT – BUT WE COULD NEVER DO IT OURSELVES BECAUSE ITS SO DANGEROUS TO CROSS ONE FALSE STEP AND WE WILL PERISH INTO THE CHASEM – BUT WE HAVE A GUIDE WHO GOES BEFORE US (CHRIST) HE HAS CROSSED THE BRIDGE BEFORE AND HAS ALWAYS DONE I SUCCESFULLY ALTHOUGH WE COULD NEVER MANAGE IT OURSELVES – WITH THE GUIDE ITS A DIFFERENT STORY – HE ASSURES US WITH HIM WE CAN DO IT AND SO WE TRUST HIM, NOT OURSELVES OUR OWN ABILITIES TO DO IT – HE’S STEPPED OVER BEFORE – SO WE FIX OUR EYES UPON HIM, NOT ON THE BRIDGE, AND WE CROSS OVER FOLLOWING IN HIS STEPS.

1PETER 2:”21 HE LEFT US AN EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW IN HIS STEPS. 1JHN 5:1-3 : IF YOU LOVE GOD YOU WILL OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS…. THIS IS THE NEW OBEDIENCE THAT CHRIST CALLS US TO WHEN LIVING OUT OUR LIVES IN THE LIGHT OF GODS MORAL LAW FOLLOW IN THE STEPS OF THE ONE WHO FULFILLED THE LAW HE ALONE WILL TAKE US SAFELY OVER TO THE OVERSIDE.

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan From the sermon "The threefold function of the law of God"