The Lord wants to save not just you, but your family members. The Bible says: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.” In fact, Paul said this to the jailer. Because God shook, that night, the prison cells, and everyone’s bonds were loosed and they were set free. And the jailer realized that the law of the Romans is that if anyone escapes under your watch, you will die in that person’s place.
And he realized. He was about to kill himself and commit hara-kiri. He was about to stab himself with his sword and Paul shouted, right? “Don’t! Do yourself no harm. We are all here.” Amen. And this is what Paul said to him. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” “and you shall be saved and your house.” Do you see that? Yes, of course, every member in your family must believe as well because later on, we read that the jailer actually brought Paul and his friends back to his house and treated their wounds because they were beaten with stripes.
He treated their wounds and served them meals and the Bible says “his entire household believed.” Not just him. His entire household believed. So my friend, it’s important that we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ because not only will God save us but God will save our family members. Once you believe on Jesus, even though you are persecuted by them. Amen.
There is like an open door in your family because of you. They might not see that, they might not see that this whole thing is for their own benefit, their own blessing. They might persecute and say names about you. Amen. Or make fun of you but child of God, remember this. Because of you, there is now a big hole in your family for God to come in and bless every one of them and save every one of them. Amen.
And give them a brand-new life, even the life more abundant that Jesus came to give. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! We see the same thing for Noah and his family. God said to Noah: “Come into the ark,” “you and your family, you and your house.” Notice that God’s plan is not just to save Noah in the ark from the floods of judgment, but to save his entire family.
But notice what God says: “For YOU (singular) have I seen righteous.” So even though the Bible doesn’t say that his entire family is righteous. But because of that one man Noah, God says your entire family will be saved. So I’m not saying it’s automatic. Your family will be saved because you are saved. But what I’m saying is that it’s so easy for them to be saved because of you. Amen.
