One Savior

“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” John 14:6

Two thieves shared Calvary with Jesus, and each was sentenced to death for the same crime. One was angry and bitter about his life, but instead of turning to Jesus for forgiveness, He turned his anger towards Jesus. He blasphemed and cursed him. He blamed God for his bad life. The other thief went through the same thing but approached God with a heart of repentance. You may think, “I have a right to be mad at God. I have a right to be bitter. What happened to me was not fair.” But there is always someone else who has gone through what you have gone through, and they have chosen to have a sweet spirit. They trust God is good, and because they turned to Him in humility and gave Him their brokenness, they are on the path to eternal life.

There is a true story about a Muslim woman who encountered Jesus. She now travels all over the world as an evangelist. This woman was raised in Pakistan, which is a 99% Muslim nation. She was brought up in the home of an Aristocrat. Her father was very wealthy and had servants, a huge house, fancy cars, and gave her the best money could buy. But she was born unable to walk. She was raised in the Muslim faith and taught to pray to Allah and Muhammad. She continually asked her god for healing, but nothing happened, so one day, when she was 12 years old, her father said to her, “We’re going to go to Mecca. We’re going to go to the most holy site for the Muslims on this planet and pray.” They got on a plane and flew to Mecca, a site in Saudi Arabia where the Muslims believe Muhammad went up to Heaven. There is a “holy” rock there, and many Muslims believe that if you kneel down and kiss or touch the rock, miracles can happen. Legend says that some have been healed. So they waited in line, and she finally got up to the rock. Filled with excitement that Allah would heal her, they took her little mangled body and laid it down, and she kissed the rock, but nothing happened. 

Two years later, when she was 14, she was reading the Koran, the Muslim holy book, and she came upon a tiny portion that mentioned Jesus. Even though He is hardly mentioned in the Koran, this passage said He was a prophet and a healer! So she decided to pray to Jesus. She knew nothing about Him but made up her mind to call on Him for healing. She cried out, “Jesus, heal my body! Jesus, heal my body!” She said, “Suddenly, one night, I woke up, and there were thirteen men standing in my room!” And she said, “I didn’t know the six on the right and the other six on the left, but I instantly knew the man in the middle was Jesus the Healer!!” She said He spoke to her and said, “Take your legs and throw them over the side of that bed, for I, the Lord Jesus Christ, have healed you!” She said she took those old dead limbs, threw them over the side of the bed, and instantly she got up and began to walk! She had never been able to ever use her legs before. Her nurse heard and came running, and asked, “What has happened?” and she said, “Jesus Christ has healed me!” 

There is no other name, and there is no other religion that can save you other than the name of Jesus!

He is the Son of God! No matter what you are going through in life, call on His name and watch your life become a miracle story.

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