I Believe

“If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Rom 10:9 HCSB)

There has to be a confession, do you believe?  Do you believe in Jesus Christ, have to confessed him publicly, do you believe God raised him from the dead?  Have confessed with your heart? 

Do I trust the risen Savior as my only hope for salvation?  Have I handed him my sin and trusted in his forgiveness.  How would I answer these questions kneeling before the throne of God?

I have confessed Christ with my whole heart and I have given him my life and I am saved.  The text doesn't say anything else is required of me to be saved.  The result of my salvation leads me to repentance which is the turning away from sin, but it starts with confession and belief.  I stand on the promise of the scripture for salvation, I plead it before God every day of my life.  Let my mouth continually confess “Jesus is Lord”, until I haven’t breath in my lungs to speak and let me confess it before the throne of God on the Day of Judgment. 

In this life I need this salvation, I must be saved from sin, saved from the guilt of sin, from the power of sin.  But also I must be saved from the punishment of sin and from sin itself.  It is only when I’m freed I can be the person God wants me to be.  It’s only when the Son has broken the chains of bondage to self and to the world that I can love Him with all my heart and turn to my neighbor with the same love.  It is only in Christ, I can find this freedom and it comes only when I declare and believe in my heart “Jesus is Lord” and believe that God raised him from the dead. “You will be saved” this the promise I hang onto, “I am saved” is the cry of my joy in my savior Jesus. 

This life is short and fleeting, it’s over before you know it.  You don’t get to do it again until you get it right.  You have one shot, one opportunity, to believe.  Standing before the throne of God is not the time to confess your believe…..because He is right before you.  Now is the time to confess, now is the time to believe, what are you waiting for?