• The Word of the Law — Condemnation
• The Word of Faith — Righteousness
• The Faith
  • The object of faith — Christ
    • His death for sin
    • His resurrection for life
  • The historical facts
    • Death
    • Resurrection — 1Co 15; Rom 1:4
  • The content of faith
    • "He that believes in his heart that God raised Him from the dead shall be saved" — Rom 10:9
    • The message of the Book of Acts
    • The message of the N.T. letters
  • The resurrection of Christ is a revelation of God
  • The resurrection of Christ is the affirmation of the sacrifice for sin
  • The resurrection of Christ is an indictment against unbelief
  • The nature of faith
    • It is believing in the heart
      • Head — intellectual assent
      • Heart — love — commitment — change!
• The Confession
  • Believing in the heart and confessing with the mouth belong together
  • The believer will confess that Jesus is Lord
  • Confessing Jesus as Lord
    • Acknowledging authority and power
    • Recognizing that He is unlimited
    • He is Lord — we do not make Him Lord
    • Recognizing His Lordship of love over His Church
      • He purchased His Church
      • His Church belongs to Him
      • He is the head of the Church
    • Recognizing His Lordship in my life
      • Confessing to be my Lord
      • The relationship
    • Confessing with the mouth
      • The verbal testimony
      • All speech must give testimony
      • The opposite of confession is denial
        • Wrong places
        • Wrong people
        • Wrong organization
• The Salvation
  • Believing and confessing — salvation
  • The basis of our salvation — always in the death and resurrection only
  • Our believing and confessing is by grace only
    • Our believing and confessing is the gift of God to us
    • By His gifts of grace
      • We believe in our heart
      • We confess with our mouth
      • We are saved

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