Gospel in a Minute

Peter capped his brief gospel proclamation with these startling words about Jesus.

"And 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 (NASB) 

Principle: Jesus is the only way to God.

Modern versions of universalism push the concept that Jesus is one of many ways to God. If this were true, Jesus was terribly misguided. When the disciple named Thomas asked Jesus to show him the way to God…

Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 14:6 (NASB) 

Jesus taught that he is the only way to God. Peter got the message. If Jesus is not the only way to be saved, then why did he have to die as God’s Lamb on the cross? If he did not have to pay the penalty for our sins, then nothing stands between us and God that needed to be overcome.

If nothing is wrong between us and God, then any path will do and Christianity is a complete lie that misrepresents God. But it is true. Jesus is the only way to God, which the gospel resolutely declares.

For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5 (NLT)