Romans 10, In Your Heart

 

Romans 10 – In Your Heart

What we think plays a critical role in determining our emotion and spiritual health. God who is truth, wants us to think and believe the truth because doing so sets us free to have an abundant life. Satan, on the other hand wants us to believe lies because they destroy us and put us in emotional and spiritual bondage. Some of the lies, satan tells us is that l. We must be perfect. 2. We must have everyone’s love and approval. 3. Things must go my way for me to be happy. 4. Life should be easy. 5. God hates the sin and the sinner. What must we do to replace these lies with the truth to be transformed in the people God meant for us to be?

First, we must understand that people cannot properly renew their minds apart from God. We must build our relationship with Christ. Secondly, we must examine our thoughts daily. What lies are we telling ourselves? One way to do this is to write down our thoughts and review them. Once we recognize these lies or even the truths we tell ourselves we must compare them to God’s Word. If it is not truth, then God has the truth written down that we can go repeatedly until we know and believe it is true.

Once we know the truth, we must apply it to our life. Knowing, believing, and applying biblical truth are the three key steps toward renewing our mind and building our relationship with Christ.

What is belief, as defined by God? To be saved, people must believe in Jesus as Savior and Lord, but what exactly does that mean?

It isn’t enough to believe that Jesus lives as some great teacher or miracle worker. True belief begins in the heart as the Holy Spirit opens a person to the truth of the Gospel message that God sent His Son Jesus, who died for our sins and rose again. Those who believe in Jesus simply move beyond intellectual assent that He lived to heartfelt gratitude that He cares for them personally. Belief then reveals itself in actions. People who believe in what Christ has done for them will desire to live for Him. If we confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God raise Him from the dead, we will be saved. The abundant life Christ promised is ours if we will commit ourselves to a life lived in truth.

 

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