The relationship with God that is of salvation is a matter of the heart, and here in this 10th chapter of Romans it is revealed how a man can be saved from sin and death and be made the righteousness of God. The righteousness and salvation of God is right before man, it lies within his heart and he only needs to believe with all his heart and confess this truth with his mouth to be saved. But it is the action of this belief, which tells the world that the savior lives
The gospel demands that man only believes and confesses that Jesus has both died for his sins and have been raised from the dead, for him to have everlasting life with the Father. But true belief is a action. How do one believe that Jesus is Lord and then live a life of disobedience. The fact that we believe should bring about the action of obedience. The devil believes and his belief causes him to tremble. Man must believe this with all his heart. He must believe that Jesus died for him, and was raised from death and perfectly satisfied God's demand for justice. It is man faith in this truth which allows man to be born again, as believing by faith he has died with Christ to the ways of old man, and has been raised to a new life in Christ. Man only need to confess with his mouth this truth which he believes within His heart. He must confess that Jesus is the Christ, the Lord from heaven, the only begotten son of the Father who died for mankind. This confession is made with his mouth but he should also be living this confession with His life, as faith without works is dead faith.
It is with the heart man believes, with his mouth confession is made, as you can't confess something you don't believe is true. But when our belief leads us to live a life of confession, we become a living testimony and a true witness to the truth of God's revelation to mankind.Then we can lead others to believe and confess and a dying world can be saved....
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