The most basic of Bible Basics is:
There is no other Name under heaven by which we must be saved - - or can be saved.
My dearly loved impetuous Peter proclaimed just that when he was hauled before the authorities to be interrogated because a man was healed!
Acts 4:8-12 records Peter's declaration:
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.12 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)
There is no 'salad bar' of salvation options! God limited Himself to only One option for saving us - and that One Way is through Yeshua ha Mashiach - Jesus the Messiah. He makes that very clear in His Written Word - which reveals the Truth of the Living Word, Jesus Christ.
One of the songs in my children's musical, A Letter from G.O.D. says:
God so loved the world that He gave His only Son
To be our sacrifice, offering life to everyone
If we believe in Him, place our life in Jesus' hands
We'll live eternally - that's the heavenly Father's plan!
It is soooooooo simple - and some people try so hard to complicate it!
Jesus loves you! (& me!)
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