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August 23, 2007

What must I do to be Saved? (Acts 16:30)

Acts 16:31 "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household"

What must we do to be saved (Acts 16:30)? We need only to believe! (Acts 16:31)

Acts 16:29-31 "And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,
and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household."

Salvation for a Christian is found in none other than Jesus Christ. The Bible says that if we confess Him, if we believe on Him, we will be saved (See Romans 10:9-10, John 3:16).
So what needs to be done to be saved? Nothing on our part except for simple faith.

When Jesus died on the cross, He said "It is finished" (John 19:30). What is finished? The work of Salvation. The finished work on the cross. Is there anything more for us to do? No. There is nothing else we can add to His work. Jesus' death and resurrection was more than enough to pay our penalty. We need only to believe no this Truth.

How do we know we are going to heaven? Well, the Bible says that if you believe upon Him, you are saved. We are born again of the Spirit of God. We have new life in Christ Jesus.

But I don't feel any different? Well, as you walk with God, you will start to receive the work of the Holy Spirit in your life. This work of the Holy Spirit will begin to transform your life. Is it possible to quench this Spirit? Yes, it is (Eph. 4:30). If we live contrary to live and continue to live apart from Him, we will quench the Spirit. This is like dampening the Spirit. It will be in us, but we won't feel the effects in our lives any longer.

Is there any other way to heaven? No. The Bible says that Jesus Christ, the Living Son of God is the only way to heaven (Acts 4:12). We can not live forever in front of our Holy God with sin. There must be a solution. Jesus Christ is our solution. He is our sin payment for our sin debt. When we trust in Him, we are credited with His righteousness, and God declares us righteous, just as if we had never sinned (this is known as justification)!