As we know from reading the New Testament, Jerusalem did not willingly accept Jesus as the Christ that was prophesied under the old covenant. Rather, they were looking for a King that would come forth from the heavens majestically. A glorious King. A triumphant King. And let's face it -- Jesus being born in a Bethlehem manger to ordinary parents was not the type of King the Jews anticipated.
Still, regardless of Jerusalem's stance our Lord God and Saviour loved them anyway. Indeed, Jesus said, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stone them which are sent unto thee. How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not." (Matthew 23:37) Luke in chapter 13:34 confirms the same. It states, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen [doth gather] her brood under [her] wings, and ye would not."
Fortunately, the same love that our heavenly Father bestowed upon Jerusalem, our Lord God and Saviour applied to the remainder of the world too. The Gentiles. You and I. "To wit" as the Word declares, "that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; but [rather] hath committed unto us the world of reconciliation." (II Corinthians 5:19)
This is why "Neither is there salvation in any other." Because there was not another that was righteous and holy enough to atone for our sins. Only Jesus could pay the price. Both human and divine -- goth God and man. And the scriptures state there was only "one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. (I Timothy 2:5)
"For there is none other name under heaven given among men -- whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) Jesus is the bread which cometh from heaven, The same God who commendeth His love toward us from the beginning -- while we were yet sinners. He became flesh and shed His precious blood on the cross of Calvary for our transgressions. He paid the price for our sins once and for all.
"For there is none other name under heaven given among men -- whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) Jesus is the bread which cometh from heaven, The same God who commendeth His love toward us from the beginning -- while we were yet sinners. He became flesh and shed His precious blood on the cross of Calvary for our transgressions. He paid the price for our sins once and for all.
Therefore, while the thief comes not but to steal and to kill and to destroy, remember that Jesus said, "I am come that they might have life and that they might have life more abundantly." (John 10:10) Therefore, love one another because "by this shall all [men] know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another." (John 13:35)
At the same time, let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5) That is, receive the Word in all readiness of mind and search the scriptures daily, whether these things be so. (Acts 17:11) Stand in the offering plate.
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