Believing and Confessing

One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.
Romans 10:10 HCSB

In this Chapter Paul is comparing believing the law and the righteousness it gives to having faith in Christ. In the previous chapter he deals with Israel's rejection of Christ. In this chapter he uses words of Moses to build the case for believing in Christ.Paul quotes verses from Deuteronomy and then comes to the above passage. This verse is a pinnacle. It presents the life and truth of Christ.

Believing in our heart is one thing but when we confess with our mouth we 'make it so!' (Can you tell I am a treker?) Our mouths were given to us to create, just like our Father creates. Confessing a thing cements it into being. This is why we must be mindful of our words. Prophetically speaking is even better. There we reach into heaven and capture the mind of God over our future and speak it into being.

We live in a glorious day in medicine. I am seeing the technology for creating new bone out of our own stem cells with digital lasers. The future is here. Someone, somewhere spoke the idea into being.

We are made in God's image. First we must believe in Jesus and the work of the cross and confess 'I am saved from my sins and destined for an eternity with Christ'. Oh what a glorious future!

Get up! Strengthen the arms that hang down and believe. Lift those hands in worship and receive. Amen!