“But, if you confess 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 confess and are saved.” -Romans 10:9-10
Apostle Paul shares that “the word of faith” is what you proclaim (v 8b) by speaking out the faith of your heart. The word of faith you give is this, “Jesus is Lord” and “God raised him from the dead” (v 9-10). Nothing more, nothing less; confessing Christ is to confess more than just those truths we are comfortable with. When your thoughts of Jesus are limited to thinking he was a nice guy with good teachings on lifestyle you have not exercised faith, nor experienced salvation. Your life changes when by faith you know He is indeed the Son of God, Jesus, whom God raised from the dead and confess the same. God’s desire is that you do not perish (2 Peter 3:9), he desires that you be saved — saved from pride that destines one to be eternally without God (in hell), the Lord desires to save you to an eternal life with Him, in heaven, if you express the Word of Faith.
How do we express the Word of Faith?
By mouth—you tell other people the story of your faith in Christ Jesus as your Lord, as Savior.
By faith—you earnestly believe within your heart, soul; your conscience that Jesus is not only real, but that
God raised him to life after three days in the grave.
The Word of faith is not a name it and claim it proposition. The Word of faith is obedience to our sovereign God. A wholly, unquestionable belief within your conscience that Jesus is Lord, whom God raised form the dead, and in turn verbally express, “confess”, that to others. The Word of Faith is to Believe and Confess Christ Jesus as Lord, the Risen Savior.
No comments:
Post a Comment