“And 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.” Acts 16:30 – 31
This is the most misunderstood question in the entire word
of God. It is so misunderstood because it is most ill-answerable question by
the vas-majority of Christianity. You can ask 50 different pastors in 50
different churches and you will most likely get 50 different answers and 49 of
the 50 will be wrong or mis-leading. When the Philippian jailer asked the
Apostle Paul and Silas this question they answered with these words, “Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved…”. But as it is here in the
world almost all of them that call themselves “Christians”, “churches”, and
even “pastors” cannot comprehend this scripture, it is like Greek to them. They
all want to add their little beliefs to it and expand what God’s Spirit
inspired Paul to write in the scriptures. They want to add works, baptism,
church membership, decision, choices, or other forms of works to being saved,
but what did God say, “Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:9
and God also said, “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh
be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Romans
3:20 Since God made these and many more denunciations of any sort of work for
salvation then why do people keep insisting that you must work for a gift that
is of love and grace? Why didn’t Paul add this errors’ thought to his answer to
the Philippian jailer? Jesus said to the Jewish ruler Nicodemus, “Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 The words “born
again” carries many meanings and is translated many ways, for example - some
translating it, from above, and others, again or anew. – some will teach that
baptism is part of being born again because of verse 5, “Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” But that is errors because of
verse 6 God defined His thought, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and
that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” What Jesus was talking to this
Jewish ruler was about two births, the first is fleshly or by your natural
mother and the second birth is by God you Father in heaven. What Jesus was
telling Nicodemus is that if you are not born of God then you will neither see
or enter the kingdom of God. Please understand, the very thought of baptism in
the re-birth process would violate the very scriptures you are reading, “Not of
works…” Ephesians 2:9 Therefore, we must conclude that when Jesus told Nicodemus
to be “born again” he actually meant being born of God, by the power of the
Holy Spirit, and by the works of Jesus Christ. Paul also wrote these powerful
words, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
Romans 8:14 That is because all that the Holy Spirit convicts to be saved
are saved, He is God and God never fails. Therefore, in John chapter three we
must conclude that Jesus was telling Nicodemus he must be born from above or
from God as though he was born by his mother in the natural process. Before you
listen to those other 49 preachers, and churches, you need to read the word of
God in context and in the context God wrote it, and not the context most
preacher preach it. The Apostle Paul was exactly right in what he said to the Philippian
jailer, he left nothing out of his words, salvation is in the person and works
of Jesus Christ, Jesus paid it all and in full for your sins. God saves sinners
and Jesus Christ has done the full and complete work, you have nothing to do,
believe this and you to can be saved. “Whosoever
believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that
loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.” 1 John 5:1 How
were you saved, by your works or of God? Jesus said, “Search the scriptures;
for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” John 5:39
