May 11

From: Daily Sacrifice By: Henry Allan Ironside

Hosea 13:9‑10

“O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in Me is thine help. I will be thy King: where is any other that may save thee?”— Hosea 13:9, 10⁹O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. ¹⁰I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? (Hosea 13:9‑10).

THE question finds its only answer in Acts 4:12,¹²Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12) where the Apostle Peter declares, when speaking of the risen Christ, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” The Lord Jesus is God the Son become Man to accomplish our redemption. To receive Him in faith is to be saved eternally. To turn from Him in unbelief is to be lost forever—to destroy oneself. There is no other alternative.

“I praise—I praise the Lamb.

Now seated on the throne;

Th’eternal Son—the great I AM,

Who stood for me alone.

Beneath the crushing weight,

Of all my guilt and sin;

To save me from my desp’rate state—

My rebel heart to win.

With Him I now am blest,

Before His God, and mine;

In Him I find eternal refit,

And like Him, soon shall shine.