Sirs,
What Must I Do To Be Saved?
Believe
In The Lord Jesus
And
You Will Be Saved …
Scripture
Acts
16
22 A mob
quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered
them stripped and beaten with wooden rods. 23 They
were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The
jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape. 24 So
the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in
the stocks.
25 Around
midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and
the other prisoners were listening. 26 Suddenly,
there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its
foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of
every prisoner fell off!
27 The
jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the
prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself. 28 But
Paul shouted to him, “Stop! Don’t kill yourself! We are all
here!”
29 The
jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down
trembling before Paul and Silas.30 Then
he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 They
replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along
with everyone in your household.”
Observation
This is one of my
all time favorite stories in the Bible. How about you?
If you read the
Bible at all it has to be one of your favorites too! It is amazing!
It may surprise
you but just like what happened to Paul and Silas, God could allow
something pretty bad to happen in our lives just so someone else can
see Jesus in us!
Paul and Silas
were beaten with rods and then they were thrown into the deepest,
darkest part of that jail all for the sake of the salvation of a
jailer and his family.
Think about that
… what you are going through right now might not be good … in
fact it could be very bad, but God could possibly use your experience
and what you are going through to help someone else.
Maybe even to
help someone come to faith in Jesus Christ and there is nothing
better than that.
Paul and Silas
were singing praises to God and praying at midnight after being badly
beaten with rods by a bunch of angry people when God sent an
earthquake to open up those prison doors.
But God sent the
earthquake not to free Paul and Silas; no, He sent the earthquake to
free the jailer!
Romans
8:28 “And
we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love
him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Application
I
know that God is going to use whatever happens to me to help someone
else. God never waste a hurt!
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I know some folks that are going through some very difficult
times right now. I pray that they will hold on to Romans 8:28 as they
go through this rough time. Help them to sing Your praises even
though things look very dim. Give them the strength to walk by faith
even though they can't see any good in what they are going through.
Thank You for taking care of us and for meeting our needs. You are a
mighty God. Nothing is too hard for You! Nothing ...
Daily
Bible Reading: Leviticus 10,11,12; Acts 16
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