What must I do to be saved? And what does Paul say? Well, from this day forth, you have to be a good boy. No. Rather, Paul said, you need to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. That's all. That is, if you trust in Christ and in Christ alone, never again do you have to fear the wrath of God, the wrath that most certainly will come.

Have you ever asked that question?

What must I do to be saved?

On the brink of taking his own life, the Philippian jailer did,

and the answer was the best news that he could hear. Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your

Mind. I'm Nathan W. Bingham. We're getting a glimpse into the ministry of the Apostle Paul,

as recorded for us in the Book of Acts

on Sundays, and this week he will find himself imprisoned. And what do you do if you're locked away?

You sing praises to God and preach the good news of the gospel. Before we get to today's sermon,

if you'd like to walk through Acts line by line, I encourage

you to request R.C. Sproul's commentary on Acts.

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Well, here's Dr. Sprawl on Paul and Silas

and the Philippian Jailor. Therefore, sailing from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace

and the next day came to Neopolis, and from there to Philippi, which is the foremost city

of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city for some days.

And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the city to the riverside where prayer was

customarily made, and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there. Now, a certain woman named

Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from from the city of Thyratira who worshipped God.

The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul. And when she and her household

were baptized, she begged us, saying, if you have judged me to be

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