They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Christ alone is the mark where faith must aim, and when men turn aside from Him they wander into nothing but labyrinth and chaos. Faith is not a light opinion about unknowns but plain knowledge of Christ from the gospel; where preaching is absent, faith cannot survive.
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Paul and Silas felt the smart of the rods upon their backs and lay in stocks at midnight with reason to fear the axes next; yet they prayed and sang praises to God. Their persecutors meant to sicken them of the gospel, but found them heartier than ever.
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Commenting on Acts 16:25-34
Not a bare historical faith that Christ was the Son of God and rose again, for that saves no one; rather, to look to Him alone for life, to trust Him, to commit your soul to Him and expect all peace and pardon from Him. Between true faith and eternal salvation there is an inseparable connection.
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