Acts 16:25-34
25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed. 27 And 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. 28 But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.” 29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. 34 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.
Quickword: Saved At Midnight
Paul and Silas had been placed in jail because they had cast out a spirit of a young woman. This young woman was being used to make money by those who controlled her. Once they saw their ability to make money was gone, they had Paul and Silas arrested and placed in jail. The jailer was directed to keep them secured and as a result he placed them in the inner prison and placed their feet in stocks. At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God and the prisoners were listening. Then came a great earthquake and the doors of the prison were open and the chains loosen. The jailer awaken from his sleep, drew his sword to kill himself over fear that the prisoners had escaped. Paul called to him saying, do yourself no harm we are all here. The jailer fell down before then and asked, What must I do to be saved? So they said to him, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, you will be saved, you and your household.
- There is power in lifting up prayers and hymns unto God.
- God his able to open doors and loose chains in our lives.
- If we confess and accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, we can be witnesses of the presence of God and lead others to be saved even at the midnight hour.
This jailer was on the brink of ending his life, yet he was blessed by the ministry of the imprisoned disciples. Wherever you are, your witness about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ has major impacts. You may lead someone to be saved even at the midnight hour.
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