Romans 10:1-13

Romans 10:1-13 NIV
 ¹ Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. ² For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. ³ Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. ⁴ Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

I have spoken with people who are very sincere about God.  However they are sincerely wrong.  They know there is a God and they try to be good to please Him.  However they do so in ignorance of the Bible.  They create their own moral standard and try to balance the "bad" they do with "good" hoping to earn God's favor.  They assume when they get to the end of their life that God will their "good" and say it out weighs the bad.  They are wrong and it will be the worst mistake they can ever make.  Satan believes in God, but he rejected God's way and will suffer for eternity because of it.  So will sincere people who reject God's way and go their own.

 ⁵ Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.” ⁶ But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷ “or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸ But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” 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 word of God says we are sinners. Romans 3:23 NIV  The word of God says the payment of sin is death. Romans 6:23 NIV  The only way to escape what we are owed is to have faith in what Christ has done for us.

Vs 9 declare with your mouth and believe in your heart that God raised Christ from the dead.  You have to believe in your that Christ took your payment and tell people vs 10.

One might say this is a work, but I disagree.  If you were dying of terminal cancer and a doctor cured you, you would automatically tell everyone you met out of gratitude.  You would point everyone you heard of that had cancer to this doctor.

It's the same with faith in Christ.  All humans have a terminal disease called sin.  Christ is the cure. If you believe it and accept His cure, you will tell others.  It will be a natural outpouring of the change in your heart. Matthew 7:16 NIV talks of false prophets, but it teaches us that you will recognize people by their fruit or the way they live their life.

If you have never put your faith in Christ, urge you to do so now.  If you have been living by your own moral code, I urge you to believe what the scripture says here.  You must have faith in Christ.

God Bless.