11- 21- 10 MI DAILY DEVOTION (Romans 10:9- 13)
ACCEPT…
9- “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10- For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11- For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12- For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13- For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
1- Accept that you are a sinner before God. (Romans 3:10, 23) 10- “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:” 23- “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” I know it’s not easy to humbly come before the presence of God and accept before Him your sinfulness and unworthiness and ask Him to forgive you of your sins. As you accept before God your sinfulness, it means that you also accept your hopelessness, your depravity and your need for the Blood of Christ to wash you and cleanse you of your sins. (Ephesians 1:7) “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;”
2- Accept Christ as your Lord and Savior. (John 1:12) “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” When you accept Christ as your Lord and Savior, it means you also accept His Lordship, His shed Blood, His finished work at the Cross of Calvary and you also accept Him as the only Savior and the second person of the Holy trinity. You heard of people say that Christians made it so easy to go to Heaven. Actually, it was not the Christians who made it easy, it was the work of the Holy Trinity through the death of the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross. Because of what He has done at the Cross; all we have to do is to accept it by faith.
3- Accept the free gift of salvation. The gift was offered, but the question is; would you be willing to accept that gift by humbly coming to God and accepting it by faith. (Romans 6:23; John 3:16) “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
