It is God’s answer to man’s greatest question, and it was missionaries’ response to a suicidal jailer: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”
It seems that the harder we work to try and simplify things, the more we seem to complicate them. This is never truer than with our salvation.
When Paul and Silas wanted to help this man come to Jesus, they had no time to get complicated. The jailer had his sword drawn and was ready to kill himself. He was literally a heartbeat away from hell. That’s where we all are when we are without Jesus — moments away from spending an eternity lost without God.
God’s simple plan of salvation seems easy, almost too easy. We want to add something or do something.
The Bible says in Romans 6:23, “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” If you could earn it, then it’s a wage. If you could win it, then it’s a prize. If you could merit it, then it’s an award. If it can only be received, then it must be a gift. Salvation is a free gift. We can only receive this free gift by believing on His Son, Jesus Christ.
Life is a series of “faith acts.” Every time we open a gallon of milk, crack open an egg, swallow a pill, drive over a bridge or put our money in the bank, we are acting in faith.
Saving faith is putting your trust in, giving yourself to and throwing your destiny upon Jesus Christ as your only hope for eternity.
A man ran frantically into a revival service at which the workmen were already tearing down the tent. An evangelist had preached that night.
The man cried, “I knew I was too late. I wanted to be saved tonight. Now what can I do?”
One of the workers answered, “Nothing. It’s too late!”
The desperate man exclaimed, “What do you mean?”
The worker replied, “You see, the work has already been done. You’re 2,000 years too late. There’s nothing left for you to do than just believe.”
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