WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?

THE QUESTION, BY THE STARTLED JAILOR, REVEALS TWO GREAT GOSPEL TRUTHS WHICH EVERY SINNER MUST REALIZE

The True condition of the Sinner:

a. He is lost--body, soul, and spirit - Rom. 3:9-18

b. He must realize that he is lost - Luke 18:13

c. Finally, he must confess his lost condition - Rom.7:24

2. For the encouragement of the penitent sinner:

a. He knows that he can be saved from his sinful condition - 1 Tim. 1:15

b. But, he must want to be saved -

(1) "Lord save me" - Matt. 14:30

(2) "Lord save us: we perish" - Matt. 8:25

c. Most of all, he must do something about it to be saved -

(1) The prodigal son acted - Luke 15:20

(2) Blind Bartimaeus acted with persistence - Mark 10:46-52

(3) Zacchaeus acted - Luke 19:5-9

HEAVEN'S ALL-SUFFICIENT ANSWER

1. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ"

a. He is able to save to the uttermost - Heb. 7:25

(1) The thief on the cross experienced it - Luke 23:44

(2) So did the woman of Samaria - John 4:1-28

b. He is the sinners' only hope - Acts 4:12; John 3:16

c. "Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you" - John 6:53

2. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy house":

a. Saved from what? Matt. 1:21; Gal. 2:17; 1 John 3:8

b. Saved for what? For the kingdom of God and His services.