“‘What must I do to be saved?'”

“‘What must I do to be saved?'” was written on the card I saw lying on the footpath in Commerce Street here in Kaitaia not long ago.

Acts 16:30

I know the biblical answer, but I am wondering how many people are actually asking that question?

In the Bible we are reading about people who are appointed for eternal life. (Acts 13:48)

In Acts 16:14 the Bible tells us about Lydia and that “The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.”

In John 6:44 the Lord Jesus Christ says, “‘No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.'”

And this morning in my Bible reading I read this verse, “‘Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.'” And remember that the Lord Jesus Christ is speaking here.

I think the people mentioned above are the people who are asking the question, “What must I do to be saved?”

And we find the answer to the question, “‘What must I do to be saved?'” in the book of Acts chapter 16:31.

There it says, “‘Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved – you and your household.'”

Golden Nugget

“But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.” – Matthew 10:19,20

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“And when the Lord Jesus has become your peace, remember, there is another thing: good will towards men. Do not try to keep Christmas without good will towards men.” – C. H. Spurgeon

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“Authentic spirituality, however, requires of us that we relearn the discipline of setting loose everything here in order to lay hold of glory hereafter.” – J. J. Packer

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“Death finds us unprepared, and in daily life it is observable how little strength we have for the practice of detachment or renunciation in any form at all.” – J. I. Packer