The Bottom Line

I surely don't need to reinvent the wheel.  There are some teachings that say what I want to say without me having to reword or be more creative.  Today's reading in Check Book of Faith by Charles Spurgeon brings you to the bottom line of my faith.  We have lost 2 women in the past 10 days.  One who was 29 and loved Jesus with all her heart, mind, soul and strength.  The other was my dear mother in law who was  89  years old (2 days short of her 90th birthday) and a gracious quiet lady.  We loved her with the love of Christ.  I wrestle with where she is today.  I trust in the Mercy of God to speak to each of us individually - because faith is personal and the God of Israel is a personal lover of His own people.  But the Word of God stands, and as it is written I believe it to be true.  Today, if you have not received the Gift of God in Jesus Christ - please take a moment and make this the day to do so.  It is a matter of your eternal life.


Mouth Confession; Heart Belief

 
"If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."  Romans 10:9

There must be confession with the mouth. Have I made it? Have I openly avowed my faith in Jesus as the Savior whom God has raised from the dead, and have I done it in God's way! Let me honestly answer this question.

There must also be belief with the heart. Do I sincerely believe in the risen LORD Jesus? Do I trust in Him as my sole hope of salvation? Is this trust from my heart? Let me answer as before God.

If I can truly claim that I have both confessed Christ and believed in Him, then I am saved. The text does not say it may be so, but it is plain as a pikestaff and clear as the sun in the heavens: "Thou shalt be saved." As a believer and a confessor, I may lay my hand on this promise and plead it before the LORD God at this moment, and throughout life, and in the hour of death, and at the Day of Judgment.

I must be saved from the guilt of sin, the power of sin, the punishment of sin, and ultimately from the very being of sin. God hath said it -- "Thou shalt be saved." I believe it. I shall be saved. I am saved. Glory be to God forever and ever!