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