Romans 10:9
“If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
What of Today’s Verse…
Salvation IS a great word. It is conjugated in three tenses:
The Past Tense. We were saved at the moment when we first trusted Christ. This salvation is a distinct and definite matter, which is ours at the moment we exercise simple faith in Jesus. “Being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him” (Rom_5:9).
The Present Tense. “To us who are being saved, Christ is the power of God,” such is the accurate rendering of 1Co_1:18. We are being saved perpetually from the love and power of sin. The disinfectant of Christ’s Presence is ever warding off the germs of deadly temptation. The mighty arm of the Divine Keeper is always holding the door against the attempts of the adversary. The water is always flowing over the eye to remove the tiny grit or mote that may alight. “We are being saved by His life” (Rom_5:10).
The Future Tense. We are being kept by the power of God unto a salvation which waits to be revealed in the last time (1 Pet. 1.). Salvation is a great word. It includes the forgiveness that remembers our sin no more; deliverance from the curse and penalty of our evil ways; emancipation from the thrall of evil habit; the growing conformity of the soul to the image of Christ, and the final resurrection of the body in spiritual beauty and energy, to be forever the companion and vehicle of the redeemed spirit.
Let us Pray:
Oh blessed Spirit of God, we pray Thee to give us the assurance of being the children of God, the sons and daughters of the Lord God Almighty; and so prepare us for the glory to be revealed to us, and for that great hour when the whole creation, which now groans and travails in pain, shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Amen.
Words of Wisdom
Pass It On
I share from the abundance of God.
What do a sincere compliment, a useful idea and a usable piece of furniture or household item have in common? They are each something of value I can share with others. As I do, I make room in my life for more.
My giving ripples outward. What I give continues to be passed on as a perpetual blessing of love from one person to another. We all participate in the stream of consciousness in which giving and receiving are a way of life. We share in the abundance of God available to every person, everywhere.
“Give and it will be given to you.” These words guide me in living and sharing an abundant life.
Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap.–Luke 6:38
