Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believes to righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made to salvation. During a series of evangelistic services in Ireland a young man found peace with God, but three nights after I found him again in the inquiry room. "What's wrong?" I said. "I was too precipitate the other night; there is no change in me." "No, sir, that is not the reason. You have not confessed Christ." He almost jumped up in amazement. "How do you know? Who told you?" "Nobody told me, or needed to tell me. When a man goes away trusting one night, and comes back doubting the next, it is an infallible sign that he has not confessed Christ." He then said, "You are quite right; I live alone with my mother, who is a Christian. I thought as I walked home that I would tell her, but my heart failed. I then said to myself, 'I'll tell her to-morrow morning,' but the next day it seemed more difficult instead of less, and it occurred to me that she would say, 'Why did you not tell me last night?' Then the thought arose, 'If you had found a five-pound note, you would have told her fast enough. Yet here you have found Christ and eternal life, and you utter not a sound: why it is all a delusion.' And I said to myself, 'I'm not saved at all. If I had been, I could not have helped confessing it.'" I said, "Yes, my friend; instead of the devil tempting you, you tempted the devil, and he began his old game of making you distrust God's Word." He gave his heart anew to the Saviour, and went away to tell his mother. Next night I found him in the inquiry room, pointing a soul to Christ. I touched him in passing, and said, "How is it with you now?" He looked up with a bright smile, and said, "I told my mother!" (D. L. Moody.) Parallel Verses KJV: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. |
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