While proclaiming Jesus to the esteemed and revered religious leaders of his day, the apostle Peter warned: “There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)

Those today who are knowledgeable of Scripture know that Peter was simply reiterating what Jesus said as recorded in John’s gospel: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. (John 14:6)

It’s important and it is necessary for us in the 21st-century to remember that when Jesus walked this earth there were a number of religions, all of which pre-dated the birth of Christ. Among those religions were Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, and Mosaic Judaism (not to mention the pantheon of Greek and Roman gods and goddesses).

Again, all of those religions pre-dated Jesus. But nonetheless, it was to everyone alive in the first century, as it is to everyone alive in the 21st century, that Almighty God – the creator of the universe – was telling AND IS telling those with ears to hear that there is salvation in no one else but through Jesus, God's only Son. 

No one else.

This is not a difficult concept to understand. A child can easily get this message. So why is it so many adults in the first century, and those in the 21st century, including some pastors/shepherds in some churches and who graduated from esteemed seminaries – why is it that they try to wiggle out of the very simple and very exclusive truth that no one comes to eternal life except through obedient faith in Jesus? That no one can see God in the next life unless they come to that next life by the only gate – the very small gate – that is named ‘Jesus’?

Neither Jesus nor ANY of the New Testament writers were wishy-washy about that immutable truth. And neither should any today who name the name of Jesus as their Lord and Master.