Acts 16:30-31 “And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (31.) And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”
This is a question very rarely asked today, because we are now living in the last days and the Lord has elected not to save many in these last times. I know if you go to an Arminian type of church they will strongly disagree with me, however they will disagree with me on pretty much everything else we teach. Salvation is “The Gift of God” (Eph. 2:8 – 10) and can only be made possible if the Holy Spirit convicts one’s heart (Romans 8:14) and the bottom line is a lot of people’s hearts are simply not being pricked by the Holy Spirit in these last days. People who teach Arminian type of religion are teaching deceit and have convinced people they are saved when they are not. Salvation is not something we as Ministers sell and it is certainly not something we can give away. Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith…” The offering or giving of salvation is the right belonging only to Christ Jesus because of His sacrifice on the cross. Salvation was bought and paid for by Him and therefore to give it to as many as He chooses. Hebrews 5:9 “And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;” We as ministers, pastors, or witnesses are to simply proclaim the gospel message (plant and water) and trust the Lord to do the rest. 1 Corinthians 3:6, 7 “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. (7.) So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.” Oh how I would to God more ministers and pastors would adhere to this scripture when attempting to give something away that they have not any scriptural right to give away.
The Philippian jailer had just a few moments before hated and despised Paul and Silas, however something changed his deprived heart and that was the Holy Spirit and because his heart was pricked by the Holy Spirit he asked this question; “what must I do to be saved?” he wanted to be saved and I must add what a glorious thing it is for a lost sinner to want to be saved, Paul and Silas told him to “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved”. There was no sinners prayer, no talk about joining a church, no talk about baptism, and nothing at all mentioned about working his way to heaven. It was a simple question and a simply answer, and because of the simplicity of it all the Philippian jailer was saved. This is the reason we find good sovereign grace churches so small today, it is because we have not filled them with lost people who think they are saved when they are not. We teach the bible as it is written and not a watered down religion to satisfy the lost membership. Some people today refuse to attend the services of sovereign grace Baptist churches because we are simply too strict, but the truth is we still simply adhere to the Holy Scriptures as they are written. If you are ashamed to attend a sovereign grace Baptist church then maybe you need to concern yourself with what God thinks? Maybe it is not the church but maybe it is you, and maybe this is the reason you attend a watered down version of a church. Maybe you are not saved, and just simply think you are because some Arminian type of church or pastor has told you that you are. I was talking with our adult Sunday school teacher yesterday on this subject and we had discussed truly how tough God is, and what He truly expects of our lives on this earth and how so many today fail to satisfy God in their lives. God is not the simple watered down God that the Arminian type of churches have made Him out to be, He is strong and solid in His ways, and He is no push over. He has strict rules and many will find out one day God is nothing like what they believed or thought. If you have never asked in your heart “what must I do to be saved?” then you are most likely lost and need to be saved and I will simply tell you what Paul and Silas did, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved”.
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- Pastor Randy Johnson
- Texarkana, Texas, United States
- I am the Pastor of the Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church in Texarkana, Texas
Pastor Randy Johnson
Sovereign Grace Missionary Baptist Church
I would like to welcome you to my blog. It is my purpose to bring glory to the glorious name of my Saviour Jesus Christ. It is my hope and prayer that you are saved from eternal damnation if not please read the following scriptures.
Acts 8:35-38 "Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. (36.) And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? (37.) And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (38.) And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him."
Acts 16:30-31 "And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (31.) And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."
Acts 8:35-38 "Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. (36.) And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? (37.) And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. (38.) And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him."
Acts 16:30-31 "And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (31.) And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."