August 19, what the resurrection means for us.

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised

him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10, 9.

What does it mean to believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead?

Satan believes that God raised Jesus from the dead. He saw it happen.

To answer this question, we need to ponder what the resurrection means for God's people.

The meaning of the resurrection is that God is for us. He aims to close ranks with us.

He aims to overcome all our sense of abandonment and alienation. The resurrection of Jesus

is God's declaration to Israel and to the world that we cannot work our way to glory,

but that He intends to do the impossible to get us there. The resurrection is the promise of God

that all who trust Jesus will be the beneficiary of God's power to lead us in

paths of righteousness and through the valley of death. Therefore, believing in your heart

that God raised Jesus from the dead is much more than accepting a fact.

It means being confident that God is for you, that He has closed ranks with you,

that He is transforming your life, that He will save you for eternal joy.

Believing in the resurrection means trusting in all the promises of life and hope and righteousness

for which it stands. It means being so confident of God's power and love that no fear of worldly

loss or greed for worldly gain will lure us to disobey His will. This is the difference between

Satan and the saints. Oh, might God circumsize our hearts to love Him to the Aronomy 30 verse 6

and to rest in the resurrection of His Son.