The Daily Fountain Devotional Sunday, February 20, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Sunday, February 20, 2022
Sunday, February 20, 2022 (Sexagesima)
TOPIC: CONFESS, BELIEVE, AND BE SAVED
TEXT: Romans 10:8 -13
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,”a] that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9 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. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
The Daily Fountain Devotional Sunday, February 20, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
Our reading today focuses on how one can be saved. The ear hears the word, the mouth confesses and the heart believes it. The issue of salvation has been a long-term argument in society. Its simplicity beats everyone's imagination (v.8) Deuteronomy 30:14 states that "the word is near you, even in your mouth and in your heart. " Mouth and heart are essential ingredients needed to link our lives to Jesus. Salvation is obtained through confession of the Lord Jesus with the mouth and believing in the heart that God raised Him from the dead (v.9). Matthew 10:32-33 also reminds us that we need to confess Jesus before men and not to deny Him. Belief in the heart leads one to righteousness (v.10). This belief on Jesus frees one from shame (v.l 1).The word of faith has been lacking in many lives and places today. What are you confessing or believing on a daily basis? Is it what your Pastor says or the word of trod? Belief and faith emerge from the condition of the heart which is made to be transformed, regenerated and redeemed.
Belief and faith will bring you into the realms of forgiveness and freedom from sin.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, I will confess and believe you all my life because \, promised that as many as come unto you, you will in no wise cast away.