Saturday, December 4, 2010

What must I do to be saved?

Acts 16:14 Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.

This verse is another (of many) indicators that Salvation is entirely a work of God. We can earnestly seek Him, but to truly receive The Word of God and be saved only happens when God opens your heart to receive His Word. If you question whether this has happened in your life you need only to look to The Word of God which says, He gives us a new heart with new desires, He takes out our heart of stone that is focussed on feeding our sinful flesh and gives us a heart of flesh that is focussed on serving Our King.

When we earnestly seek God and His Righteousness we will want to ask the same question the Roman guard did:

Acts 16:30 And he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

Like this Roman guard, are you prepared for the answer:

Acts 16:31 So they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."

We dare not add to this. Yes, if we truly believe it will lead to obedience; but we can never earn or deserve Salvation. Remember what the Word say, he be accursed that preaches any other Gospel. It is not Christ plus, it is Christ period. As the Word says, His Goodness leads us to repentance...the fruit of true conversion is repentance and obedience; if you don't have these, you don't have Salvation either.

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