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What must I do to be saved? It is the most important question a person can ask. Yet, the answer is so simple that it can be stated in a single sentence, and is also the biggest stumbling block for the human heart.
In this powerful sermon rooted in the Protestant Reformation, a dramatic story from the Book of Acts becomes the backdrop for a life-or-death inquiry. Discover why our innate desire to do something to earn salvation is the very thing that can keep us from it, and how the cry of "Believe!" is an invitation not to a religious to-do list, but to a profound freedom.
If you've ever wondered if you've been good enough, religious enough, or done enough to be right with God, the liberating truth within this message may forever change your perspective.
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📍 Sermon Outline 00:00 Trailer 01:35 Background 10:08 I. To Believe In Who He Really Is And What He Has Done For Us 10:40 Recognising our sin condition and our sins 15:27 Sinners are guilty of death and eternal punishment 19:12 Jesus Christ died for our sins to save us 22:36 II. To Come To Him With Nothing Of Our Own 24:56 Salvation is purely the grace of God 29:19 Illustration of reward and grace 32:59 Nothing we can offer for our own salvation 37:20 III. To Embrace Him Without Withholding Anything From Him 39:21 Christ is our Lord and Saviour 41:33 Trusting in Christ completely 46:10 When your body is lying in the grave, where would your soul be? 49:22 Closing prayer
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Highlights
Paul and Silas did not say, ‘In order to be saved, you must do certain things. You must go to church, read the Bible, sing a hymn, do good works, and be baptised.’ While all those things are good spiritual activities, but they cannot save you. Paul and Silas simply directed the Philippian jailer to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. And it was only through the act of faith that he could be saved.
Whenever people hear, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved,’ almost immediately they are confronted with this stumbling block. You mean to tell me that by simply believing in Jesus and bringing nothing of my own, nothing of my performance, nothing of my character, looking away from myself and trusting only in Jesus alone, is able to have all my sins removed? Saving faith is purely the grace of God. And I believe that this is the biggest stumbling block for many people.
Why do I say that? Listen to the words of the jailer: ‘What must I do…?’ The human mind, due to the corruption of sin, is always inclined to think that we must do something in order to earn God's approval. We must do something in order to earn the right for our sins to be removed. But the reality is that:
To believe in Jesus is to come to Him with nothing of our own.
Dear friend, that is what we must do:
- Look away from ourselves.
- Look away from our good works.
- Look away from our performances and our characters.
Salvation is purely the grace of God.