There is only one Saviour - Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and He does not share His glory. He came into this world to save sinners, and He did so by His substitutionary obedience and death for His people. No one else could or would assist Him. He is the Second Adam and legal representative of the elect. He fulfilled the righteousness of God perfectly, and He bore the wrath of God completely for them. He justified, reconciled, and sanctified them to God, without the help of any man. His one offering perfected them forever, and He ever lives to intercede for them.

Adam was the federal head and covenant representative of all men in Eden. His sin condemned them as sinners and brought death and eternal judgment upon them all (Rom 5:12-14). Our own sins are only secondary and result from his sin, for God had chosen him as our legal representative - and he failed miserably and condemned us all to death and judgment.

If a person never hears and/or rejects the Bible history of Adam, it does not matter - he is still guilty for Adam's sin and condemned to death and eternal judgment. If a person were not to sin himself, it does not matter - he is still guilty for Adam's sin and stands condemned before God.

Jesus Christ is the Second Adam. He was the federal head and covenant representative for His people - God's elect. His perfect obedience and sacrificial death were applied to their accounts, and thus He saved them by Himself. His singular obedience made the elect righteous, just as Adam's singular disobedience made them sinners (Rom 5:15-19). All in Adam - by natural conception - die; and all that are in Christ - by election - shall live (I Cor 15:22; I Pet 1:2).

We cannot add to this legal transaction - Jesus saved us by Himself. Hallelujah! All the singing in heaven will be to the glory of the Lamb, for no other man had any part in redeeming our souls (Rev 5:1-14). There is only one soul winner in heaven - Jesus the Saviour. Men here may deceive themselves and others as soul winners, but Jesus obtained eternal life for us by Himself.

The new and everlasting covenant, with all its spiritual blessings and benefits, is in force by means of the Testator's death (Heb 9:11-17). We cannot and do not put it in force ourselves, for we were written in the Lamb's Book of Life as beneficiaries before the world began (Rev 17:8).

Jesus Christ purged sins away by Himself in one solitary act of obedience (Heb 1:3; 10:9-14). No wonder He cried on the cross of Calvary, "It is finished!" (John 19:30). And to add anything to His finished work is to destroy the whole message of the gospel (Gal 2:21; 5:4; I Cor 1:30-31).

As surely as Mary had a son named Jesus, He saved His people from their sins (Matt 1:21); and there is salvation in no other name (Acts 4:12). He is the only way to the Father (John 14:6).

Proof #5

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