Believe In Jesus
Our Scripture for today is Romans 10:9
“If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”
I am a fan of Jordan Peterson. His book, “12 Rules for Life” is worth reading. To listen to him, he sounds so rational, that has caused many to ask him whether he believes in God. Sometime back, he was interviewed by Pierce Morgan and asked whether he believed in God. He seemed to be evasive with his answer. Finally, he was asked, “Do you pray?” He answered, “Yes, all the time.” Morgan followed with, “Who do you pray to?” His answer was that he prays to whatever spirit protects him from Hell. He was not pressed on Jesus, so offered no word.
Though I find his answer to be misguided, we live in a world where many people believe there is a God, but do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
Judaism believes in the God of the Bible, but not in Jesus.
Islam is the world’s second-largest religion, with over 1.8 billion followers. Muslims believe in one God and believe that Jesus was a prophet of God, but they do not believe that he was the Son of God.
Hinduism is the world’s third-largest religion, with over 1.2 billion followers. Hindus believe in a supreme being and reincarnation here on earth, but not in Jesus.
To all these billions of people we must say with Peter,
“Let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:10,12).
Lonnie Davis