What Must I Do? by A. S. Booth

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 11, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 43, No. 27.

What Must I Do?

By A. S. Booth

THE question, “What shall I do to be saved?” has stirred many anxious hearts throughout the history of the world.

Gathered before Peter on the day of Pentecost were those who, a little time before, were out on Golgotha mocking the Lord in His dying agony. When, by the blessing of God, Peter presented to the multitude the fact that Christ, whom they had slain, was their only hope of salvation, they cried out, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” Peter then told them what to do. Said he, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

When the keeper of the prison at Philippi saw the earthquake, and the marvelous deliverance of Paul and Silas, he cried out, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” Paul’s answer was, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”

The young man that asked the Lord, “What good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?” received the answer, “If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Summing these good answers, we are instructed to repent, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, be baptized, and, by the help of the Lord, keep the commandments of God.

A. S. BOOTH.