What Must I Do To be Saved Sirs

What Must I Do To be Saved “Sirs, what must I do to be saved? ” Acts 16: 30 Important question Matt. 16: 26 = worth of the soul Asked 3 Times in Acts 2: 37 “Men and brethren, what shall we do? ” Acts 9: 6 “Lord, what do You want me to do? ” Acts 16: 30 “Sirs, what must I do to be saved? ”

What Must I Do To be Saved Man Does Not Know Isa. 55: 8 -9 “my thoughts are not your thoughts” Jer. 10: 23 “the way of man is not in himself” Prov. 14: 12 “There is a way which seems right” A Reliable Source Acts 9: 6 “go into the city, and you will be told what you must do. ” Isa. 8: 20 “To the law and to the testimony”

What Must I Do To be Saved Did not ask - What he may do - What he could do - What he thought he should do But what He Must do - A requirement

What Must I Do To be Saved It Was Not… - What must my parents do - What must my relatives and friends do - What God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit must do Individual Responsibility Rom. 14: 12 “So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. ”

What Must I Do To be Saved Confused: - Not what we think, feel, hear, dream - It is not rejecting the Grace of God GRACE is received through Faith - Eph. 2: 8 Water Received Through Pipes - No Pipes = No water - No faith = No Grace

What Must I Do To be Saved Faith is a Work Jn. 6: 28 -29 “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent. ” Acts 10: 34 -35 “works righteousness” Ps. 119: 172 “all Thy commandments are righteousness” To work righteousness is to work commands of God, and to work in order to salvation is to do what God commands Matt. 7: 21 “He who does the will of my Father” 1 Jn. 2: 17 “He that does the will of God abides for ever”

What Must I Do To be Saved God Saves - - - Not Man - Devising a plan as futile as building tower of Babel - In one sense man saves himself - Acts 2: 40 “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation” God Directs - - - Man Obeys

Answers on Different Occasions Acts 16: 31 “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved” Saved by Faith Jn. 3: 16 “whoever believes in Him” Rom. 5: 1 “justified by faith” Not by Faith Only Jas. 2: 24 “…and not by faith only” Acts 16: 32 “spoke the Word of the Lord to him” Rom. 10: 17 “Faith comes by hearing”

Answers on Different Occasions Acts 2: 38 “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins” - Faith had been established through preaching Told To: Repent Baptized Mk. 16: 15 -16 “for” = in order to obtain Remission = freedom from guilt

Answers on Different Occasions Acts 9: 6 "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do" Ø Jesus made Himself known to Paul - v. 5 Ø Told to go to Damascus - v. 6 Ø Told to be baptized - Acts 22: 16 “And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. ” Why are there different answers?

How Far to Lane Stadium? Radford 14 Miles Lynchburg 96 Miles Johnson City 160 Miles Greensboro 171 Miles

What Must I Do To be Saved Believe Acts 16: 31 Be Baptized Acts 22: 16 Heaven Repent Acts 2: 38 Confess Acts 8: 37

BELIEVED REPENTED CONFESSED BAPTIZED Pentecost Acts 2: 14 -41 Repented vs. 37 -38 Were Baptized vs. 38 -41 Folks of Samaria Acts 8: 5 -13 Believed v. 12 Were Baptized vs. 12 -13 The Eunuch Acts 8: 35 -39 Believed vs. 36 -37 Saul Acts 9: 1 -20 Was Baptized v. 18 Cornelius Acts 10: 34 -48 Believed v. 43 Was Baptized v. 48 Was Baptized v. 15 Lydia Acts 16: 13 Gave Heed v. 14 Confessed v. 37 Was Baptized v. 38 The Jailer Acts 16: 32 Believed v. 31 Was Baptized v. 33 The Corinthians Acts 18: 8 Believed v. 8 Were Baptized v. 8

Are You Ready ?