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NASB | Acts 16:31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 16:31 And they answered, "Believe in the Lord Jesus [as your personal Savior and entrust yourself to Him] and you will be saved, you and your household [if they also believe]." |
Bible Question (short): May we take another short look at this? |
Question (full): Mark, In looking at how frivolous the young people of this, and any generation for that matter, are, how rebellious and how seemingly that many, many of them are remarkably turned around at approximately the ages between nineteen and twenty-one. We have this verse in Psalms: Psalms xxv:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. Put together with: Ecclesiastes xii:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; And all of this is reinforced by: Isaiah liv:4 Fear not; [saith the Lord (from verse 1 of this chapter)] for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. May we really wonder why we should not consider the responsible adult age to begin at nineteen? It's because by that age they have somehow grown out of their childish ways—ways where they test everything, push their limits just to see how far they can go; ways when we teach the right ways and punish wrong behavior before it become something out of control but before it can be held against them because they didn’t know all of the right ways— and become real reasonable, responsible adults. And, if they haven’t learned by then, then they still have the chance of reconciliation by accepting Jesus as their personal Saviour. Does this make sense to you? |