禁卒一家（接上篇）
在全部旧约里，神对待人是以家为单位。照样，在新约里，神对待人也是以家为单位。单位是最小的，你们不能把单位再缩小。人如果能相信主耶稣，一家完全得救，这实在是希奇的事。什么理由我不知道，但这是主说的话。所以旧约和新约是一律的，是同样的单位。
腓立比的教会，就是从这一个禁卒起头的。保罗说，当信主耶稣，你和你一家都必得救。三十四节：“于是禁卒领他们上自己家里去，给他们摆上饭，他和全家，因为信了神，都很喜乐。”在这里，你们看见真是非常的好。起头的时候，这一个应许，只是给禁卒一个人，别人没有听见。你相信主耶稣，你和你一家都必得救。后来禁卒把他一家都带来，让保罗对他们说，他们听完就都受浸。然后禁卒保罗领他们上自己的家里去吃饭，他和他全家因着相信了神，都很喜乐。所以，当信主耶稣，你和你一家都必得救，这一件事一点不难。使徒对禁卒一应许，结果就全家都得救。他们个个都听，个个都受浸，个个都喜乐。
如果使徒是对禁卒说，当相信主耶稣，你就必得救。过两天，你得救之后，我们要讲道给你听，叫你明白一些道理，然后你慢慢的向家里的人作见证，叫他们慢慢的相信，慢慢的得救。如果是这样的话，禁卒一家到何时候才能得救？但是使徒传福音不是这样，他不是一个一个的来，他是以家为单位的。他说，“你和你一家都必得救。”你们要在神面前看见，救一个也是救，救一家也是救。千万不要失去了这一个权利。你把全家带来，全家就都得救。
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Whole Household Saved (5) — Acts: 16:31-33
The Jailer’s Household (Continued)
Throughout the entire Old Testament, God dealt with people by households. Likewise, in the New Testament, God also deals with people by households. The household is the smallest unit – you cannot reduce it any further. If a person can believe in the Lord Jesus and their entire household is saved, this is truly a marvelous thing. I do not know the reason, but this is what the Lord has said. The Old Testament and the New Testament are the same in this principle – they both recognize the household as the unit of salvation.
The church in Philippi began with this jailer. Paul said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Acts 16:34 says, “He brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.” Here you can see how wonderful this is. At first, the promise was given only to the jailer – no one else had heard it. “Believe in the Lord Jesus, you and your household will be saved.” Later, the jailer brought his whole family to listen to Paul’s words. After hearing, they were all baptized. Then the jailer took Paul and his companions into his home and prepared a meal for them. He and his entire household rejoiced because they had believed in God. Therefore, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, you and your household will be saved” is not a difficult matter. The apostle gave a promise to the jailer, and the result was that his entire household was saved. Each one listened, each one was baptized and rejoiced. If the apostles had said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved. After a few days, once you have been saved, we will teach you some doctrines so that you can gradually testify to your family, allowing them to slowly come to faith and be saved over time,” then when would the jailer’s household ever have been saved? But this was not how the apostles preached the gospel. They did not approach it one by one – they preached by households. They declared, “You and your household will be saved.” You must see before God that saving one person is salvation, and saving an entire household is also salvation. Do not lose this right! Bring your whole family, and they will be saved.