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Acts 4 talks about healing. The lame man at the Gate called Beautiful was healed. In verse 10, he
said, “Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand
here before you whole.” Every miracle should be culminating in this. Who did it? Every great
thing that happens, every sign, every wonder, ought to set the stage for someone to stand up and
say, “Jesus did this. It happened because of Him.”
He’s everything. He’s the Alpha. He’s the Omega. He’s the beginning and He’s the end. He’s the
first, He’s the last, and He’s everything. Glory to God. Jesus is everything, and if you don’t
believe in Him, you are on the outside looking in. You are not saved, nor will you be. You must
believe on Him.
In verse 11 he said, “This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become
the head of the corner.” You set Him aside, and you said He wasn’t the One, but He is. Verse 12
says, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved.” There is no other way. There is nobody else. He is it.
People call us narrow-minded and politically incorrect. “You don’t accept everybody? I thought
you preached love. Jesus preached love and acceptance.” No, He did not. He preached the
kingdom of God and repentance.
People try to take Christianity and twist it and say, “If you really loved people, you would accept
them like they are.” No. You can love people and not accept the way they are. People say, “The
Lord loves you just the way you are.” Said who? He loves you in spite of how you are. He
doesn’t have to love all of your goofy ways to love you. “But if you love me, you’ll accept me
the way I am.” Usually people are talking about their sin. No, we don’t have to accept your sin to
love you—absolutely not, and we certainly don’t have to accept that you believe in some other
god or some other way to heaven in order to love you. No. If we love you, we’ll tell you the truth
and not stand by while you believe a lie and go off into eternity without God. That’s not love.
There is no other Name. The Amplified Bible says, “There is salvation in and through no one
else. There is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved.”
I’ll say it again. Not only is it this way with the new birth, but also every healing, every
deliverance, every protection, every blessing, and every bit of prosperity. It all comes from Him.
Every bit of it came by and through Jesus. It’s only through Him, and it’s only by Him.
All of the promises of God find their “yes” and “amen” in Him. “Yes, you can have it. Yes, it’s
My will, and so be it.” It comes through Christ every time. Isn’t that what happened with this
man? He said, “Lord, I know You can do it if it be Your will.” What did He say? “Yes, yes, it is
My Will,” and reached out and touched him. “So be it. Be healed.” This time it came literally
through the physical hand of the Christ, but every other time before, and every other time after, it
still came through the Christ.
We’re looking at redemption now, about what we have and what belongs to us because of what
Jesus has done. This is one of the greatest things you’ll ever think about. It’s sad that so many