| Coffee house in Staten Island |
 |
New Hope Cafe at True Vine Christian Fellowship, 1031 Castleton Ave., Staten Island, NY 10310 (West Brighton area). (718) 876-7680. email: truevinenewhopecafe2003@yahoo.com Open every Saturday night. Begins at 8:00 PM. Love offering. Coffee and cake served.
The Bridge is the Difference
A friend told me he's been coming to Ocean City, Maryland since the 1970s, when most of what you see now wasn't there. Not that many folks used to come to Ocean City. I asked my friend what changed that. "Oh, the bridge," he said. The building of what is called the Bay Bridge opened up this beautiful spot to many people who had never experienced it before.
It's amazing what a difference a bridge can make - it literally brings people and places together. And for most people, there needs to be a bridge for them to get to the most important destination of all - heaven. For some people you know, you are that bridge.
Actually, Jesus has bridged the "Grand Canyon" between a holy God and us sinners by His death for our sins. But most people will not make it to Jesus unless a believer they know is the bridge they can cross to Jesus.
Jesus spells out your role as His bridge in His Word. First, there's God's part in bringing a lost person to Him. "God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ." It might be good to put in this verse the name of someone you know who probably doesn't belong to Jesus. "God was reconciling (there's the name) to Himself in Christ, not counting that person's sins against them. And He has committed to us (put your name in there) the message of reconciliation. We are, therefore, Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us (that's through you). We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God." That's 2 Corinthians 5:18-20.
So your assignment as Jesus' ambassador - as Jesus' bridge - is to bring two people together. You take Jesus in one hand and the lost person you care about in the other hand and you bring them together - forever.
If they don't get to Jesus, they won't get to heaven. And they may never get to Jesus without a bridge. That is why God put you there.
|
|
