THE
BRIDGE
To Eternal Life
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God's Purpose:
Honor and
Serve Him
GOD CREATED MAN TO HONOR, SERVE, AND
FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM. THE BIBLE SAYS...
"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for Thou
hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created."
Revelation 4:11
"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of
God."
I Corinthians 10:31
"Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy
right hand there are pleasures for evermore."
Psalm 16:11
If God's purpose is for mankind to honor, serve, and fellowship with Him, then
what happened that destroyed this perfect relationship?
God's Purpose
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BRIDGE
To Eternal Life
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Mankind's
Problem: Sin
MAN CHOSE TO SIN AGAINST GOD
RATHER THAN SERVE HIM.
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."
Romans 3:23
What does it mean to sin against God?
Sin is breaking God's law
(I John 3:4).
We sin by doing what God has commanded us not to do or by not doing what
God has told us to do.
Man's Problem:
Sin
God's Purpose
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Sin's Penalty:
Death
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Romans 6:23
When man chose to disobey God, the result was death. The basic
meaning of death is separation. The Bible teaches that there are three
types of death, or separation, that result from sin.
Spiritual death separates a person from the life of God
(Ephesians 2:1).
Physical death separates a person's soul from his or her body
(Hebrews 9:27).
Eternal death separates a person, both soul and body, from God
forever in Hell
(Revelation 20:15).
Man's Problem:
Sin
Sin's Penalty:
Death
Eternal Death
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BRIDGE
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Then how can
we ever have
eternal life?
THROUGHOUT HISTORY INDIVIDUALS HAVE
TRIED MANY WAYS TO GAIN OR EARN ETERNAL LIFE, BUT EVERY ATTEMPT HAS
BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. THE BIBLE SAYS...
"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the
ways of death."
Proverbs 14:12
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His
mercy He saved us,"
Titus 3:5a
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
Ephesians 2:8, 9
God's Purpose
Good Works
Religion
Morality
Money
Eternal Life
Eternal Death
Man's Problem:
Sin
Sin's Penalty:
Death
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Christ's Payment:
Our Sinless Substitute
JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S SINLESS SON,
WAS SENT BY THE FATHER TO PAY
THE PENALTY FOR OUR SINS BY DYING
ON THE CROSS IN OUR PLACE.
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us."
Romans 5:8
"For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He
might bring us to God,"
I Peter 3:18a
THEN HOW DO WE CROSS THE BRIDGE TO ETERNAL LIFE?
God's Purpose
Eternal Death
Christ's Payment
Eternal Life
Man's Problem:
Sin
Sin's Penalty:
Death
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Our Pardon: Turn and Trust
HOW DO WE CROSS THE BRIDGE TO
ETERNAL LIFE? WE MUST RECEIVE
JESUS CHRIST AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR.
JESUS HIMSELF SAID,
"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by Me"
John 14:6
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS LORD, YOU MUST REPENT OF YOUR SINS
AND PUT YOUR TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE AS THE ONLY HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out."
Acts 3:19a
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,"
Acts 16:31a
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
"
Romans 10:13
God's Purpose
Eternal Death
Christ's Payment
Eternal Life
Man's Problem:
Sin
Sin's Penalty:
Death
Our Pardon:
Turn & Trust
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God's Promise:
Eternal Life
JESUS CHRIST SAID,
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
heareth My word, and believeth on Him
that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but
is passed from death unto life."
John 5:24
THIS VERSE HAS ONE PROMISE WITH THREE PARTS.
The person who believes:
1. Has eternal life
2. Does not come into judgment
3. Has passed out of death into life.
God's Purpose
God's Promise
1. Has eternal life
2. No condemnation
3. Passed from
Death to Life
Eternal Death
Christ's Payment
Man's Problem:
Sin
Sin's Penalty:
Death
Will you receive
Jesus Christ as your
Lord today?
TO DO SO YOU MUST...
1. Admit that you have sinned against God and ask Him for forgiveness.
2. Believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God Who died for you
on the cross, rose from the dead, and is Lord.
3. Call upon Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior.
THE
BRIDGE
To Eternal Life
ARE YOU...
OR
HERE?
HERE?
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