Faith in Christ Alone. Just Jump!

A young girl wanted to get closer to God. One night God gave her a dream. In the dream she wanted to climb a high cliff to get to God at the top. She tried and tried but could not get to the top. Tired and sad, she was ready to give up and climb down. Then she noticed a trampoline at the bottom of the cliff. She let go and, bouncing off the trampoline, landed at the very top with God. How do we get close to God. Let Go, and jump!

John 14:5-⁵ Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you really know me, you will know^[b] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

⁸ Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

⁹ Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

⁵ Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you really know me, you will know^[b] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

⁸ Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

⁹ Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

We can’t get to God by climbing up the cliff of our own moral and religious efforts. Jesus came to set us free from the lie that we can save ourselves. We can only get to God through the trampoline of Jesus and His death for our sins.

All the religions are just mere attempts to reach God. Buddhism has the Eightfold Path. Islam has the five laws. Hinduism has Karma. Judaism has the Torah. Although these religions offer elements of truth and beauty that should be cherished they wrongly assume that we can earn our way to God. They all hold out a ‘ladder’ to God

What makes Christianity unique? Although religion is humanity’s  attempt to reach God. Christianity is God’s attempt to reach humanity. 

Since we can’t get to Him through our efforts, He comes to us as we trust in His undeserved grace. Christ is a kind of ‘trampoline’ of grace. As we trust in Christ we can overcome troubled hearts, the fear of death, and the ignorance of who God really is. In Jesus alone, we find the way, the truth, real life, and a personal relationship with God as our Father. What Amazing Grace!

Have you stopped trusting in your own ability to earn God’s acceptance? Do you now trust in the trampoline of Jesus alone, and His undeserved Grace, for your acceptance with God? Is anything stopping you from jumping??