If one reads the verses above where Paul tells the jailor to believe, one would see that the jailor was already repentant. The jailor had a broken and contrite heart and of such, the Lord saves.
Well let's just see if that's true.
When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
WOW that is some repetance there. He was going to take his life. Are you serious standingfirm?
But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!" And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
There is NOTHING there that Paul told this man that he had to repent of his sins. There is NOTHING there that says this man knew anything about repentance. Your basing your theology on nothing but assumption. Sorry, but I'm not will to "assume" anything.
That the jailor was repentant and wanted to be saved. Not hard to figure out.
How do you seriously get the jailor was repentant out of he was about to kill himself and had to be stopped? WOW.
You tell me to stop with accusations and you turn around and accuse me of believing Paul was lying? You've got to be kidding.
No I'm not kidding at all. You said you have to do something other than believe. Your statement and Paul's statement both can't be true. They are totally opposite of each other. So one of you is lying. And you certainly aren't going to admit it's you are you? So therefore based on what you have "said" there is no way that you can believe Paul is telling the truth.
Of course I know you would never admit to that, but your statements speak loud and clear for all to see.
Paul said in Romans 10 one had to believe and also confess in order to be saved.
So again we either have a contradiction in Scripture, which is an impossibility OR your understanding of Romans 10 is incorrect.
James said believing without works was dead faith. One can say he or she believes in Christ until the day he or she dies. My brother did. He died a drunkard. A drunk from his teens til he was 55... yet believed that Jesus was the Son of God, believed Christ died on the cross and rose again. Yet my brother, with just his believing and no works ended up in hell.
Have you been to hell? Have you seen him there? Wouldn't you be shocked if you see Him at the same JSOC you are standing at
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There are no contradictions in Scripture.
Then again you can't believe that there are all kinds of thing one needs to do in order to be saved, because Paul said believe and you will be saved. Your statements and his statements don't mesh. One of you is not telling the truth.
One must believe and confess or the belief alone is just as James confirmed... dead, being alone.
Then why did Paul just happen to leave the confession part out when speaking to the jailor?
