Heart and Mouth

How many people do you know, claim to be Christians, but when you look at their lives and what they do... you have to wonder where they really stand?

Often times people seem to think that saying your a christian and perhaps attending services is all that you need to do. Today's passage tells us differently.

Today's Scripture reading: Romans 10:8-10

8But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9because, 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. 10For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

Do you see what it says here?
Those who believe in God have the word near them. It is in their mouth and their heart. It takes both, don't cha know, it takes both heart and mouth to be a Christian. One can't just say, Lord, Lord and have it really mean anything. See Matthew 7:21-23 for more on that. Even the demons and Satan can to do that.

But it takes a true believer to be able to confess Jesus is Lord AND believe it in their hearts as well.

For it is with the heart that one believes and is made right with God, and with the mouth that one admits one's need for God and is saved. It takes both. If one, or the other is missing, one is really not a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.

So let us not be deceived. If people claim that Jesus Christ is Lord of their lives, and their lives do not show it. Help them to see where they can change, where they need their hearts involvement as well. Help them to live and truly believe what they are confessing. If not, then we are letting them be fooled, and they will be condemned of God for not really believing. Let's not let that happen.