Daily Bible Nugget #81, Acts 16:31

The Nugget:

Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

My Comment:

The message of this verse is direct: to be saved, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. The Philippian jailor did so, and was saved, and all those in his house or family. When my turn came to answer the quiz question on Saturday, November 7, 1953, at the Holiness Youth Crusade rally at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the question addressed to me was did this verse, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” occur in the Gospels? I answered “true,” which of course is incorrect. But I did not know back then, though I had just accepted Christ that very morning while delivering papers. So that day I did not win the Bulova watch, but I received something much better, salvation and eternal life, even if I did not know this verse, Acts 16:31 that well then. Nevertheless, this verse is a good one to memorize, and that is why I include it in the list of memory verses about the plan of salvation.

For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:

(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 1249 for Acts 16:31.

(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 1269 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Acts 16:31.

(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:

Acts 16:31. And they said. 2 T 4:2. Believe. Ac *2:38, 39. **4:12. *8:12, 37. +10:43. 11:13, 14. *13:38, 39. 15:11. Is *45:22. Hab 2:4. Mk +10:52. *16:16. Lk 8:12. Jn **1:12. **3:15, 16, 36. *6:29, 40, 47. *7:37, 38. *11:25, 26. **20:31. Ro 3:22-24. *5:1, 2. **10:9, 10. 1 C 1:21. Ga *3:22, 26. Ep **2:7, 8. He 10:39. Ja 2:14. 1 P 1:21. 1 J **3:23. **5:10-13. the Lord Jesus Christ. Ac +1:21. 24:24. Lk 23:42. Ro 10:8. Ga 3:27. saved. ver. 17. Ac 2:21, 47. **+4:12. 11:14. 15:1, 11. and thy house. FS121J4, Ge +7:1. ver. *15, *32. Ac +*2:39. 10:2. +11:14. *18:8. Ge 7:1. +*17:7. +*18:19. Jsh 2:18, 19. 1 K 17:15. Is 54:13. Je 32:39. Lk *19:9. Ro *11:16. 1 C +*7:14n. Ga 3:14.

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One Response to Daily Bible Nugget #81, Acts 16:31

  1. ken sagely says:

    psm 21.13 be thou exalted, lord, in thine own strength:
    so we will sing and praise thy power.

    act 16.31 and they said, believe on the lord jesus christ, and thou
    shalt be saved, and thy house.

    alot of good cross references on this verse.
    1. jn 3.16 for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,
    that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
    life.
    2. jn 3.36 he that believeth on the son hath everlasting life: and he that
    believeth not the son shall not see life; but he wrath of god abideth on
    him.
    3. jn 6.47 he that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
    4. i jn 5.10 he that believeth on the son of god hath the witness in
    himself: he that believeth not god hath made him a liar, because he
    believeth not the record that god gave of his son.

    psm 42.5 why art thou cast down, o my soul? and why art thou disquieted
    within me? hope thou in god: for i shall yet praise him, who is the health of
    my countenance, and my god.

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