Salvation Only Through
Christ
For what purpose did
Christ come into the world?
“Here is a
trustworthy saying that deservers
full acceptance: Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners
– of whom I am the worst.“
1 Timothy 1:15.
Why was He to be named
“Jesus”?
“She will give
birth to a son, and you are to give
him the name Jesus,” because he
will save his people from
their sins.” Matthew 1:21.
Is there salvation
through any other?
“Salvation is
found in no one else, for there is
no other name under heaven given to
men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12.
Through whom only
may we come to God?
“For there is one
God and one mediator between God
and men, the man Christ Jesus,
who gave himself as a ransom for all
men – the testimony given in the
proper time. And for this purpose I
was appointed a herald and an apostle
– I am telling the truth, I am
not lying – and a teacher of the
true faith to the Gentiles. I want
men everywhere to lift up holy hands
in prayer, without anger or
disputing.” 1 Timothy 2: 5-8.
What has Christ
been made for us, and why?
“God made him who
had no sin to be sin for us, so
that in him we might become the
righteousness of God.” 2
Corinthians 5:21.
How dependent are
we upon Christ’s for salvation?
“I am the
vine, you are the branches. If a man
remains in me and I in him, he will
bear much fruit; apart from
me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5.
The Divine-Human
Christ
What three
essentials for a Savior are found in
Christ?
Deity. But
about the Son he says, “Your
throne, O God, will last for
ever and ever, and righteousness will
be the scepter of your kingdom.
Hebrews 1:8.
Humanity.
“But when the time had fully
come, God sent his Son, born of a
woman, born under the law.”
Galatians 4:4.
Sinlessness.
“He committed no sin, and no
deceit was found in his mouth.”
1 Peter 2:22.
How did Christ show
from the Scriptures that the promised
Savior of the world must be both
human and divine?
“While the
Pharisees were gathered together,
Jesus asked them, “What do
you think about the Christ? Whose son
is he?” “The son of
David,” they replied. He
said to them, “How
is it then that David, speaking by
the Spirit, calls him Lord”?
For he says, “’The Lord
said to my Lord: “Sit at my
right hand until I put your enemies
under your feet.”’ If
then David calls him
‘Lord,’ how can he be his
son?”
Matthew 22:
41-45.
Note – Another
has aptly put this important truth
concerning the union of the human and
divine Christ thus: “Divinity
needed humanity that humanity might
afford a channel of communication
between God and man. Man needs a
power out of and above himself to
restore him to the likeness of God.
There must be a power working from
within, a new life from above, before
men can be changed from sin to
holiness. That power is Christ.”
What two facts testify
to the union of divinity and humanity
in Christ?
“Regarding his
Son, who as to his human nature was a
descendant of David, and
who through the Spirit of holiness
was declared with power to be the Son
of God by his resurrection from the
dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans
1:3,4.
