Faith's Checkbook

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Jan 19

January 19
Mouth Confession; Heart Belief
If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thine heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt 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 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 confessed to Christ and believed in Him, 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!