Salvation in Jesus Alone // Romans 10:9

Today’s verse must be read in its entirety to be fully understood and appreciated. “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” (Romans 10:9, NIV). You might be inclined to think, “that’s it? that’s all I have to do?” Well, the answer is a resounding yes! Our human nature wants to make things harder as though it’s something we can earn or a reward we feel like we deserve. The whole nature of grace is we do not deserve it and never will! In fact, what we deserve is death…eternal separation from God. Romans 6:23 says that “the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” That’s grace my friend! God doesn’t save you because of anything you did, but because of what Jesus did when He died on the cross to save you from your sins! This is why salvation is available through Christ and Christ alone. So, believe in your heart that Jesus died to give you a gift you could never deserve in order to save you from a destiny you most certainly do. Let your belief emanate from you through your behavior beginning in your thoughts and feelings, lived out in your words and deeds. But don’t let it just be a one-time event…may it become your lifestyle that extends from now to forever!