Believe and Be Saved

“Then he brought them out and said,
‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’
And they said, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus
and you and your household will be saved.’”

Acts 16:30-31

There are many people out there telling you that if you were to invest in their product or company or idea, you will make a profit or be made a promise of some incentive or benefit. Experience tells us that we really cannot believe in them because no human being or company can give us 100% guarantee of anything. On TV or the radio we hear of this prosperity gospels — give to me X amount of money and you can be sure God will bless you and you will be given all these things. God never made such promises. The Good News, the Gospel, and what God did say is that if you believe in Him, you will be saved.

Our world and society is full of distracting voices telling us that we must do all these things to be happy, healthy, live a longer life, etc. Those are all voices of anxiety, rooted in the world that will pass. I am not saying that medicine, technological advances, and growth mindset are bad; I am just saying that if we place those things above God and His Word then it is bad. All those things are good as long as they are used in accord with God’s will and each to their end.

Amidst the noisy world today, we can be sure of one voice — the voice of the Father. As humans we long for intimacy and relationship, and we unfortunately look for them in material things and temporary pleasures. We must not settle for such things. We were made for heaven; we were made for eternity. We were made for God. At the heart and core of all that we really desire and want in life is deep and lasting love, and that can only come from God. And the voice of God says to you today, “Believe in my Son, Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.”

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