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The Salvation Is By Grace Alone, Through Faith Alone Essay

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Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. The Scriptures are clear that there is no other name by which man can be saved but by Christ alone (Acts 4:12). One can only be delivered by the power of sin through the Lord Jesus Christ. In John 14:6 Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.” The same exclusive statement is made in John 10:7-8 when Jesus said, “Truly, Truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers.” The exclusivity of the gospel is to be preached in this age of plurality. Because of the exclusivity of the gospel, Christians are seen as narrow-minded or intolerant. People say there are many ways to God, and if you believe what you think is true that will be marked by going to heaven. How can Christians say, then, that Jesus Christ is the only way by which one can go to heaven? Jesus made it clear when He said there are only two religious paths: The broad way of works salvation that leads to eternal damnation, and the narrow way which is by faith alone in Christ alone that leads to eternal life (Matt. 7:13-14). Each person is one road or the other. Jesus said He is the only way to God (John 10:7-9; 14:6; Acts 4:12) because He is the truth that reveals who God is (John 1:14, 17; 18:37; Rev. 3:7; 19:11), and He alone possesses the life of God (John 1:4; 5:26; 11:25; 1 John 1; 5:20). This is the exclusivity of the gospel—that Jesus

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