The Right Confession

ROM 10:9-10 NIV

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. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.

I believe that these verses above hold the answers to some of the problems that we face today. We are made aware of our sinful nature and our helplessness and inability to save ourselves. We are reminded that the solution to our nature isn't in ourselves at all, but rather in the finished work of Jesus on the cross. We are then reminded Just what is expected of us so we can reach out and enjoy what Jesus had sealed for us so many years ago. That is where the easy part stops.

We now know what we need to do to be saved but it is amazing just how slow our response is. We do everything else except the right thing and we wonder just why things are no different for us. We talk about our sins to the wrong people and in the wrong environment and we wonder why things are not different. We go to the extreme atimes when we are sorry for our sins: we cry bitterly and get emotional, yet we don't do the right thing or go to the right person- Jesus himself. Thats the difference between Judas Iscariot and Simon Peter when they sinned. No wonder the guilt remains.

Today's extract is clear- you have to confess right and believe right. Its not enough to be sorry and confess your sins; you have got to do it right. As I open my mouth, I must confess that Jesus is Lord if I want to be saved, while also believing in my heart that his sacrifice on the cross was for me. It is a complete package. My mouth can't confess what my heart doesn't believe and I cannot stand on a promise that I do not believe. If I'm to be forgiven and set free, I must confess right and believe right. Jesus is the way,the truth and the life, and if anyone will have him, you must come to him on his terms and take him at his word. He promises salvation and freedom to all who come to him believing He can save. Do you need him? Seek him out today and enjoy his free gift of salvation. His time of favour is here.