February 5, 2008 - Romans 10

I've been asked before, "Aaron, are you sure you sure that you are going to Heaven?" At that time I didn't know. I knew I was a sinner and deserved death, but I had already accepted Christ. So I said, "No". 

Its often confused whether or not we are Heaven or Hellbound. Christians who sin fall waist deep in their own sin and lose all hope. At this point, guilt and shame has an overbearing power amongst them that the most important person is forgotten: Jesus Christ. 

Jesus has already died for us and our sins. In this passage, Paul says that "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. That is the one and only condition. It is through Jesus and Jesus alone that we are justified and it is through Him alone that we live to see the light of day. On this very day, I admit that I am a sinner, but I also know that Christ is by my side. All I had to do was to believe with all my heart and all my soul and I gained salvation "for Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord [Jesus] will be saved" and that is the only condition. Praise the Lord for being so merciful!

Amen.