Acts 16

v1-5: Paul took Timothy with him, to "train him up further in the knowledge and faith of Christ." Those who have been born again need to receive further instruction to be established firmly in the faith and to be strengthened for the work of the gospel.

v6-15: Those who worship God must gather together on the Sabbath, now the Lord's Day, if at all possible.  "When we cannot do as we want to do, we must do as we can... not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, according to the opportunities given us."

v16-24: Salvation includes "breaking the power of Satan and chaining him up, so that he may not deceive the world," and this salvation "is to be obtained in the name of Jesus Christ only."  The name of Christ has power, and Satan cannot stand against it, and is forced to abandon his hold over those who he seeks to keep in the dark.

v25-34: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.  Here is a summary of the whole gospel.  This is a promise of happiness.  You shall be saved, "not only rescued from eternal destruction but also brought to eternal life and blessedness... your terrible sins will all be forgiven through the merits of Christ... so you will neither die for your crime nor die of your disease."  But this promise of happiness is only yours if you believe in the Lord Jesus.  "We must accept the record that God has given in his Gospel about his Son and must agree with it as faithful and well worthy of [accepting].  We must agree with the method God has taken to reconcile the world to himself through a Mediator, and we are to accept Christ as he is offered to us and give ourselves to be ruled, taught, and saved by him. This is the only guaranteed way to salvation. There is no way of salvation except through Christ, and no way of being saved by Christ except by believing in him."

v35-40: The way persecutors of believers behave, is often "illegal... according to international law... inhuman, against natural law," but is "always sinful and against God's Law."

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Christ’s ministers should have the word of the Lord so readily available to them, and so richly dwelling in them (Col 3:16), that they are able to give instructions for salvation immediately to anyone who wants to hear and receive them.

Let not ministers be discouraged, even though they do not see immediate fruit from their hard work; the seed sown seems to be lost underground, but it will come up again in an abundant harvest in due time.