Let’s read the following Scripture out loud:
Romans 10:8-10 NTFE
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we proclaim); 9 because if you profess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 Why? Because covenant membership comes by believing with the heart, and salvation comes by professing with the mouth.
“What counts as the badges in the present of those who will be saved, who will ‘not be ashamed’, in the future? First, ‘believing in him’; second, ‘calling upon the name of the Lord’…This transformed heart, visible in the public declaration of allegiance to Jesus as Lord and the belief that God had raised him from the dead, was the sign that someone was now a member of that renewed covenant family.” (Tom Wright, Romans For Everyone)
Today let’s respond again to the word that is near us, by professing with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believing in our hearts that God raised him from the dead. May God’s salvation come afresh and spur us on toward greater trust in Jesus’ sovereignty and authority over our lives. Let’s also pray for this faith and confession in our friends, students, and children’s lives that they may be saved and belong to God’s new covenant family.
Prayer: Jesus, you alone are my Lord and Savior. Thank you that as I confess and believe, I am saved. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Let’s sing “Who Else” by Gateway Worship (click here).
-JL
