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by Sandy Shaw
Acts 16:30. When that senior prison officer in Philippi called out to Silas and Paul, "What must I do to be saved?" What did Paul say? Keep the Ten Commandments? Be kind. Come to our fellowship in Lydia's home? NO! Paul stated and proclaimed from prison, "Believe in the Lord Jesus - and the people in your home can be saved too." You can almost hear the jailer say - "Tell me more." Imagine taking top security prisoners into your home - what a risk to run - but he so wanted to hear more, and that was worth any risk. "Bring a sponge and warm water. Let me bathe their wounds." What a change! When Jesus Christ becomes so real, people do the most extraordinary things - beautiful things.
Then Paul says - "Let's now wash you, and he took them and baptised them." Paul realised that this was an essential element in their being born again.
They all heard - believed - and were baptised. It is vital that we see and understand that clearly. There were no infants in that household at that time. In the New Testament we never read of new believers having to wait more than 24 hours before they were baptised in water. Check it out and you will find that to be the pattern, and it is a good one to follow wherever possible.
This tough jailer and Lady Lydia were now brother and sister in Christ. Changed lives includes and involves changed relationships - black and white - rich and poor - tough and sophisticated - are one in Christ. There is no alternative - no choice is given - we have no option - not if we are in Christ. And now the fellowship newly birthed in Philippi has a man to lead it, and that too is important.
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Read Article »Alexander 'Sandy' Shaw is pastor of Nairn Christian Fellowship in Nairn, Scotland. Nairn is 17 miles east of Inverness - on the Moray Firth Coast - not far from the Loch Ness Monster!
Gifted as a Biblical teacher, Sandy is firmly committed to making sure that his teachings are firmly grounded in the Word.
Sandy has a weekly radio talk which can be heard via the Internet on Saturday at 11:40am, New Orleans time, at wsho.com.
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