HOUSEHOLD SALVATION

HOUSEHOLD SALVATION TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: “Blessed be the Lord who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our salvation! Selah. Our God is the God of salvation; and to God the Lord belong escapes from death” (Psalm 68:19–20). DAILY FIRE! As for me and my house we will serve the Lord. The apostles Paul and Silas were in jail at Philippi when a midnight earthquake sprang the prison doors open and the jailer expected he had lost his prisoners. The discipline consequences were so terrifying to him that he was about to commit suicide. However, Paul, with typical presence of mind, shouted to reassure the poor man they were all still there. The reply of that jailer became classical:  “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30). Now the jailer had called them, “Sirs” and Paul saw a chance for a witty play on words. Sir in Greek is the same word as Lord (Greek: kurios). When the jailer asked,  “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”—Paul’s answer was,  “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household” (verse 31).  The jailer had called on Paul and Silas as kurioi, (which can mean lords), but they could not save him. The only one was the Lord Jesus. Remember today: salvation is not in a host of lords, but in the Lord of Hosts! Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2016 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com

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