“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.”

Lynchburg 96 Miles

Radford14 Miles

Johnson City

160 Miles

Greensboro171 Miles

BelieveActs 16:31

RepentActs 2:38

ConfessActs 8:37

Be BaptizedActs 22:16

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