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“Neither 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).
Almost forty years ago I was visiting India with a Christian friend of mine, and in a restaurant we met a man from Switzerland who was interested in some false religious teaching that is contrary to the Bible. When I quoted today’s verse to him, he replied that this was arrogant and proud of me, to say that there was only one way to be saved. I reminded him that it was not I who was saying it, but that it was God’s Word. He promptly said that he did not believe it, and that in his opinion there were many ways to be saved.
However, God’s Word stands, whether men believe it or not. God honors His beloved Son, and it is only through Him that you and I can be saved. Every false religion is based on works—what we should do in order to please God. But God tells us that as lost sinners, we cannot do anything to please Him. We must first of all come to Christ, repent of our sins, and then receive forgiveness and a new life in Christ. Only then can we do those things that please God.
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