The Unqualified Commitment

The Unqualified Commitment Romans 10 contains the unqualified commitment. Romans 10:9, 10: 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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. When a man confesses with his mouth Jesus as Lord and believes in his heart* that God raised Jesus from the dead, God creates a new spirit in the man, the man who before this confession had just a body and soul.† The moment you believe in the depth of your innermost being that God raised Jesus from the dead, you are saved. You have eternal life abiding within. This is the miracle of conversion, the new birth, a miracle of God whereby a man or woman of body and soul becomes a new creation in Him thus having body, soul and spirit. For a man to believe with his heart that God raised Jesus from the dead is “believing unto righteousness.” Only after a person believes unto righteousness is it pos- sible to confess Jesus as Lord. In this confession lies the salvation that a man receives because he believes. What does the word “salvation” mean? It means wholeness or soundness: mental, physical, spiritual. Colossians 2:10 defines “wholeness” as “complete.” God has made us “completely complete,” having all things needed in this life and in that which is to come. Righteousness, on the other hand, is our God-given ability to stand and walk before God without any sense of sin, guilt or fear. Righteousness is ours because of believing, and believing only. We do not work for righteousness; for if we did, it would be something we earned. We cannot work for righteousness; we simply accept the righteousness of God as a gift. The unqualified commitment gives both righteousness and wholeness. Ephesians 2:8, 9: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. E