“sirs, what must i do to be saved?” acts 16:30 important question matt. 16:26 = worth of the...
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“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Acts 16:30
Important questionMatt. 16:26 = worth of the soul
Asked 3 Times in Acts
Acts 2:37 “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”
Acts 9:6 “Lord, what do You want me to do?”
Acts 16:30 “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Man Does Not Know
Isa. 55:8-9 “my thoughts are not your thoughts” Jer. 10:23 “the way of man is not in himself” Prov. 14:12 “There is a way which seems right”
A Reliable Source
Acts 9:6 “go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” Isa. 8:20 “To the law and to the testimony”
Did not ask - What he may do - What he could do - What he thought he should do
But what He do - A requirement
It Was Not…- What must my parents do- What must my relatives and friends do- What God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit must do
Individual ResponsibilityRom. 14:12 “So then every one of us shall give
account of himself to God.”
Confused: - Not what we think, feel, hear, dream - It is not rejecting the Grace of God
GRACE is received through Faith - Eph. 2:8
Water Received Through Pipes - No Pipes = No water - No faith = No Grace
Faith is a Work
Jn. 6:28-29 “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
Acts 10:34-35 “works righteousness”Ps.119:172 “all Thy commandments are righteousness”
To work righteousness is to work commands of God, and to work in order to salvation is to do
what God commands
Matt. 7:21 “He who does the will of my Father”1 Jn. 2:17 “He that does the will of God abides for ever”
God Saves - - - Not Man
- Devising a plan as futile as building tower of Babel
- In one sense man saves himself
- Acts 2:40 “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation”
God Directs - - - Man Obeys
Acts 16:31 “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved”
Saved by Faith Jn. 3:16 “whoever believes in Him” Rom. 5:1 “justified by faith”
Not by Faith Only Jas. 2:24 “…and not by faith only” Acts 16:32 “spoke the Word of the Lord to him” Rom. 10:17 “Faith comes by hearing”
Acts 2:38 “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins”
- Faith had been established through preaching
Told To:RepentBaptized
Mk. 16:15-16 “for” = in order to obtainRemission = freedom from guilt
Acts 9:6 "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do"
Jesus made Himself known to Paul - v. 5
Told to go to Damascus - v. 6
Told to be baptized - Acts 22:16 “And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.”
BELIEVED REPENTED CONFESSED BAPTIZED
Pentecost Acts 2:14-41
Repented vs. 37-38
Were Baptized vs. 38-41
Folks of Samaria Acts
8:5-13
Believed v. 12 Were Baptized vs. 12-13
The Eunuch Acts 8:35-39
Believed vs. 36-37 Confessed v. 37 Was Baptized v. 38
Saul Acts 9:1-20 Was Baptized v. 18
Cornelius Acts 10:34-48
Believed v. 43 Was Baptized v. 48
Lydia Acts 16:13 Gave Heed v. 14 Was Baptized v. 15
The Jailer Acts 16:32
Believed v. 31 Was Baptized v. 33
The Corinthians Acts 18:8
Believed v. 8 Were Baptized v. 8
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