"Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

Acts 16:25-31, About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.” And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas. Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Only the heavenly man can conceive of any of this: thrown into jail unjustly, unlawfully yet praying and singing. Doors flung open by an earthquake, yet no one runs to escape. Secure bonds unfastened. The jailer knew he was doomed, and yet realized that his worst fears had not come true: the prisoners were all there! He immediately recognized the truth of what they had no doubt told him, that he needed to be saved. Our faith is utter simplicity: Christ has done it all, for those who are dead in sin and trespass. Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household!

We believe in You Lord Jesus that we may be saved from our sin!

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