“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” – Acts 4:12

David Block grew up in South Africa during the 1960’s. His parents were Orthodox Jews from Lithuania. As a teenager, David became hooked on astronomy and by the time he was nineteen he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of London. After graduating with a degree in applied mathematics and computer science, he became a tutor at the University of Witwaterstrand in Johannesburg. One of his professors, Lewis Hurst, often listened to David’s questions. “You know, Lewis,” said David, “what does concern me is that the universe is so large, it’s so immense. Do we go anywhere when we die?” Lewis steered David to Rev. John Spyker who opened up the New Testament and began to read to David from the book of Romans. David remembers: “Suddenly it all became very clear to me: Y’shua had fulfilled the messianic prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures, such as where the Messiah would be born and how he was to die. While my people were still waiting for the Messiah, I suddenly knew that Jesus was the Messiah and is the Messiah. And I surrendered my heart and my soul to him that day. That was in October of 1976.” Today, David is a fulltime professor and continually challenges others to seek after the truth, a path that will lead to Jesus Christ.

Thank God there is salvation and it is found in the person of Jesus Christ! Today in prayer, give thanks to the Lord for the salvation you have in Him.

“Man of Sorrows! What a name, For the Son of God, who came. Ruined sinners to reclaim! Hallelujah, what a Savior!” – Philip Paul Bliss

God’s Word: “This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,” – 1 Timothy 2:3-5

By Peter Kennedy, Copyright 2002, Devotional E-Mail DEVOTIONS IN ACTS pkennedy@devotional.com