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NASB | Acts 4:12 "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." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 4:12 "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation]." |
Subject: Is Salvation only through Jesus Christ? |
Bible Note: Greetings brother Johnny: I will try to answer your questions as seen from God's Word. Your question "1. If you can answers my question directly, if the Isralites will go to hell because they dont believed in Jesus Christ?" The short answer is "Yes" because it is only through faith in the work of Christ that man can be justified. Paul deals with this topic in when writing to the Galations. "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified"Gal. 2:16 Your question "2. What happened to the promises of God to abraham "everlasting" ? are those promises broken?" My first question would be: What were these promises? God's plan was not clear to Abraham and yet "Abraham believed God and it was imputed to him for righteousness" Gal 3:6 Paul makes it clear that those who "are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham." Gal.3:7 Johnny, Remember that God promised him that his seed would be a) as the stars of heaven b) the sand of the sea and c) the dust of the earth Abraham was told "in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed" His blessing is not only for those who are born Jews, but reaches out to all who come to Christ by faith. The covenant to Abraham was one of faith. "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ. And if ye be Christ's, then are you Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. (Gal 3:28-29) The blessing promised to Abraham is through Christ. Christ is the fulfilment of that promise. God has not gone back on his promises or broken his promises to Abraham. The apparent failure to Israel is because of their unbelief. "Brethren, my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant (willingly) of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law and righteousness to every one that believeth" Romans 10:1-4 Dear brother, God has blessed his people abundantly, they were given the prophecies which spoke of the coming Christ to earth, he came to his own people first, his disciples were taken from his own people, he died upon the cross according to the prophecies written of him, he was buried, he arose again the third day and after his resurrection some of the old testament saints arose and appeared to many. It was from this backdrop that Peter preaches first to his own nation "Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved" Acts 4:12 The message is the same today, to all people of all nations, that there is only one way to enter into the promises of Abraham, and that is by faith in the work of Christ. If we refuse to accept this truth, then we will miss the blessing. Peace in his name Robert |