Amazing Gospel Illustration

[Larry Cotrell]

I saw this and thought I should post it because it's such an amazing picture of what God did for us.

 John was the father of an 8-year-old boy during the 20’s and 30’s. John was very fortunate during those times, because he had job. John loved his son very much. He was the apple of his eye. John’s son was a normal little boy who constantly wanted to go to work with his father. John decided he would take his boy to work with him one day. John was bridge conductor across the Mississippi River. John was in charge of raising and lowering the bridge so that boats could get through and trains could pass. John’s son was so amazed at the gears and all the things that went along with his father’s job. They had brought their lunch to work with them that day and decided to eat their lunch on the bank of the river. John and his son was eating lunch and John had realized that in about 3 minutes the Memphis Belle carrying 300 passengers was getting ready to cross the bridge, but the bridge was not lowered. John didn’t want to alarm his son so he patted him on the shoulder and told him to sit right their and he would be right back. John hustled up the stairs, he grabbed the lever to lower the bridge and he had realized that somehow his son had climbed to the bridge and had fallen in between the gears of the bridge. John could hear the train coming carrying the 300 passengers. In his mind he started going over ways he could get his son from the gears and still lower the bridge, but he knew he had to make a choice. John lowered the bridge just in time for the train to pass crushing his son in between the gears. John looked at the train passing by and saw a man reading his newspaper a woman drinking her tea and another talking to his wife. John screamed at the top of his lungs “Hey, Don’t you know what I’ve just done for you” they didn’t hear him so he screamed again “Hey, Don’t you know what I’ve just done for you” But again they just went along with their lives not ever realizing what John had done for them.

God is asking us the same question “Don’t you know what I’ve done for you. I sent my only son to this earth for you. He died a terrible death so that you could spend eternity with me. Why are you going on with your busy meaningless live not serving me, and some of you have not even accepted me as your savior. I love you so much.

[MrShorty]

There is no way that any earthly analogy will ever truly capture the magnitude of what the Father and Son did for us. This one is a powerful image of how the Father was willing to put His Son on the altar for our benefit. It also shows how, if we are not careful, it is all too easy for us to be oblivious to what the Father and Son have done for us.

[Blackmarch]

Thank you for sharing.

 

[Larry Cotrell]

48 minutes ago, MrShorty said:

There is no way that any earthly analogy will ever truly capture the magnitude of what the Father and Son did for us.

True, one thing that this analogy misses is that the Son gave His life willingly. He wasn't forced to do it.