How to Know You're Saved: Confessing Jesus as Lord

“Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by theSpirit of God says, ‘Jesus be cursed,’ and no one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’except by the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:3).

“That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ andbelieve in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Forit is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with yourmouth that you confess and are saved” (Romans 10:9-10).

This confession is not a matter of the mouth only. Peoplewho do not have the evidence of the Holy Spirit say it in liturgies all of thetime.

“The good man brings good things out of the good stored upin his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up inhis heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45).

To be continued on Monday.

 

Excerpted from Assurances ofSalvation , available at ccmbooks.org and Amazon.com.

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