no way to stop us

Monday May 17th, Acts 16: 29-31 The jailer got a torch and ran inside. Badly shaken, he collapsed in front of Paul and Silas. He led them out of the jail and asked, "Sirs, what do I have to do to be saved, to really live?" They said, "Put your entire trust in the Master Jesus. Then you'll live as you were meant to live—and everyone in your house included!" The jailer didn’t take a membership class, or confirmation class, his children weren’t baptized or instructed in the meanings of the words of institution or the office of the keys. He knew little of church history. All he was, was some poor guy whose life, as he had known it, had come to an end, and a new life had started. He could fall on his sword as was called for by the powers that be, or he could “really live.” He chose the latter. Often it is not until we reach bottom that we can see up. It is not until we need God that we see God who has been with us all along. The Jailers only qualification for membership in the church was that he had nowhere else to go. He had reached the point where it was a choice between life and death, and he chose life. Would that we had more in our congregation like that!!!! There would be no way to stop us.