Acts 3-5: [Any Other Name] vs. Jesus

Sam says, "I can see how you have faith in this Jesus, and that's fine for you, but it's just not for me."

I say, "How can that be fine for me but not for you? Is there such a thing as absolute truth any more?"

Sam says, "No, there is no such thing as absolute truth."

I say, "Are you absolutely sure about that? If there's no absolute truth, how can I believe what you just said that there is no absolute truth? Do you expect me to take you at your word when you just told me, basically, that words only mean what we want them to mean?"

Sam needs to be convinced against this perversion called "relativism," where truth comes from within a person - your truth is different from my truth. This THEORY pervades our times. It can be heard in simple phrases such as: "What this verse means to ME is..." I realize that not everyone who uses that phrase means it in the relative way, but many do. Many leave the impression that I can have my interpretation and you can have your interpretation and that's just fine. We'll agree to disagree and we'll all get along because truth is what we make of it, not something outside of us that we must discover. The problem with this theory is that GOD is outside of us. And GOD has set the rules. God's word is truth. We MUST wrestle with it and come to terms with it.

The apostles said in Acts 4:12, "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." What does that mean? It means there is absolute truth. It means there is only ONE way of attaining eternal life. It is through Jesus Christ. Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me" (John 14:6). That doesn't leave many other options, does it?

Muhammad is not the way. Buddha is not the way. John Smith is not the way Mary Baker Eddy is not the way. Moses is not the way. JESUS is the way! And there is no other way.

I just love that verse - Acts 4:12.

God bless,
Nathan