GOD HAS NO GRANDCHILDREN

GOD HAS NO GRANDCHILDREN
BY PAT GULLEY

Acts 16:30-35
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
(KJV)

I believe this is one of the most revealing scriptures we have regarding the new birth. The jailor that asked Paul and Silas what he needed to do to be saved received this answer. "BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED" Then in the same sentence the Apostle Paul said, "AND THOU HOUSE".

It is wonderful when an entire household gets saved. Dad hears the Gospel of Jesus Christ and runs and gets Mom and the kids, and anyone else living in the house or even nearby. Maybe Grandma and Grandpa were living with them and they got to hear the good news about Jesus and His saving grace. Maybe there were some aunts, uncles, or cousins who lived in the area and they came along to hear the WORD OF THE LORD.

This reminds me when Cornelius was told by an angel to send for the Apostle Peter to come to his house to tell him what to do to be saved When Peter arrived at Cornelius' house, he found a house full of relatives and acquaintances ready to hear the good news that Peter would give them. Peter told them about Jesus and how God had anointed him with the Holy Ghost and power to go about the region and to good, healing and delivering all who were oppressed of the devil. He then told them of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus and how He was now seated at God's right hand waiting to be invited to into their hearts and to forgive them of all their sins. You can read this lesson in(Acts 10:1-45.)

But let's get back to the Philipian jailor and his family. They are now gathered together in the jailor's house, and either Paul or Silas tells them the Gospel of Jesus Christ. WE know what Paul preached, because he preached the same thing in all the Churches of the saints and to all the unbelievers.

Let me remind you just what the Gospel always includes as written in 1 Co 15:1-4.JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED, BURIED, AND RESURRECTED
WHOEVER BELIEVES THIS AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED.
GOD HAS NO GRANDCHILDREN..
JUST SONS AND DAUGHTERS.