“For 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.” – Romans 10:9-10
The Pardon
That’s why His sacrifice was vital. In order for His sacrifice to secure our pardon, we must trust in Him for our salvation.
Believing in Jesus means more than believing about Jesus. Knowing the facts about His life and death is mere “head knowledge.” It means to trust, to have total confidence, to “rest your case” on Him for your personal salvation.
Without knowing, you illustrate this concept every time you sit down. The moment you commit your weight to a chair, you have “believed in” that chair to hold you up. Most of us have so much faith in chairs that, despite our weight, we will readily place ourselves down without a second thought.
If a tinge of doubt creeps in, you might steady yourself by grabbing something with your hand or by keeping your legs beneath you, resting only part of your weight on the chair.
That’s what many people do with salvation. They’re reasonably sure that Jesus is who He said He is. However, they “hedge their bet” by putting some of their trust in their efforts at good behavior, their church traditions or anything else they can do.
You must understand that if you depend on anything beyond Jesus for your salvation, then what you’re really saying is that Jesus Christ is not enough. You are saved by faith apart from works (Romans 4:4-5).
God is waiting for you to commit the entire weight of your existence to Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross. Your complete eternal destiny must rest upon Him.
You might say, “But my mom was a Christian. And she prayed for me.” Praise God. But what about you? Christianity has nothing to do with your heritage. It has nothing to do with the name of the church you attend. It has to do with whether you have placed absolute confidence in the work of Christ alone for forgiveness of your sins and for the gift of eternal life that He freely offers all who come to Him for it (John 3:16).
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