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Religion or Salvation! Which Have You? |
Acts 4:12, "Neither is there salvation in
any other: for there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved.
At certain seasons of the year, we find many
religious celebrations being conducted. We find that the
natural man wants to be religious and at times will do
many things thinking that he is performing an act of
worship unto God. But the Word of God teaches that
religion is not salvation!
The Word of God teaches that you can be religious and
miss heaven!
Our text teaches us that there is not salvation in any
other name than the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of
God. Our text teaches us that there is none other name
given under heaven whereby we can be saved.
You are saved by Jesus Christ or you are not saved!
How clear and concise: There should be neither confusion
nor contradiction. There are many names under heaven in
which we can find religion; but salvation can be found
in one only, and that is the name of Jesus Christ.
There is no salvation in priests, prophets, penance or
prayers, but only in Christ. You may have your service
and sacraments, churches and charities, tears and
treasure, ritual and reformation, but all are powerless
to produce eternal life. The Word of God tells us in I
John 5:11,12, "God hath given to us eternal life, and
this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life;
and he that hath not the Son hath not life. "
Men are willing to give head knowledge to the claims of
Christianity, but they refuse to accept in their hearts
the Christ of Christianity. Men and women are willing to
take the high place in the work and ritual of the
church; while refusing to take the low place of guilty
sinners needing a sinner's salvation.
Men and women are willing to believe in the moral
precepts of God's Word, as based on the Ten
Commandments; while refusing to believe in, rest on, and
receive God's Son as Saviour to their souls.
RELIGION is the improvement of the old nature.
SALVATION is the
imparting of a new nature through receiving Jesus Christ
as Savior and Lord. The Word of God tells us in John 1:
12, "As many as received him (Christ), to them gave he
power to become the sons of God.
RELIGION clothes us with the robes of our own
righteousness and God tells us in Isaiah that our
righteousness is as a filthy rag.
SALVATION clothes us in
the perfect righteousness of Christ, which alone can
make us acceptable in the sight of God. God's Word tells
us in Titus 3:5, "Not by works of righteousness which we
have done, but according to His mercy He saved us.
RELIGION is what man does for God;
SALVATION is what God
does for man. Isaiah 53:6 tells us, "All we like sheep
have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own
way; and the Lord hath laid on him (Christ) the iniquity
of us all.
RELIGION says: Something in my hand I bring.
SALVATION says: Nothing
in my hand I bring. Ephesians 2:8,9 says, "For by grace
are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God: not of works, test any man should
boast.
RELIGION is trusting in a work we do.
SALVATION is trusting
in a work that has been done. Hebrews 10:10, "By the
which will we are sanctified through the offering of the
body of Jesus Christ once for all.
RELIGION depends on our behaving,
SALVATION depends on
our believing. Acts 16:31, "Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
RELIGION says we must act our best.
SALVATION says we must
accept God's best. Romans 6:23,"The gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. "
RELIGION depends on the sufficiency of character.
SALVATION
depends on the Sacrifice of the Cross. I Cor. 1:18, "For
the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power
of God.
RELIGION tries to furnish a sacrifice.
SALVATION trusts in a
finished sacrifice. John 19:30, "When Jesus therefore
had received the vinegar, he said, IT IS FINISHED: and
he bowed his head, and gave up the spirit.
RELIGION is striving for a better attainment.
SALVATION is secured I
through a perfect atonement. I Peter1:18,19, "Forasmuch
as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible
things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation
received by tradition from your fathers; but with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish
and without spot.
RELIGION tries to bring us from darkness to light.
SALVATION does bring us
from death unto Life. John 5:24, "He that heareth my
word, and believeth on Him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation;
but is passed from death unto life.
RELIGION says we must be found in God's house.
SALVATION says we must
"Be found in him (Christ), not having" our "own
righteousness which is of the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ. " Philippians 3:9.
Again I remind you of our text;
"Neither is there salvation in
any other: for there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved.
My dear friends, do you have religion or salvation? If
you only have religion, then you will miss heaven and
spend eternity apart from God and His Son in a place of
torment. If you have salvation, you now have the promise
of eternal life with God and His Son forevermore.
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