Lesson 4670

 (Lesson 4670)(11-16-24) Acts 16:25-34 

   “And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 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. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.” 

 

   Today’s quote tells us that while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns in prison, a violent earthquake shook the foundations, and opened the doors  loosening the prisoners’ chains. The jailer, assuming the prisoners had escaped, prepared to take his own life, but Paul stopped him and assured him that everyone was still there. Trembling, the jailer asked what he must do to be saved. Paul and Silas told him to believe on the Lord Jesus, and he and his household would be saved. The jailer took them to his home, cleaned their wounds, and he and his family were baptized by the Holy Spirit. They rejoiced, having come to faith in God. ~