“because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9 (NRSV)
There is something about speaking and doing that solidifies
the truth in our hearts. Psalms 15:1-2
(NRSV) says: “O Lord, who may abide in
your tent? Who may dwell on your holy
hill? Those who walk blamelessly, and do
what is right, and speak the truth from their heart.” And Jesus says in John 17:8 (NRSV): “for the
words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and
know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.”
Jesus came and spoke the words and performed the deeds that
created the truth and saving grace that dwelt in the hearts of the
disciples.
Speaking the truth and performing deeds in love solidifies
God’s grace in our hearts too. It is
important for us to speak and act our faith, even when our feelings urge us to
do otherwise. Modern American Christians
are aware of the feeling aspect of our faith, and while feelings are important,
it is the concrete facts that build up our foundation of faith. The most important concrete fact is
this: God pours His grace into our lives
to solidify our faith so that we may stand on His firm foundation and abide in
Him.
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