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May 20
Monday


A SURE
SALVATION

READ:
Romans 10:8-15
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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. __Romans 1):9
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A story is told that Queen Victoria of the UK was deeply moved during a church service. afterward, she asked her chaplain, "Can one be absolutely sure in this life of eternal safety?" He did not have an answer. But an evangelist named John Townsend heard about the Queen's question, and after much prayer he sent her a note: "With trembling hands, but heartfelt love, and because I know that we can be absolutely sure now of our eternal life in the Home that Jesus went to prepare, may I ask your Most Gracious Majesty to read the following passages of Scripture: John 3:16; Romans 10:9-10?"

Two weeks later, the evangelist received this letter: "...I have carefully and prayerfully read the portions of scripture referred to. I believe in the finished work of Christ for me, and trust by God's grace to meet you in that Home of which He said, 'I go to prepare a place for you.'
__Victoria Guelph"

Townsend was confident that in this life we can have assurance of eternal safety (v.9), and he had a concern for others as well. Consider what John 3:16 and Romans 10:9-10 mean for your eternal destiny. God desires to give you the confidence that your sin is forgiven and that after death you'll be with Him forever. __Brent Hackett, RBC Canada Director

```````````````````````````Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!``````````````````````
`````````````````````````Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!`````````````````````
`````````````````````````Heir of salvation, purchase of God,``````````````````````
```````````````````Born of His spirit, washed in His blood. __crosby`````````````````
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LIves rooted in God's unchanging grace
can never be uprooted.

****************************Today's Bible Reading __ Romans 10:8-15*******************************

8 But what does it say?
"The word is near you, in
your mouth and in your
heart" (that is, the word of
faith which we preach):

9 that 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. 10 For with the heart
one believes unto
righteousness, and with the
mouth confession is made
unto salvation. 11 For the
Scripture says, "Whoever
believes on Him will not be
put to shame." 12 For there
is no distinction between
Jew and Greek, for the
same Lord over all is rich
to all who call upon Him.

13 For "whoever calls on the
name of the Lord shall be
saved."

14 How then shall they call
on Him in whom they have
not believed? And how
shall they believe in Him of
whom they have not heard?
And how shall they hear
without a preacher? 15 And
how shall they preach
unless they are sent? As it
is written: "How beautiful
are the feet of those who
preach the gospel of peace,
who bring glad tidings of
good things!"

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Long ago in an idyllic garden, our original parents were faced with a
test. God had forbidden eating of the tree of knowledge of good and
evil. But when the devil questioned the word of God and gave Eve
reason to disbelieve and disobey, they failed. This failure of faith is
the root of our need for salvation. God began to reverse the effects
of the fall by prediction atonement. The decisive moment was the
death and resurrection of Jesus. To experience this reversal we need
to place our faith in Jesus__God's word of salvation (Rom. 10:8-9).