| Show saved ant and S serving by REV v IL 0 OSTROM ba D D Devar truen 1 boody 1 luat tuta C b ZT took them the th same am bout i of the th night and washed strived trtat lie iet set meat before them and rejoiced act 16 11 14 34 of whom ie is thie this we evad la 15 it some doctor hurrying hirr ying after fit to wall the wounds of it patie or to Is it some mother awakened out of her sorely needed deep sleep to feed the hungry child of her love ard ad a d care cars I 1 A jailer what would a man in charge of a prison under the old it a M a an 31 govern ment meat to each such a service A few hours before this man had throat thrust paul and silas int the inner prison and made their feet fast la the bocka but now in the dead of night we find and him washing their and setting meat before the theas what baa has occurred ob oll m uch I 1 we mu must st examine the incident and observe the wonder ol 01 it it is I 1 not an sin ordinary ordnary one an earthquake it reel ing sath arth sa th end and fear ear of punish punishment meLt should the prisoners entrusted to hi big keeping escape intimidated the cri loue lous jailer but the tumult about him waa was as nothing to that within him which shook his soul cat out of the loth pt of ein sin into peace with god that one hour murt have meant more than centuries to him nis 1 soul struggle must have been intense stat wl at waa was his fant step stop towards peace leacel ne asked the way to be eared saved let en yam also etar there 1 I what must I 1 do to be saved why say must pity rity the man who so 0 o lightly regards me responsibility to god or Is to so devoid of rev reverence orence that concerning his boula welfare he Is to content to eay may baay may or might n of mint most pity illy an age that bodd wo ild tune its thinking to the pitch of mere probability or convenience ana thue thus cheapen the who whole priced tire ure of human humah living and at the same time rate god ai as a mere mental accommodation to our hazardous doas do as ee we please way of laving this jailer was not rot occupied with schemes of elf self advancement or by the thought thou glit that the events of the night might mean the lou of his position was w dealing with issues what must I 1 do to be saved II 11 we cannot get set away awat from that stripe arrom blow blows and cruelty be wa was tamed to ministering and healing we was it cot mot the thil act of a aved saved man tea ye that I 1 is it the man bad had been aved saved 1 aci ad was not merely assent be he bad had come to his perishing condition and ho be bad accepted besne A new mature in christ jesus I 1 it was a real work of grace and that meal of thie this was walking in newness of life it Is after believing that a man washes tho wounds of and carries b tad bad ad to abe preacher slaving been baptized in the rh name of the lord jeans jesus he be proceeds to act in the jesus way it Is ever so infald Is and believers bel levera alike affirm that by really believing on begus christ a mans conduct becomes christ IZ 1 al 41 what was the secret 1 we have but to inquire who it was that paul aad silas announced it was the lord jesus christ when a shan hinr r bel believes leem on the lord jesus christ by the guarantee of the almighty he be Is in saved unsaved men wen cannot reckon the immensity of this one act Cons consider lder that alla ui roan man believed in jesus who Is savior christ who Is to the one who I 1 must reign ove the earth I 1 Is master to him christ became all to us also who are believers christ Is leill ft II 11 we are also now creatures I 1 la christ jewa |
