Whoever
calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. - Romans 10:13
Suppose you are rushed to the hospital, where a physician examines you and informs you
that you are critically ill. He says you'll die unless you have proper treatment. He then
prescribes medicine and says, "If you will take this, I can assure you with absolute
certainty that you will get well."
Now, what should you do? Should you just lie there on your sickbed and believe that the
doctor has diagnosed your illness correctly, and that the prescription will surely make
you well? No, that's not enough. To live, you must take the medicine.
It's the same with salvation. You may believe everything the Bible says about Christ -
that He died for your sins and rose from the dead. But if you refuse to "take
Him" - that is, to trust Him and His work on the cross in your behalf - you
will be just as lost as if you had openly and blatantly denied Jesus.
Saving faith, you see, is not simply acknowledging that certain facts about Christ are
true. It is reaching out to personally accept God's remedy for sin. It is entrusting the
destiny of your soul to Him for eternity. It is saying, "Save me, Lord Jesus. I
believe that You can and will." That's "taking the medicine" - that's
receiving Jesus Christ! Have you done that? If not, do it right now.
-RWD
The perfect righteousness of Christ
Is free to everyone;
But we by faith must take that gift,
And trust God's precious Son.
-D.
De Haan
Faith is not just believing that Jesus can save; it's asking Him to do it.