Acts 16:30-34 And he brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Yes! One more victory for Christ! My Friends, the Most High God brings us to Him in many different ways. Paul and Silas were preaching in Philippi, when a woman possessed with a spirit of divination began following them around, crying out that they were servants of God, who showed the way to salvation. Well, after several days of that, Paul felt sorry for her and cast out the spirit, much to the dislike of the people she worked for as a soothsayer, since it meant they lost income. So they rigged up a case against Paul and Silas for preaching unlawful customs, had them arrested, beaten and jailed. The jailer, aware of the commotion they’d caused, put them into the deepest, safest part of the prison and shackled their feet to the walls. But only their physical bodies had been broken, the Spirit of the Lord remained strong in them, and at midnight, they prayed and sang songs of praise unto God, that the other prisoners heard. In response, the Lord created an earthquake, one so strong that it shook the prison to it’s very foundation, throwing open all the doors, and loosing the shackles on all the prisoners. Imagine the jailer’s consternation nuh, when he woke up and saw all the prison doors open. He drew his sword to kill himself when Paul stopped him, shouting reassurance that everybody was still there. Having satisisfied himself that Paul spoke the truth, he fell down before them and asked what he needed to do to be saved. Then he took Paul and Silas to his house, cleansed their wounds, and with his whole house, received Christ that night. Praise the Lord! What a story Friends! The Lord could have found an easier way to bring the jailer and his family to Him, but it would not have had the same impact. This way, it became a defining moment in the lives of the jailer, his family, and the other prisoners, a night they would never forget, and talk about with awe for the rest of their mortal lives. I’m sure some of the other prisoners were also led to the Lord that night. We all have memorable moments like that, not necessarily a conversion to Christ, but instances that stand out like a beacon in a foggy mist, that we treasure and talk about all the time. And the moral of the story is? It doesn’t matter who you are, where you are, what job you do, whether you’re big or small, lowly or of great esteem, whatever the circumstances, remember my Friends, that the Lord can, and will, always find a way to use you to bring unbelievers to Him and glory to His name. Praise His Holy Name! Amen! And as always, in parting, Much LOVE!…there’s none so lowly…or circumstance so bizarre…that the Lord can’t use for His glory…
Yes! One more victory for Christ! My Friends, the Most High God brings us to Him in many different ways. Paul and Silas were preaching in Philippi, when a woman possessed with a spirit of divination began following them around, crying out that they were servants of God, who showed the way to salvation. Well, after several days of that, Paul felt sorry for her and cast out the spirit, much to the dislike of the people she worked for as a soothsayer, since it meant they lost income. So they rigged up a case against Paul and Silas for preaching unlawful customs, had them arrested, beaten and jailed. The jailer, aware of the commotion they’d caused, put them into the deepest, safest part of the prison and shackled their feet to the walls. But only their physical bodies had been broken, the Spirit of the Lord remained strong in them, and at midnight, they prayed and sang songs of praise unto God, that the other prisoners heard. In response, the Lord created an earthquake, one so strong that it shook the prison to it’s very foundation, throwing open all the doors, and loosing the shackles on all the prisoners. Imagine the jailer’s consternation nuh, when he woke up and saw all the prison doors open. He drew his sword to kill himself when Paul stopped him, shouting reassurance that everybody was still there. Having satisisfied himself that Paul spoke the truth, he fell down before them and asked what he needed to do to be saved. Then he took Paul and Silas to his house, cleansed their wounds, and with his whole house, received Christ that night. Praise the Lord! What a story Friends! The Lord could have found an easier way to bring the jailer and his family to Him, but it would not have had the same impact. This way, it became a defining moment in the lives of the jailer, his family, and the other prisoners, a night they would never forget, and talk about with awe for the rest of their mortal lives. I’m sure some of the other prisoners were also led to the Lord that night. We all have memorable moments like that, not necessarily a conversion to Christ, but instances that stand out like a beacon in a foggy mist, that we treasure and talk about all the time. And the moral of the story is? It doesn’t matter who you are, where you are, what job you do, whether you’re big or small, lowly or of great esteem, whatever the circumstances, remember my Friends, that the Lord can, and will, always find a way to use you to bring unbelievers to Him and glory to His name. Praise His Holy Name! Amen! And as always, in parting, Much LOVE!…there’s none so lowly…or circumstance so bizarre…that the Lord can’t use for His glory…
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