"Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"--Acts xvi. 30.
I do not know of any more important truth to bring out than the answer
to this question, because that is the beginning of everything with
regard to the divine life. A man must know he is saved before there is
any peace, or joy, or comfort. The answer to the question is, "Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved"; and the question
that comes right after that from almost every one is, "What is it to
believe?" I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God; I believe
that He came into the world to save sinners. Well, and so do the
devils. The devils not only believe, but they tremble. I can believe
intellectually that Jesus Christ is able and willing to save, and yet
be as far from the kingdom of God as any man who never heard about
Jesus Christ. To believe that He can and is willing to save you, won't
save you. I will now take up the word "faith," which means believing.