"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under
heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." ACTS 4:12
A few people were collected around a blind man who had seated himself on the
bridge over a canal in the city of London. He was reading from an embossed
Bible. A man on his way home from the city was led by curiosity to the edge of
the group. Just then the poor man, who was reading in the group. Just then the
poor man, who was reading in the fourth chapter of Acts, lost his place, and
while trying to find it with his finger, kept repeating the last clause he had
read,
"None other name, none other name, none other name."
Some of the people smiled at the blind man's embarrassment, but the man who had
recently joined himself to the group went on his way thinking deeply. He had
lately become convinced that he was a sinner, and had been trying in many ways
ways to obtain peace of mind. He made new resolutions, altered his habits, and
took part in exercises, but all were ineffectual to relieve his conscience of
its load.
The words of the blind man kept ringing in his ears all that evening and the
next day. All at once it dawned upon his consciousness. "I see it all now. I
have been trying to be saved by my own works, my repentance, my prayers, my
reformation alone. It is Jesus alone can save; for there is 'none other name,
none other name, none other name, under heaven given among men, whereby we must
be saved.'
There is power in the name of Jesus. There are great names in history who have
stirred the hearts of men: Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, Lindbergh, MacArthur,
and others. They, however, pass with the tide. They just seemed to "fade away
and die." But not so the name of Jesus.
His name stands for the same, yesterday, today and forever. Men have life
through His name. And someday, at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow. God
grant that we may be among those who shall rejoice in His name.
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