Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12).
A visitor to the Copenhagen Cathedral saw Thorvaldsen's Kristus. The story of the famous statue is this: When the sculptor had finished molding the soft clay of the model, he left it to dry and went home. A dense fog rolled in, and when Thorvaldsen returned the next morning he thought his masterpiece was ruined. The hands that had been uplifted to bless were now stretched out invitingly, and the regal head was bowed low. But as he gazed he saw a new Christ, different from his previous conception. This was a Christ to worship.
There is none other to save. Let us bow before Hm. His name was angel announced: "Thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21). His name means "Savior." There may be truth and beauty in art and philosophy and many other things, but in Jesus Christ there is salvation.
In Calcutta a young Brahman came to the home of a Christian teacher for an interview. He said, "Many things that Christianity contains, I find in Hinduism; but Christianity has one thing that Hinduism has not."
"What is that?" the teacher asked.
The reply was striking: "A Savior."
In this, Jesus is the Great Unique. "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all" (1 Tim. 2:5, 6). Being both Son of God and Son of man, He came "to seek and to save that which was lost" (Luke 19:10). "To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins" (Acts 10:43). We need to be saved, and He is the Savior; so why do we wait? Let us come to Him.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation" (Ps. 35:3).
A visitor to the Copenhagen Cathedral saw Thorvaldsen's Kristus. The story of the famous statue is this: When the sculptor had finished molding the soft clay of the model, he left it to dry and went home. A dense fog rolled in, and when Thorvaldsen returned the next morning he thought his masterpiece was ruined. The hands that had been uplifted to bless were now stretched out invitingly, and the regal head was bowed low. But as he gazed he saw a new Christ, different from his previous conception. This was a Christ to worship.
There is none other to save. Let us bow before Hm. His name was angel announced: "Thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins" (Matt. 1:21). His name means "Savior." There may be truth and beauty in art and philosophy and many other things, but in Jesus Christ there is salvation.
In Calcutta a young Brahman came to the home of a Christian teacher for an interview. He said, "Many things that Christianity contains, I find in Hinduism; but Christianity has one thing that Hinduism has not."
"What is that?" the teacher asked.
The reply was striking: "A Savior."
In this, Jesus is the Great Unique. "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all" (1 Tim. 2:5, 6). Being both Son of God and Son of man, He came "to seek and to save that which was lost" (Luke 19:10). "To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins" (Acts 10:43). We need to be saved, and He is the Savior; so why do we wait? Let us come to Him.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation" (Ps. 35:3).
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