What must I do to be saved?

Leviticus 10; Leviticus 11; Leviticus 12; Acts 16
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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.” 32 And they shared the word of the Lord with him and with all who lived in his household. 33 Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized. 34 He brought them into his house and set a meal before them, and he and his entire household rejoiced because they all believed in God.

Observation

I love this story don’t you! Paul and Silas were singing and praising God at midnight in the most inner part of the prison. They had just been beaten and I am sure that they were in pain and yet they could not help but praise the Lord.

It is an incredible story of God’s power over evil. Paul and Silas were in that prison so that jailer could come to faith in Jesus. He and his entire family were saved. I wonder how that jail was run after his conversion. I am sure that any Christians that were placed in that prison got special treatment!

I think it is important to note that the jailer fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas. He was at their mercy. Why didn’t the other prisoners escape when the doors were thrown wide open? I think that they were too scared to move because they knew that God had opened those doors for Paul and Silas. God didn’t open those doors for Paul and Silas to escape, no; He unlocked that prison to show His power.

What must you do to be saved? Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved!

Application

Praise can bring down the walls of a city and praise can open the doors of a prison and praise can also set us free. I will praise the Lord today. Will you join me?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I want to praise you today. You are so Worthy of Praise. Thank you for putting that desire in my heart. You are the lifter up of my head. You are my shield. You are my fortress. You are my refuge. You are my strength.

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