With the Heart

 

 

Salvation need not be a puzzle

As some make it out to be

Just read Romans 10:8 to 11

And you will clearly see.

 

Confession is with the mouth

While belief occurs in the heart

That God raised Jesus from the dead-

What a good place to start!

 

The heart is the principal issue

The mouth confesses to this,

A person believes unto salvation

And that we should not miss.

 

We confess what we possess:

That salvation is already a fact,

It is the Spirit that is now inside

That witnesses to this fact.

 

Believing on the Lord, Jesus Christ;

Initiate one’s salvation

And spontaneity to the same

Results in audible confession.

 

For with the heart

One believes unto righteousness

And with the mouth

Confession is made unto salvation.

 

Whosoever believes on Jesus

Shall not be ashamed,

With the mouth he is made known

But in one’s heart he reigns.

 

Believe on Jesus is key

It’s the key to being born again,

It’s nothing more or nothing less:

All this in Jesus’ name.

 

143 times in the Bible

You will find the word believe:

124 times in the New Testament

Shows salvation is not achieved.

 

That achievement was Jesus’

When he died and rose again,

Thus, by faith, when one believes,

His salvation is not in vain.

 

For “with the heart”

Man believes unto salvation,

Confession is with the mouth made

And in heaven there’s celebration.

 

Luke 15:10

 

Likewise, I say unto you,

there is joy in the presence of the angels of God

over one sinner that repenteth.

 

Stewart Russell © July 18, 2021

 

Unpacking Romans 10 verse 10

Faith without works is dead

But salvation is of the heart,

Romans chapter 10 verse 10

Would be a good place to start.

It is evidential of an instance

When salvation actually begins,

There is a precise point in time

When one is saved from sin.

For with the heart

Man believes unto righteousness

And with the mouth

Confession is made unto salvation.

I make no claims to brilliance

And I am not a scholar of Greek

So while you may disagree with me

We must let the Bible speak.

For if I can’t trust what I read

From the pages of God’s Word

Then Christianity is a waste of time

And what we believe is absurd.

It is with the heart the Bible says

That a God-relationship begins;

When I believe the Gospel message

At that point I am saved from sin.

In Acts chapter 16, verse 30

Life’s vital question is asked:

The Philippian jailer clearly believed

That he had to perform some task.

“What must I do,” he pondered

“That I may receive salvation?”

Quite obviously from his question

Some action was his perception.

The answer was not anticipated

It was nowhere in his thoughts:

“Just believe.” the Apostle said

And salvation to him was brought.

  

No action initiates salvation

There are no indulgences or behavior,

Just believe on the Lord Jesus Christ

He alone is the Saviour.

For with the heart

Man believes unto righteousness

And with the mouth

Confession is made unto salvation.

The confession intrinsically motivated

By what has already been wrought

Compels the new believer to testify

To the deliverance that Christ bought.

A right relationship with God

Paid for with the Saviour’s blood,

Yes, a sinner believes unto salvation

And not by doing anything good.

But faith without works is dead

Maybe you have heard of stillborn,

If you have never confessed Jesus

This is your state so be warned!

For if indeed Christ lives within

Though one will occasionally slip

Evidence will be seen of this reality

In a believer’s life and lip.

Salvation is not sustained by doing

But rather on the fact of being

Faith without works is dead

If no evidence the world is seeing.

Stewart Russell © November 2018