How Can I Know I'm Truly Saved?
Richard A. Bradley
Acts 16:25-31
Acts 16:25-31
25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.
27 And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself.
28 But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, ''Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.''
29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.
30 And he brought them out and said, ''Sirs, what must I do to be saved?''
31 So they said, ''Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, you and your household.''
Confidence is a wonderful thing don't you think? Actually, I can't think of a single worthy goal that can be accomplished without confidence. We will always need a sense of being adequate to the task. However, there is one task that even the most confident among us will never be adequate for. None of us will ever be able to save ourselves. Salvation is life's most important goal and yet our most impossible task.
This is a real dilemma. As one author wrote, ''It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.'' In other words, as the Cajuns say, you can't get there from here. Salvation is such a mystery and such a dilemma that only Jesus can help us make sense of it.
According to Paul we can know we're saved and on our way to heaven. When he was asked by the children how to get to Neverland Peter Pan told them that it was the ''second star to the right and straight on until morning.'' That's pretty clear. Paul's directions to the Philippian jailer were just as clear but far more significant.
How can we be saved?
TO BE SAVED WE HAVE TO KNOW WE'RE LOST
30 And he brought them out and ...
Richard A. Bradley
Acts 16:25-31
Acts 16:25-31
25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.
27 And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself.
28 But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, ''Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.''
29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.
30 And he brought them out and said, ''Sirs, what must I do to be saved?''
31 So they said, ''Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, you and your household.''
Confidence is a wonderful thing don't you think? Actually, I can't think of a single worthy goal that can be accomplished without confidence. We will always need a sense of being adequate to the task. However, there is one task that even the most confident among us will never be adequate for. None of us will ever be able to save ourselves. Salvation is life's most important goal and yet our most impossible task.
This is a real dilemma. As one author wrote, ''It's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.'' In other words, as the Cajuns say, you can't get there from here. Salvation is such a mystery and such a dilemma that only Jesus can help us make sense of it.
According to Paul we can know we're saved and on our way to heaven. When he was asked by the children how to get to Neverland Peter Pan told them that it was the ''second star to the right and straight on until morning.'' That's pretty clear. Paul's directions to the Philippian jailer were just as clear but far more significant.
How can we be saved?
TO BE SAVED WE HAVE TO KNOW WE'RE LOST
30 And he brought them out and ...
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