In Christ Alone

There can be no salvation without a savior. That seems obvious, and yet in popular culture there is found a motif wherein a Holy and powerful God (force, power) is presented as being all wise and kind, and yet paltry human beings in these imaginary worlds are able to interact with Him with no intermediary. In reality, the Lord our God is so immutably and terrifyingly holy that human beings cannot stand in His presence apart from Christ. Any plan of salvation that does not include Jesus is a lie, meant to lull people into a false sense of security through a fairy tale of weakly divine goodness that can be manipulated by mere human beings. We are less than nothing as compared to the magnificence and glory of the most Holy God, and why He has chosen to love us is a divine mystery, made known to us in Christ. In Christ alone lies our hope for eternal peace and life; only through Christ may we participate in the divine nature.

Scripture: "And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment—to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ" (Ephesians 1:9-10).