WOUNDS THAT LEAD YOU BACK (ISAIAH 53:5)
CHRISTIAN BAPTIST TABERNACLE WOUNDS THAT LEAD YOU BACK Zechariah 13:6; Isaiah 53:5 APRIL 01, 2018 INTRODUCTION: - THE BRIDGE - THE STORY OF SACRIFICE There once was a bridge operator who had a young son whom he dearly loved. They were inseparable. The young boy often asked to go with his father to watch him work - to watch him raise and lower the draw bridge, allowing the boats to pass under or the passenger trains to cross over. One day the father relented and allowed his son to come with him. "Stay here at a safe distance," the father warned the boy, "while I go and raise the bridge for the coming boat." The boy stayed where his father had left him and watched the bridge as it slowly lifted up in the sky. Suddenly, the boy heard the faint cry of an approaching passenger train - coming quite a bit sooner than had been expected. The father, up in the...