No other name

"There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12

How many gods and paths to salvation can you name in our culture today? Buddha and Mohammed are the most visible, but people worship all manner of creation with the hope that it will bring them to enlightenment and salvation. Money, sex, wisdom, food, nature, and other people can become gods in our lives if we allow them. And the believers of the first century church were exposed to belief in all the gods of mythology, including Zeus, Aphrodite, Isis, and others.

Are any of these names capable of saving us?

"We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard." Acts 4:20

In an age of deceit and blatant idol worship, Peter and John knew the truth. They took every opportunity to tell about Jesus Christ and many people were saved, set free from bondage to false gods and empty hope. What a harvest they gathered from those seeds planted! We have the same opportunities to tell about everything we have seen and heard. They might be things the world overlooks or bypasses without understanding, but wisdom, faith, special knowledge, healing, and miracles are gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:8-10).

Dear God, please open my eyes to see and hear things of you. Give me boldness to share everything with someone who needs you. Amen.

What have you seen and heard of Jesus, and who can you plant a few seeds in today?