I pray that we come humblily to His Word and He opens our hearts to His message and blinds us to our ignorance. In Jesus name, Amen…
What should I do to be saved?
Saved from what? Do you want saved from suffering, pain, poverty, sickness, or emotional grief; who doesn’t. Do you want to be saved from hell; who wouldn’t. All that says nothing. Or do you want to be saved from yourself; do you wish to be saved from the flesh. The issue is we will either come before God in our own works and righteousness or we will stand before Him clothed in the righteousness of Christ (Rom 3:20). Do you wish to look at what you have done and try to count it towards salvation and stand before the most high and cry “but I”. Are you carrying the burden of your redemption; is this what you want saved from? Now for you there is hope.
For those that God has striped away your answers and what you can do. For those He has convicted of your sin. To those the Spirit has filled your heart with disgust for the flesh and utter dependence on mercy. For those brought to a place where sin is your greatest plague, where offending God is to you your greatest offense there is hope for salvation; for Jesus came to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10). To you helpless crying out what must I do, rest now on what He has done. For sinners called by Christ you have already been redeemed. A substitute of a mediator bore the penalty of the law and fulfilled that righteousness which was required (Rom 8:3-4). For the sinners burden with the flesh walk now in the new man for you have been called unto His glory. A better question may now be instead of what should I do but what will I do. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved (Acts 16:31). Yield yourself, surrender your life and will (Mark 8:34). Faith, you will trust in the blood of Christ as the only redemption for sin. Faith, you will trust alone on the righteousness of Christ (Rom 3:24-26). Repent, to turn from your sins. Confess, in an act of baptism (Rom 10:9-10).
“Awake thou that sleepeth, and raise from the dead and Christ shall give the light” (Psa 44:23)
What must I do? by Don Fortner
Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
"WHAT MUST I DO?"
A MESSAGE TO LOST SINNERS
If you are without Christ, if you are lost, under the wrath of God, and without hope in this world, this message is for you. I want to tell you what you must do. There are some things lost, dead, spiritually impotent sinners can and must do for themselves. You cannot save yourself. You cannot redeem yourself, put away your own sin, justify yourself, or give yourself eternal life. You are spiritually dead. But there are some things you can do. And what you can do you must do.
Was the Ethiopian eunuch lost? Was he dead in sin? Indeed he was. Yet, he did not neglect his soul. He did what he could. Indeed, he did all that he knew to do. He walked in the light God gave him. I hold the eunuch before you as an example of what you must do, if you care for your soul, if you would escape the wrath of God - (Read Acts 8:26-40.).
That Ethiopian BOUGHT A BIBLE AND BEGAN TO READ IT. You can do that. If you would find the Pearl of Great Price you must search for him in the field where he is hidden, in the Word of God (John 5:39).
The eunuch EARNESTLY SOUGHT THE LORD. You can do that too. He went up to the temple at Jerusalem, the place where God had promised to meet with men. It was a long, costly, dangerous journey. But the man was in trouble. He was a sinner in need of a Savior. So he made the trip from Ethiopia to Jerusalem. His immortal soul was at stake! God has promised to meet with men, sinners like you, in the assembly of his saints (Matt. 18:20). If you care for your soul, seek him there.
Though the eunuch did not find the Savior at first, he was not deterred from his pursuit. When he left Jerusalem, he was still seeking the Lord. He was reading Isaiah 53. He did not seek to know the mysteries of Scripture, but the Person of Scripture. No doubt, as he read the prophet Isaiah, he cried out to God from his heart, "Of whom speaketh the prophet?"
WHILE HE WAS SEEKING THE LORD WITH ALL HIS HEART, GOD SENT HIM A GOSPEL PREACHER. Philip, by the arrangement of Divine providence, came and preached Christ to the eunuch. When he heard the gospel, he believed. When he believed, he was baptized. "And he went on his way rejoicing." He walked in the light God gave him, did what he knew he could do and had to do, and God gave him more light. God saved him by his matchless grace. Here is God's word to you: "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give the light."
