Sixth Tuesday of Easter

"Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you and your household will be saved." So they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house. He took them in at that hour of the night and bathed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized at once. He brought them up into his house and provided a meal and with his household rejoiced at having come to faith in God.

The question posed by the jailer is one that we all should seek an answer to in our lives. What must we do to be saved? Yes, believe in the Lord Jesus, but what does that mean? We can see for the jailer it means letting the prisoners free, bringing those in need to his house, and bathing their wounds. Yes, faith inspires him to do this, but he also had to choose to act on his faith. Sometimes we can have very noble and good ideas, but if we never act on them then how much good did those thoughts do us? This is why we believe faith and works go hand in hand with each other. You can't have one without the other and so we should strive to live our faith to the best of our abilities.

Do we ask God what we must do to be saved? Are we putting our faith into our works? How can we live out our beliefs more perfectly?

O Lord, help us to know what we must do to be saved.

Amen.