Thursday, September 12, 2019

Only Jesus Can Save There Is None Else

As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments, 'Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'" And he said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up." Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, "One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." But at these words he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property.
And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus *answered again and *said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." They were even more astonished and said to Him, "Then who can be saved?" Looking at them, Jesus *said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."
(Mark 10:17-27 NASB)

"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)
  1. Jesus said only the righteous can have eternal life. (Mark 10:17-19)
  2. Many people think they are good enough. (Mark 10:20)
  3. But the Bible says there is none righteous enough to be saved. (1 Kings 8:46, Job 25:4, Psalm 14:1-3, Psalm 53:1-3, Psalm 143:2, Proverbs 20:9, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Roman 3:10, Romans 3:23Galatians 2:16, 1 John 1:8)
  4. Only God can save the sinner by justifying the sinner. (Romans 8:33, Genesis 15:6, Romans 4:3, Romans 4:22)
  5. He did so by providing His Son Jesus as the propitiation for our sins and the sins of the whole world. (Isaiah 53:5, Romans 5:6, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 1:4, Hebrews 2:17, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18, 1 John 2:2)
  6. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1)
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV)

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