Jan. 19
MOUTH CONFESSION; HEART BELIEF
"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved." Rom. 10:9
There must be confession with the mouth. Have I made it? Have I
openly avowed my faith in Jesus as the Saviour 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 for ever and ever!