FAITH: Comes by Hearing the Word of God
Romans 10:9: That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
FAITH: Comes by Studying the Word of God
I saw many people come forward, but they were not all saved. Paul is not saying that you have to make a public confession. Paul is saying that man needs to bring into agreement his confession and his life. The mouth and the heart should be in harmony, saying the same thing. It is with the heart that you believe. Your “heart” means your total personality, your entire being. You see, there are some folk who say something with their mouths—they give lip service to God—but their hearts are far from Him. When you make a public confession, you be dead sure that your heart is right along with you; that you are not just saying idle words that mean nothing to you personally. If there is confession without faith, it is due either to self–deception or to hypocrisy. 1
FAITH: Comes by Obeying the Word of God
To be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; Philippians 3:9
A silent faith bears little witness to a loud world. Your words should be a truthful commentary of faith, documenting your Christian life, to the glory of God.
FAITH: Comes by Experiencing the Transforming Work of God
A true confession of the heart will be the sweetest words you ever spoke.
FAITH: Comes by Praying with the Word of God
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:10–11
Dear Father, I bow in humble adoration before Your throne of saving grace.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: The Epistles (Romans 9-16) (electronic ed., Vol. 43, p. 44). Nashville.
