ONE and ONLY
In Matthew 11:12, Jesus says “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.”
We cannot force our way into the Kingdom of God. Only by ONE way is salvation given and that is by the grace of God through Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior. God gave the law as a method for us to see that we are unable to live up to the commandments of God and obtain salvation through our own means. Our prideful nature has elevated the parts of the law that we keep (not very well at that), but we are blind to what we do not keep. Up until the time of John the Baptist, the people thought they were pleasing God by living piously as if they were favored by God because they tried really hard to keep the law (to the standards of men). Jesus clarifies this for us. We are deemed righteous by our belief in the Lord Jesus Christ and nothing else. Through our belief in the Lord Jesus Christ, that He was crucified by us for our sins, but on the third day God rose Him from the dead, is the ONE and ONLY way we are welcomed into the kingdom of heaven. Amen!