638. Philippian Jailer<\/p>\n
Acts 16<\/p>\n
Convicted, converted, and consecrated are words which express the experience of the jailer.<\/p>\n
1. Convicted. The earthquake caused a soul-quake with the jailer. The foundations of his being were shaken, as well as the foundations of the prison\u2014Act_16:27. His trembling manner, humble demeanour, and earnest cry tell out his anguish of soul\u2014Act_16:29, Act_16:30. Conviction of sin always precedes conversion from sin. The needle of God\u2019s law, causing heartache and bitterness of soul, goes before the scarlet thread of the Gospel\u2014Rom_7:7-13, Rom_7:25.<\/p>\n
2. Converted\u2014Act_16:31, Act_16:34. \u201cHe believed in God\u201d sums up the conversion of the jailer. \u201cBelieve in the Lord Jesus Christ\u201d is the message that comes to him, like a draught of water to the famished traveller in the arid desert. What does it mean to believe on Christ? At least three things\u2014To believe on Him as \u201cJesus\u201d is to be saved through Him\u2014Mat_1:21.<\/p>\n
To believe on Him as \u201cChrist\u201d is to be sanctified in Him\u20141Co_1:2.<\/p>\n
To believe on Him as \u201cLord\u201d is to be swayed by Him\u2014Joh_13:14.<\/p>\n
3. Consecrated\u2014Act_16:33, Act_16:34. The jailer evidences his conversion by his kindly treatment to the apostles. He seeks to repair the past and improve the present. It has been well said: \u201cHere is a man converted and he instantly seeks to make up for the past. He tries to rub out yesterday\u2019s injury.\u201d Christianity always drives men back upon their yesterdays. The Christian says: \u201cI must pay the money that I am owing. I know that the Statute of Limitations would excuse me, but there is no Statute of Limitations in the regenerated heart.\u201d The penitent says: \u201cI must find out the life I once bruised, and if that life is no longer on the earth I must find some descendants, and for David\u2019s sake I will love Mephibosheth.\u201d The religion that does this proves its own inspiration. It does not need our eloquence, nor ask for our intellectual patronage.<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
638. Philippian Jailer Acts 16 Convicted, converted, and consecrated are words which express the experience of the jailer. 1. Convicted. The earthquake caused a soul-quake with the jailer. The foundations of his being were shaken, as well as the foundations of the prison\u2014Act_16:27. His trembling manner, humble demeanour, and earnest cry tell out his anguish … Continue reading “0653. 638. Philippian Jailer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}