I was a little concerned about giving this video the title, “How Come Jesus Is The Only Way?”
The reason that I was a little concerned is because of a verse that comes to mind from the Book of Romans.
Romans 9:20
But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” [ESV]
There is no good reason for mankind to question what God has done. Now that particular verse is in the context of the Israelites not accepting the plans of God and has some bearing on a question such as, “How Come Jesus Is The Only Way?”
Before addressing this question, let’s see what the Bible says about salvation.
Acts 4:11, 12
This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” [ESV]
OK, so the testimony of the Scriptures is that as far as salvation is concerned, calling on the name of Jesus Christ is the only thing that is going to work. There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. People might think that other names are important but not according to God. I John puts it this way,
I John 5:12
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. [ESV]
And this is speaking about eternal life. Without Jesus Christ, it is not possible to have eternal life. So salvation and eternal life are only possible by way of Jesus Christ. What else happens when you call on the name of Jesus Christ?
I Corinthians 1:30
And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption. [ESV]
The wisdom of God, righteousness, sanctification and redemption – not too bad, wouldn’t you say. Well, is there anything else?
I Peter 1:3, 4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. [ESV]
An imperishable, undefiled and unfading inheritance which is kept in heaven for us just because we chose to believe on the name of Jesus Christ? What did we do to deserve something like that? Well, other than making Jesus your lord and believing that God has raised him from the dead – you have to do nothing! And there is no doubt that we certainly didn’t deserve any of it for the Bible tells us that when were sinners, Christ died for us. He took all of our sins upon himself.
Now we’ve only taken a couple of minutes to consider a few of the many blessings that have come our way because of believing on the name of Jesus Christ. Salvation, eternal life, in God’s great wisdom, we’ve been given righteousness (you are without blame), sanctification (you are set apart for heaven), redemption (God paid the highest price for you) and if that wasn’t enough, an imperishable, undefiled and unfading inheritance which is kept in heaven for us. After all of that – and there are numerous others that we haven’t even considered – after all that, do you really want to ask the question, “How Come Jesus Is The Only Way?”. I certainly don’t.