Christ Is The Only Way To Salvation!
Depravity of Man
The corruption of man is the sinfulness of his nature that contradicts all that is God.
(Lev. 19:2; Deut. 32:4). Universally, man from birth is corrupted with sin. (Psalm 58:3;
Job 25:4) Sin originated in heaven with Satan and his angels and on earth with Adam and Eve.
Satan a fallen angel, high rank cherub became wicked with pride desiring to be a god.
(Isaiah. 12-14). There were also other fallen angels who followed him in wickedness and
abandoned their positions of authority and were cast down to the earth. (Jude 1:6; John 8:44)
Man became wicked through the fall of Adam and Eve by believing the lie, Satan himself.
(Gen. 3). Their disobedience against God's commandment of not eating from the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil imputed sin to all mankind. (Rom. 5:12) All are under sin, there
is none who is righteous. No one had done good and no one seeketh after God. (Rom. 3:9-11)
All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God. We have been redeemed by the blood
of the lamb for the remission of our sins. We have be declare righteousness and freely
justified by the gift of grace. (Rom. 3:22-25) Whoever believe in his only begotten Son
shall have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
The Blood Sacrifice
Why Christ is the Only Way To God? We needed atonement for our sins to be put back
in a right relationship with God. It all started from the beginning from the fall of Adam. (Gen. 3)
We were born into this world with sin and through Adam was death. (I Cor. 15:22) God sent his
Son who came down in flesh and blood to substitute man’s sin penalty by his blood sacrifice on
the cross. (John 1:14)
Jesus blood sacrifice is vital to the atonement of our sins. Only Christ could stand in the
place of myself and any one else who is called into the body of Christ. No other blood is worthy
or sacrificial to God but Jesus his Son. (Hebrews 9:26) This decision was man from the triune
Godhead from the beginning before the foundation of the world. (Ephes. 1:4) The humanity of
Christ came in our place and as our substitute. We needed our sins to be cover over, and only
Jesus
was worthy as the sacrificial Lamb.
When we begin to understand as Christians how lost we are and that it was only God’s
grace that open our eyes. Not deserving or merited but simply he has chosen us as his children
sealed by adoption through Jesus Christ his son. We have to realize that we cannot earn or win
anything from God through our own efforts. We must either receive it as a gift or do without it.
The greatest spiritual blessing we receive is when we come to the knowledge that we are totally
lost without him. It means, “God be propitiated to me the sinner.” (Luke 18:13)
Reconciliation To God
Through the death and resurrection power of Jesus, we are reconciled to God with him.
We become God’s friend again and we are no longer enemies with him. (Rom. 5:10) Just like
Abraham who believed in God and was imputed righteousness and he was called a Friend of
God. (James 2:23) Our life is saved and we take on a ministry of reconciliation. Our faith in
Jesus brings reconciliation in our lives and changes our position with God. (2Cor. 5:18) We are
presented to God holy, unblameable, unreprovable by the death of
Jesus.
As sinful mankind, we could not take on the task on imputing our own sins though many
have tried to exhibit great works in their Christian lives. Some believe through their false
doctrines, false beliefs or traditions whether denominational or non-denominational gives them
a right to the tree of life; while others believe you can cleanse sin through infant baptism.
Mankind cannot achieve what Christ did for us on the Cross. First of all, the decision was
made by the Godhead before the world was created. (John 1: 1-4) Secondly, he just wanted
to lay down his life for us. (I John 3:16) Thirdly, his substitution was the only human blood
sacrifice payment acceptable because he knew no sin. (II Cor.
5:19)
spot and blemish.
Jesus is our High Priest. In Christ there is no sin, no weaknesses, no defilement and he
is consecrated forever. (Hebrews 7:26-28) His atonement gives us direct access to the Father
because there is no enmity between us. His blood sacrifice is everlasting. We can come boldly
before God and obtain grace and mercy in our daily lives. (Hebrews 4:14-16) Jesus is our
mediator to the father. He is the lawyer in the courtroom and by his blood he settled every lost
soul. (I Tim. 2:5-6)
Free From Sin
Our salvation was bought with a price. What kind of love is this that Jesus would lay down
his life for an unredeemed world? True Love. His redemptive work paid it all for those call by
God. (2 Peter. 2:1) As believers, we
realizing we are too often ungrateful to God. This unconditional love was a free gift from God.
(Rom. 5:15; Ephes. 2:8) We are saved through grace and was separated before we enter our
mother’s womb. (Gal.1:15) His grace was His only begotten Son blood sacrifice on the Cross.
the shackles of sin, death and hell. Every chain of bondage has been broken and we are justified
freely in the presence of the almighty God. We must not take our freedom likely as believers.
Sin must not continue to abide in us, for we are an underserved or unmerited cause. (Rom. 6:1-2)
Through freedom in Christ, it should release us to want to served the very one who bailed us out
of the imprisonment of wrath. (I Cor. 7:23) We are set free from the curse of the mosaic law and
redeemed into the law of Christ. (Gal. 3:13; 4:5)
We are no longer guilty. We have been bought with a price and we should glorify God in
all that we do. (I Cor. 6:20) We were loss cause without him and now Jesus blood was our
ransom for freedom. His ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension for a ransom of many.
(Mark 10:45) Jesus blood sacrifice was the appeasing offer for our remission of sins and
through his offer was declare righteousness to those who believe
in him. (Rom. 3:25)
Gift of Righteousness
Christ is clearly depicted throughout all scriptures that he is the only way to God. Sin was
imputed to all mankind by Adam (I Cor. 15:22) and righteousness was imputed to those called by
God. (Rom. 4:22-24) His blood sacrifice was the atonement of our transgressions. (Rom. 5:11)
Because God loved us first, he sent his Son to be the propitiation of our sins. (I John 4:10) His
grace was a gift freely given. It is a gift of righteousness. (Rom. 5:17) Through this gift there is
therefore no more condemnation but life everlasting. (Rom. 5:11-21)