WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
by Ed Crookshank and Rod Rutherford
What must I do to be saved? Have you ever asked that question? If not, you should! It is the most important question that YOU can ask! The answer to the question, “What must I do to be saved?” is very important. We can not ask just anyone the answer to it. The Bible is the only place that we can find the real answer. Let us go to the Bible to see what inspired men of God told people to do in order to be saved. Then we will know what we need to do.
The Day of Pentecost
On the Day of Pentecost, after
Christ went to Heaven, Peter preached the first sermon. He preached about Jesus Christ. He told the people that Christ had died for
their sins. After Peter finished
preaching, the people said, “Men and
brethren, what shall we do?” (Acts
The Ethiopian Eunuch
In Acts 8:26-40 we are told of the conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch.
Philip preached “Jesus” to the eunuch (Acts
Saul of
The conversion of Saul of Tarsus
(later the Apostle Paul) is told in Acts, chapters 9, 22, and 26. Saul was on his way to
Cornelius
Acts, chapters 10 and 11, tell of
the conversion of Cornelius. Cornelius
was the first person to become a Christian who was not a Jew. He was a Roman soldier. The Bible says he was a “devout man, and one who feared God with all
his household who gave alms generously to the people, and
prayed to God always” (Acts 10:2).
Could such good things be said about
you? Cornelius was a very good man. Yet, he was LOST! His sins had not been
forgiven! The Lord told Cornelius to
send to Joppa for Peter. Peter would “tell you words by which you and all your
household will be saved” (Acts
Conclusion
We started by asking, “What must I do to be saved?” We then turned to the Bible to find the answer to this question. In our study, we found that the people HEARD about Jesus Christ. They heard that He died to forgive them of their sins. The people BELIEVED this. They believed that Jesus is the Son of God. They understood they were lost in their sins. They were then told to REPENT of their sins. They CONFESSED that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. After confessing, they were BAPTIZED. When they were baptized, their sins were forgiven. They were not forgiven of their sins before baptism. They were forgiven only when they were baptized. Do you believe in Jesus Christ? Have you repented of your sins? Have you confessed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God? Have you been baptized in order to have your sins forgiven? If you have not, then you are still in your sins. You are lost. Obey the Gospel today just as lost sinners did in the Bible. You will be then be saved.
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