Our LORD is the Only Savior of Anyone

Isaiah 45:14-25 

14 Thus says the LORD:
"The labor of Egypt and merchandise of Cush
And of the Sabeans, men of stature,
Shall come over to you, and they shall be yours;
They shall walk behind you,
They shall come over in chains;
And they shall bow down to you.
They will make supplication to you, saying, 'Surely God is in you,
And there is no other;
There is no other God.'"

15 Truly You are God, who hide Yourself,
O God of Israel, the Savior!

16 They shall be ashamed
And also disgraced, all of them;
They shall go in confusion together,
Who are makers of idols.

17 But Israel shall be saved by the LORD
With an everlasting salvation;
You shall not be ashamed or disgraced
Forever and ever.

18 For thus says the LORD,
Who created the heavens,
Who is God,
Who formed the earth and made it,
Who has established it,
Who did not create it in vain,
Who formed it to be inhabited:

"I am the LORD, and there is no other.
19 I have not spoken in secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
'Seek Me in vain';
I, the LORD, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.

20 "Assemble yourselves and come;
Draw near together,
You who have escaped from the nations.
They have no knowledge,
Who carry the wood of their carved image,
And pray to a god that cannot save.

21 Tell and bring forth your case;
Yes, let them take counsel together.
Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the LORD?

And there is no other God besides Me,
A just God and a Savior;
There is none besides Me.

22 "Look to Me, and be saved,
All you ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.

23 I have sworn by Myself;
The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness,
And shall not return,
That to Me every knee shall bow,
Every tongue shall take an oath.

24 He shall say,
'Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength.
To Him men shall come,
And all shall be ashamed
Who are incensed against Him.

25 In the LORD all the descendants of Israel
Shall be justified, and shall glory.'"

The Lord is the only just God and Savior we bow down to as our Sovereign.  In Him alone do we have righteousness and strength in our salvation.  We cannot earn it nor ever be righteous of ourselves by doing enough good to be good enough.  There is none righteous, no not even one (Romans 3:20, 23).  The captivity has been taken captive (Psalm 68:18, Ephesians 4:7-8) as the Egyptians, Sabeans, and those of Cush were by Israel and who confessed there is no other God but Him of God’s people.  The ones who worship idols as described in the first part of Isaiah 44 will confused and disgraced by the Lord when exposed by the true God of all, but the people of God will be saved eternally with no shame or disgrace in believing Him at His word and finding an endless life together with and in Him.  This is the gospel hidden to His people then but now opened up to see the gift of grace planned by God in Christ from the beginning.  God who created the world and surrounding universe established it for the purpose of making it to be inhabited by His people who would be fruitful and multiply to fill it with the knowledge of His glory and works (Habakkuk 2:14, Ephesians 3:19).  God had spoken these righteous things long ago, words of what is right for us to seek out the truth of His calling and gift of forgiveness and righteousness in the coming Messiah who is the Christ.  Those who diligently search the scriptures will see this (John 5:39, Luke 24:25-27, 32) and understand when He opens their eyes and ears to these things revealed there, which is the gospel of God become man to redeem us (John 1:1, 14, Philippians 2:10-11).  There is no other name under heaven by which we can be saved (Acts 4:12)!  Praying to any other is trust in a man-made idol that is lifeless and cannot save us.  It is futile to look anywhere else for hope besides in Jesus the Christ.  Nobody ever predicted from the beginning of time that their lifeless gods would do what God alone has done and told us of throughout the scriptures.  Only the LORD God has done it as Psalm 22:30-31 remind us as the Psalm laid out the manner of the crucifixion for us to understand His eternal working for our salvation.  There is no other God who is also our Savior by trust in Who He is and what He has done, calling us to bow the knee to Him as Lord and Savior.  The confession of those who believe Him by taking God at His word is that in Him alone they have righteousness and strength.  All others will be ashamed when they see Him face to face and are forced to bow anyway (but when it is too late for eternity).  We who are called and chosen will be glorified because we have been justified and will give all the glory to God who has done it all.  This is the gospel we preach as David foretold in Psalm 22:31 and which we now understand by faith through God’s enabling by His Spirit who lives in us even now.  He is the only Savior of anyone to whom all will bow in subjection of worship.  There is no other god or way to reconciliation with God, salvation, than Jesus Christ.  To God be the glory, great things He has done!