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Important Questions - 2
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30)
The first question we explored last week was a question from God to us: “But who do you say that I am?” This week the question is posed by the one searching for God and arises from at least two mental conceptions:
1) A sense of disharmony with God. The question above is asked by an unlikely source: a Gentile jailer who seems religiously shallow. What little he might have learned from his Christian prisoners, combined with the unusual events of the night, persuaded him that he needed something on a deeper, spiritual level. And he concluded that Paul and Silas had real answers.
2) A sense of obligation to God. Not all who sense disharmony pursue reconciliation with God. Many avoid Him through guilt and fear. But avoidance must be overcome by accepting that God wants to save us, not destroy us. The only thing to do is to face it head on, and God graciously enables us to do just that. The jailer was not motivated by “works-salvation”; rather, he correctly desires to honor and please God. God will be found by such people.
