Looking For Jesus - Take The Path On The Right

The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):  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. - Romans 10:8-10

For background - each morning I pray that the Lord will give me the opportunity to share Jesus with someone.

A friend of mine sent me a text today after listening to someone on Facebook explain the plan of salvation from Romans 10. They texted me writing - "If that’s all ya gotta do….I'm good" 

To which I replied - 

With respect to the first part of your text, – Yes – that is all there is to it. Romans 10:8-9

1. Confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and 

2. Believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead.

But wait, there are a couple of things to consider.. 

First

In Matthew 16, when Jesus asked the disciples who people said He was  - eleven of them said the people thought He was a teacher or a prophet. But Peter said “You are the Messiah – the Christ – the Son of the Living God” to which Jesus replied to Peter – “man has not revealed this to you but my Father in Heaven”

The point is that confessing as Peter did and as you have comes by a Spiritual revelation from God – not us figuring it out with our human wisdom.

The second thing -as simple as the way to salvation seems to be – 

The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. - 1 Corinthians 1:18

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. - 1 Corinthians 1:21

But the natural man (an unsaved person) does not receive the things of the Spirit of God (like who Jesus is), for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. - 1 Corinthians 2:14

So – when you believed and confessed that was a spiritual experience and a spiritual birth. You were born again. 

We can share the Gospel with others, but it is like planting seeds or watering what has been planted - it is God who brings the spiritual increase. We can't save anybody but we can do our part and tell everybody.

My mom wrote a poem some time back that she entitled, "How Do I Find A Savior" which I recently converted to a song. Take a listen below

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Oh - and try not to be surprised when God answers your prayer :)

Think about it – Pray about it – Believe it – Walk in it. Let your light shine and give God the glory.

By Faith Alone By His Grace Alone And For His Glory Alone