Pretty Simple

Romans 10:9 - If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Paul keeps it simple for us when he tells us what we need to do in order to be saved.  I like simple, don't you?

There's no special deeds we have to do.  No quota of souls reached that we have to make.  Just believe and confess.  Although we do have a responsibility to share the Good News with others, the winning souls to Christ part isn't our department.  We share, and the Holy Spirit does the stirring.  Ah ha!  There's the catch!  We have to talk to people!

Well of course we do, don't we do that every day anyway?  When you are in a romantic relationship with someone, don't you tell other people?  You change your Facebook status, you tweet about it.  Why wouldn't you do this when you're in a relationship with God?  Isn't that a bigger relationship than anything we could possibly ever have while we are on earth?

Jesus tells us in Luke's Gospel that when someone has been given much, much will be required in return and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required (Luke 12:48).  Well when we have been saved, we have been given the keys to God's Kingdom.  We have been entrusted with sharing the Gospel with others so that they too can share in God's glory.  The Apostle Paul keeps it pretty simple in Romans 10:14 when he says, "How can they believe in Him if they have never heard about Him?  And how can they hear about Him unless someone tells them?"  Isn't simple so much easier?

This doesn't mean that everyone who has been saved has to be an instant Bible scholar and have the answers to every question that someone might raise.  I am certainly not one, and I sure don't have all the answers.  But with so many resources at our fingertips, it isn't hard to find the answers.  If someone challenges you on something, don't be afraid to say that you aren't really sure and then offer to research it together.  I've done that.  We don't have to do the winning, Jesus did that when He died for us and defeated death.  We just need to do the sharing.

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the Good News that You have redeemed us.  Thank You for inspiring the hearts of the writers of the Old and New Testament, so that we may know Your heart better when we seek You in Your Word.  Give me the courage to share Your message with someone so that they will have to the opportunity to believe and be saved.  I pray for those that struggle sharing Your message with others, perhaps out of fear of stepping out of their comfort zone.  My prayer is that Your Spirit will come upon them so strongly that their fears will disappear and they step out and declare Your message to anyone that might listen.  In Jesus' name, Amen!



God Bless!!!