"Provision" (Acts 16:33-34)

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 4/29/2018 8:46 PM

My Worship Time                                                                                          Focus:  “Provision”

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                 Reference:  Acts 16:33-34

            Message of the verses:  “33 And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household. 34 And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.”

            The first thing that I want to do is to compare what Lydia did right after she became a believer with what the jailer did right after he became a believer.  “15 And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us (Acts 16:15).”  “And immediately he was baptized, he and all his household. 34 And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household (Acts 1633b-34).” 

            Now we will look at four evidences of the genuineness of the jailer’s salvation along with his household.  Now the first one is the washing of the wounds that the jailer did to Paul and Silas.  Next was to agree to be baptized by Paul or Silas after the wounds were washed, and this showed that he understood what he had done to be saved.  Next we see what I first wrote about as the jailer feed both Paul and Silas.  “14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself (James 2:14-17).”  The last evidence showing the jailer and his household were saved is that he “rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.”  It was not long before this that the jailer was ready to commit suicide, and now he becomes a believer, is baptized, feeds the missionaries, and is rejoicing in the Lord because of what He had done for him and his household.  John MacArthur writes “Only the grace of God could effect such an instantaneous transformation.”

Answer to yesterday’s Bible question:  “Emmaus” (Luke 24:13-15).

Today’s Bible question:  “Who was Isaac’s wife?”

Answer in our next SD.

4/29/2018 9:00 PM