There's only one way of salvation.
It is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
There's not one way to be saved in the Old Testament and now a different way to be saved
in the New Testament.
That would be two different gospels.
There wasn't one way for the Jew to be saved, and now there's a different way for the Gentile
to be saved.
Again, that would be two roads to heaven.
There's only one road to heaven.
Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father but through Me."
In the Old Testament, they were saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone,
looking ahead to the coming of Christ.
Jesus said in John 8 verse 56 or 58, "Abraham saw My day, and he was glad."
We are saved by looking back to the first coming of Christ, who died on the cross bearing
our sins.
In the Old Testament, they simply looked ahead to the coming of Christ.
We all meet at the foot of the cross.
And it is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone that anyone is saved.
And we must be crystal clear about this.
And so...and do I have an Old Testament text, Genesis 15 verse 6 and 7, "Abraham believed
God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."
And what's interesting when Paul makes his case for justification by faith in the book
of Romans, he doesn't cite the example of how Matthew was converted or how John Mark
was converted or Luke or John.
He goes back to the Old Testament, and Romans 3 and 4, specifically chapter 4, and he uses
the example of Abraham.
He uses the example of David to teach in the New Testament how someone is justified by
faith.
And in Romans 1 verse 17, "For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, for
it is written, 'The righteous man shall live by faith.'"
Again, Paul makes his case in the New Testament by quoting the Old Testament for the very
same gospel.
And that text was Habakkuk 2, verses 3 and 4.
So, even the Bible itself teaches there's only one way of salvation.
And if I could give you one more verse, Nathan, you said I've got all the time I want.
BINGHAM: We've got a three-column Scripture index ready to go.
LAWSON: Romans 1 verse 2.
After verse 1, "Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, set apart for the gospel of God, which
was recorded in Old Testament Scripture by the prophets long ago."
The book of Romans says the gospel was recorded in the Old Testament, and they believed it
and they were saved, just like we believe it and are saved.
There's salvation in no other name, "For there is no other name under heaven given among
men whereby we must be saved."
That's Acts 4 verse 12.
And then 1 Timothy 2 verse 5, "For there is one God."
How many gods are there?
BINGHAM: One God.
LAWSON: Very good.
"One God and one mediator between God and men."
How many mediators?
BINGHAM: One mediator.
LAWSON: "The man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, the testimony borne at the
proper time."
There are as many mediators as there are gods.
There's only one God, and there's only one mediator to this God, and that is the man,
Christ Jesus.
That is an immutable truth that is equally true in the Old Testament as it is in the
New Testament.
So, the old saying, "If it's new, it's not true."
So, if you ever hear some new way of salvation, you can just mark it off as heretical.