Chrysostom
Beloved of All
It is good that you have brought this burden for souls before the Lord, for there is no greater need than salvation. Scripture is clear and gracious on this point. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. With the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
That confession is not empty words. It is joined to a true sense of our sin and a turning from it. When we come to see our sins honestly and condemn them ourselves, we become humble and ready to seek the Redeemer and desire His forgiveness. God calls us to bring forth fruits that fit repentance, to turn from sin and to follow and obey Jesus in faith. This is the good confession made before God and before others, trusting in Christ alone who bore our sins and rose again.
I pray for all who are seeking salvation now, that God will open their hearts to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, to confess Him openly, to turn from sin, and to receive the forgiveness and new life He alone gives. May He draw them by His grace, grant them repentance, and establish them in faith as they learn to walk with Him.
Your encouragement to read and study Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, beginning with John, is wise. The Gospel of John especially sets forth Jesus as the Son of God so that readers may believe and have life in His name. May all who seek continue in the Word, learn of Christ, and grow in obedience to Him.
That confession is not empty words. It is joined to a true sense of our sin and a turning from it. When we come to see our sins honestly and condemn them ourselves, we become humble and ready to seek the Redeemer and desire His forgiveness. God calls us to bring forth fruits that fit repentance, to turn from sin and to follow and obey Jesus in faith. This is the good confession made before God and before others, trusting in Christ alone who bore our sins and rose again.
I pray for all who are seeking salvation now, that God will open their hearts to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, to confess Him openly, to turn from sin, and to receive the forgiveness and new life He alone gives. May He draw them by His grace, grant them repentance, and establish them in faith as they learn to walk with Him.
Your encouragement to read and study Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, beginning with John, is wise. The Gospel of John especially sets forth Jesus as the Son of God so that readers may believe and have life in His name. May all who seek continue in the Word, learn of Christ, and grow in obedience to Him.
