Sunday 21st September
Read Romans 10:8-10
“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.” (NIVUK)
The intimate link between heart and mouth is made clear by Paul. Moses was not seeking to distinguish and separate them. They are unified.
The content of the message of faith is straightforward – Jesus is the risen Lord. If we believe that and declare it, then we are saved and justified.
It is not hard. A public declaration of an inward belief. When all those around you think you are strange…
