Our only hope of salvation is the Lord Jesus Christ. Salvation is in Christ
alone, in Christ completely, and in Christ only. In fact, he is God's
salvation (Lk.2:30). You cannot be saved without him; and you cannot be
saved if you try to mix your own works, feelings, emotions, or experiences
with faith in him. The Lord Jesus Christ is able to save you from the guilt
of sin, the power of sin, and all the consequences of sin (Heb. 7:25). He is
all-sufficient.
His name is called "Jesus" because "he shall save his people from their
sins" (Matt. 1:21). He is the only one who has power in himself to forgive
sin. He is exalted "to give repentance and remission of sins" to
the Israel of God ( Acts 5:31). The Lord God found a ransom for
sinners in his own dear Son (Job 33:24), and purposed to save his people by
the sacrificial death of his Son as their Substitute from eternity (Acts
2:23). In the fullness of time, the Son of God became a man to accomplish
the salvation of chosen sinners. "Being found in fashion as a
man, he became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross" (Phil.
2:8). Thus, by the sacrifice of himself according to the will of God, the
Lord Jesus Christ put away all the sins of his people, obtained eternal
redemption for them, and established the only grounds upon which God can be
both just and the Justifier of all who believe ( Rom. 3:24-26).
There is no other possible way of salvation. God's own beloved Son would
never have been crucified to redeem and save us if salvation could have been
obtained in any other way. Indeed, the apostle Paul reasons that if we could
have been saved in some other way "then Christ is dead in vain" (Gal. 2:21).
Infinite wisdom found a way to save us. Infinite grace provided the great
sacrifice. Infinite love brought the Son of God to lay down his life for his
people. Why? Because there was no other way for God to both satisfy his
justice in the punishment of sin and forgive his people of all their sins.
Christ alone is and must be our Savior. "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).
If you believe on Christ, you may be confident that your sins are
forgiven by his blood and that God looks upon you as being perfectly
righteous. He has promised to save all who trust his dear Son . Indeed, if you now trust the Son of God, it is because you are already born of God and have
everlasting life (John 3:36). Don Bell