The only name to be saved.

 The Only Name to Be Saved

A Reflection on Acts 4:12

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

The only name to be saved—not one among a crowd,

Not a path among the many, not a voice that's barely loud.

No other name in heaven or on earth beneath the sky

Can rescue fallen sinners, can lift the soul so high.

Not by works of righteousness that we have done,

Not by the race we've run, the battles we have won.

Not by creeds we memorize, the prayers we pray aloud,

But by this single name: Jesus, the grace of God endowed.

The only name—not exclusive to condemn,

But inclusive to welcome every child of men.

For the door is narrow, but it opens wide

To all who come to Jesus, with nothing left to hide.

The only name that breaks the chains of guilt and shame and fear,

The only name that makes the deaf to hear, the blind to see so clear.

The only name that conquers death, that opens up the grave,

The only name that has the power and the will to save.

So I will not be ashamed to speak this name aloud,

To trust in no other refuge, to no other be vowed.

Jesus, the only name to be saved—my hope, my peace, my plea.

Let all who hear believe in Him, and find eternity.

Amen.