Devotional

Please read the following scriptures.

Acts $16$:$25-33$

As is our custom, we begin with our text:

$$ Paul and Silas are singing with a captive audience. These circumstances were less than ideal, yet Paul and Silas were still faithful. People were watching and listening. Are you aware that people are watching you, often in less than optimal circumstances, to see how you will react?

$$ Paul kept his ethics in those less than optimal conditions. He and Silas did not run, when they could have, and also kept the jailer from committing suicide. One wonders if the jailer had overseen or participated in any physical abuse that Paul and Silas may have encountered. If so$,$ it makes Paul$$s ethical commitment even more striking.

$$ The impact this has on the jailer and his household was obvious. Paul pointed him to Jesus, period.

Consider the following questions.

$$ What impact do you suppose Paul and Silas$$ praying and singing had on the prisoners $($and possibly the guard$)?$

$$ Why did Paul and Silas choose remain prisoners rather than to escape?

$$ Why do you suppose the jailer asked what was needed in order to be saved? What brought him to that point?