Why I am baptized in Jesus name - Part 10 - The Philippian Jailor

Why I am baptized in Jesus name – Part 10 – The Philippian Jailor

 Paul and Silas were beaten and thrown into prison because they had cast a devil out of a girl that was being used for fortune-telling, ruining her owner’s ability to make money off from her. The jailer was ordered to make sure Paul and Silas didn’t escape. (Acts 16:24).

 

Before Paul and Silas went to Philippi, God had given Paul a vision. (Philippi is a city in Macedonia.)

 

"And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; there stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us." - Acts 16:9

 

"And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them." - Acts 16:10

 

At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God. (Acts 16:25).

 

"And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed." - Acts 16:26

 

"And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

 

“Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" - Acts 16:27-30 KJV

 

"And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." - Acts 16:31 KJV

 

BUT THAT IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY!!!

 

"And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house." - Acts 16:32

 

They were fulfilling the mission of the heavenly vision of preaching the gospel to the man of Macedonia!

 

AND IT DIDN’T STOP THERE. After HEARING the word of the Lord, the jailor and his household OBEYED the word of the Lord! The Philippian jailor and all his house were BAPTIZED.

 

"And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway." - Acts 16:33

 

How were they baptized?

 

Paul baptized in the name of Jesus. (Acts 19:4-5)