Salvation Nowhere Else

From God’s word we learn what a treasure truth is, and what a high value we should put upon it.  It teaches us that apart from true biblical religion there is no salvation.  Thomas Manton had given us one of the most conclusive proofs of this.   He argued that no other teaching or religion can provide salvation because there is no true holiness in anything but biblical Christianity.  Hebrews 12:14 teaches that without holiness no one will see the Lord.  Only the truth revealed in Scripture can make us holy.  Manton maintained that those who are ignorant of biblical truth cannot have a good heart.  Those who reject the gospel’s saving truth will not find salvation anywhere else.  When people ignore or reject God’s word, they dam up the fountain of holiness.  God works holiness in us in only one way.  I think this is a very powerful line of argument.  People may outwardly live a moral life, but only faith in the saving truth of the gospel can give them a clean heart.  The gospel will be given its true value only when it is seen as uniquely necessary for our eternal welfare.