Friday, January 4, 2008

Fri., 1/4/08 Devotion (Acts 4:12)

Today's encouragement comes from Acts 4:12, where we read these words:

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

If Peter's words (above), inspired by the Holy Spirit, are true, (which all sincere believers would affirm)--then this verse has monumental consequences for the whole world. "No other name" is acceptable before God, because no other person could do what Jesus did, (namely, die for sinners, as a sinless sacrifice and substitute).

No buddah, no Mohammed, no angel, no saint, no false god can do for us what Christ did for His own. Call upon the *only* Name that can save you--put all your faith in Jesus.

[Puritan quote of the day: "Even the most upright heart has in it some hypocrisy . . . " --Obadiah Sedgwick, in "The Anatomy of Secret Sins"]