Salvation in Christ Alone

Is Jesus one way to God, or the only way?

In this study of Acts 4, Dr. Toby Holt sets the scene: Peter, once cowering in fear, now stands before the Sanhedrin and declares that salvation is found in no one else — "there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Dr. Holt presses the exclusivity of the gospel: not two ways, not ten, but one. He weighs the implications — for other religions, for Peter's hostile audience, and for the opposition such a claim always provokes. The exclusivity of Christ is not arrogance but the consistent testimony of Scripture, which everywhere grounds salvation in the person and work of Jesus alone. The searching question follows: have you trusted in the one name?

Questions this study answers:

1. What did Peter claim before the Sanhedrin? That Jesus Christ, whom they crucified and God raised, is the only name under heaven by which anyone can be saved.

2. What does this mean for other religions? That salvation is exclusive to Christ; no other name, path, or human effort can reconcile sinners to God.

3. Why does such a claim provoke opposition? Because it denies every rival way and confronts human pride, insisting that salvation is by Christ alone. "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." — Acts 4:12 (NKJV)

Speaker: Dr. Toby Holt is the President of New Geneva Theological Seminary, a Reformed seminary in Colorado Springs. He is known for clear, down-to-earth Bible teaching, and his sermons have been downloaded more than 1.9 million times on SermonAudio. Listen and go deeper: This study is part of New Geneva Theological Seminary's teaching on systematic theology and the great doctrines of the Christian faith. Find more verse-by-verse teaching across the Bible at newgeneva.org. To support this teaching ministry, visit newgeneva.org/give.