When Lips Speak Love

You have heard that it is written

‘If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord

And believe in your heart God raised him from the dead

Then you will be saved’  Romans 10:9

But I’m telling you

There are those who believe too much with their mouths

And reveal that in their hearts

Jesus is just voodoo to them

Please

Salvation in Jesus

Is not about special confessions and certainties

Just to shed our shame and get into a good afterlife

Its about what we say and do for life and goodness right here and now

To say “Jesus is Lord” is not a deal for your soul

It’s a promise to share Christ-like love with others

To believe Jesus was raised is not about afterlife

It’s about here-life, it’s about Jesus being raised in you today!

Who will ascend to heaven?  Indeed!

For indeed

It is by our hearts that we must justify our best beliefs

And with our mouths that we now must save these sacred words we confess

O Christian

Christ becomes your center

Not by some liturgical allegiance

But simply when lips speak love from hearts raised to Life itself.

Go!

Proclaim!

Hear!

Believe!

Call on Christ!

Just don’t bring Christ up to bring Christ down to a salvation by syllables.