Salvation Is Found In No One Else, For There Is No Other Name Under Heaven Given To mankind By Which We Must Be Saved

ACTS 4:12

“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.””

‭‭Acts‬ ‭4:12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

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Many react negatively to the suggestion that Jesus is the only way to salvation.

But Jesus Himself said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

‭‭John‬ ‭14:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

This was not something the church had agreed on, for this was from God Himself.

The truth is, even though men walked with Jesus, there is no other man qualified to take our sin away; only God in human form is qualified to do that, for it is the blood that washes sin away, and therefore, He came in human form to be the lamb that was slain. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”

‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Furthermore, since Jesus redeemed mankind with His own blood, He, God in human form, has received all authority over heaven and earth (MATHEW 38:18-20).

He told us that, saying “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28‬:‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Jesus, “Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2‬:‭6‬-‭11‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Having paid the debt of sin and defeating death, all authority Has been given to Him.

My beloved, He is the judge that shall decide your eternal future. His is the name above all other names (PHILIPPIANS 2:9), and His decision is final.

His judgement is above all judgement, for He is God.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:1-6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

One cannot earn or purchase salvation; our good deeds will not save us, and we cannot keep the law, every one of us has already repeatedly sinned. 

“This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.”

‭‭I John‬ ‭1:5-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

It is by faith and faith alone that one is saved, “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭10:9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Jesus said, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness (2 CORINTHIANS 12:9).”

However my beloved, we cannot knowingly continue in sin, for repentance is a condition of salvation. Furthermore, the blood of Jesus must be applied to one’s life through faith, for grace does not over rule justice, if it did, Jesus would of had no reason to pay the debt of sin on a cross.

Rather, grace is justified by the blood to those who come to Him in repentance because they believe.

“”He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.””

‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭18‬-‭21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NKJV‬

Of course, we are all sinners and are subject to human error and mistakes, but the spilled blood of Jesus covers all our mistakes, yesterdays, todays, and tomorrows.

God’s blood covers it all. “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭1‬ ‭NKJV‬

It’s Jesus way or no way, but it is encouraging to know that when we do our best, God will do the rest.

Furthermore, God sent us all the help we need, saying, ““If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.”

‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭15‬-‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

The Holy Spirit who lives within, joins our spirit, and “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭16‬-‭17‬ NKJV

He is your guarantee, for “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Therefore, my beloved, having received the Spirit, one must be obedient to Him.

“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭16‬-‭26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.