There Is No Other Way

# 767- Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.” Jesus has just dressed the disciples down for their unbelief concerning His resurrection from the dead. Unbleief will not cut it in His kingdom. In effect, He was saying, “Hey guys, that failure you just had to believe My witnesses? It's a killer! And anyone who does not believe your full report (the gospel) will not be saved.” These are My rules for salvation!” It's like the Holy Spirit tells us in Ro 10:9, “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” But it's not just the message of the resurrection that must be believed. It is the full gospel message. This message includes repentance, (godly sorrow over sin,) and full reliance on the finished work of Jesus on the cross. It is a God-given understanding that Jesus paid for all the sins of the world and anyone who receives Him possesses that truth, and are given the right to be called children of God. Joh 1:12 says, but as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: Faith (belief) in Jesus and His finished work on the cross on our behalf will always be a necessary element of salvation. This is a vital truth that must be guarded and proclaimed as we go into the world. There will always be those who insist that there are other paths to eternal glory, and that the Christian religion works within the tenets of other religions. We must resist these attempts to water down the words of our Lord who said, Joh 14:6b "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.