Text: Genesis 28:11-16

Prop: A poster of I Am The Way by Danny Hahlbohm.

Summary: The story of Jacob’s ladder gives us an example of how Jesus became the mediator between God and man.

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending upon it. Genesis 28:12

(Read text.) Jacob must have been really tired. I don’t think I could fall asleep on stones for a pillow. What an unusual dream he had! He saw a ladder so tall that it reached to heaven. The angels of heaven went up and down on the ladder. God was at the top of the ladder and He promised Jacob he would give him the land he slept on.

Many people try to find their own way to God. Remember the Tower of Babel? The people thought they could build a way to heaven. These attempts that start on earth all end in failure. Only God can provide a way to heaven.

God sent Jesus, His only Son, to be our way to Him. Jesus became Jacob’s ladder, the pathway to God. Jesus said in John 14:6 I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. The only way to heaven is by faith in Jesus. He is the ladder that comes down from heaven to mankind and gives us a path to God.

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