Mar 22 - God Saves

Read Romans 10:8-13

Context: Paul is explaining that the way to righteousness is no longer through the law.

Text:
8But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,"[d] that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9That 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. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame."[e] 12For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."[f] (NIV)

d: Romans 10:8 Deut. 30:14
e: Romans 10:11 Isaiah 28:16
f: Romans 10:13 Joel 2:32

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It is hard for us to comprehend what we are being saved from, or saved to, while we are here on earth. The best place on earth that we can imagine pales in comparison to Heaven, and the worst place we can imagine is but a shadow of what Hell must truly be like. It is our faith that God wants the best for us, regardless of the situation, that will keep us on the road to Heaven.

There are many people who can't believe that a loving God would knowingly send people to a Hell, or that he would even create (or allow creation of ) a place like that. However, God doesn't send us to Hell, he merely carries out the reservation that we make before we die. All we have to do is say the word, and he will mark our reservation on the scrolls of Heaven, and he gives us the Holy Spirit as our deposit...that even allows us late arrival privileges!