Set Free
Posted 02-04-2015 at 06:35 AM by snowduck
Acts 16:25-26 (NIV) - About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. - It didn't look to good for the Apostle Paul and his helper Silas at first. They were in prison for preaching about Christ, probably chained to a wall and I'm guessing the food wasn't so good (if there was any). But God released them so they could continue preaching the Gospel, and he freed everyone else in the prison also. While we don't all preach the Gospel, God can release us from the prison cell and chains of our sinfulness and separation from him. He accomplished this by sending his son Jesus to be a sacrifice for our sin and reconcile the world to himself. When Christ hung on the cross, all our sin was put on him, and all his righteousness was put on us (Romans 8:1 - Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,) "The world" regards this as foolishness (1 Corinthians 1:18 - For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God) but those with faith in Christ know he is the only way out of prison. What About Jesus?[
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