04 Acts – Salvation

By Richard

Peter makes a bold statement in Acts 4 that, “Salvation comes no other way, no other name has been or will be given to us by which e can be saved only this one [Jesus]” (Acts 4: 12, the Message)

I don’t know what you think about what Peter is saying. But, if we think about it, no other religion claims that their leader was God. The Apostles claimed that Jesus was God and that his death and resurrection substantiate this claim. Then, in the context, they are before the people explaining the healing of a man whose been crippled for 40 years. The healings of Jesus give further evidence to his deity and that he’s alive and well and powerfully at work.

Without the resurrection Jesus would just be another man in a long line of prophets. The resurrection makes him God. If Jesus is God then Peter’s comment makes sense. Ultimately the only way to God is through God himself, and Jesus, who is God, provides that access. Other religions are like signs along the way that point us to God, but Jesus is the both the journey and the destination.