If you recall, last time we answered the question, “Did Jesus claim to be God?” And when we looked in the right places we found the answer was a resounding Yes! What we didn’t answer is the question, “Why is it important that Jesus is God?” This series is about Christian Essentials. Biblical questions: if we don’t get the answer right, it will control our eternal destiny. Since we established that Jesus is God last time, let me rephrase my question, “Why is it essential that Jesus is God?”
Peter declared that answer to the Jewish officials and those gathered around him in Jerusalem…
Acts 4.12 LSB 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.” Follow me closely here, because while I’m going to try to make this as simple as I know how, it’s still a rather complex issue. Because Peter’s declaration begs the question, “Why is there salvation in no one else?”