Jesus the Christ: “… There is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.” (Acts 3:12).
There is no other “religion” on the face of the earth — no other religious leader — no other dogma — no other doctrine — no other system of belief — that offers man the guarantee of salvation from his own sinfulness and from this cursed world — into a life of eternal joy and freedom from all that harms and destroys.
Every other system of religion offers man a life of working, struggling, straining, following rules, and sacrificing in an effort to earn an eternity on a higher plane. But even in the midst of the working and sacrificing, the disciple of those religions is never confident of his eternal rewards. He has a hope that he may get those rewards if he’s good enough — but he has no guarantee — no promise.
Only Jesus — Yeshuah — the Christ — the Messiah — offers man a guaranteed eternal salvation that is a free gift. “God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son (Jesus), that whosoever believeth in Him should … have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world, through Him, might be saved.” (John 3:16-17).
Only Jesus offers His own perfectly-lived life, His own suffering, His own sacrifice, His own death, and His own resurrection for the sake of those who follow Him. He paid the price; He won the reward: That reward was eternal life with the Creator of the universe and the right to impart that life to anyone who would receive Him and the work He accomplished on their behalf.
The price was paid by Him alone. So the reward of eternal life with God is in His name alone. If any of the other religious leaders of the world had paid the price for us, we could be saved by following them. But the simple truth is that they did not. And that’s why all those religions can do is tell us we need to live better lives and follow a bunch of rules and make continual sacrifices of one kind or another in the hope of finding a better eternity after we die.
Why would anyone follow after the teachings, the dogmas, the doctrines of a belief system that requires them to struggle and strain and perfect themselves in order to have a slim hope of something better, when Jesus the Christ stretches out His nail-pierced hands and offers eternity with the God of the universe for free?
Perhaps it’s our ego — our self-righteous belief that we can ultimately be our own savior — that makes some of us choose a belief system that forces us to try to do all the work ourselves — to “earn” the hope of a better eternity. But what a waste. When we could be living a life free from the fear of missing the mark somehow. We could be living a life filled with the joy of knowing for sure that we are moving toward a glorious eternity and amazing rewards and blessings from the Creator of the universe. Knowing that the end of the race is guaranteed makes running it so much easier.
Jesus the Christ is risen. He’s alive. And He’s offering the guarantee of eternity with God to every human being on the face of the earth — paid for by Him. That is why “there is no other name under heaven, that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.”
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The Happy Wordcrafter 
It is the only Name I am trusting in. He paid it all — for me, you and any who will believe.. Thanks.
Today the popular topic of conversation is same sex marriage. What ever happened to questioning the sinful nature of lesbian & gay lifestyle itself. The bible leaves no room for doubt there.
I’m finding more all the time that the world as a whole does not want to even acknowledge “sin” of any kind. In fact, a good deal of the Church is getting to be that way as well.
Unfortunately 7 years ago I moved from the bible belt of South Carolina to Portland, Oregon, home of Liberals, gays and every perverted thing in-between. Oregon has assisted death, abortion, and is working on gay marriage and legalized dope.
Well, now, Bob, my next obvious question is why are you there? Of course, I know it offers terrific pictures, but you’re so good with your camera that I’m sure you could find excellent photo subjects anywhere. If you moved back to the east coast, you could get great shots all along that eastern seaboard — from Nova Scotia to Florida — especially around Maine and the Carolinas. And the New England area alone offers a treasure house of photogenic subjects. I live in Southern Illinois (I have moved away twice, but then came back. Not that I like it particularly. But all my family is here.) But I have traveled extensively throughout the East. I’ve always enjoyed it immensely, but I’ve never really felt a strong desire to travel west. (No wagon trains for me.)
I moved here 7 years ago for work. I worked 4 1/2 years for Intel Corporation. They paid so well I was able to retire 3 years ago when they laid me off. The fab I worked at became obsolete so a decision to close it was made. They gave the employees 18 months advanced notice which gave me time to set myself up to retire. I bought a new car, motor scooter, computer & camera. All of these are completely paid off. Unfortunately it takes even more to move 3,000 miles to the East coast than when I relocated here. The climate is so much better in Oregon than South Carolina where I lived for 13 years before the move West. I’ll stick it out here aas all I have is Social Security to live on in retirement. We sometimes make moves out of necessity as I did for my job here.
I understand. I was really just giving you a hard time. I have some friends from my church who had lived in Oregon many years ago, and just recently, he applied for a job out there so that they could move back. They are very happy being out there.
This is great – right along what we studied yesterday in our Resurrection Day service!
Thank you. I think there are so many people out there who think Christians are just being narrow-minded. They don’t understand that we’re not saying we’re better than those who have other “religions.” It’s just that we understand the only way to God is Jesus BECAUSE He’s the only one who paid the price for it.
A-double-MEN!!!