Romans 10:9-10. If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
Why did God give us the promise of salvation? From the very beginning, people turned away from God and became lost, unable to return to Him on their own (Gen 3:1-6).
As a result, spiritual death came to all (Eph 2:1). The Spirit of God was no longer with them, and instead, Satan’s spirit took control. Since then, humanity has been trapped under the curse of sin and condemned to eternal separation from God (Eph 2:2-3).
Yet, people instinctively seek salvation. Unlike other creatures, only mankind was created as a spiritual being (Gen 2:7). Deep in our hearts, we long for God (Ecc 3:11).
Some believe they can reach God by being sincere and morally upright. Others turn to religious rituals, hoping their devotion will lead them to Him. They diligently follow rules, thinking that will bring salvation (Mt 12:43-45).
However, people cannot meet God because they fail to understand humanity’s fundamental problems: Satan, sin, and hell. If the problem is not understood, the solution cannot be found. A spiritually dead person’s efforts are futile, just as a lifeless body cannot move. Even noble or righteous deeds cannot earn salvation because nothing on earth is good enough to bridge the gap between hell and heaven.
This is why God opened the way of salvation through His Son. If a person receives and believes in Jesus as the Christ, God grants them the right to become His child (Jn 1:12). Receiving Christ means believing in Him, but how?
By declaring with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believing in your heart that God raised Him from the dead (Rom 10:9). By confessing, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Mt 16:16). By acknowledging Jesus as the True King who destroyed the devil’s work, the True Priest who broke the curse of sin, and the True Prophet who opened the way from hell to heaven.
Publicly acknowledging Jesus as the Christ is essential. Jesus said, “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven” (Mt 10:32-33). He also said, “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me” (Rev 3:20).
When you receive Jesus as Lord and Christ, a new life with Him begins. Permanent changes take place at that moment: from being a child of the devil to a child of God, from worshiping idols to worshiping the living God, from chaos to rest, from brokenness to restoration, from hell to heaven, and from generational curses to generational blessings. Ultimately, you are set free from the law of sin and death!
Prayer. Father, I thank You for the way of salvation You opened through Your Son, Jesus Christ. I now enthrone Jesus as my True King, my True Priest, and my True Prophet. Govern my life through Your Spirit. In Jesus’ name, Amen.