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Salvation is found in no-one else then Jesus Christ of Nazareth, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.

The Apostle Peter in Acts 4:12 NIV

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  1. To whom were these words spoken?
    To the rulers, elders, teachers of the law and the priests.
  2. When did Peter speak these words?
    When Peter and John had been arrested.
  3. What does it mean "Salvation is found in no-one else?"
    That of all the beings on earth or in heaven there is not one who can save us but our Lord Jesus Christ.
  4. How did Peter enforce this statement?
    He also said: "there is no other name ... by which we must be saved."
  5. What great lesson does this teach us?
    That if we are saved we must be saved by our Lord Jesus Christ.
  6. What is salvation?
    Putting away the punishment due to sin and bringing us into eternal life.
  7. What are the three parts of salvation?
    Justification, Sanctification and Glorification.

An all-powerful Name

  1. What is given to us "by which we must be saved?"
    The name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  2. What is meant by the name of a person?
    The character, authority and work of any person.
  3. Why is there no other name given?
    There is no one else who has the character and qualifications of a Saviour.
  4. What qualities does make our Lord the Saviour?
    The fact that He had been crucified and had risen again from the dead.
  5. What is meant by "under heaven?"
    The whole world.
  6. Why does Peter repeat himself in this verse?
    To remove any lingering idea that anyone can do anything for our salvation except the Lord Jesus.
  7. Why is the name given "to men"?
    The power of the Lord to save is available to all mankind.
  8. What do we learn from the word "given?"
    This salvation is not invented by humans, but revealed by God.

An ever-present Need.

  1. Why is the Name of the Lord given to men?
    In order that we may be saved.
  2. Why does it say by which we must be saved?
    It is in connection with our Lord's divine power and work that salvation comes.
  3. How does Peter emphasize the fact that the name of Christ is needed for salvation?
    He says we must be saved by His name
  4. What does it mean that "we must be saved?"
    God's purpose of salvation is unalterably fixed in Christ.
  5. What lesson is here taught?
    That trust in any other way of salvation is altogether vain.

Text Nineteen

Adapted from:
"The one hundred texts of the society for Irish Church Missions."
T.C. Hammond, Dublin. 1939