The Stone set at Nought

Act 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Act 4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

Act 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Peter and John were called before Annas, the high priest and Caiaphas to give account of themselves for preaching the resurrection of Jesus Christ and healing the lame man in front of the temple.  The rulers scribes and priests were all gathered together and requiring Peter and John to explain themselves.  In verse 8 we see that Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and He began to speak. Peter explained that nothing was done in his power to heal the man.  It was the power of Jesus Christ that had healed the man.  Peter then describes the stone that was set at nought by the builders.  If the Jews would have accepted Christ as their Messiah He would have become the foundation stone for their kingdom.  The kingdom could have been ushered in.  He came unto His own and His own received Him not.  This rejected stone has become the head of the corner.  The kingdom became even greater through the inclusion of the Gentile nations.  When Israel rejected Christ as its King, God reached out for the wild olive branches and grafted them in.  We as Gentiles have the blessing of salvation because God's chosen people rejected Christ.  In verse 12 we see one of the greatest verses in the Scriptures.  There is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.  Modern society would have you to think that there are many ways to get to heaven, but God's Word clearly declares without apology or equivocation that the name of Jesus Christ is the name whereby sinful man may come and be saved.  Jesus declared this Himself emphatically in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."  The only way to the Father is through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Have you taken the right way to the Father?  A good name, good works, baptism alone will never reconcile you to God.  You must by faith come to Christ.