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What Must I Do To Be Saved?. What Must I Do To Be Saved?. Paul & Silas in jail – Acts 16:25-40 Earthquake (by the hand of God) Doors opened; chains loosed Jailor is about to kill himself (Roman) Paul dissuades him from death Words of the jailor are eternal
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What Must I Do To Be Saved? Paul & Silas in jail – Acts 16:25-40 • Earthquake (by the hand of God) • Doors opened; chains loosed • Jailor is about to kill himself (Roman) • Paul dissuades him from death • Words of the jailor are eternal And he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
What Must I Do To Be Saved? The jailor’s plea suggest four things: • What … there is a need for information • Must … there is a pressing need • I do … there is something personal • To be saved … there is fear His question was not about personal safety but the realization of the innate need of creation finding the Creator.
What Must I Do To Be Saved? The jailor’s plea suggest four things: • To be saved … there is fear • I do … there is something personal • Must … there is a pressing need • What … there is a need for information His question was not about personal safety but the realization of the innate need of creation finding the Creator.
What Must I Do To Be Saved? • Salvation is not needed to those who are not in danger; but we are! • Failure to believe in eternityGenesis 1:27 • Disbelief in ‘afterlife’ Hebrews 9:27 • Denial of consequences Ecclesiastes 12:14 • Reality of judgment Luke 16:19-31 • Rejection of truth 1 Timothy 3:15 • Rebellion to Creator Romans 1:16-21 TO BE SAVED
What Must I Do To Be Saved? • A personal involvement. • It is always “the other fellow” – not me. • The great lie of Satan has been “I am okay” • 3000 saw the need Acts 2:37 • Ethiopian saw the need Acts 9:36 • Saul understood the need Acts 22:16 • Personal involvement Romans 3:23 • Personal accounting Romans 14:11-12 I DO
What Must I Do To Be Saved? • This suggest a pressing need • Not what POSSIBLY I do or MIGHT I do …. • There is no other option; man has found himself in need of something bigger than himself • NO CHOICE(Drowning; fire; danger) • Recognizes danger and personal choice • Only two roads Matthew 7:13-14 MUST
What Must I Do To Be Saved? • The question begs the information to require action for salvation • Right source John 6:66-68 • Right name Acts 4:12 • Right author Hebrews 5:9 • Right end 1 Thessalonians 5:8-10 WHAT
The jailor believed on the Lord Acts 16:31 The jailor heard the word of the Lord Acts 16:32 The jailor obeyed the word of the Lord Acts 16:33 What Must I Do To Be Saved?