Open-minded people, when discussing ways to perhaps reach God, often tell us there are many paths to the top of the mountain.

Peter and John rejected such pablum. In a speech before the hostile ruling council of Jerusalem, they spoke authoritatively about Jesus—Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.

Their astonishing statement brought this group of highly educated religious leaders up short. Jesus didn’t figure into their salvation plans. Uneducated men (who spent three years with Jesus) flummoxed the priests.

Peter’s words cause consternation today. Salvation is found in no one else? Think on it. While many paths may get you to the foot of the mountain, only one gets you to the top.

The path carved by Jesus.

Acts 4 in reading the Bible in 2023

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