Can you think of a question any more important than the one asked by the Philippians jailer, "What must I do to be saved?" Is there any other issue in life more critical or urgent than determining where one will spend eternity? The guard of the Philippian jail must have known he was facing eternal punishment to even ask the question. He must have known that God will deal with sin either with His wrath or with His grace. The answer Paul and Silas gave to his question was very clear and profound, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved." (Acts 16:30-31) Today there are 5 billion people in the world that will not accept this answer as God's truth. Many are convinced they must do more than believe. They fail to realize that "to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ" necessitates understanding the following:
One of the most effective ways to communicate the Gospel of grace is to ask questions. This method was used often by the Lord Jesus Christ and His disciples as they engaged the lost. Asking questions also shows people that you care for them. Usually people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
The Lord Jesus had some hard questions for good Jews. He asked questions, not only to make His Gospel known, but also to expose the errors of religious leaders. Jesus challenged Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, about his knowledge of the Kingdom of God: "Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?" (John 3:10).
Are you a former Catholic who God has saved and delivered out of darkness into the glorious light of Jesus Christ?
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