Jan. 19
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
MOUTH CONFESSION; HEART BELIEF
"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe
in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved." Rom. 10:9
There must be confession with the mouth. Have I made it? Have I openly
avowed my faith in Jesus as the Saviour whom 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 both confessed Christ and believed in
Him, then 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 for ever and ever!