“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
Acts 4:12
Salvation. Every human being needs salvation. From What? From sin—both the penalty and power of sin. Salvation from Who? From God and from His wrath. Salvation is from God’s wrath into His love. All people need this salvation, for without it, an eternity of damnation is an unimaginably long and terrible time.
Salvation in no other. Jesus, and only Jesus, can save. Salvation must come from God for no one but God is worthy. Salvation must be paid for by a man who can die, since God cannot die. Salvation must come from the one and only God-man, Jesus, who, being God and man, can alone mediate perfectly between God and man.
No other name under Heaven. There are virtually numberless places to which people look for ultimate purpose, meaning, fulfillment, and satisfaction. People, family, religion, money, power, education, entertainment, popularity, leisure, sex, drugs, alcohol, food—need I continue? None can satisfy perfectly even in this life, much less for eternity. There is One, however: Jesus, who not only “satisfies,” but “saves!”
We must be saved. Those who are not saved are lost. Those who are not rescued from sin, death and Hell, into the love of God in Christ, really will die and go to Hell because of their sin. Oh how we must be saved! And Oh, how we must pray for our unsaved loved ones who must also be saved!