“if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe
in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For
with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation … For ‘whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be
saved.’”
Romans 10:9-10, 13
Some people may think that a cross
is an odd symbol for a person with Christian faith as it makes one think of
death. The Roman’s used this form of torture to kill people. It was gruesome.
Thank God we don’t punish transgressors this way in our land. Another symbol
that is often used for the New Testament expression was the sign of a fish.
This is a lot less gruesome. The thing is that God so loved you that Christ
died for you. There was no way around it. In order for you to spend an eternity
in heaven when you die and for you to become a child of God here on earth, is
if Christ took the punishment for all our sins on the cross. He laid down His
life for us all. Why did He do this? It is because He loved us, and He cared
about our souls. He desired for none of the people in His day, and none of the
people in our day, to go to hell. Hell was created for Satan and the angels
that fell with him. He doesn’t want any of us to end up there. God is a holy
God, and only those that are righteous can be with Him. You and I can only be
made righteous through Christ. The Bible says that “if you confess with your
mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the
dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness,
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation … For ‘whoever calls on
the name of the Lord shall be saved.’” This Easter, contemplate the cross.
Think about the pain that Christ endured for you and I. Think of the nails,
thorns and whips that were used to mock Him. Think of the overwhelming love He
had for you. And, remember, death and the grave didn’t hold Him. For He rose
again! He saves all who trust Him for forgiveness of sin and reserves a place
in heaven for every true believer. That is the love of God displayed through
the cross.
Father, thank You for the love that Jesus had for me when
He took my sins upon Himself on the cross.
Your Word says that if we confess with our
mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in our heart that God has raised Him from the
dead, we will be saved. Father, I confess out loud that Jesus Christ is Lord. I
believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead. According to Your Word,
since I confessed this out loud and believed it in my heart I will be saved. For
this, I am so thankful. Your Word goes on to say “for with the heart one
believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.” My heart and mind can be at peace and I can have an assurance of
this salvation for Your Word says that “whoever calls on the name of the Lord
shall be saved.” Thank You for this Lord. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
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