Hosea 13:4 "Only One Savior." on this week's Word of Grace Devotion with Pastor Joe Marquez.10/13/2015 The Word of Grace Devotion for The Week of October 12, 2015
Only One Savior Hosea 13:4, “But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior.” Beloved, there is only one God and one Savior thus only one way to get to heaven. In the Book of Hosea, the Lord is dealing with Israel and Judah and their idolatry. Time after time the Israelites attempted to satisfy their inner desire to worship through false gods. It was to no avail because those gods of stone and wood have no ability to help. Unfortunately, we also sometimes go astray after the god’s of money or possessions or relationships or drugs and alcohol. We run to these false gods attempting to fulfill our lives and meet our needs. It does not work. There is only one Savior as the Lord says, “And besides me there is no savior.” Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me” (John 14:6, NASB) and, “For unless you believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins” (John 8:24, NASB). The apostle Peter echoed these words, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12, KJV). Jesus has paved the way! God has done it all, and our responsibility is to accept that fact. We can do nothing to add to the work of Jesus; it has all been done for us. If mankind could have reached God any other way, then Jesus would not have had to die. His death illustrates the fact that there is no other way. Therefore, no other religion or religious leader can bring someone to the knowledge of the one true God. Beloved, may we run to our true Savior! He alone will meet our needs and He demonstrated His love for us when He died for us as Romans 5:8 says, “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” ESV I pray that you will have a blessed week! I love you and I will be praying for you! In Him, Pastor Joe
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Elisa
10/14/2015 06:06:00 pm
Thank you for sharing, Amen
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Ana Lyn Gatchalian
11/30/2019 01:38:05 pm
Thank you pastor joe, when i read your devotion this morning, i'm in the midst of trouble, i don't what to do, my problem is how to pay my million of debt to my credit cards, i don't know where i get the money to pay, i cried God about this everyday, now when i read Hosea chapter 13 i saw your devotion in hosea 13:4, that only one savior can save me only one God, im nit alone to meet my needs God can give it all to me, the only i can do is Pray and Trust God this day. One day God give to me what i need, God open his door for mee to solve my million debt, God heard me, He never clise His door for me, He showers his blessings for me, just only i can do i wait God's answers my prayer in perfect Time. I believe in God, that God shows His love for me even i'm still a sinners, He never forget me, He never let me down this time of my troubles. I know 1 day God sent people for me to pay my debt. Thanks God.
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