What Must I Do — Acts 14-16

0:02 Okay. Let's pray. Father, we are grateful that we again get to have the privilege of seeking your word and to learn from it. Lord, we are amazed by how much is there. We're amazed by how much it can move us.

0:20 We're amazed by how much it continues to give, Lord. So as we search your scriptures today, we pray that you would give us, take take something away that reminds us of something we knew before. Please help us to take something away that we we learned new today. And please help us to take something away that helps us to step forward into that which you have for us. I pray these things in your son's name.

0:48 Amen. So we can just like close now and say amen. Thank you Samuel. What a a gift that was. I appreciate that.

0:57 It's... I was gonna say that if you missed seeing Samuel sing last night out at LC, you missed a treat. Okay? But you didn't. You you got the treat this morning.

1:07 So good job. Well done. Alright. Let's read chapter 16 beginning in verse 25. Acts chapter 16 be...

1:20 Beginning in verse 25. But at midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly, there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all of the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed. The keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself.

1:51 But Paul called with a loud voice saying, do yourself no harm, for we are all here. Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he brought them out and said, sirs, what must I do to be saved? So they said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your household. Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who are in his house.

2:21 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and his family were baptized. Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them and he rejoiced having believed in God with all his household. Verse 35. And when it was day, the magistrate sent the officers saying, let those men go.

2:45 So the keeper of the prison reported these words to Paul saying, the magistrates have sent to let you go. Now, therefore, depart and go in peace. But Paul said to them, they have beaten us openly, uncondemned Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they put put us out secretly? No, indeed.

3:05 Let them come themselves and get us out. And the officers told these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans. Then they came and pleaded with them and brought them out and asked them to depart from the city. So they went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia. And when they had seen the brethren, they encouraged them and departed.

3:35 So with the song that Samuel sang, plus the reading of that, we should we could be done now, but we'll add on what I what I've prepared here. So I appreciate this this question, and I think we're going to explore it a little bit more. What must I do? Right in the middle of this whole portion, the jailer asked, what must I do? So hang on to that that phrase, that question, if you will, as we go forward.

4:13 But at any rate, you would know if we read earlier in the chapter that they were forbidden. Paul was clearly convinced that they were forbidden to go to Asia. Right? And then he was not permitted to go to Bythinia. Okay.

4:29 So there's this leading that's happening. And then they're called to go to Macedonia. Remember the dream. Please come help us. They're called.

4:39 Okay. And then they chose Philippi. If you read, it says they passed up a couple cities and they went to Philippi because it was the most populated, the central city of that area, okay? They chose to go to Philippi. So remember that, forbidden, not permitted, called, chose.

4:59 Right? So they're invested in this. They think the Lord is, that's where they should be. Okay? Brings us right up till just before the beginning of our portion here.

5:10 And that's where they have been having a private, not very public. It wasn't like they stood in the middle of the city and started proclaiming this and having a problem there. It says they were heckled by a fortune teller, young girl, cast out by a... Where Paul went and cast out this demon that was in her. They were falsely accused, seized by a mob, publicly humiliated.

5:32 It says they torn their clothes off of them and illegally treated. We can talk about that a little bit more. Summarily judged, severely beaten with rods. And I did a little bit of research on this, but rod is something between a baseball bat and a switch. It might have been several switches put together.

5:51 There was a rod that was carried by the lictors of the Roman Empire at that time. Those were the ones that would have inflicted the punishment on them. It was a bundle of elm switches, some would say, tied together by leather. So if they would have beat them with that, it would have been heavy and hard like a baseball bat, but it probably bent a little bit and and vibrated when it hit them. Okay?

6:13 To inflict the most punishment. Sometimes these things had had axes stuck into them as a a symbol of I can even take your head and that's what they would have done and some had done to them. So this symbol, they beat them with it. And it wasn't just you know like one whack. These guys were professionals.

6:31 They knew exactly what to do. Okay? To inflict the most pain, suffering, and damage to the point where their wounds were open. They had been beaten to the point where they were bleeding backs, I believe. And so this is a bad, bad thing.

6:48 They were thrown into prison, set in stocks, which mean their feet were in stocks. I think John reminded us they were separated. They couldn't they couldn't sit real comfortably, but they wouldn't want to lay down either. But they were totally in in pain in doing this. This is where they were.

7:06 And they were not only in prison, since they were in the center of the prison. So in order for them to get out, had to leave the center of the prison, the the most secure place, go into the prison, and then get out from there if they were ever to leave. Right? So it it couldn't have been a worse spot. Right?

7:23 Could we could we say that these guys were having a bad day? I mean, I mean, it's not too far of a stretch to say this is a bad day. They were in bad shape. And so what would what would be your response if you had this day? I mean, what would what would be a reasonable response if you had this day?

7:43 What would be something they would paint in the movies if somebody had a day like this? Right? Well, the response might be some complaining bicker. Can you imagine the conversation? I can't believe this happened to us.

7:55 What did we do wrong? Or Silas saying, I told you not to cast out that demon. This is what's got us in trouble. You know, what's the matter with you? Why didn't you do it differently?

8:06 Wait a minute. Did you have some power? Can't you get us out of here? Let's... This hurts.

8:11 By the way, is your back as sore as mine? This is really bad news. You know, I could imagine that if I was there. But but what does the Bible tell us? Well, Samuel told us too.

8:25 They were praying and singing hymns. Oh, wait a minute. That's a little different response, isn't it? They were praising the Lord. I I believe they were singing hymns.

8:38 They were singing songs and they were praying in, I'll call it an instructional way. Do we have songs like that? We sure we have songs like that that we we sing. I mean the the most famous one for me is the books of the Bible. I sing the books of the Bible when I'm trying to figure out where am I at in the Bible.

8:57 How do I? Jim just said, go to Daniel. Where's that? I can't remember. Right?

9:01 So Genesis, Exodus. I think there was hymns like that. There were songs that they sang. They were prayers that they were praying. Okay?

9:10 That were instructional, that understood, helped us to understand who the Lord was. Because what's at the basis of these two responses? Totally different, diametrically opposed, opposite sides of the page. Well, one is this thought that there's a mistake that has happened. Right?

9:38 Well, it was Paul. No, was Silas. No, it was it was God actually, because don't forget, he called them to go here. Right? Whose mistake is it?

9:48 Or is this a success? Paul and Timothy... Or Paul and Silas could be saying, we never got in here to see these guys without getting thrown in here. Think about how we we could have come up here and knocked on the gate. They wouldn't have let us in.

10:03 But look here, some guys right here. Matter of fact, they're not running away. They can't walk away. They're in stocks like us. They're in cells.

10:10 They can hear us. The Lord has brought us to a point where we need to be. He has not only brought us here, this is... We are in a best spot. This is exactly where the Lord wants us today.

10:22 What a difference in mindset. Right? And that's what it is. They believed that they were in the right spot that day. You know, Galatians would call these responses works of the flesh and those over there more of fruit of the spirit.

10:36 Now can we drum that up? Can we just buckle down? Be strong like Mason and and and create a fruit of the spirit? Is it effort? Is that where it comes from?

10:48 We use some effort to make it. I I'm sorry. I should've used Joey. He's got bigger guns, think, than you do now. Is it an effort that we can make and be strong in heart, strong and and move it forward?

11:02 No. This is evidence of what they believe. This is evidence of the presence of the Holy Spirit. It's not an effort. It's evidence.

11:11 Okay? And what's more is they're in a community, aren't they? At this time, they're in a community of prisoners. They're they're they are where they need to be if you're believing that the Lord has put them there. And it doesn't matter where you're at.

11:30 It doesn't matter what prison you're in. It doesn't matter what circumstances you're in. There is a community around you that's doing what? They're listening. People are listening.

11:43 People are watching. What is happening to this person? Paul and Silas. They knew something about them. Right?

11:50 What are they gonna do? What's their response gonna be? This community, there they are at this time where they need to be proper successful spot with folks listening to them. I think this is being a witness. Witnessing the presence of the Lord, presence of Holy Spirit, the belief that I think the Lord has brought me to this place for a specific purpose.

12:18 So there we are. All of a sudden, the jailer awakes. Now I've heard of folks sleeping soundly. But this guy takes an earthquake for him to wake up. Right?

12:30 So the earthquake gets him up and out he goes. In my imagination, the the home is part of the prison. Okay. So the jailer is asleep in his home, if you will. Now don't forget, he would have experienced something along that way.

12:48 He would have had it put these two in jail, lock them down. He would have had many years of experience being a jailer who's probably a Roman soldier or trained like one. And what kind of person is that? Somebody that's heard all the excuses before. I shouldn't be here.

13:08 Yeah. Yeah. The last guy said that. You know, I'm gonna fight you to get out of here. Trust me, you're not getting out of here.

13:14 I got a sword in other places. I'm not... And you know what? Many things, but that's who this person was. And all of a sudden there's an earthquake.

13:25 Right? It wakes him up. And what does he do? What he's been trained to do to gird himself, to prepare himself, because he comes out of there with a sword, doesn't he? We know that.

13:35 He comes out with his sword like, I'm ready to go. I'm ready to fight. I'm ready to defend. He's got a job to do. So what happens to him?

13:43 He physically, he runs out the door. He runs up to the prison. He assumes the worst. Why? Because all the doors are wide open.

13:54 Okay? I'll bet they all left. I'm in trouble. He would have paid with his life for these prisoners. This was his job.

14:04 But he hears this call from Paul. He says, well, hold on. Don't go anywhere. We're okay. Stop.

14:09 Don't kill yourself. And then what's he do? He calls for light. I I hear, but I'm not sure. I better go look and see.

14:46 Okay? So he's looking beyond death. He's looking for hope. I don't want... Why why do I get to this point?

14:53 And all of a sudden his world is changed. What he expects, the response that he expects is that if the doors were opened, what would the prisoners do? They would leave. Who wouldn't? Well, these guys didn't.

15:11 That changes your mind. That changes. It turns everything upside down. And then just like he... They brought the light, he now looks for a true picture and says, what is going on here?

15:23 I look at every testimony that's written by everybody that comes to camp. So every year we do about three fifty different applications. And I get to read all y'all's testimonies if you're an applicant. And it's really amazing to see what brings things people to the Lord. And majority of people are brought as a young child, right?

15:46 And that's usually due to some thought of separation, Okay? My parents are going to heaven. I don't want to be separated from them. There's a heaven and a hell. I don't want to go to hell.

15:57 That's usually what they're confronted with. Okay? A young adult is this loss power. I got sick. I got hurt.

16:04 I had some problem. Whatever the case is. But a young person is strong, virulent, and can get anything done when they're confronted with that loss. It's a problem. A middle aged person like me gets disillusioned, right, and says, wait a minute.

16:20 I've been working all this with a plan. I have an idea where I'm going. I know where it's gonna lead me, and all of a sudden you realize that's not where I'm going. That's not what's gonna happen, either through worldly means, through spiritual means. Anyway, you get to that point.

16:35 Wait a minute. And then, of course, an elderly person gets to the point where their health is failing and they realize that the end is near. Somehow we get to this point in life. Call it an earthquake happens and it wakes us up. So here, this jailer is confronted by these things.

16:54 I was able to put four p's there. He's confronted by a performance failure. He's probably in this category. Right? I I have now failed in all of my life.

17:04 I thought I was gonna retire as a jailer. I thought I was gonna live a long life after this. I thought I was doing a good job. He's confronted by his pending death. He knows he will die based on this, based on his worldly assumptions.

17:18 Okay. He's also confronted by the presence of the prisoners. How do I make how do I make this work in my mind? They shouldn't be here, but there they are. And then he's confronted by the proclamation of the gospel.

17:34 Okay? Now I could read all these off for you, but I think that you would understand that he in some poor former fashion, prior to this, has to have heard some of this story. There's one God, not many like the Romans seem to believe. He created this world. He created man in his image.

17:54 He seeks to have a relationship with us, but that relationship is prevented by sin. The... That requires eternal punishment, but somehow God balances his his justice and his love for us in some way to provide a substitutionary sacrifice. It's in the Lord Jesus Christ. And then he gets not only is he sacrificed, but he's risen from the dead.

18:19 And so too can we have a new life for eternity with our creator. So eternally. Somehow he knows some of this. Somehow he knows this because he follows the next logical path and he asks this question. The question each one of us has either asked or may be ready to ask or needs to ask at some point.

18:58 What specifically must I do? What must I do? It's imperative. I feel it imperative on my heart. I know I need to do something.

19:10 It's it's it's overwhelming me. And it's me. What must I do personally? Me. I'm not worried about anybody.

19:19 What must I do? What must I do? Certainly, there's some price to be paid. Certainly, there's some action that I need to take. Certainly, I'm confronted with this.

19:31 I only know how to solve my own problems. What must I do? That's the question we need to ask ourselves. So before we go too further, thought... Or too much further, I wanted to like look back a little bit.

19:47 Here are five different cases of folks being saved that we've read about in Acts. Okay? The day of Pentecost, you'll remember all these not too long ago. The Ethiopian eunuch, Cornelius, Lydia of Thyatira, who was just earlier in this chapter, and then now the Philippian jailer. So I thought we'd get this one out of the way early.

20:12 Did you wonder what he meant by you and your household? Your household. Your household will be saved. Now, let's look at all five of these. This is how this works, so I'll go fast through it afterwards.

20:22 But here it is. If you look at day of Pentecost, we don't know of any households or others. There's a lot of people there, but it might have been just the apostles at first and then others. So there's no household here. The Ethiopian eunuch's by himself, right?

20:38 We don't, we know he's probably of an entourage, but he's by himself. So, but these three, Cornelius said, brought his friends and family over to hear the message. Lydia says her household was saved as well. And now, well, but but household, it can't mean the same thing for all these folks. So we we better just say that's not a requirement.

21:01 And how can we sort this out? Okay. I I sort it out this way. It could have been a prediction. Paul was saying, you know what?

21:09 I think this is what's gonna happen. Alright? May have been some example that the the jailer had been setting. He could see that this guy was a certain way. He was around his family.

21:20 There had been some interaction and he sees how this guy's an example. And you know what? We set an example for our household every day that we live. And so this might have been something that... This was the type of household he had.

21:34 There might have been some evidence. He might have seen something that one of the kids did, one of the people had done, the way the jailer had acted. I don't know. There might have been evidence. But it's certainly this.

21:44 You have this opportunity and everyone in your household also has this opportunity individually. Okay? I think that's the way we need to take it away from here. But let's, for the sake of time, move on. There was a couple instances where, you know, tongues were given as evidence of the salvation of these souls.

22:07 There was some discussion, boy, we hammered that one home last chapter about circumcision, that following the law not required. Well, here's some question, what about, you know, are there only males or women or... Well, now the first person to be saved that we know about in Europe, right, we crossed the divide there is Lydia. And it says that her household, so they're men and women. None of that follows.

22:33 So it's it's a jumble here. Those are not requirements. Let's talk about this one. How about curiosity? This is my word.

22:41 It's not a big theological word, but it's my word about curiosity. Were each one of these individuals curious? Did they have some idea about, you know, the Lord and and be seeking him? I think all of them did. You know, we would also see this as written in Romans.

22:58 Right? Romans chapter one says, his invisible attributes... Andy referred to this earlier this morning. His invisible attributes are clearly seen as we look through creation to the level of you, I, we are without excuse. The the the...

23:15 It is so evident that there is a God, that I'm not him. It's so evident that just looking at the creation leaves us without excuse. And for the sake of the day, what's today? Mother's Day. Is there a more amazing creation than a mother?

23:32 I I don't say that just because... But just think about this. Do you know what happens to a woman when she is... Gets pregnant and then goes on to have a baby and then cares for that baby? And the hormones that that are are charged in her and the ability that she's given, the tools that she has to provide for that baby.

23:57 Hey, gentlemen, let me just tell you this. Your baby does not need you for the first couple years. Okay? But you know what? Your wife does.

24:09 Needs you to support her. So so get that one out of your head. You're not very important to begin with. Alright? She's really important and really gifted.

24:30 This doesn't make sense. That does. In a sense, we're searching for God. We're searching for an answer from where does that come from? Okay.

24:41 This provides a curiosity, if you will, I believe. And we see each one of these. At the day of Pentecost, people were searching. They were there listening to the Lord Jesus. They had been following him.

24:53 Ethiopian eunuch was reading in Isaiah. Cornelius says he feared God and gave alms, was a generous man. Lydia was praying. They they she... They went to a prayer meeting, if you will, at the the river.

25:07 They they were seeking. She was probably a proselyte, one that was following Jewish tradition, but not born into it. And then the Philippian jailer, out of nowhere, this guy in Europe, a Roman soldier, if you will, he's questioning, what must I do? What must I do? So they're curious.

25:27 There's something there. It comes from somewhere. The Lord has has prompted us in that way to search out for him. And and and what's interesting is this is the first time that this behind enemy lines. Right?

25:40 We thought it was all of the Jews. If you read just the the first part of this, it's all about the Jewish presentation. Right? Where the Lord came from, the presentation to the Jews and only to the Jews. But now, no, this one is in Europe, if you will.

25:54 This is the enemy, and still he's reaching out even there. Here's another portion that's... If you go to each one of these verses, I'm not gonna read each one of them, there's some function of belief in here. And there's that word, believe. What do we mean by that?

26:15 What does it mean to believe? Well, the translators all have problems with this too. They said... Some would say have faith to accept, to trust, received, receive, you know, that kind of thing. It's all that mixed together.

26:31 It's important to believe. We have to understand it. We have to know it in our heart. And and you know, essentially the way I would depict this is that there's this this contrast from one side to the other between what I would call a self rule. Right?

26:47 Who am I and what have I done? I am a human being. I am not God. There's... It's clear.

26:57 There's something out there beyond me. And who am I? What have I done? I have upset that creator in a way that can't be fixed unless I have somebody else to do it before me. Here's Jesus Christ.

27:13 This offer of believe in him. Believe in him, not in me... Myself, believe in his salvation, not mine. Who he is? He is God.

27:23 He is the savior. And what has he done? He has offered his sacrifice on my behalf. So we've got a we've got a choice to make here. Got an...

27:37 This this contrast, this ability. And somehow, some would say, I have to turn away from this, and some would say I have to reach for that. I think it's both. I have to turn away and make sure I reach for the right way. I have to turn from my self rule and accept his rule.

27:56 And that's how I'm gonna explain what it means to believe. But there is this this idea that our belief is critical. Romans chapter four says this, Abraham believed and was accounted to him for righteousness. Right? And that was not new because that verse is quote...

28:18 Romans four three is quoted from Genesis fifteen six, I believe it is, or 16, one of the two. And it says it's... It... He believed and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Okay?

28:31 It wasn't due to his works. It wasn't due to his merit. It wasn't due to his effort. It was due to his belief, what he believed. And it wasn't special.

28:41 Abraham was special. Yes. He was, you know, the Lord... I don't know why... What do I say?

28:47 Singled him out. The Lord saw his heart. The Lord thought he was special. And and the Jews thought Abraham was super special. Right?

29:16 Probably none. He's confronted at this moment. He sees something different, and these guys, he kneels at their feet and says, what must I do to be saved? So in saying... Just the same way, Abraham is no different or not special from the Philippian jailer or you and I.

29:34 We must believe. And then of course, they're baptized. I won't belabor this one, but all of them were baptized as a... As an outward sign of an inward change. Okay?

29:47 And that's what I'll leave that at. So I'd just like to leave you with this. We have some personal responsibility. What must I do to be saved? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.

30:03 Alright. Now Paul goes into setting what I call setting the record straight. Okay? He says this quote. Did did you did you trip over that one a little bit?

30:15 Did you wonder why he said something like this? He said, let them calm themselves and get us out. So he's like saying, you don't understand what you did here. You just punished Romans without due process, without what was required by the law. And when that message gets back to the magistrates, what are they like?

30:38 Oh, no. Are we in trouble? Excuse me. But Paul forces the issue here. And he says, look, this is what you've done.

30:51 This is what they've done. Let them come themselves and get us out. Why did he have to do that? I mean, when Paul and Silas were getting beaten, you would have thought that would have been something you wanna avoid. Right?

31:02 Hold on. We're Romans. You can't do that. Well, okay. You got one in, but no more.

31:09 No, I didn't do that. I don't know. Silas may have been standing there with Paul and go, what are we doing? But still, it wasn't that their reputation was at at stake there. But now the reputation of the Lord is at stake.

31:26 Okay? He's saying, wait. The truth is not... This is not the truth. This is not what happened.

31:30 I don't want to sulk out of town or slink out of town here. We did nothing wrong, and I want that record to be set straight. It's the same way that the slave girl's advertisement. Right? She was saying, these are the messengers of the Lord God on high or something of that nature.

31:46 I paraphrased it. And Paul's like, stop. Stop right there because I don't want this message to get messed up with the messenger. You have been telling fortunes based on the demon possession that you have. People thought that maybe you had something special, and apparently she did, but it's not the same thing.

32:08 I don't want these mixed up. Stop talking like that because this isn't the message. This isn't the truth. We are not of the same as you are. Don't forget when back in chapter 14, folks started worshiping Paul and Barnabas.

32:27 And they said, stop, stop, we're just men like you. So they had to set the record straight. So this puts the new church on firm footing. Right? They they can leave town with the new church saying, hey, we are okay.

32:41 The Romans even came and let them out themselves. The magistrate did it himself. He was there. And so among other things, they were incorrectly treated. But we have this opportunity too.

32:53 There's too often when we do something nice, we do something for somebody that's not of ourselves. And they say, oh, you're special. Oh, you know, you did something different. You act differently. And it's up to us at that point to say, well, now wait a minute.

33:12 There's a reason for that. It's easy to take that on ourselves and to ask or to to to say it was from me that this happened. But it's from the Lord. Let's give credit where credit is due. Okay.

33:26 And then all of a sudden, here we have the Philippian church established. Okay? Let's just take a recipe for a church. The first thing I would do is find a businesswoman on the side of a creek. Right?

33:38 And then I would I would get her servants involved, and let's go find some jailer and and probably some physician. Right? Luke. Luke probably stayed there in Philippi. It appears that Luke stayed in Philippi with this fledgling group, if you will.

33:53 He was picked up in Troas. He comes back to them with... In in chapter 20, you can read that on your own. But this is an interesting thing. These people don't have anything in common, do they?

34:04 How about you throw in the fact that she's probably a proselyte. These are Romans. There's women. I think it's important to say that the importance of women in this particular church and what they played, but we won't dwell on that. There's men and children probably too.

34:19 It could have been the slave girl and maybe some of those criminals in jail were part of this group to begin with. Right? They were listening. They were probably understanding what Paul was saying. Throw in a little spice of persecution and stir for a long time.

34:35 No, they didn't do that either. It was a short period of time. It seems like only weeks. Maybe if it was months, it was... That would be the longest of what I would think of.

34:43 I could... I'm I'm not sure exactly that, but it wasn't a long time. They hadn't met together for years and prayed about establishing a church. They were together and they were doing it. Let's cross the boundaries.

34:56 It's not Israelite centric. It's in Europe. And they didn't have to have a building. They didn't even probably have a copy of the scriptures. And they didn't have a special leader to start off with.

35:07 Except for they were bound by this, a common belief. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. And we also know that the Holy Spirit indwells them at that time. This is what they had in walking forward for a new church. Is that it?

35:25 That's all? That's all it takes? Really? Interesting. And then we know that there was a letter written to the church of Philippi.

35:34 Says to the saints... To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at in Philippi with the overseers and deacons. Here's a functioning church years later, And all of these things are are told about how he was sending Timothy and send Epaphroditus. There were several other ladies. Their generosity was known and well known.

35:53 They were they were suffering, but they were suffering well. They suffered as as a like an honorable thing to do on behalf of the of the Lord like they had seen in Paul. So we started out with this question. What must I do to be saved? And what's the answer?

36:16 To believe. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved. But what about, what do I need to do to be a witness? I need to believe that he's put me, after I've been saved, into the right spot today. I'm in and amongst a community that I can witness to.

36:37 I'm in and amongst, I am walking a path that the Lord has me on. What must I do to be a citizen in the, I believe that his glory is more important than my glory. What must I do to be part of the church? Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Let's pray.

37:30 Lord, if it means that we should be saved, Lord, may it be today that we would ask that question, what must I do? And that we might believe. If it would be other things, Lord, as we walk forward to be part of the church, to be a citizen of this land, or to just be a witness to others. Lord, pray that we might believe, that we might trust in you. We pray these things in your son's name.