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Modern theology teaches that in conversion the sinner is a passive recipient and not an active
agent. Yet the question, "What must I do to be saved," with the answer to it, is
repeated in the Bible. The simple narratives of the book of Acts clearly reveal what must be
done to become a Christian.
In the city of Philippi, Paul and Silas told an unbelieving jailer to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31). On Pentecost, Peter told believers to repent and be baptized for the remission of sins (Acts 2:31-38). And in Acts 22:15-16 it is related how Ananias told the believing, penitent Saul to be baptized to wash away his sins. To a casual reader this would appear to be three different answers to the same question. But when it is observed that the answers to the question begin with the condition of the heart of the one who asked it, but end always in the requirements of full obedience, the seeming variance disappears and the uniformity of the plan of salvation is fully seen. |