You Must Believe in Jesus as Saviour
- Baptist Daily Devotional
- Jul 29
- 2 min read
Rev. Enoch Thompson | July 29 2025 | Acts 13:38-43
KEY VERSE: ³⁸ "Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. ³⁹ Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.” Acts 13:38-39 (NIV)
MESSAGE:
Paul and Barnabas presented the Good News of salvation to the Jews in the Pisidian Antioch synagogue: "Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. 39 Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses. Acts 13:38-39 (NIV). Through Christ Jesus and Him alone, every believer is saved.
The unique claims of the Lord Jesus Christ to be the Saviour of the world are the foundational issue that every human being must address for the eternal salvation of the human soul. In our world today, we have the history and the claims of many religious expressions, and, in the thinking of some people, “all roads lead to Heaven.”
However, the Lord Jesus continues to declare, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6-7 (NIV). The Holy Spirit continues to testify, “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12 (NIV).
Whose report shall we believe? We shall believe the report of the Lord. Israel needed to be confronted with the truth that the Law and its observances could not save them, and that the Law was given by God to make human sinfulness more glaring, and to point humans to the only Saviour, God Himself, dying for human sin.
FEET AND HANDS FOR THE MESSAGE:
Have you personally believed that Jesus Christ of Nazareth died in your place and for your salvation from eternity in Hell? That is what we mean by accepting Jesus Christ. Settle that matter, now, and continue to walk in the grace of God.
PRAYER:
Dear Lord Jesus, I believe that you died on the cross in my place and for my salvation. I pray that you help me to live as one set free from Satan and sin, by your sacrifice. Please help me share this Good news with others. For your dear Name’s sake, Amen.
THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING.
SHOWERS! BLESSINGS!!
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DAILY word study: JUSTIFIED
The Greek word for "justified" is dikaioō, which means to declare righteous or to make right with God. It’s a legal word that means being set free from guilt—no longer seen as guilty before God.
In Acts 13, Paul makes it clear: The Law of Moses couldn’t justify. Only faith in Jesus can make someone right with God.
Reflect on this:
Being justified means God sees you as right—not because of your effort, but because of Jesus. Do you live each day as someone who has already been accepted and forgiven?
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